Friday: Blogger homage and Photo Mishmash

The day started off with an explosion of clothes as I tried on every combination of clothes that I currently own. I ended up tugging on a new graphic tee from Target, and as soon as it dinged in my head it was Friday and I was wearing a graphic tee, I felt like Sheila at Ephemera. :) The light outside was not playing well at all by the time it came for pictures, so I ended up doing one in my kitchen.



Target camisole, graphic tee, skirt and belt. Alfani sandals from Macys. If it had been a full-on Sheila homage, I would be in heels, but for some inexplicable reason none of my summer heels are appealing to me lately. It's not about comfort or pain, I am just reaching for all my flat sandals lately. But I definitely left very Sheila-like, anyway! And that's a good thing. :)

It was a busy morning at work, and then my boss said she was sending us all home at 1pm. So of course, it all hit the fan at about 12:55, and ended up staying longer. Good thing I had packed my lunch. Here's what the Bento looks like closed up.



Here it is open:


We had hit the Whole Foods salad bar the night before for dinner, and I had scooped up some tortellini salad and a couple of hard-boiled eggs while I was there. Lunch then consisted of:
-strawberries
-vanilla fat-free yogurt (do not like)
-tortellini salad
-homemade deviled egg salad (chopped up eggs, mustard, and Penzey's Northwoods seasoning)
-Seeduction whole grains roll

These Bento lunches make it so easy to eat at my desk. But I have found the fatal flaw in the Abs Diet: there are almost no vegetables that count as Powerfoods, so I am not eating nearly as many as I want to or that I should. I think I am going to switch to the Core plan, which was my favorite of all the WW programs. Now I just have to remember all the rules since they don't actually have it anymore at WW, but I do know it was a ton of fresh veggies and fruit, and very balanced among all the food groups. It also was based on mindful eating, where you pay attention to when you are "satisfied" and not just when your plate is empty. I lost weight very consistently on it.

ANYWAY. I did finally get out of work by about 3pm, and the light on the back porch had shifted around so I could get some shots outside. Check out our plastic pink flamingo garden!





Hubby and I then spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing on our patio, enjoying each other's company and watching the planes go by. This has been pretty much where I have spent most of my weekend. Bliss!







Hope you had a happy and safe 4th!

Tuesday: New setting!

Look! I am outdoors! I am going to have to play around with the right spot for a while (my teeny porch gets a lot of sun in the morning) but I am loving being able to try some outdoor photos for a while. I am just as sick of the corner of my husband's office as I am sure you all are.

This one is better to see the details, but I think I look almost like I was Photoshopped in due to the strange light. I will work on it.



This was an outfit I wore a couple of weekends ago and never snapped a photo so it is making its debut on the blog now. :) I don't know why I never thought about putting this pretty blue cropped Talbots sweater with this Daisy Fuentes Kohls dress, but I love them together! I've had them both since last year, what the heck took me so long? Anyway, I added a cream Caslon camisole to cover the cleavage, and therefore some brown cropped leggings to keep the camisole in place. My bronze BOC sandals and a gold-and-yellow stone long necklace finished it. I felt so summery and relaxed all day!

+++++

Yesterday's bento (from Laptop Lunches, if you missed the link last night):



From top left:
strawberries
key lime nonfat yogurt
TLC Kashi honey sesame crackers (eaten as snack)
almonds (snack)
natural peanut butter (snack)
turkey and swiss on whole grain bread

According to the Abs Diet, that's 4 powerfoods for lunch and 2 as snacks. I am supposed to have 2-5 powerfoods per meal. Getting better at this!

Now I just have to incorporate more Dupa Project during the week...