pants-less challenge

so i've got to admit, i love wearing pants.  but it's not necesarily because I look better in them or for any stylish reason, but because they're easy.  I find myself just throwing on the same old pants and cotton shirts every day.  So for the next 2 weeks (starting tomorrow) I'm going pants-less.  All skirts and dresses, all the time.  part of me wants to run screaming towards the nearest mall to buy some new things, but i've decided that that would be against the rules.  And as such, if it's not in my house right now, it's off limits.  (see how I gave myself the option to makes clothes? yes!)  i'm hoping this will help me get a little more creative with my clothes and help me pull out whatever is hiding in the back of my closet.  please note that this also covers thanksgiving, which means that i'll be sporting the feminine with the in-laws this weekend.  There are a couple of exceptions, working out and any other strenuous activity (hiking, hunting, etc.) will be deemed pants appropriate passes.  Leggings are not pants, and as such can be worn at any point during the experiment.  other than that, it's game on! 

today I have

• finished the collage, now just to mount it and antique the frame...
• made a rosary, that is so ridiculously long I can wrap it around my neck twice like a necklace.  I kinda like it like that.  but I think I need to make one that's a little more practical for it's intended purpose.
• made a lace mini skirt (like this one on kendi), then remembered black lace with a black "slip" underneath is just too much black, that I'm 24 and curvy and not nearly as cute as she is, and that it's a little too mini.  though I'm considering changing the color underneath to something pale and seeing if I change my mind.
• turned my too big tye-dye dress into a tunic, then remembered I'm still paranoid about wearing tunics and leggings.
• made a HUGE mess, meaning the entire house
• made myself promise to clean the house when I get home tonight
• played the weepies while it rained outside (still doing this, awesome)
• ate an entire box of mac and cheese with a whole can of tuna.
• realized I should probably head to the Y tomorrow.
• decided that with the upcoming cold and dreary weather, I need to make my blog the opposite, so I might reward my cleaning with some blog refashioning tonight.
• decided to go pants-less (more to come on that tomorrow!)

recent reads

so I am working on completing one of the items off my list and have been enjoying the library a lot lately.  I have found that spending my lunch hour reading is so much better than shopping or vegging out online.  I have already read 3 books, which I'm impressed with as I only get to read for about 45 minutes a day.  Here are the titles I've checked off so far:

1.  Born to Run.  I doesn't matter if you're a runner (I don't consider myself one) but if you like a good story, vivid characters, and to learn, you'll love this book.  I found myself wanting to tell everyone about the facts I learned, and couldn't put it down during the story parts.  Best of all, it's true.  Loved it.

2.  Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat.  A little more technical than I normally go for, but another book where you learned a lot.  The Author studies the relationships between animals and humans, and the book seems to be a general overview of his field.  It gave me lots to think about, and some possible explanations for why I love a good steak, unless I have to look at a cow while eating it...

3.  Dead Until Dark.  (The first book in the Sookie Stackhouse series, the series True Blood is based from) Fine.  So I'm addicted.  I normally can't stand to read something for the second time, and while sometimes the tv show followed the book so closely the lines where the same, I was still able to really enjoy the books and zipped through it in a couple of days.  I was super interested in the little differences between the book and the first season, which grew bigger and bigger as the book progressed.  I can't wait to get my hands on book 2.

The only downer is that I don't have any books right now, as the Library is closed for Veterans Day.  Why that means they have to close early the day before a holiday, I don't know, but alas I am book-less.  I really want to get my hands on the next Sookie books, and Never Let Me Go next.  I'm excited just thinking about it.

boots for the brrrr...

so it was cold this weekend (though not anymore) and it was making me long for a good pair of boots.  So here are the drool worthy pairs I found, and will now covet...

yum,

from Zappos

a little less refined, but equally awesome

from Zappos

and for the times when you're not trying to look put together, but just plain warm, these beauties.

from L.L. Bean

if these beauties only had a plaid exterior, I may live in them.  if i owned them that is...

warm feet are the key to being warm in the wintertime.  so I'm pretty sure that I need these boots for my health.  right?



Barbra Streisand

Mom, this post's for you! 

Go ahead, have a dance party. And let your mom listen too. She'll be hooked at "Barbra Streisand".