Fashion Finds

Since I have a sweet husband who told me I could take a little of our tax return and use it for some new summer clothes, I took him up on it and spent this weekend online shopping.

I trolled my usual websites Old Navy, Forever 21, Target, Ebay and even JcPenney and found some awesome deals.

Here are a few of the many items I picked up.

I love the Beatles and I plan on wearing this on my next trip to London. Maybe even to cross Abbey Road You know, just to be one of those people.

I thought this shirt was too cute and I love how she's wearing it with jean shorts. Both this shirt and the Beatles shirt are from Forever 21.

I saw these shoes and immediately added them to my must buy list. These are one of three pairs of shoes I bought at Target. Seriously...check out the shoes at Target. So cute!

This shirt is from Old Navy and was the perfect color and had such cute details that I couldn't pass it up. I think it's look perfect with jeans or a skirt.

Another Forever 21 find. I hope it looks as cute in person as it does on the website.

One of two dresses I got from JcPenney. I loved the color and the ruffles at the top. The perfect summer dress!

Spring Fashion Faves

The last few days I've been browsing around the web and stumbled upon a few spring items that I'm really loving. I'm also throwing into the mix a truly hideous item I found as well.



See this bag? It was love at first sight for me. Something about it just makes me want to order it right this very minute. Since I still have a giftcard to Forever 21 that I haven't used, I might just do that.



Old Navy has their first wave of swimwear out and I've already spotted a few suits that I like. I'm a huge lover of plaid and turquoise, so this suit was a natural pick for me.



Old Navy had dresses similiar to this a couple of years ago and I missed out on buying one. Luckily they are back again!



All I can say for this shirt is, "What were you thinking Old Navy?" Don't get me wrong, I love retro inspired prints, but the color just doesn't work for me or the print in this case. Not my cup of tea at all.



I really, really love capris. I envy girls that can wear them and wear them well. Something about my body shape just doesn't go well with capris, but a girl can dream. Right?

Also, thanks to everyone for the kind words and support yesterday. I really do appreciate it. And to those that asked if we have USAA renter's insurance, we do, so perhaps I'll give them a call and see if anything can be done.

High Matienence

I'm wearing this little number to work today:



Along with these:



I just got the dress yesterday along with 2 other dresses I ordered from Forever 21. They all thankfully are long enough to wear to work and they are so cute! Even Sean was impressed with my thriftyness and awesome taste in dresses. I couldn't wait to wear this to work, but I'm wearing it sans belt because I just didn't like the way the belt looked with it.

I'm still feeling a little under the weather today. It started suddenly on Sunday afternoon and I guess it's just allergies. I hate being sick in the summer though, its' the absolute worst! I just don't want to be sick on my birthday, that will really be the pits! I'm not a good sick person at all. I think I got that from my dad because he is absolutley pitiful when he's sick. My mom on the other hand functions for the most part as she usually would. Perhaps I'll get that superhuman gene when I become a Mom. I already have the superhuman ability to know exactly where something is that Sean is asking me for. I'm not sure how I remember where exactly all the different parts of his equipment and uniforms are, but I do. This morning he was asking me where his boonie hat was. I told him the exact location, yet he could not find it. I walk in the spare bedroom and locate it within exactly 3.5 seconds. Men! How silly they are.

I'm thinking about starting a food diary to keep track of all the bad and good things that I'm putting into my body. I think it might help me continue on my weight loss path which has seemed to plateau in the last few weeks. My goal is to lose 15 more lbs by September 30th so I need to kick it in high-gear if that's going to happen. Anyone do a food diary? If so do you do it online or on paper? Any suggestions?

I have a situation that has been bothering me lately and I'm not sure what to do to fix it. See, since I've gotten married and moved to Louisiana keeping in touch with all my friends at home has gotten harder. I still talk to my very best friend almost everyday, if we don't talk on the phone then we text at least some to each other. However, I have many more friends that I consider very close, but sometimes we go several weeks without talking. It doesn't mean we dont' care for each other, but I know they have busy lives like myself and to call each of them everyday would be almost impossible. One friend though confronted me today about the fact that I didn't often answer her phone calls. The thing is, is that she calls me at times of the day when I am often cooking dinner or trying to sneak in some quality time with Sean. She told me she feels as if I am ignoring her, but I am not intentionally trying to do so. I just can't drop everything I am doing just to talk to her. I wish she could understand how sometimes once you become married you have another person to think about and once I get home from work often I just want to enjoy Sean's company without interruptions. I've tried to kind of explain this to her, but she is still pulling the you're ignoring me card. Does anyone have any advice? I've handled this the best I know how and it's obviously not working. Has anyone dealt with this? She's the only friend who is doing this. The rest of my friends seem to understand that we all have busy lives and can't always talk everday. Maybe she is just a high-matienence friend? At any rate, I welcome your suggestions!