Denim

Sweet n' Low Lucky Jeans and the shirt is from Express. The jacket is from Old Navy and has a cool design on the left shoulder blade. I wear this jacket much more often than the regular denim jacket I have.

I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow morning because I can tell my clothes are fitting better so I suspect I've lost weight and I know I've lost inches. I'm not exactly dieting at the moment but I drink tons of watter, walk every day, and use our elliptical machine ever other night. I'm not only looking and feeling better, I'm sleeping better yay.

Happy Wednesday To You

See I told you it would fade. I'm about 2 shampoo's from Strawberry. Oh well. I'm gonna re die it Saturday or maybe Sunday & then maybe I'll let it return to natural.

The pants are Editor from Express, the sweater is from Old Navy and I haven't worn it since I started the site, the blazer is from Delias and I can't remember if I've worn it recently, and my shoes are the black green and grey ones from Newport News.

Thursday 10-16-08

Believe it or not I was crazy busy yesterday so I didn't have time to get my photo uploaded. But here it it.

This sweater is the twin sister to the blue one I wore Tuesday. It and the pants are from Express the cami is from Old Navy.

Common Courtesy

This is what I wore yesterday. The outfit looks oddly dowdy in this picture but in motion......well you can see the slit in the skirt. It goes quite high. It wasn't until about halfway through the day when I realized the combination of that skirt and fishnet tights was maybe less than work appropriate. Modesty at least in the physical sense is something I frequently forget to have. I'm generally comfortable with my body and don't really care if people look. There are however limits to what is acceptable even to me.

Example: There is one guy at my office who literally stares with his mouth hanging open every time I walk by. Now it's always nice to be admired but I do worry vaguely that he's going to drown himself in his own drool and then I'd feel guilty. Mostly I find it amusing but it really is a little rude. Also while admittedly the above outfit is somewhat provocative you've seen what I generally wear to work and it's not overtly sexy. Believe me when I'm trying to get a reaction you'll know.

Note: I took pity on the poor guy yesterday. Once I realized the non workness of the outfit I decided to avoid his gaze. The poor guy would probably have to go home to change pants.

Any way the skirt is from Victoria's Secret, The sweater from Express, the tank from Old Navy. You've seen em all before. I have several pairs of patterned tights and I'm not sure where I got this particular pair. It may have been from a company called foot traffic.

Ok Finaly Got Access to the Raw Pic from Yesterday

Man! Raw fiasco 2008 is finally under control. Hopefully not so many double posts from now on.

Today (above) I'm wearing pants from Victorias Secret, a shirt from Express, a blazer from Delias and these shoes.


Yesterday I wore a skirt and sweater both from Express and a tank from Old Navy and the fabu shoes I bought for cheap on Amazon.com.

Two Days Worth

I didn't get around to posting yesterday mostly through laziness so today's a double dose.

Today I'm wearing the Old Navy Jeans and a sweater from Delias. This sweater is super soft & comfy & I wore it most of the time I was pregnant until I couldn't keep my belly from sticking out the bottom.

Yesterday brown editor pants from Express a blouse I bought on Amazon and also wore for quite a while when I was pregnant & my very most favorite sweatshirt from Lucky Jeans. I bought it in February when I was in Tahoe for my SIL's bachelorette party & I just didn't have enough warm clothes that fit. Keep in mind I'd just had a baby like 8 weeks before normally I would have packed more.

Summers Last Hurrah

Today's entire outfit it brought to you by Old Navy. Except the shoes which are Steve Madden are about 4 years old & believe it or not are very comfortable.

P.S. Fiona only woke up once last night so today I'm actually functioning.

Good Hair Day

Two days in a row, I'm on a roll!

These are my same flirt jeans from Old Navy. They're to big but they're comfy. The tank is from Old Navy and the Sweater is from Express.

I finally got my hair to behave the way I want it to. It was too fluffy when I first got it cut. I'm just not a big hair girl.

Hope you all have a good weekend!

Monday monday ba da da da da da

Check out how thin I appear to have gotten. Still got a few pounds to go but I'm just sayin'.

Anyway Editor pants (you're shocked) today khaki with a white pinstripe. I didn't notice until I got to work that I need to fix the hem on the left pant leg so I went all McGyver and stapled it so I'm not tripping over it all day. The tank is also from Express and the little white sweater is from Old Navy. The shoes are also from Sofft like the black ones I wear a lot but these are cuter however they don't fit me quite rite so they flop around when I walk which is annoying.

I'd like to point out that's not a problem with the shoes themselves. I seem to have oddly shaped feet because I can't wear pumps or slingbacks or even ballet flats. I guess I have a narrow heel so if I don't have an ankle strap the shoe will flop around. These have a strap but it's not high enough up on my foot to prevent the flapping. It's tragic really since there are so many cute shoes I can't wear.

I would also like to state for the record that I'm a dork. We went out to dinner on Saturday to celebrate our anniversary and I intended to take a picture to post but I completely forgot until we were already at the restaurant and didn't have the camera with us. I looked cute too, the hostess even said so ( I heart complements from strangers). Oh well I'll have to recreate the outfit for work one day. The problem is I am not a morning person (no really the people who read this who actually know me can tell you) and I put the minimum amount of effort in to getting ready for work. I'm a little better now since I know I'm going to have my picture taken but I'd still rather sleep a few more minutes than spend the time on my hair and makeup.

Finally a special thank you to Dave's brother and his wife(B&J, who don't read this but that doesn't matter) for watching Fiona for a couple hours while we had dinner. It was so nice to be grownups and have adult conversations that don't get interrupted with sentences that contain words like binky and poo. I hope to be able to return the favor in the very near future.

You Had to Know Reruns Were Coming

There are only so many items in my wardrobe that are work appropriate (and not waiting to be dry cleaned) so these are the pants I wore here and the sweater I wore here I actually have some other items to show you but I have cramps today and didn't feel like making the effort.

We brought Fiona down to my Mom's house today which is why she was with us. Fiona is wearing a fabulous flowered sleep and play that I have no idea where we got it but it's Carters they sell em everywhere. Run rite out and buy one, it's what all the well dressed babies are wearing this season.

Our neighbors probably think were crazy (and their not wrong) because we take my picture in front of our garage most mornings. Well that can make for fun neighborhood gossip. I do think the still sleepy puffy look that my eyes seem to always have in these pictures is less than flattering but hey it's honest. I never claimed to be a beauty queen. Just very narcissistic.

More Long Sleeves in August?

What's that, did I loose weight? Why yes thank you for noticing. As of Saturday morning I'd lost 3 pounds which leaves 9 more to pre baby weight. Yay I may be able to get in to my favorite work pants by next week (keep your finger crossed). I'll be able to show a bit more variety in my wardrobe.

This shirt is from the Victoria's Secret catalogue. It's 100% cotton which makes it really comfortable although it usually needs to be ironed after I wash it which means I don't wear it very often. These are the same pants I wore here . I like to use grey as a neutral it's less stark than black or white.

I've been meaning to explain why I've been wearing all these long sleeves and sweaters in August in California. This has been a very mild summer. Last summer was too. Also my office in Emeryville is actually on the watter and anyone who lives near watter can tell you it's cooler the closer you get to the shore. Today however is ridiculous. It was raining on our way to work, just sprinkling but still the average rain fall for August is 0%. This is why picked August for our out door wedding. I pointed out to Dave that if this were 3 years ago I'd be crying (our anniversary is on Wednesday).

Saturday Wear

We never got around to taking a fresh pic on Friday (it was a crazy day) so I'm breaking from tradition and showing you what I wore when we went out to dinner on Saturday. We went to Amici's Pizza in Vacaville. If it was some where fancier I'd have put on something else.

I was hoping to capture the coolness of my hair but I'm not sure you can tell how wavy it was. I used Bumble and Bumble surf spray after I washed it and let it air dry. It looked like I'd pent the day at the beach. If we'd actually spent the day at the beach my skin would be the same color as the tank top, I'm so pale.

The jeans are the same Old Navy ones you've seen before the cut is called the Flirt by the way. I got that tank at Kohls last year shortly before I found out I was pregnant so I think this is the second time I've worn it.

Attempting the Grey Eyeshadow Dark Lips Thing

Lets take a moment to talk about my boobs (Oh the hits I'm gonna get from that ha ha). I'm not sure if it comes through clearly in the pictures but this shirt has a ruffle down the front which is usually something I avoid like the plague (Strange phrase. The plague is pretty easy to avoid ruffles less so) because lets be honest my boobs don't need any enhancing. I was a D cup before I went in to high school and for some unknown reason I gained another cup size a couple years ago and then I got pregnant (sigh). This shirt strangely actually minimises the scary hugeness of my chest and as an added bonus makes me look thinner than I really am. Which is why it's important to occasionally try something you would normally avoid.

The shirt is from Newport News. The pants are (you guessed it) Old Navy. You can't really see my earrings but they're from Shane Co. The shoes (which you also can't see very well ) are black Mary Jane's from a company called Soft and are pretty much my every day work shoes because they are so comfortable and versatile.

I was reading an article over the weekend in Lucky about dark lips being in so I'm being brave and trying it out. Generally I go for very natural makeup and only do red lips if were going somewhere in the evening. The whole effect today is a bit goth or vampy which is cool with me I feel kinda sexy and I've already been told three times today that I look nice (sweet).

I Hate Ironing and The Dryer Isn't Fixed Yet

Yep those pants are pretty wrinkly. Both pants and shirt are from Old Navy and once again the pants are to large. On that note I've started a diet if it works I'll tell ya all about it.....if it doesn't work we'll never speak of this again. Those are my boots from Ebay again. The sunglasses too are from Ebay and I should have taken them off before we took the picture but I forgot.

The Red Sweater

Actually it turns out this sweater isn't exactly like my white one. The sleeves are a little puffy. I like it. This is a terrible picture of me but it shows the sleeves off to their best advantage. The Tank is also from Express and the pants are from Old Navy and are to big.

I'm at a weird stage in loosing my baby weight. I'm to small for all the clothes I was forced to buy to come back to work but I'm still one size larger than my pre baby clothes and I refuse to buy pants in what I'm hoping will be the wrong size soon.

Now that my new fridge has arrived (yesterday yay!) I'm hoping to start slim fast to help me get rid of those last few pounds. I really should start exercising too but I'm not sure when I'm going to find time for it.