Still Raining

And the rain continues...

This'll be a quick post 'cause I'm wisely deciding to go to bed early tonight.

Here's a wrap-up on what I wore:

Thursday
Black pants and blue-and-white pinstriped button-down. 
Yeah, a menswear-inspired look.
Look's Rating:  Style - 6; Comfort - 7

Friday
Dark brown pants and dark purple V-neck
This look woulda worked better if these pants hadn't looked so worn. (sigh)
Look's Rating:  Style - 4; Comfort - 8

My weekend plans?  Catch up on some tasks, watch a few DVDs and do some reading. 

Wish you all an enjoyable weekend!

Bad Mood or Sleepy?

Finished reading David Browne's article in Rolling Stone on Whitney Houston, "The Diva and Her Dark Side."  I always seem to learn something from Rolling Stone.

Weather is still rainy here.  I don't know if it's the late hours that I've been keeping or what but I felt a bit indifferent to my look today.  Not that I wanted to look ragged.  It's just that it didn't bother me if my outfit was not especially dashing.  I s'pose this indifference is what has caused me to have me to have a rather lackluster wardrobe. 

Today, I wore my dark brown pants and a turquoise short-sleeved shirt.  Since it's cooler what most people saw me wearing were my dark brown pants and my black jacket.

(Tea kettle is currently whistling.) 

This morning, I worked on making a list of some habits that I'd like to track over the next 15 days.  It'll be interesting to see how I go with sticking to that.  It's now almost 2 weeks since I visited the gym.  With the recent bad weather, it may take me even longer to visit the gym.

My vibe presently is that I don't wish to have too many obligations.  Yeah, I clean my kitchen, go to work and pay my bills but if I don't have to fundamentally do something than I may not.

Gosh, I sound like I'm in a bad mood.  I think I'm just sleepy. 

Look's Rating:  Style - 6; Comfort - 8

How do you maintain your interest in style?

Insight of the Day

"Some people connect by sharing, some people connect by arguing."

SM



It's past my bedtime. 

Rained off-and-on today.  Was gonna watch the movie Saturday Morning with Joey Piscopo but the DVD was not co-operating. 

I forgot to bring my lunch leftovers home from work so they're still sitting on the small staff table.  Will throw them out tomorrow:  The lunch wasn't very good.

Had a chance to update my 2012 goals and will work a bit more on finessing my March goals.

Style-wise.  Outfit was passable.  Dark blue jeans and a gray V-neck.  No accusations of style creativity could be lobbed my way today.  I felt comfortable.

A couple of days ago, I was flipping through Glamour magazine and in a feature on 30 ways to wear some selected clothing items they included a statement coat and I thought "Wow, I want one of those."

Perhaps that is my insight of the day.

Look's Rating:  Style - 4 Comfort - 9

What insight did you have today?  Do you have a statement coat...a statement watch...or a "statement" item?

Hum-drummy

I'm gonna re-start my computer after I post this.  I am thankful that my computer works but it's acting amazingly slowwww right now.

Today was a pleasant enough today.  Am happy that the workweek has started 'cause it means another weekend is in store for me.  I've recently concluded my life coaching business so while I do have some odds-and-ends to wrap up, I am thankful for the time that I've freed up in my life.

Wore black pants and my gray-and-purple horizontally striped shirt.  I s'pose it was a decent enough look.  I felt so-so in it to be honest with you.  A few months ago, I felt that I rocked this look, but today I felt hum-drummy.

In the back of my mind, I was thinking of how I'd like to do more informational/resourceful posts on this blog.  In the future, I still wish to post about my style journey but I also want this blog to have informational material. Right now, my postings are more or less personal updates of what I wore sans the ubiquitous outfit pics.  I love outfit pics on blogs but I'm not planning on posting any pics of myself soon.  While I admire bloggers who do post outfit pics, for me, it would become an inconvenience to consistently do that.

Look's Ratings:  Style - 6; Comfort - 4*

How was your Monday?  Have you recently ended/downsized any stressful activities in your life?

*It's all highly likely that the same outfit worn by me will not always have the same rating.  My ratings are unscientific and depend on my mood and how I physically felt when wearing the outfit.  Do expect inconsistencies with identical ensembles.

Thursday - Sunday

This weekend has been a bit of a slow one.  Slept in and did some reading yesterday.  Finished reading The Trial of Jeanne d'Arc.  Was a riveting read.  Some parts were slow, e.g., when various correspondence was inserted in the transcripts but all-in-all, it was a page-turner for me.  Moreover, 2012 is the 600th anniversary of Joan of Arc's birth. 

Besides finishing the Joan of Arc book, I also watched Love Happens on DVD.  I figure the movie was passable but the romance part of it didn't quite work for me.  I like both of the actors (Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston) but I couldn't quite understand why they were a couple.  Maybe Cameron Diaz woulda been better in the female lead.  I dunno.  Just a thought.

I haven't gone to the gym since last Sunday but here's a catch-up on what I wore during the rest of the work week.  (My outfits do repeat so if something sounds familiar then it probably is.)

Thursday
Dark brown pants and black cowl-neck shirt with micro horizontal stripes.
The shirt is one of my favorites.  In these pants though I was still plagued with the too-tight at the waist discomfort.
Look's Rating:  Style - 8; Comfort - 3

Friday
Dark blue jeans and cream-colored scooped-neck T
I've got the scooped-neck T in its dark brown and lavender versions as well.  The jeans thankfully felt more comfortable than my other pants choices for the week.
Look's Rating:  Style - 7; Comfort- 8

Not sure what's on the horizon for this week.  To be honest with you I'm not quite liking this the loss of an hour for today but I'll have to cope with it.  Next week, we'll see if I'll resume daily postings of my outfits or if I'll just post according to how I feel.

Other than watching some DVDs and taking a much needed trip to the grocery store, I don't have anything else planned for the work week.  Perhaps I'll set an early bedtime for myself or make some guest appearances at the gym.  Qui sais?

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What I've Been Wearing

My weekend went well.  Sunday's massage was a good one.  I took a 4.5 hour nap once I got home.  Watched Our Idiot Brother.  Was an enjoyable enough movie.  Didn't update my 2012 goals but perhaps I'll do that by next week.

Here's a quick summary of what I've been wearing...
Monday
Camel colored corduroy pants and an oversized brown sweater.
Liked the look but the pants felt a li'l too tight.
Look's Rating:  Style - 8; Comfort - 2

Tuesday
Black pants and lavender colored scooped-neck T
Pants felt tooo tight at waist.
Look's Rating:  Style - 5; Comfort - 3

Today-o
Dark blue jeans and brown scooped neck- T
Again, pants felt tooo tight at waist.
Look's Rating:  Style - 7; Comfort - 3

Hencefar, it seems like I've been rather tight-waisted in my clothing choices.  Possibly, in a few weeks with the right proportion of gym visits and a decrease of quesadillas, I'll be able to stop commenting on my clothing discomforts. 


Is there a common clothing discomfort to the clothes that you wear?  Does this discomfort make you feel annoyed at the clothing or annoyed with your body?

[workout] Just One

So far, I've managed to fit in one workout this week.  That would be my Sunday workout.  On that day, I was happy that I woke up early to go to the gym and I remember I felt annoyed by some of the bummer news (murder, kidnappings, parolees on the loose) on TV.  It was messing with my endorphins.  ; )

Here's the rundown:
Lifted weights - Legs & arms
Treadmill - 10 min
StairMaster - 20 min
StairMill - 5 min

Here's hoping that I get another workout in by next week.