Don't Rain on My Parade

 

The skies look like this....

 

I have a flute choir concert this evening, in a gazebo, in a park, outside.  The skies do not bode well for the concert.

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Lori

Who'd Of Thought?

I recently bought both the jacket and the shirt on major sale and they came in the mail the same week.  When I laid them out on my bed to put them away, I thought, these two things kind of go together.  The patterns are completely opposing; there's wavy lines on the shirt and the jacket is   gingham, but I think the solid blue frame on the shirt pull the two together.  I never would have come up with this had my "peanut butter not met my chocolate" (old Reese's cup commercial reference - sorry).

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Lori

Gingham

I've owned this shirt for years and kind of forgot I had it.  Last night, I decided I was wearing these pants to church and scanned my closet to see what would go with them and landed on this shirt and a vest I've had for years.  The ensemble with the tennis vest looked horrible, so much so, my nine year old fashion consultant told me it looked hideous.  So I chucked the vest, threw on a belt and walked out the door.  Ta da!



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Lori

Tied Up In Bows

 

The dog is a camera hog.  I've known this about her for quite some time and yesterday morning, she decided to edge herself into the shot.  Oh well.

 

The first outfit is what I wore to work yesterday.  The second outfit is what I'm wearing today and the addition of the bow tie was inspired by a J Crew catalogue except my bow tie was a lot less expensive than the ones at J Crew.  I think I need one in gingham.  I'll have to hunt that down!

 

I'm going to try to post over the next few days, but I may not be able to.  I'm traveling to D.C. tomorrow through Wednesday for an accounting conference. Living wild.

 

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Lori

Vacation Day - Off to Ikea!

I'm not good at relaxation.  I never have been.  So, I took my third day off of the year and instead of lounging about, I went to Ikea to shop for an inexpensive floor runner for our foyer.  We've had this really ugly carpet down across the ceramic tile since Kira was a baby as a landing pad in case she fell.  She's nine now...she'll survive and it's time for something pretty!  It still had to be inexpensive because we have a dog, but I found something really pretty that would work and I'm very pleased that it is now gracing the floor of my foyer.  It looks so much nicer in there now!

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Lori

The Dotted Line

One of our goldfish got trapped underneath the bridge in our aquarium and died this morning.  I forewarned Kira the other goldfish isn't looking too hot right now either.  We've had this group of fish for quite some time, so it's always a little sad to see one go. 

On a happier note, Kira scored three goals at her soccer game this morning!

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Lori

Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop

The Wright Brothers were from my home town, Dayton, Ohio.  They owned a bicycle shop that is now housed in a historical village in downtown and there's quite a few things named after the Wright Brothers in Dayton. A University (my alma mater) Wright State, Wright Patt Union, Wright Patterson Airforce Base, Wright Field, you get the picture.  When I saw this campy shirt with little bicycles on it at the Gap, it reminded me of the Wright Brothers.  Plus, I just like crazy shirts.

 

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Lori

Hitting the Links



 

I don't golf, but I can sure dress like a golfer.  When I graduated from college, some guy told me that to fit in as an accountant, I'd need to learn to golf.  I don't like to golf. I wind up intentionally trying to put my ball into the water traps playing putt putt because it amuses me more than the game.  I'm not going to pretend to like something because that's what you're supposed to do.  I've gotten along quite well in my career being myself and I'm going to continue to do so.  Now, if they want to try competitive shopping, I'm all in for that sport!

 



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Lori

Golf Anyone?

I honestly look like I'm going golfing today.  Don't get me wrong, I would repeat this outfit in a heartbeat, and I loved the sweater so much, I bought it in both colors J Crew had.  It took me until lunch today to realize that I perfectly matched my belt with my necklace.  That was a complete accident!!!

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Lori

Raining Stripes

We're getting ready to hunker down for a House of Anubis marathon in our house, so I'm not going to say much today!

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Lori

Sea Party

Kira named my blog tonight because she said my sweater looked like the sea and the bubbles create a party atmosphere. 

I actually swiped this outfit idea from Boden USA's website.  I bought the shirt there and had the rest of the components in my closet to create this outfit.  It's a bit matchy with the shoes, but I received a lot of compliments on it today!

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Lori

Sleep Running

About 1 a.m. this morning, Dave and I were awakened to the sound of claws running across the wall.  I jumped out of bed, turned the light on and ran to check on Misha.  She has epilepsy and has been known to have grand mal epileptic seizures in the middle of the night.  With her age (she's 15), a seizure could kill her, so I was really frightened until I saw what was going on.  Misha was sleep running, and she was doing a pretty fast sleep run at that.  I gently walked away, shut off the lights and climbed back into bed.   She was probably dreaming of chasing bunnies, which is one of her favorite things to do!

I'm finally starting to feel better after four days.  I am starving, which I'm taking as a good sign, but I don't want to push it.  Kira's at the gym at an all day gymnastic's camp, so I think I'm going to kick back and read a book.  Hope you have a great Friday too!

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Lori

Still Not Feeling Well

This bug that has hit our house is unpleasant.  I was up all night last night and Dave took pity on me and got me some medicine. I dragged my pillow and blankets out to the recliner and found some rest there.  I'm a bit of a zombie today. 

We went to Kira's daycare this morning to pick up one of her friends (who is a boy) who is spending the day playing video games with Kira.  The two of them concocted this play date by themselves.  It's super cute. 

Happy Birthday to my darling husband.  I'm sure you didn't want to spend today dealing with a play date, but thanks for being a trooper!

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Lori

Nosebleed

We were gifted with five free casual days of our choice in the month of December.  Friday's are always casual, so I purposely planned my days so that I could finish out the remainder of the work year in denim, so you'll see me in jeans all week. 

I didn't come up with my outfit idea on my own.  I saw a similar outfit someplace (don't remember where) and it stuck in my head as something I'd like to try since I'm swimming in polka dot related apparel.  I'm pleased with how it turned out, but honestly, my sweater doesn't look this vibrant in person.  It's pretty, but not quite as in your face as the pictures would lead you to believe.  However, I think its color is called "shocking pink", so maybe it's just me hoping I wasn't lit up like a Christmas tree today!  Also, my jacket has little tiny polka dots all over it, but it's hard to see in the pictures.

Kira has been very clingy for about a week.  It has nothing to do with the tragic events of last Friday, she was clingy before that point. She slept with me last night and when I was doing my hair, she came in my bathroom, her arm smeared with blood and blood all over her face.  She acknowledges me, heads for the tissues, and says nonchalantly "nose bleed".  Got it.  With a little time and a little saline spray, we got it under control, got her cleaned up and tucked her back in bed.  Her nosebleeds used to freak me out, but they happen so frequently, I've just gotten used to them.  She's pretty good with them too, thankfully!

Countdown to Christmas break - 4 more work days.

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Lori