This Life, Redefined...: Just over a month...

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Just over a month...

...until the start of the college football season!

I know that may seem like kind of a strange thing to be focused on in the middle of the summer, but when I decided to add the orange sweater to this outfit in an attempt to jazz up my slightly boring navy blue jersey dress, I immediately felt like an Auburn Tiger. Or a Clemson Tiger. Or any of those other southern Tigers whose school colors are orange and blue. And then I had to convince myself not to change, because my football loyalties run deep, and I am most definitely not a tiger.

Oh, the things I do for style...

(And if this made no sense to you, I apologize. I am a bit of a sports fan (or a HUGE sports fan, as it may be), and it kind of takes over some times. Expect A LOT of green to show up in my pictures this fall...because I may not be a tiger, but I am Irish through and through!)

Dress: Ann Taylor (outlet)

Sweater: Gap (outlet)

Shoes: Nine West (outlet)

Necklace: Tiffany

Bracelet: vintage

10 comments:

CBJuly 28, 2011 at 10:02 AM
I knew EXACTLY what you were talking about. I live in Alabama--and I'm very familiar with not being able to wear certain colors or certain patterns (houndstooth) without being associated with those teams. I've grown up with all that rivalry, and I've discovered that I want nothing to do with it, but it's rather hilarious how I refuse to pair some colors together in order to prevent people asking me if I'm a "so-and-so" fan.

Cute outfit! I wish I could wear navy with orange! haha!
Whitney
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Style JourneyJuly 28, 2011 at 10:03 AM
Love this look! We must thing alike because I have the same outfit!

We are also HUGE football fans. Although we bleed scarlet and gray :)

Heather
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ashleyb1182July 28, 2011 at 10:33 AM
I wouldn't call myself a sports fan, but my husband lives and breathes Florida State football and I find myself getting sort of excited about it starting up soon! (In 37 days to be exact. Ask me how I know this.) I love the contrasting colors in this outfit, but in Florida orange and blue doesn't mean Tigers, it means Gators, and it might be an offense worthy of divorce if I tried to wear them together!
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Mother in HeelsJuly 28, 2011 at 12:32 PM
Sorry you felt like a tiger :) but the dress is super cute and the sweater was a good choice with it, in my opinion.
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CJuly 28, 2011 at 4:57 PM
My alma mater's colors are orange and blue! We're not the tigers though :) For some reason I'm more excited about the NFL (so glad the lockout's over!) than college football.
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TiffanyJuly 28, 2011 at 4:58 PM
Haha, you could say you look like a Gator too. =) Aren't Florida Gators blue and orange? I'm not sure because I'm more an NFL girl. Go Saints! ;)

I absolutely love those white heels!! You are looking gorgeous!
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MelissaJuly 28, 2011 at 8:21 PM
Can we still be friends if I'm not at all into sports? Like, not even the slightest?

Although I do know, for Tiffany's sake, that yes, the Gators are blue and orange also. :)

You look beautiful, I love orange on you!
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ClaireJuly 28, 2011 at 8:31 PM
i love this orange sweater with the navy! looks great. and how funny you are a fighting Irish. my husband is a Trojan!

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Bird Bug PugJuly 29, 2011 at 2:20 AM
my husband went to Auburn so WAR EAGLE

he actually woke up last saturday, rolled over, grabbed my laptop and started playing auburn related football videos... ridiculous. he watched auburn football videos for 45 minutes before getting out of bed

anyways, i love blue and orange. ha
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ViktoriaJuly 29, 2011 at 8:37 AM
I just love the color of that cardi. It's so bright and cheerful!

You'll catch me in quite a bit of black and old gold this fall, too. Gotta show off my Boilermaker pride in this SEC country ;)
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2014 List

1) Send more mail...thank you notes, birthday cards, and 'just because' messages.

2) Be nicer, in general, to my husband and family. They deserve a much less crabby me than the one they were stuck with for most of 2013.

3) Make more of an effort to communicate with the long-distance people in my life. I got away from facetiming with my sister on a regular basis, and I miss it. Plus, now that she's making me an aunt, I think it's even more important that we get back into the habit of seeing each other every week. I do not need her new baby asking 'are you SURE you have more than one sister?', just because Aunt Mary lives in Indiana and Aunt Tara lives all of the way in Georgia.

4) Call or email or even text my friends from college more than I do now, which is hardly at all. Just because we can pick up after not talking to each other for months like no time has passed at all does not mean I should keep letting all of those months pass without the talking. I'm afraid the picking back up can't keep happening in a friendship like that.

5) Do one fitness/health related challenge each month. - You know all of those '0 to 1,000 sit-ups in just 30 days!!' kind of schedules that pop up on Pinterest all of the time? I'm going to start doing those. One each month. Fifteen minute plank? I'M COMING FOR YOU. I'm also throwing my meat-free/sugar-free/alcohol-free months in this category, as well.

6) Run another organized 5K. - It was so much more fun than I expected. Minus the running up a hill part, anyway.

7) Renew my vows with Steve, in Vegas, by Elvis, for our 10th anniversary in October.

8) Create an art wall somewhere in my house.

9) Organize a workspace for me

10) Attend The Blathering in Seattle. - Charleston was such a great time, I'd love to make it back for the Seattle trip.

11) Read at least two books a month.

12) Take Brigid camping.

13) Find a yoga studio and start taking classes regularly.

14) Write something, anything, not blog related.

15) No spending money on new clothes this year. Using gift cards and rewards points are fine, but I need to get out of the habit of spending money on new stuff, just to make myself feel better. I swear, shopping is my addiction, but the high I get from buying a new sweater probably isn't enough to justify the amount of money I spend on clothes I don't need.

16) No buying anything at all unless I absolutely need it. I have a bad habit of stocking up on things at sales (candles, lotions, make-up, beauty products), even if I have a cabinet full of the same stuff already at home. I will use the cabinet full of crap before I add more crap.

17) Be more consistent in updating my family blog, because my parents give me a hard time when I let it lag, and my personal blog, because I'm not as happy with myself when I let it lag.

18) Find a general practitioner and get a physical.

19) Post at least one picture a day on Instagram, to get myself into the habit of taking more pictures of my sweet girls, since I find entire events have passed where I've forgotten to photograph said events. Like Christmas. Sadly.

20) Get a haircut. - You can laugh at this one, if you must, but I did not get one single haircut in 2013. In fact, I haven't had a haircut since before Caitlin was born in November of 2012. I do not even know how this happens, but I know it must end. Soon. I think a Locks of Love kind of donation might be in order. My hair, it is long.

21) Make an effort to get to know the neighbors. - I tend to not get dressed/leave the house on the weekends, and this extends to not fraternizing with anyone who lives near me, because I'm afraid people will judge me for my make-up free, sweatpants clad weekend laze. I should probably get over that.

22) Write more thank you notes. - I am terrible at writing thank you notes. I should not be so terrible.

23) Buy new rugs for my new house. - The sunroom and foyer, in particular, need something fun.

24) Be more fearless in forming and maintaining relationships. - There are many times where I think of something I want to send to someone, whether it's an email, text, card, or what have you, and I don't, because I'm afraid I've maybe overestimated whether we have the type of friendship where I can do something like that. I don't want to worry about stuff like that anymore.

25) Put together an Advent/Christmas activity calendar for Brigid and Caitlin. - I did that for Brigid when I was home on maternity leave after Caitlin's birth, and it was so much fun. I didn't get the chance to do it this year, and I feel like I missed out on some part of the excitement of the season. I'm bringing it back.

26) Institute a once-a-month date night with Steve. Or date lunch, I guess, if necessary.

27) Institute a once-a-month girls' night, whether it be with my old college roommate, my SiLs, or the neighbors. I should get out of the house at least once a month with people who do not live in my house.