The second night in a row without air conditioning and I feel like a crazy person. I am officially ready for cooler weather!
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Tag: Self reflection
Monday, Monday
Ready or not, Monday arrives every week. This week, I was not quite prepared. “One more day,” I seem to always plead with no one in particular. Thoughts of going back to bed and the beach (two weeks!) are filling my head but in the meantime, my to-do list must be attended to…Here’s hoping your weekend was wonderful and your week has gotten off to a great start.
Image Credits: one & two – {this is glamorous}
Wonderful Wednesday
Hi! First night in new place! So exciting! I felt like I was playing house because it felt so surreal to have a place all my own.
I live dangerously close to an Italian restaurant (2 doors down). I’m afraid I will be running over there constantly!
Everything is still in disarray but arranging and decorating is the fun part, right?
I’m very much looking forward to having friends over, hosting dinner parties and utilizing my bar cart!
I can’t wait to share photos with you…
Beginnings
It’s the beginning of the month and the week for all of us. It’s the beginning of a new house and a new year for me. Sometimes that can feel tiresome and old-hat but hopefully it is refreshing and exhilarating. For my 25th birthday, I gave myself a diet as a present. It wasn’t exactly fun getting here (no processed foods, no drinking, no starches/sugars) but I’m reaping the benefits now (rediscovering my closet/cheekbones). I hope to take the past four weeks of restricted eating into consideration as the diet ends. My goal is to appreciate food more, to spend time discovering recipes, spices, cooking, chewing, smelling and savoring. As much as I’d love to dive into a stack of pancakes and devour a pizza, I’m really craving things like eggs, avocados and cheese. Hopefully the beach in a month will keep my motivation up!
Running on Empty + Barcart Bliss
Between packing, moving, lease-signing and dieting as well as packing/moving boyfriend. I’ve managed to fit in my real job, a little daydreaming and the sporadic wish-list update for the new place. Last night, after I stripped my entire bathroom down, organized and filled two tall kitchen bags with trash…I was beat. Unfortunately, my mind didn’t exactly follow suite. I got about two hours of sleep (and a 3am bath). Needless to say, my wagon is dragging. But it’s still a super exciting time and the weekend is swiftly approaching.
PS: I got my dream bar cart yesterday at a lovely vintage mall that I’ve never been into before (why?). It’s called The Flying Dog and they have some really interesting and fun things. Umm bar cart was $35, I felt like I was robbing them! I also got a vintage cream croc clutch for $5. Below – the bar cart – in all it’s glory (in the store). It’s black, it has wheels and it folds.
Friday Loving
Good morning! The end of the week always brings a certain vigorous lust for life, if you will. I’m feeling enamored with the whole concept of the “weekend” even though I need to spend it packing and cleaning. Alas, I’m sure I’ll be able to fit in some pool time and DD-ing. Right now I’m…
Listening to Local Natives – cannot get enough, especially Shape Shifter, Stranger Things & Cubism Dream.
Craving pancakes…especially Blueberry Pancakes…
Loving my new mini George Foreman.
Perusing fun home guides from LadyLux
Image Credits: cute couple, Paris street, lovely shower
It’s freaking HOT
Why hello. This weather (lots of sun, no breeze, air condition lagging…) causes me to feel sleepy and lethargic. Wouldn’t it be more fun to be by a pool than at work? July is slipping by so quickly, soon it will be time for moving, birthday and finally MEXICO with my sweetheart!
Image credits: bubble, cake, dock, suitcases, white room, beach,
Yummy
Lately, because of the diet, I’ve been thinking more about food and how much I appreciate it. How much of an event it can be and how I occasionally take it for granted or abuse it. Eating is such an adventure. There are so many natural fruits, veggies, spices to choose from and combine, it’s a shame when we waste our time on processed foods. Although, french fries are sometimes the ONLY thing I want. When the diet concludes (two more weeks!) I am going to make a conscious effort to take more care about what I put in my body. It’s always a worthwhile pursuit. Don’t you agree?
Check it out! One of my favorite healthy/foodie blogs is One Smart Brownie by the lovely & accomplished Carolyn Brown.
Monday, Monday…so good to me.
Twas a good weekend. My life change that I alluded to a couple of weeks ago was actually just a diet and a move. I sat through a wedding and didn’t eat a thing (cake is my weakness). I’ve lost 10lbs! I found a new house right downtown that is accepting of my puppies, plus it’s adorable.
I’m going to see Inception tonight. My beau and I are probably going to go on vacation. I’m feeling super lucky and excited. Hope your week started off real nice.
Kinda want balayage highlights. Thoughts?
Ch-ch-ch-changes
I made a pretty big “personal life” decision yesterday and I’m pretty excited about it! I recently heard that people love change but they hate transition. It makes sense to me. You just have to have a dream to pull you through the transition to the other side.
Anyway, one thing I’ve realized is that shoes are the one thing you never grow out of (neither up nor out).
The Window Shopper 