June 7 – Week in Review

I know my posts can get rather long when I fill them with random-ness, so I decided to try putting all the random bits and thoughts I have during the week here, in a Saturday post, for your reading pleasure. Or feel free to skip it if you’re so inclined. It IS Saturday 😉

I’ve also been reading a lot more lately, and since I’m quite opinionated about things, I have opinions. Lots of opinions. I’m going to start using the Facebook page for those thoughts, and quick little bits and pieces, but I’ll also share some here. Keeping it relevant to fashion & personal style of course. Mostly.

Finally, I have a clothing budget now. I think that deserves it’s own post, since it’s something I talk about a lot here, but I’ll be sharing what I bought during the week in this Saturday post. I’ll also be making an effort to purge things from my wardrobe every week; I must decrease the amount of stuff I have…

Please let me know your thoughts on this new endeavor! I’m interested to hear them, as always.

What I Bought

Nothing. Although I thought I wanted to buy that James Perse skirt you see in the Instagram image. Thank goodness I went to Nordstrom to try it on first though, because it’s SHORT. I even tried on a larger size than my usual. Still short. It’s pretty cute, and nicely made, but yeah, short. And the pleating around my hips doesn’t do me any favors. Still, if it had been a couple of inches longer, I probably would have bought it. While I was there, I also tried on this longer henley tunic for the heck of it. It’s good, but sort of a terrycloth material. Like a towel. It was long enough to wear with leggings though, if you’re into that.

What I Got Rid Of

Nothing. I am preparing a very large box of clothes and makeup/beauty leftovers to take to my sister in Atlanta when we visit for July 4th week though; which should put a huge dent in what I have to get rid of. Maybe I can get down to one closet??

What I Read

I checked CLEAN by Alejandro Junger, out of the library and read it. I was going to buy it, but I’m sort of glad I didn’t. I’ll wait and just buy the cookbook instead. The recipes are good, but the book was sort of a recap of everything I mostly already knew about food and inflammation: avoid trigger foods. And my trigger foods are sugar, corn, wheat and dairy. Yeah. All of them. I didn’t do the cleanse because I know already that I have negative – not extreme – reactions to each of these food “groups,” I’ve just chosen to ignore it.

Also reading The Fixer by Bernard Malamud. I’m not very far in, so I don’t have an opinion on it yet.

The WSJ looks for the perfect t-shirt. Here are my thoughts on the matter…

Oh no. Apparently activewear is the new denim. Actually, I am not opposed to this in general – I highly value my “expensive” workout wear from Sweaty Betty & SoLow (as well as my Old Navy compression leggings), but aside from the on-the-way-home trip to Trader Joe’s, I don’t wear my activewear as “street” wear. Leggings ARE NOT PANTS.

What I Did

Worked. a lot. Maybe you have noticed a few little changes here and there on the blog. And tried to catch up on missing Pure Barre last week by going 5 days this week.

What I Ate

Nothing with wheat, corn, added sugar, or dairy in it 😉 I tried out chia seed “cereal” for breakfast to replace my greek yogurt, and liked it. First, I tried just the chia seeds soaked in almond milk, which turned out to be pretty slimy. Then I did overnight oats with chia seeds and liked that better. Basically, before I go to bed, I mix 1/4 cut organic rolled oats with 2T organic chia seeds and 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk with just a pinch of salt, stirring well. When I’m ready to eat in the morning I add TONS of fruit (blueberries are my drug of choice) and that’s it. So far so good.

Now, back to binge-watching Orange is the New Black – hope you’re having a good weekend!