Monday, February 27, 2012

Color: How much is office appropriate?

For those of you who know me, you probably know that I'm pretty "colorful" by nature- both in my personality and the clothes I wear.  I always get a lot of comments/compliments on my colorful wardrobe in the office, especially given that I'm an analyst and most of us wear all grey, every day.  

As I wore my HOT pink cardigan today (paired with standard black and white shirt and black pants), I started wondering if I take it overboard with the colorfulness in the workplace.

I need this

I should start by saying that my office is business casual with most people wearing slacks, button downs, sweaters, etc.  Also, I'm pretty sure no one REALLY cares what I wear, but I'm just curious what everyone else thinks when putting together a work wardrobe.

Do you wear a lot of color in the workplace? Do you think it's good to let your personality shine regardless of where you are? Let me know. 

(Also, look at me with a post two days in a row...... Are you proud?!)


Sunday, February 26, 2012

Dear Anonymous..... Thank you

Just want to send a shout out to the anonymous poster who called me a total slacker for how long it's been since my last post.

Anonymous, you are right.  I will try to do better for you, Anonymous. I AM a slacker.

Honestly, I FEEL like I've been doing tons of exciting and crafty things, but I'm really just pinning them on Pinterest.  Does anyone else have that problem? LOL.

I have made tons of new recipes from Pinterest too.  I haven't made any "old familiars" in weeks.  

I also have done a couple of failed craft projects that I don't even want to get into b/c I'm so disappointed, but I've got a couple of hopefully successful ones in the making as well. 

So far, my weekend has consisted of: 

  • Irish Pub in Huntington Village (so fun)
  • Late night NY pizza after said pub
  • Grocery shopping (Side note: so proud of myself for how well I'm doing at adding in more fresh veggies and fruits into my diet)
  • The BEST EVER TRIP TO THE DOLLAR TREE -- I was so excited, this deserves it's own post. Maybe it's because my creative juices are flowing, but I am getting so excited about turning "nothing" into something cool.  Be on the lookout for some REALLY CHEAP projects stemming form this trip.
  • Failed craft project #1- trying to make my own mail organizer
  • Freezer cooking - my new "thing" is making things specifically to have on hand in the freezer so I'm not tempted to eat out.  Also, it's nice to come home after work and throw something in the oven instead of spending an hour making dinner.'
  • Finally getting around to printing out pictures for my collage picture frame.  I have literally had the pictures that came in the frame hung on my wall for three months.  I should be ashamed.  Best part, the pictures I got were free b/c I hadn't yet registered with CVS.com to print pics.  The first 25 prints are free when you sign up!