This Life, Redefined...: Big Plans

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Big Plans

For some reason, pink and yellow worn together never fails to make me think of strawberry lemonade, which just screams SUMMER!! to me. And with the previously mentioned 47 degree mornings that I've been waking up to lately, it is most definitely not summer in Atlanta. But with the black and gray of the outfit, I thought I needed something a little happier to offset the dreary neutrals.

Because I have been one big dreary neutral, lately, and I am bound and determined to cheerfully dress myself out of my funk. This is my favorite time of year, and work stress aside, I plan to enjoy it.

On the list this weekend? Pumpkin patching, apple picking, county fair fried food eating, and patio drinking. While watching football, of course. Seriously, how could you not love fall, right?

So...what are you looking forward to for the weekend?

Top: Style & Co (Macy's)

Cardigan: Target

Skirt: Calvin Klein (Macy's)

Belt: Target

Shoes: Nine West

9 comments:

Style JourneyOctober 6, 2011 at 9:57 AM
Pink and yellow is a favorite combo of mine! It looks great!

That's the spirit! Get dressed, go pumpkin patching, patio drinking and football watching! Work can be set aside for the weekend so you can relax!
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rlutzOctober 6, 2011 at 3:57 PM
Love how you spiced up your neutrals with the pink and yellow! sounds like you have a great weekend planned! This weekend is Alex's birthday, so going to be a busy weekend for me.
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COctober 6, 2011 at 4:49 PM
Very fall appropriate colors, especially with all your weekend plans. I'm not sure what I'm doing yet... but I'm definitely going to take advantage of the gorgeous (and possibly last) non-fall-like weather!
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AnonymousOctober 6, 2011 at 4:52 PM
I love your whole look! The belt is my favorite part though--super cute.
I also love fall and you explained why very well...especially the football part! Go Patriots!! LOL
Monday is Columbus Day, and my husband gets time off from work and my son from school, so we are headed to my parents home in VA to enjoy a fall weekend with family:-)
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Bird Bug PugOctober 6, 2011 at 9:08 PM
great pops of color for this outfit, sounds like a perfect fall weekend planned! it's friday here and we're going to the beach, there may be an american expat kickball game this weekend
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ClaireOctober 7, 2011 at 1:48 AM
you did a good job making pink and yellow look like fall! i love going to the pumpkin patch. this weekend i'm excited cuz it's the hubby's bday and i'm surprising him by taking him away for the night. it'll be a nice break from the kiddos!

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TiffanyOctober 7, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Those activities should definitely bring you out of your funk! =) I love all those colors together!
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ViktoriaOctober 9, 2011 at 6:12 PM
I love how your brightened up this outfit with a yellow belt. Hope you had a great weekend!
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Love at First ShoeOctober 10, 2011 at 2:03 PM
Lovely pink and yellow combo! Hope your weekend went well! Sounds like you had lots of fun stuff to do :)
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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.