Arizona.

Not much going on this week, but I am starting a "90-day challenge" at work on Monday and have committed to doing 5 days a week of Insanity in addition to setting some personal goals including lowering my body fat percentage, which was recently tested in a Hydrostat tank. The title speaks volumes. I did one of the harder workouts today, and I am so wiped out. It definitely is going to push me however, but at the moment five days a week is sounding pretty daunting. It's intense cardio / plyo, which is defintely the right kind of workout for me. Also, pretty awesome that I'm encouraged to work out at work.

Also, I'm really digging (tacky?) What I Wore these days, she posts great pics of really practical but creative style. In particular, I love this look (those Oxfords!).

Funny video, poor guy. Makes me glad my friends aren't all married. Yet. ;)

Win!

I won a blog giveaway!

It's kind of the family / friends joke that I am rather unlucky (shingles in college at age 20, random parking / towing mishaps, strange infections, etc.) but I entered a giveaway at one of my favorite blogs, i am a greedy girl, and was informed today that I won this print from Bread & Butter's Etsy shop. How my luck has changed. ;)

[Post Consumption Anxiety Print]


Also, check out these cocktail napkins from their site. So great, the font is perfect.

Musings.

Cute. If I said this to someone they would realize that I REALLY meant it given my deep love affair with all things coffee.

This weekend was definitely full and fun.

Bon Iver knocked our socks off at the Wiltern Friday night. Amazing musician, truly.

I now own this in preparation for "fall" in southern CA. Feels like a blanket. It's not as white as it looks in the picture. [Forever 21]

Picked up this necklace at the Abbot Kinney fest in Venice yesterday. I'm a big fan already. Bad picture, can't really see it that well but it's from the iPhone. I tried.

After seeing Coco Before Chanel yesterday, not only am I obsessed with her style but she had this amazing nautical shirt on...I am now craving something similar. I think this dress would hang so nicely on a real person. Also it was a simply fantastic, well-done movie.

Used this amazing marinade recipe for a steak this weekend. I don't think I'm as nervous about cooking red meat anymore, seeing as this was absolutely delicious!!

Happy Birthday Jess!

My desk.

I can't believe Jess and I are 22, how time flies (but I'm still 16 minutes older). In honor of this...how about some silly photos.

This one's OLD :)

Also, check out this video! Cracking up at my desk just now.

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

In love with...a dress.

*sigh*

I always love Kate Walsh and her red-haired sexiness...but she has topped herself this time.

I am obsessed with this dress. I don't do the daydreamy imagining-and-planning-my-wedding-10-years-in-advance thing...but I would without a doubt wear an off-white/ivory version of this dress at my wedding. I love Grecian inspired dresses, and this fabric just hangs beautifully. I am smitten with this dress. And I can't find a picture of the back of it yet, but when I do...

Update: more dress pics (but no full picture of the back yet, alas.)

I also came across this beautiful dress on none other than Whitney Port. Don't love the hair at all, new hair stylist needed, but this dress simply radiates elegance.

Now, if only I had a reason to dress to the nines. A girl can dream.

Scraps of my weekend.

Such a great weekend! Went to the beach x 2, farmer's market flowers, dim sum, cat naps in the sunshine, a VIP experience at the Greek Theatre Gipsy Kings concert...good times.

A Seale and a Seib. I need to get a wetsuit...I'm missing out!

A real seal. And an example of what I did this weekend. I can only wish I was that cute though. :)

Mango dessert. Delicious because it's heart shaped.

[via A Cup of Jo]
I want to do this with our flowers. I need to find/save some taller jars however. New project.

Moby hits puberty.

Hehehe. Poor little guy, he's getting snipped soon.

smile.

Here are a few things that are making me smile this fine Wednesday.

smile.

Fall fashion--don't get me wrong, I LOVE summer, but looking at magazines/what's in this fall has been particularly fun...and I got the best black booties as an early birthday gift so now I'm just dreaming of fall things to wear them with...oh gee. Here is something perfect at a perfect price.

Ballerina! Thanks Forever 21. For selling (mostly) cute things at affordable prices...now if we could just work on the holes in your clothes, that would be great. Thank you.

smile.

[Doesn't this just melt your heart? I've never had a white cat, it looks like a bunny though! Awww!]


smile.
I saw these earrings on luckymag.com - they're from stars + infinite darkness, which I just discovered has a whole bunch of cool jewelry. Nice.


smile.
Brett's Survivor premiere is tomorrow! Soooo excited, I think we've all been waiting for this for quite awhile.

smile.
You can kind of see my new haircut in the top photo, sort of. This was one of our bargain frame purchases at the flea on Sunday. Seriously, such a steal. Naomi and I were quite the bargaining duo. I even helped her negotiate a handbag lower by telling the guy that Naomi is "really really nice." (Which she is of course, but he needed to know that.)

Pictures courtesy of Naomi's blog.

:)

Let's accessorize.

I'm loving long gold necklaces these days...here are a few favs from Etsy for you / I to dream about this fine Monday. I wish I could make jewelry like this! Perhaps I'll take a community ed class someday...

[LauraLombardiJewelry]

[minusOne]

[missashleylu]

shoes and rings and pretty things.

I love these booties and think they would be simply great for this fall (tights, dresses, skirst, so versatile)...and they have a 1.5" heel...which means they're not flats. But they would still FEEL like flats. Ideal.

[zappos.com]

I'm also really liking these pretty rings and jewelry.

[via the lovely fashiontoast]

And isn't this haircut fierce? I'm thinking about growing my red locks back out, but I just love those bangs. You never know... :)

HERBS.

[via Nothing Elegant]

How cute is this herb/flower pot?! I love.

Tahoe!

It's my last 5 minutes of work before a FOUR-day weekend with 5 of my favorite people!

This is how I feel about it (I want this kitty)

We will be off tomorrow morning for a Lake Tahoe camping adventure. And it surely will be, with six of us sharing a tent. I am oh so excited to get away and hang out in the woods...

The break will be nice. It's been an interesting week, what with my "P90Xident" and all (thanks Brett). I'm just hoping to be able to hike around here and there still, and of course there's always the lake.

Have a fabulous weekend!