Miami Vice

I love white blazers, but sometimes when I wear them, I feel like I'm in the Miami Vice days of the '80s.  I especially felt this way all day today and I really should have paired these pants with my trusted navy blue blazer.  I think it would have toned it down because the pants are very polka dotty.

Smiles!
Lori

You Look Lovely

When I got to daycare tonight to pick up Kira, her class was outside playing.  I stepped outside to fetch her and sign her out, and a little boy about Kira's age came up to me, touched the lapel of my jacket, stood back and appraised my outfit and exclaimed, "Lovely.  You look lovely."  Honestly, I was caught by surprise.  First, I really didn't think little kids paid much attention to adults. Second, this was a little boy, not a little girl.  Third, he sought me out and intercepted me before I even had the chance to call Kira in from the playground.  It was absolutely adorable! 

Smiles!
Lori

Pinky Dinky Doo

This outfit was inspired by Pinterest. I saved it with my outfit ideas and was planning on waiting until Spring to try it out.  I needed a little Spring today, so I decided I have no fashion rules and I was going for it!  Walking around work today, I noticed not many people were wearing bright colors and even fewer were wearing pink.  Instead of thinking that I stuck out, I thought "How sad for them!"

Smiles!
Lori

Groundhog Day!

Happy Groundhog's Day!  Honestly, this is my favorite holiday because it is just so very silly.  We watched a recap of this morning's festivities from Pennsylvania this afternoon and it was an interesting discussion with Kira on why adults sometimes just make stuff up like this for fun.  By the way, he didn't see his shadow and it will be an early Spring!

I spent some time today thinning the hangers that my skirts reside on and paired them up two to a hanger so I can have easier access to them.  Some would say I should purge some skirts instead of finding creative ways to deal with the crowding, but I'm thinking outside the box today. It worked too!

My outfit today was thrown together from stuff hanging on my closet door that I've worn recently, haven't put away and wasn't terribly wrinkled.  I forgot to iron last night and we were in a rush this morning because of Kira's guitar lesson.  After pulling everything together, we got a call that her lesson was canceled due to the mini snowstorm we had this morning.  Oh well!

Smiles!
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!

Smiles!
Lori

Meet Day!

 Kira has her first gymnastics meet of the season today (really the second, but she was playing in a soccer tournament with her school at the same time as the first meet).  Not sure how she's going to do, but I hope she has fun.  We'll be there all afternoon and then Kira is volunteering to hold up scores for the next meet, which is right after hers.  She'll be at the gym for about 8 hours today.  I will only be there for four and will be wrapping her Christmas gifts while she volunteers.

Smiles!
Lori

My Shots Need Some Work

Ok, so maybe 5:30 in the morning isn't the best time for me to take pictures.  I snapped awake at 3:45 and by 4:30, I just decided to get up and go into work.  So these shots really were taken at 5:30 this morning.

I'm not sure how I completely missed the mirror.  My first shot, I knew I was off, so I moved.  Apparently, I didn't move enough.  I realize, it's pitiful, but it's kind of amusing in just how bad it is. The even sadder thing, I checked the pictures on my phone to see how they looked.  I guess I really wasn't as awake as I thought. 

Oh well, I'm getting a new camera for Christmas, so hopefully my shots will improve after I learn how to work the thing!  In my defense, the mirror is resting against Kira's bedroom door and I'm trying to be quiet.  Also, don't you love the Phi Mu on the mirror?  I actually am a Phi Mu alumna, and I've had this mirror since high school.  I'm surprised there's no penguin stickers still stuck on it.  I can't bring myself to scrape it off the mirror.

Smiles!
Lori

Turkey Trot

Today, the family trucked it down to downtown Miamisburg for the 34th annual Turkey Trot.  Dave ran in the 5k and Kira and I did the 1 mile fun walk.  There were 8,500 people at this event this morning and downtown Miamisburg isn't that big of a place, so there were people everywhere.  People dressed like pilgrims, people dressed like turkeys and people in turkey hats (where do you even buy a turkey hat?)  It was amusing because if you ran/walked in the 5k, you got the Mayor starting the race with a starter gun, music blaring and encouragement from a DJ.  If you walked in the 1 mile, you got some guy standing at the end of the street who half heartedly waved us on with a "go" and there really wasn't a finish line.  Dave ran buy us on our walk and screamed "hey" to us as he ran by.  Kira and I cheered Dave across the finish line.  Kira and I enjoyed telling Dave how our "race" was started.  Kira does a perfect wave and a lackluster "go" impression.

My hair looks frightful today because it was down right cold at the race and I wore earmuffs.  Brrrr.  I'm still having trouble warming up and it's actually going to be 64 degrees today.  Gotta love Ohio weather! 

Happy Thanksgiving!
Turkey Smiles!
Lori

My Shoes

 I love my shoes.  I saw them on J Crew's website a while back, but there was no way I was paying full price for them.  Then, they went on sale. Still a tad too pricey for me because I'm rough on shoes.  Then, 30% off of sale items.  Snatch!  Now they are mine!

 Check them out!  Aren't they pretty?? They were a conversation piece today at work too.

Happy Friday!
Smiles!
Lori