Celebrating My 101st Post!

So I realized today that this is my 101st posting on this blog. It's amazing how things have changed in just the short few months I have been doing this. Many of you have inspired me and I have enjoyed sharing my thoughts and passions. Thank you for stopping by. Here's to the next 100 postings!

Ok now on to the outfit. It was still really cold today, but I was in no mood for pants. If you couldn't tell, I am pretty much a skirt and dress gal. So with walking in cold weather in a cute skirt, you must double up on the tights (something I learned from Kimberly). Here is my warm in a skirt look...

Purple long sleeve tee - NY & Co
Wide belt - Dots
Pleated grey skirt - Anthropologie
Plain black tights - Payless
Patterned tights - Target
Booties - Payless

Because of the cold, yesterday's and today's dinner consist of homemade chicken soup (with spinach, mushrooms, and black beans..basically what I had in the fridge) and biscuits. KT posted this recipe on Wednesday and I couldn't resist. I had a stressful evening and I was in a baking mood. Of course you know I broke down the calorie count. If you take the ingredients in the recipe and drop spoonfuls of dough on the cookie sheet, you will make aprox 3 dozen biscuits. It comes to about 36 calories a biscuit. Unfortunately I ate way more than the two you see on my plate. Oh treadmill, I hear you calling my name...

And speaking of treadmill... Today I had to make up for those yummy biscuits and a grilled chicken sandwich (on white) I had for lunch. I worked with my trainer and she had me do a lot of lunges (forward and backwards), a lot of upper body work with machines and the medicine ball. Afterwards I kicked butt on the treadmill for 20 minutes. Running really burns a ton of calories. Hopefully I did enough damage control.

One last thing before I sign off... I wanted to send warm wishes to the ladies at Cute & The Cheap. I know you might be without power. I hope you guys managed to find some warmth. Bundle up, cuddle up, build a fire, and stay warm everyone (in the cold).

Cold Day on Wednesday

Brrrr! It's cold today. Crazy how it was 75 yesterday. Here's my outerwear outfit for my cold walk to work...

Black coat - Kohl's (love this coat)
scarf -Banana
Pants - Steve & Barry's
Walking shoes - Ross (I have heels in bag)
hat - Macy's

Here's a close-up of the print on this coat.

We come home for lunch practically everyday. Here was today's menu:

3.75 ounces of Tandoori chicken

Sauteed spinach and chopped baby bella mushrooms

1/4 of a small avocado

1/2 of a leftover springroll

lemon slice for chicken

Total Calories: 291

Sew Happy on Tuesday

Yes, I am so happy today. I made this lovely green skirt at me Sew Crafty class this past Sunday. It's my first skirt and I couldn't believe how easy it was. I am looking forward to making another. Here are is my sew fab outfit...

Black ruffled pullover-Anthropologie

Green polka dotted skirt - made by me!

black peep - Rack Room

Ribbon pearls - Francesca's

So I have to give a big shout out to Sarah at Sew Crafty! It was a great class and I am really looking forward to many more classes. If you are in Houston, I highly recommend checking them out! They do way more than just sewing.

So here is the original skirt I made my pattern from. The brown paper next to it is the pattern we made using recycled grocery bags.

Now on to the workouts...

Since I haven't had a Bodybugg screenshot in a while, I thought I'd let you know that my workouts are still going full force. I am back on the treadmill more and more and tonight was a personal best for me. I should explain how I hated running when I started working out. I had bad shin splints and would just walk. Well with the help of interval running/walking and jump roping, I can now run for 10 minutes straight. I know 10 minutes doesn't seem much, but for me it's a sweet victory. I was able to walk for 3 minutes and then run again, and so on... In my 45 minute time on the treadmill, I ran 75% of the time. I was so happy! I burned 554 calories in 45 minutes. Freakin' awesome! I hope you guys are also reaching your own personal goals. I know it can be rough sometimes, but even the smallest little victories make it all worth it. Happy workouts everyone!

Happy New Year!

Today is the start of Chinese New Year. It's an extra special year for me since it is the year of The Ox. It'll be another 12 years before it comes around again. Here is my lucky outfit day...

Red wrap top-Charlotte Russe, white tank-Gap, Converse One Jeans-Target, Unisa tan pumps-Off Fifth Saks, Gold medallion necklace-NY&Co.

Yesterday we had a big celebration with my family. Tonight Will and I are going to see some lion dancers at a local restaurant. Although my family is very "Americanized", this is the one celebration we have always cherished. I'm too old and now married to receive the lucky money envelopes, but I look forward to passing these traditions on to my future family.

Gung hei faat choi (Happy New Year) or as my family likes to say "Don't hate fat boys". Yeah, I told you we were Americanized...

Daily Outfit Catch Up

Here are the details...

1) Details of this outfit can be found on this post. This was the real pic taken that day, but my card reader was acting up and you saw an old pic. This was how I really looked that day.

2) Wedding reception outfit: Black and white dress-Ross, striped black tights-Target, Marie peep toes-Rack Room, pearls-gifted from Aunt Mae, headband-made.

3) Feeling Frenchie outfit - purple long sleeve tee-NY&Co, Mossimo short sleeve jacket-Target, grey skirt-Old Navy, argyle tights-Payless, peep toe pumps-Rack Room, belt and beret-Target.

4) Banana Outfit - Seriously, don't I look like a banana? scarf-Stockman's (Finland), Mossimo cream pullover-Target, yellow tweed skirt and brown suede pumps-Ann Taylor Loft, brown tights-Target.

5) Ode to E outfit - This outfit was inspired by the lovely E. I love how she layers up for those cold days in cute summer dresses, long sleeves and jeans. So here's my Inspired by E look... blue long sleeve-Gap, orange cowl neck dress and brown belt-Dots, skinny jeans and long necklace-Target, brown suede pumps-Ann Taylor Loft. And if you are interested, here's how I wore the dress this past summer. I think it was my 2nd post on this blog.

I hope you enjoyed the week's photo dump. I'll be posting a few more random photos by the end of the weekend.

Sorry for the absence...

As I mentioned in my previous post, I broke my card reader for my memory stick and I haven't been able to upload any pictures. I finally got a new one and I will have the week's photo dump posted tomorrow night. Hope everyone has had a great week!

Old Pic For A New Post

This is not Thursday's pic, but it's mostly the same outfit with minor tweeks. I had to go back and post an old pic for you because I am having issues uploading my pictures. I broke my card reader and I can now hear something rattling inside. I guess I'll be at Best Buy soon. Anyways, back to the outfit. Here are the details of what I wore and the things not in this photo...

Odille boat neck - Anthropologie

French Connection skirt - Lot 8

patterend tights - Target (*not pictured)

pumps - Target (*not pictured)

grey belt - Target (*not pictured)

The skirt has become a little too big for me, so it kind of hangs low on my hips. So not cute and I didn't have time to decide on a different skirt. So I hiked it up and tucked it under my bra. Yeah, Will was looking at me a little crazy this morning while I was getting dressed, but the good man that he is, he helped me tuck the back in :-) In the end, the skirt came to little above my knee and it looked way better (esp with the black tights). I added the grey belt to keep it in place. I know I need to have the skirt altered, but I'll wait till I lose a little more weight.

And speaking of weight... I weighed myself this morning. I have lost 5.7lbs since New Year's Day! A few more pounds and the holiday weight will be officially off. Yay! Here is today's screenshot...

Today was a strength/cardio day. Oh yes, I felt the burn! I'm off tomorrow and I'll cram in one more workout before hitting the road. I am off to the big D (Dallas) this the weekend for a wedding reception, visiting my best friend from high school, and Will's best friend from college. It will be a jammed packed weekend filled with lots of temptation. I am packing my resistance bands and trusty red jump rope. I'll try to eat as clean as possible, but I know it will be difficult and I'm only human. I'll let you know how I do.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone and as always, thanks for stopping by my blog!