Purple Week Day #9??

I gave up on wearing my purple, b/c honestly I was just sick of it. Too much color. Yuck. I totally overcompensated today with an all black outfit. And then as I was walking out the door, I grabbed this jacket. I thought "oh it's perfect. A tiny bit of color and pattern that won't clash since I am wearing all black." And then in the car I noticed...it's got purple in it! AACCKKKK!!!! I can't escape the purple.

Rand's Daily Outfit Assessment: "You look like a goth chick. You look like a wannabe-vampire douche." Nice. But he also thought that the shirt I was wearing under the dress was hot, so maybe he has a thing for wannabe-vampire, goth douches?

What I Wore Underneath the Sneaky Purple:

• black lace shell (Lane Bryant)
• black shirt dress (American Shirt Dress Co. via Goodwill)
• black fishnet tights (Target?)
• black cotton necklace, worn as bracelet (made by Maria)
• black brooch, worn on bracelet (via Goodwill)
• black suede wedges (I can't remember)
• vintage black sequin screw-back earrings (via Goodwill)

What I Did While Watching More Biggest Loser on Hulu:

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Purple Week Day #9

The battery in my camera has died. No big deal, right? Just plug it in and charge it. Hmmm. I haven't had to use it since we moved and I cannot find it anywhere. I've looked in all the likely places, so it's probably somewhere really random like the bottom of a purse I used a few months ago. But since I use my camera every day, I can't wait to stumble upon it. So I bought another one on Amazon. Until it arrives, you'll have to suffer through dark, blurry photos taken with my blackberry. Even though I messed with the color in GIMP, I still couldn't take all the excess yellow out of the pic. Look at those Big Bird colored legs!

What I Wore While The Camera Made Me Look Jaundiced:

• lavendar tweed skirt (Lane Bryant)
• red tank (CAbi via Goodwill)
• purple plaid wrap blouse (The Limited)
• magenta heels
• silver ring necklace (Macys)
• silver ring earrings (?)
• silver brooch, worn at belt (via Goodwill)

What I Ate Going Out To Thai Lotus:

• breakfast: cheesy egg, alternative bagel, pear, Diet DP
• lunch: sugar snap peas, apple, cheese stick, salmon burger
• snack: graham crackers (Jason's Deli)
• dinner: vegetable pad thai

What I Did That Should NOT Count As Exercise:

Fitness Essentials Bellydancing for Abs

LeShaun very generously gave me this workout DVD a few months ago, but this is the first time I had the opportunity to try it out. Sadly, I won't be using it again. It was pretty lame. I thought it was pretty clear that the instructor had no background in belly dance at all. She looked awkward, and did not explain the moves well at all. Also, the music has no connection to anything she was doing nor did it fit the style of the workout. If I had to guess, I would say that the video was filmed sans music and then this other music was dubbed in later. It was very odd.

I did not even work up a mild sweat.

Purple Week Day #8

Wait! There are only 7 days in a week, right? Well, a coworker commented that she couldn't believe that I had enough purple clothing to wear purple every day for a week, so I decided to wear purple until I ran out of items (no repeats). So more purple!

I had so many people ask me what was different with my hair today - if I had died it a darker color or what. Even Rand thought I had gotten it cut. But it's just the return of faux bangs. I do this every once in a while. It helps prevent me from cutting bangs when I am getting bored with my hairs. See, about every 7 years or so, I go into a salon and ask for bangs, despite the fact that every time in my past that I have done this has been a disaster. My hair is not made for bangs. I have a small forhead, whispy hair in the front, and waves. I basically end up with a frizz pile on my forhead. Plus, it's not good for my round face. Then I discovered faux bangs. Perfection! I can play for a day with no committment, AND since it's just hair pinned to the side, it lays flatter and smoother than real bangs would on me. Yay!

What I Wore With Faux Bangs:

• purple cardi (Target)
• green tweed skirt (Lane Bryant)
• grey suede boots (Lane Bryant outlet)
• green necklace (Lane Bryant)
• green earrings (Ross?)

Purple Week Day #7

We had some friends over for Sunday brunch. I made dutch apple pancakes, real bacon(!!), mimosas, and bloddy marys. We had a great time.

What I Wore While Drinking Mimosas:

• black dress (Gap)
• purple/black plaid flats (Steve Madden)
• purple cardi (Rainbow)
• feather headband (Target)
• mimosa (me!)

Purple Week Day #4

Today I decided to do a homage to Kasmira and her Red Hat Society Experiments, so I paired red with purple today. This gave me perfect opportunity to bust out my new cardigan, my new red trench coat, and my new necklace, all of which I got at Goodwill a few weeks ago. I only bought three things at Goodwill that day and they were all red. LOL

I picked a wonderful day to wear fur and suede shoes - it rained all day long. Luckily I had a backup pair of heels at work so I changed into them in order to leave.

What I Wore While Joining The Red Hat Society:

• purple dress (Old Navy)
• red cardi (Eddie Bauer via Goodwill)
• nude pantyhose (Hanes)
• red suede shoes w/ fur poofs (J. Renee)
• brooch (inherited from grandma)
• goldtone belt (via Goodwill)
• red necklace (via Goodwill)
• earrings (stolen from a friend)

What I Did While Vowing to Clean Out My Closets:

Purple Week Day #3

Rand's Daily Outfit Assessment: "You're very coordinated today. Your skirt matches your bib scarf; your sweater matches your bib scarf."

Yep. It's a bib scarf. Before it got smooshed under my coat on the way home from work, the edges of the scarf on my shoulders were fluffed up and it created a faux boatneck. I really enjoyed the affect. And you can see that my sleek side bun had loosened and dropped a little by the end of the day. Oh well. I felt very polished most of the day.

What I Wore That Got Droopy:

• purple skirt (Lane Bryant)
• black T (Old Navy)
• camel cardi (Kathie Lee via Genesis Thrift Store)
• skinny black belt (Target)
• ostrich pumps (Chinese Laundry via DSW)
• faux pearl earrings (new via Goodwill)
• silk scarf (via Goodwill)

What I Did After 10 Days of Nothing:

Hopefully this will be the start of a new groove. I went to bed earlier last night, so it was easier to get up this morning and workout. I've discovered that despite the best of intentions, I almost never workout after work. I'm too tired. So it's early morning or nothing. I bought some external speakers for my "workout station" to plug my laptop into. Now I can actually hear Hulu when I'm on the treadmill. Love it!

Purple Week Day #2

Rand's Daily Outfit Assessment: "I like pencil skirts." That's it folks. No nearly as entertaining as the Sleep Talking Man, but as long as I'm not getting negative feedback, it works for me!

What I Wore While Laughing At The Ramblings of a Sleeing Man:

• purple tweed pencil skirt (Target)
• lilac lace shell (Liz Claiborne)
• grey cashmere sweater (Old Navy)
• snakeskin belt (Dots)
• black buckle pumps (Nicole Miller)
• silvertone earrings (new via Goodwill)
• silvertone brooch (Goodwill)

I've been having a hardtime squeezing in exercise b/c I've been working 11 hour days, but I'm determined to get some in tomorrow.

Purple Week Day #1

As I was selecting outfits on Sunday, I noticed that my first 3 had purple in them. Well, far be it from me to ignore that, so I swapped out my fourth outfit to something with purple. I don't usually plan my casual Friday outfits in advance, so I only pick out four outfits each Sunday. But I know I've got a couple of choices to stick with the purple theme come Friday. And I told some coworkers that it's purple week and I think they are going to throw on some purple tomorrow too. Yay! I love a good community play-along event.

I had to run home in the morning to meet the plumber. I hate leaving work in the middle of the day, bu it meant I got some pics in the natural light. Always a plus.

What I Wore While the Plumber Fixed 2 Leaky Faucets:

• black dress (you know it, you love it, it's still from the Gap)
• purple white jacket (Simply Vera via Kohls)
• purple harlequin (Lane Bryant)
• black patent pumps (Payless)
• white beaded necklace (via Goodwill)
• silvertone/mother of pearl bracelet (gift from my sis)
• white studded belt (new via Goodwill)
• silvertone/mother of pearl earrings (inherited from Grandmother)
• grey pashmina (Worth via Goodwill)
• grey pearl/rhinstone brooch (St. Vincent de Paul thrift store)