Belated Sunday Funday!

My apologies for the late posting again!  I took a long weekend and went to Vegas!  So needless to say, there was much to do there and I did not get a chance to post.  I just got back late last night and went to work bright and early this morning.  I had a quick dinner and workout this evening after I got home, and unpacked and such.  And now it's already almost 11:30 pm!  My gosh, where does the time go?  Anyway, I thought I'd post the belated Sunday Funday quickly, since I'm already so behind!

Since I knew I was going to Vegas for the weekend and would not be able to workout, I actually worked out everyday of the week last week!  Well... sort've.  I played golf on Thursday.  So I sort of count that as a workout.  But at least I worked out 4.5 times.  Hehe.

Monday 11/26
What I did:  Went to the gym and did weights.  I actually started stage 2 of my New Rules of Lifting for Abs series, with the first workout.  The end of this workout is brutal.  It calls for about 100 burpees in 10 minutes.  I hate burpees!!!

What I wore:  Under Armour Twisty Tank with Lululemon Team Spirit crop in coal.  And my new Brooks shoes that I still haven't written about!  I actually would like to wear them once more before writing about them.  But so far I love them!

Tuesday 11/27

What I did:  Yoga

What I wore:  Lululemon white cool racerback, 50 Rep bra under in very violet, with bordeaux drama wunder under crops.

As to/from, I wore my Post Run Pullover in very violet.  I am glad the weather is finally cool enough to bust this out.

Wednesday 11/28

What I did:  Weights, I did the second workout of stage 2.  

What I wore:  My newest Lululemon cool racerback slope stripe polar cream clarity yellow (wtf is up with this name?), with my black Ebb & Flow crops and my new Skora Phase shoes.

As to/from, I wore one of my oldest Lululemon pullovers that I will probably never get rid of - Brisk Run pullover in bold blue.  I love that there is antidote (?) accident on the thumb holes which kind of goes with the cool racerback!

Thursday 11/29

What I did:  I went to the driving range and practiced my shots for about an hour.

What I wore:  Lululemon Post Run pullover again (ok, it was a little hot to wear this even at 11 pm at the range) with white Dance Studio Crops.  I'm wearing Uggs in this photo but I actually wore my New Balance Minimus Road shoes.  =)

Friday 11/30

What I did:  I actually took Friday off work to run errands and do nothing basically.  But I ended up running all over town and being super busy!  I was almost late meeting up with friends to drive to Vegas.  But when I woke up in the morning, first thing I did was going to Bar Method class!  I can't believe it had been like 9 months since I last went.  Crazy!!!  It wasn't as hard as I remember.  I think my core workout is really helping me get stronger.  Because normally I'd just be dying during barre type of class.

What I wore:  Lululemon No Limit tank in aruba, with white denim Dhanurasana crop.  I also wore my aruba Method Sock, but it wasn't pictured.  I felt so matchy matchy!

As to/from and to wear afterwards while running my errands, I put on my ultra comfortable (and cheap!) Cotton On pullover hoodie.

And that's it!  I am now going to hit the sacks, I'm so tired!!  Need my beauty sleep.  =)  I hope everyone had a good weekend!  I had a great time in Vegas, but lost money playing poker.  Oh well!  It was fun.  =)

A Couple Dress From Soprano

This brand called Soprano was on Hautelook the other day and they had some pretty cute stuff for pretty cheap.  All made in the USA as well, which is a plus in my eyes.  So I bought a few items to check out.  I'm a serial online shopper (and returner), and I always buy stuff just to "try on".  If I don't like something, I just send it back.  Nowadays these flash sale sites give you refunds to your form of payment rather than just credit.  But they do deduct return shipping, but only like 5 bucks or so.  I think it's totally worth it.

Anyway, so I bought 4 dresses (!!) and 1 shirt.  I'm returning 2 of the dresses and keeping the other 3.  Pretty happy with the stuff I'm keeping actually.

First, I got this "Stripe Over Solid Dress".  It is really cool because it's a navy tank dress, with a wide stitch dolman style sweater over.  I can see it being a nice, somewhat casual summer night dress.

And here is the model in it:

So I'm keeping this one for sure.  It was only $25 as well, no brainer.

I also got this Shirred Bodycon Dress, in this beautiful wine color:

It's made of this jersey material, and I like the gathering in the front because they are placed in flattering places that hide your flaws.  This dress can be worn anywhere as well, on its own or with a sweater/jacket over.  I don't have any other dresses in this color either.  I love it, and it's only $23 lol.  Here it is on the model:

This is the only shirt I bought, which is super cute I think.  It's called "Colorblock Raglan Knit Top".  It's basically a sweater material made in a baseball tee style.  I've never seen anything like it and I really really love this one!  And of course, I got it for only 15 bucks!  Sweet!

I can see myself wearing this top A LOT.  It is great to just throw on with just about anything.  I'm wearing my Lululemon groove pants in the above photo.  But it can work with jeans, shorts, etc.  Very casual and comfy, but very cute at the same time.

And here are 2 dresses that I am returning.  They are both pretty unflattering and I didn't even bother taking a picture of myself in them.  They are actually in similar styles - just one with white loose top, and the other with a goldish black one.  In theory they both could have been winners but they just did not fit me well.

And that's it!  Well 3 out of 5 isn't too bad.  I get to return 2 and get about $50 back.  =)

Tahari ASL Teal Belted Dress

I bought another Tahari ASL dress that I love!  This time I got it from Ruelala.  It was on sale for $59 which I probably would not have paid, but I had a $20 credit so I figured it was not a bad price.  I actually really do like the way it fits - every time I buy a Tahari ASL dress, it fits like a glove!  And super flattering.  I am so in love with this brand.  And all these dresses can be used as work to night out type of thing.

I think this is the 3rd Tahari ASL dress that I bought that comes with a belt.  All these belts are pretty nice!  They are not cheaply made like you'd expect a belt that comes with a dress.  It also can come off so you can use the belt with other things as well.  I really like that.  Here are some web shots that show the details of the dress better:

 

Anyway, I'm pretty happy with this dress.  I don't have any other work attire in this color, so this will be unique for me.  I also like that it has cap sleeves.  Sometimes I feel a little bit weird about wearing sleeveless dresses to work without something over it.  I guess I work in a pretty conservative environment.  So the cap sleeves on this dress gives a little bit more coverage.  This one is definitely a keeper!

Lululemon Cool Racerback Slope Stripe Polar Cream Clarity Yellow

Wow what a handful this color name is - Slope Stripe Polar Cream Clarity Yellow, I couldn't believe it.  But I love my new Lululemon Cool Racerback in this color!  I actually have kind of fallen off the Lululemon bandwagon, which I can't say I'm not pleased about.  I have spent way too much money there in the past few years!  I have fallen off, because I just haven't liked anything they have been offering lately, not because of anything else.  So over the weekend I was out shopping and decided to swing by the Lulu store and see if there was any good deals to be had.  Well, there was a huge markdown rack, but only by like 10 bucks per item, and nothing I wanted.  And so, the only thing I walked out of the store with was this new cool racerback.

I'm normally not a fan of bright yellow hues, but the cream colored stripes tone it down a lot and I really like the blended look.  It looks a lot softer and yet not as boring as a solid color.  So I'm totally loving this one.  I also don't really have tanks in this color, other than my chirp Hot Class tank which is a completely different style.  I can't wait to wear this out!

Sunday Funday!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and ate a lot of yummy food!  I, for one, had a very event-filled day.  My mom drove down from up north, but when she was getting gas before she left town, she fell and hit her knee hard on the ground.  She felt something was wrong, but she didn't want to spend Thanksgiving in the hospital so she drove a few hours down to LA anyway.  By the time she got to my place, she couldn't even get out of the car!  And she didn't tell me any of this before she came, because she was worried that it would ruin my Thanksgiving.  So I was shocked when she showed up like that, and I had to carry her up to my condo (I don't have any crutches) and it just baffled me that she did not go to the hospital right away!  In fact, she insisted on NOT going to the doctor while in LA, because she has osteoporosis and she wanted to see her doctor who knows her at home.  So... she drove another few hours home before she even went to the hospital!  I could not stop her.  Turns out, her knee was broken but it is a very fine fracture so she didn't need surgery or a cast.  They put her in something that is removable.  And she pretty much needs to just rest for a while.  It was all pretty crazy!

Anyways, so that was my day on Thursday.  I was planning on going to work on Friday, but after that whole fiasco, I decided to take it off.  It was great to have a day off finally.  I think I was so tired from not sleeping enough the past few weeks, that I spent almost all day sleeping on Friday!  It was great, haha.

So I did more cardio this week than usual.  I actually took Whiskey out to the park to run on two different days.  I wish I could have done weights one more time than I did, but what with the whole holiday thing going on, I really did not have time.

Monday 11/19
What I did:  Ran about 3 miles around the park with Whiskey.

What I wore:  Lululemon swiftly LS in fruitie tootie, with currant cool racerback and currant energy bra under.  I also wore my astro wunder unders in heathered black/ dewberry and my new Skora Phase shoes.

Tuesday 11/20

What I did:  Yoga class

What I wore:  Lululemon cool racerback in wish blue, with pow pink free to be bra under, and power vinyasa crops.  Here I am also wearing my Koolaburra boots.

I put on my pow pink define jacket as to/from:

Wednesday 11/21 - Rest day

Thursday 11/22

What I did:  I went to play golf first, then took Whiskey on a 3 mile run around the park.  I ran into my golf instructor, and he got a new ipad app that films your swing and slowly analyzes it.  So he gave me a free 10-15 minute lesson which I thought was pretty cool and was actually very helpful.

What I wore:  For golf, I wore my Lululemon Mind Over Matter pullover over my pow pink swiftly tank, and my new concord grape dance studio pants.  For golf I always like to wear my New Balance Minimus Road shoes.

After golf, it got a lot hotter.  I can't believe we are still having 80 degree weather in late November!  This heat wave will never go away... so I changed into my Run: Ultra shorts and kept on the same tank.  I also wore my new Brooks shoes that I got for shoe testing, and haven't had a chance to write about yet.

Friday 11/23

What I did:  Well, I slept a lot as mentioned above.  I wanted to do weights but I felt so lethargic.  But I did manage to get my butt to the driving range for golf again.

What I wore:  Lululemon swiftly LS in haze, with coal Groove pants and NB shoes again.

Saturday 11/24

What I did:  I finally made it to the gym for the first and only time this week, and did weights.  I continued my New Rules of Lifting for abs, stage 1 workout B.  I then ran five 1-minute sprints afterwards. 

What I wore:  Lululemon white/light gray pique No Limit tank, with heathered dark classic sport gray Ebb & Flow crops and Adidas adizero adios2 shoes.

As to/from, I wore my currant define jacket.

I probably should have worked out today, but I went to the mall for a long time instead.  Shopping is kind of a workout right?!  Well, I went mainly to return some stuff I bought online.  I didn't really buy anything exciting except a new cool racerback at Lululemon.  I did, however, shop online on black Friday and did a few hundred bucks worth of damage.  I hope they arrive soon, and will write about them then!

Skora Phase

It's that time of the year again for shoe testing!  I am getting 3 pairs of minimalist runnings shoes to try out from FITNESS magazine, and the first pair has arrived!  They are Skora Phase, which is due to come out in February next year.  The colorway I got is this deep purple, with yellow and blue sole.

So I like the look of these, and think the purple color is great.  I don't normally like this lime yellowish color, but I don't really mind them on the sole since you can't really see.  I am normally a size 6 or 6.5 in normal shoes and size up to a 7 in workout shoes to allow room for some swelling.  So these shoes came in size 7 as well.  But they actually fit very large and I have a good half an inch of extra room.  I wish I could have got them in a size 6.5.  However, the cup of the heel fits very tightly on top, so it digs into my feet.  I took these out on a 3 mile run with Whiskey the other day, and near the end of it my heel was very uncomfortable.  I knew it was going to be the case as soon as I put these shoes on actually.  That's why I wore my thick and higher Lululemon Ultimate running socks, thinking that the socks would serve as a layer and lessen the rubbing.  But my feet were still kind of red and raw afterwards.

That aside, the shoes have a nice feel to them.  They kind of remind me of my New Balance Minimus Road shoes, since they are both zero drop and very light.  These shoes weigh only 5.8 oz.  The material is very soft and flexible, and feels like rubber.  The sole has pretty good grip, they actually feel like track or trail shoes.  And before the heel cup really started bothering me, I was running pretty well in them.  I hope that it is an issue that will go away when I wear them in a bit.  Otherwise I guess these shoes will be weight training shoes for me.  We'll see!  

Lululemon Dance Studio Pants in Concord Grape!

I'm so excited because I got a pair of concord grape Dance Studio pants on ebay!  I bought these in the crop version, and I had always regretted not getting the pants version as well!  I love the crops a lot and wear them often.  Now that the weather is cooler and I play a lot more golf, Dance Studio pants are really awesome to have.

Here they are on me (oh yes, I am back at home and Whiskey is making an appearance again!):

Anyways, I love this deep purple color.  It goes with a lot of different tops.  I think I might just love them as much as my bordeaux drama ones!