Insight of the Day

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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?

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?

Shorty

I'm just getting settled in after having worked and gone to the store today.  I started my day early to pick up some flowers from myself from a nearby florist.  Once I got the flowers, I hurried to my place to put them in some water and then headed to work.  Unfortunately, I did cut the flowers too short so in one pitcher they are barely peeking from the top.

I remembered to pick up some almonds today which I am glad about since I usually eat almonds for breakfast and for my mid-day snack.

What's lined up for my weekend?  I got the movie Our Idiot Brother to watch.  Hope it's funny enough.  On Sunday, I got a massage booked which I am looking forward to.  Cleaning my studio, washing clothes, and updating my 2012 goals are also planned for the weekend.  Possibly, I'll go to the gym this weekend.  I haven't been in 3 days so it's time for a visit.

I wore dark blue jeans and a blue-and-white pinstriped button down.  The outfit was so-so.  Rather basic.  The jeans I'm fine with but the shirt has shrunk--another victim of overdrying--so it feels tight across the back at times.

Look's Rating:  Style - 4; Comfort - 4

What are your plans for the weekend?  Do you take better or worse care of yourself during the weekend?

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It Sounds Dull...But

Thursday, alas!  I'm getting closer to the weekend.  I'll be back to having Saturdays and Sundays off this month so this time Friday does mean something to me.

Nothing too exceptional to report about my day.  Work was pleasant enough.  I forgot to get almonds from the store today but will pick up some tomorrow.  Online, I saw that Men in Black 3 is coming out this month and 21 Jump Street.  Don't know if I'll see either one...

Wore dark brown pants and my black-and-gray striped shirt.  The color combo brown-black-gray does sound dull but I really like this look.  The shirt is a scoop-necked one by Land's End and although black shirts usually don't flatter me, this one works.  My only plaint about this look is that the shirt is too low (shrunk while drying) and the pants were feeling too high therefore I was on the lookout for any flooding or wardrobe malfunctioning.

Look's Rating:  Style - 8 Comfort - 3  :(

Do you get rid of clothes that compliment you in every way but the fit or do you tolerate them?  Have you worn a color combo that may sound dull but it actually works for you?

Outfit Conflict

Yesterday, I returned from my sis' Ciao Bella party.  I had a great time with her and enjoyed the lasagna that she made.  The curious thing about the crock-pot lasagna was that it took 5+ hours to make.  My sis said she had to pre-cook everything 'cept for the pasta.  She and I were both a bit puzzled as to the advantages of making the lasagna.

At my sis' on Saturday evening, we watched the news for the updates on Whitney Houston's death.  We also attempted to watch some DVDs.  Horrible Bosses was a bit too crude for us so we stopped it after 5 min.  The Ides of March was too intense for us and we kept dozing off.  We stopped that one after about 20 min of great mental efforts on our parts.

On Sunday afternoon, we did watch 50-50 about the young guy with cancer.  I actually liked that movie.  I didn't think I was gonna care too much for it.  Figured it'd be too preachy or melodramatic but I actually was interested in the movie and didn't find it mentally draining.

And now for the outfit conflict...Well, the outfit conflict was that my "top" (charcoal gray coat) didn't go with my "bottom" (black track pants).  If instead, I'd worn jeans with the coat or a warm-up jacket with the black track pants, then I would've looked a li'l more congruent.  As it was, a part of me looked like I was heading to the gym while another part looked like I was gonna go shopping.  Not cool.

True, it was the weekend and my main wish was to be comfortable but next time, I will also work on being more congruent with what I wear.  Outfit conflicts aren't cool and it had me feeling "uneven" with my look.

How about for you?  What would you have worn with the black track pants?  What outfit conflicts have you experienced recently?  Do you give a hoot about your weekend looks?