this is usually my "fall wishlist" time of year. however, stores don't seem to have their fall collections out yet. so i don't have anything to wish for, nothing to ogle at. plus, since i won't be working, my need for new clothes is pretty low. people keep giving me horror stories about not fitting into their pre-pregnancy clothes for months ( Read more... )

i pretty much hate summer clothes... the bright/annoying colors, the unflattering cuts, and the cheap materials.  ick.  i could skip the season all together.  luckily, i spend most of my days inside an office with a cold air conditioner, allowing me to wear more appropriate clothes.  i don't plan to pick up any tanks or shorts, but i have a few pre ( Read more... )

woohoo, it's february.  january is such a long month.  getting used to being back at work all five days is tiring.  plus, we've had several changes in our schedule with andy getting a new job.  i am happy it's now february.  plus it's a leap year!  how exciting.  the best part of leap year is the extra day and the summer olympics.  the presidential ( Read more... )

what if... i only bought what i really loved.

the things that give me a visceral reaction when i saw them.

the pieces i look at and think "i. must. have. that."
rather than the things i think "yeah, that's okay.  it's not what i wanted, but it'll do because it's cheaper."

it seems to me that buying only the things i really love (and/or "need," like ( Read more... )

so, having temperatures in the mid-seventies in early january doesn't give me much hope for any upcoming winter-related weather.  luckily, i gave up on winter clothes after november anyway; and, if the cold should come, i have a few things available anyway.


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happy holidays.  we are about to round out the holiday season with multiple commercials focused on revamping your life.  i did better on my resolutions this year; and, where i didn't experiment with as many recipes as i might have liked i did loose 32 pounds.  i am now smaller than i was at our wedding, but bigger than i was before we met.  i am at ( Read more... )

andy's birthday was last thursday and it was nice.  we went to lunch at fogo de chao.  i love their pão de queijo, which is a bread andy's mother also makes.  it tastes just like a cheez-it (seriously).  hopefully i can find tapioca flour and make it.  he opened his presents and we ate the oreo brownies i made and watched a lot of episodes of ( Read more... )

i cull my wardrobe regularly... at least twice a year but normally more.  however, the area i never seem to "get to" is my sweaters.  sweaters come in, but rarely go out.  they pretty much have to do something terrible to be let go - not go with anything (weird colors), be especially cropped/too long, or stretch beyond saving by a toss in the dryer ( Read more... )

a few weeks ago i purchased this outfit at anthropologie.  yesterday i returned it.  i kept thinking about returning it and i just figured if i had any doubt about keeping it, i shouldn't keep it.  this makes since, right?  so now i am on the hunt for something else, since that was to be my main christmas gift.  not ironically, that was my only ( Read more... )

winter may be just starting to appear every few days here; however, i will be wrapping up my shopping for the season in the next few weeks.  unfortunately, it's just not cold here very long so amassing any more cold weather clothing would be excess.  i've sold/donated a lot of stuff so i am definitely ending the season with less than i started.  ( Read more... )