Fashion Friday Gets Pensive
Don’t forget to enter my giveaway for the two newest Element fitness DVDs from Anchor Bay Entertainment! Entries close this Saturday 9/8 at 11:59PM EST. And did you catch yesterday’s recipe for easy Gorton’s Seafood Grilled Fish Tacos?!
Happy Fashion Friday Friday guys! And it’s a happy Friday INDEED because Heather is coming to stay for the weekend! We have so much fun planned – Pinot Grigio + Whole Foods salads + The Hills re-runs tonight, Daybreak Coffee and other Glastonbury activities tomorrow during the day, dinner at Fire & Spice with our dear friend Jenny, and my Farm to Shaker Cocktail Competition judging on Sunday at the Coventry Farmers’ Market! TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!
I am so enjoying doing these Fashion Friday posts most weeks, and I hope you’re still enjoying seeing them! I feel like I’ve been shopping a TON lately…but I continue to be a cheapo and refuse to buy the majority of what I like because it’s “too expensive” or “not worth it”. So you can imagine, with the new things I’ve been buying, how many things in stores I like but say no to! I love clothes, but I love saving a fair amount of each paycheck more!
Tee: PacSun
Skirt: H&M (Lauren has the dress with this print!)
Watch: Michael Kors
Shoes: Steve Madden
Top: LOFT
Pants, Shoes: Urban Outfitters
Ring, Bracelet: Forever 21
Watch: gift from grandpa
A better look at the shoes!
Necklace: Forever 21
Top: VS Pink
Skirt: Old Navy (had it since 7th grade!)
Sorry for blur!
Top: H&M
Pants: Urban Outfitters
Shoes: PacSun Outlet
A fun one – wore to work after completing Color Me Rad!
Headband: Sweaty Bands
Top: Color Me Rad 5K
Jeans: American Eagle
Sneakers: Converse (purchased at Delia’s)
It’s interesting that I can cut myself so much slack when it comes to shopping. I buy lots of things I don’t need, but tell myself it’s OK because I enjoy wearing new clothes and putting together new outfits, and I never spend much money at all on one piece.
However if I try to cut myself slack on things I enjoy just as much as fashion, like food and exercise, there seems to always be a reason in my head that I “shouldn’t” be cutting myself slack! I’m working on figuring out why this is. Perhaps it’s because there has never been a time in my life in which I never shopped, never purchased clothes/shoes I didn’t need, whereas there WAS a time in my life when I was overexercising and restricting my food intake at dangerous levels. So sometimes, since I know I am capable of taking it to food/exercise “extremes” (due to the fact that I’ve “been there”), a voice in my mind tells me I “should” be doing what I’m capable of.
But I know in fact that I am CAPABLE of living a happy, healthy life that consists of a balance of food and exercise, just like I balance my shopping out by buying cheaper things!
Do you ever find yourself being more hard on yourself in some areas of life than others? Why do you think people experience this?
Which outfit is your favorite? All except the last are pretty dressy, so I won’t be surprised if it’s not the last one!
Tell me something you’re doing this weekend that makes you too blessed to be stressed!
