Confession Friday

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I haven't been the best employee today.  I am mentally checked out and just coasting to 5 PM.  

{2}

M is working tomorrow on a demo about an hour away which means I will have the day to myself. Kind of excited about it. Wouldn't you be too if your day was filled with cleaning and organizing?

{3}

I am on a spending diet.  No clothes, makeup, homegoods or anything else fun this month.  I kind of need a brake from all the material stuff.

{4}

I had a piece of cookie cake for lunch today.  It was awesome and totally worth the 6 WW points.

{5}

Sometimes I wish we would move back to GA.  Life would be so much easier for me, but then I remember that without a big risk there will be no big reward.  

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I really, really want the Broncos to win Sunday, but I don't think they will be able to pull it off.  

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I gained 2.2 pounds over the holidays solely from wine consumption {my opinion}.  

Stepping It Up

My office is very flexible with work attire.  We are a jeans company, so wearing them everyday is not something that is frowned upon.  

At the end of last year I started getting lazy with my outfits.  I was dressing more for comfort instead of for the job I have.  It didn't hit me until my boss was out of the office and one of our Sr. Recruiters was in town.  She asked me how I was doing "besides dressing super casual" while my boss was out of the office.

In that moment I could have died.  This isn't the person I am or want to be perceived as.  That day I made a decision to stop dressing for comfort and start dressing for the position I hold and who I assist.  

The Outfit I got called out on

My goals now when coming into the office are...

*Heels 3 days per week

*Lipstick {at least put it on in the morning, if it doesn't get reapplied oh well}

*Venture out of my safety zone and wear one new outfit a week

*Stand up straight

*Accessorize more

Casual Friday by bkg713 featuring gold diamond earrings

J Crew crew neck t shirt
$15 - jcrew.com

GUESS by Marciano blue jeans
$148 - marciano.com

TOMS glitter shoes
£40 - houseoffraser.co.uk

Annina Vogel gold diamond earrings
£1,250 - net-a-porter.com

What I'm Loving

I'm LOVING Brandi from RHOBH.  She rocked her tiny bikini on Monday's episode and I say more power to her.  If I had a body like that I would flaunt it too.

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I'm LOVING tonight will be my first night back at the gym in way too long.  I am ready to sweat.  Gaining 2.5 pounds over the holidays has made me very grumpy when I look in the mirror.

I'm LOVING our weekend plans!  

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Crossing off two things we have wanted to try but never got around to last year.

I'm LOVING my SIL is coming out for her bday in February!  I can't wait to spend the weekend with her and her cute husband.

I'm LOVING my hubby!  He makes me so happy almost everyday;)  Right now we are so in-sync about life it makes me really excited about living it with him.  

Ring Bling

Today I am linking up with CMae.  She is recently engaged and decided to do a link-up where us girls can talk about our favorite wedding bling, weather it is on your finger or not.

I still absolutely love my engagement ring.  It is a family heirloom on Marco's side of the family.  The center stone is the same stone his father proposed to his mother with.  {His father has since passed and she is remarried.}  

Before Marco proposed I always knew this is the diamond I was getting but was unsure of the setting I wanted.  Without me knowing Marco and his mom went to our family jeweler.  He picked out a setting he loved.  Some how my mom caught wind of this and told Marco he better take me to try on rings.  This is something I will wear for the rest of my life and she wanted me to love it.  A few weeks later he took me and I must have tried on a million settings.  After lots and lots of looking I settled on a Scott Kay Platinum setting with 5 small stones in the band on either side, it was the same one Marco picked out a couple weeks earlier. I guess he knows me pretty well!

My beauty!

Seven months later he proposed, much to my surprise.  I was completely shocked.  He had always said we would get engaged after college.  Two and a half years later we tied the knot and are living happily ever after!

The day after we got engaged...not sure what is going on with my straw hair color ;)

A New Year

Happy New Year Friends!

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It's hard to believe it is 2012.  M and I rang in the new year at home making dinner and indulging in lots of champagne.  Maybe we are old, but it didn't seem like too much was going on this year.  Overall it was perfect celebrating with just the two of us and Carson Daily.

Our romantic dinner for 2

Lobster tails, green beans, twice baked potatoes and Crumbs Cupcakes...yes please!

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A new year means resolutions in my book.  I was looking back at my goals for 2011 and they are pretty much the same for this year.

1. Cook at home more and try different recipes 

2. Focus on paying down our debts

3. WORKOUT

4. Make friends.

5. Read a book a month

6. Say YES more!