Wore this to class today and loved it. Granted, I had to wear a sweatshirt during class, but such is life. I got this great cropped wrap at Old Navy about 2 years ago. I bought it so I could wear tank tops to class and not show a whole bunch of my bra in the process. Still works AND It shows off my waist. That the shoulders are slightly bunched just adds to the cuteness.
The Details:
Tank: ON
Wrap: ON
Skirt: American Eagle (old)
Necklace: consignment
Flip Flops: ON
Let's just pretend like I didn't cut my feet off in this pic, k?
Yesterday was yoga day and as such I had two different outfits. The first was my cute class day outfit and the second was my yoga class outfit. You may remember seeing this dress before. I absolutely LOVE it. It is so comfortable! The jersey is heavy enough so that I don't have to wear a slip with it and the neckline is such that I can change the look of the dress by changing the color tank top I wear with it. Have I mentioned that the length of the dress is pretty damn awesome too? LOVE this dress.
The Details:
Dress: Gap (consignment)
Tank: ON
Brooch: Sew Lovely
Flip Flops: ON
As for yoga wear, I am much more practical than I am cute. I've been wearing yoga pants and men's undershirts to class and it has worked out great. The best part, honestly, is the part you can't see. If you guessed sports bra, then you guessed right. Ever since I got this Bravissimo sports bra I've been a whole lot more excited about working out than I have in the past. With the girls not bouncing around or popping out from under a too loose sports bra or spilling out over a too tight one, working out is much more comfortable. It makes a huge difference.
The Details:
Tank: Hanes tank
Yoga Pants: ON
Sports Bra: Bravissimo
So I tried my hand at long skirts for cold classrooms last week and I wanted to see if I could make do with a shorter knee length skirt without freezing to death. The result was that yes, I can do it BUT I need to make sure to bring a sweater to class. I forgot to do that when I wore this outfit. My legs weren't all that cold, but my arms were. Luckily I was smart enough to bring a blanket to class and that kept me relatively warm.
The best part about this outfit is the skirt. I found it while perusing my consignment shop and fell for the print immediately. I have very few patterned skirts and the large orange flowers on brown background called to me. Because the pattern is subtle, I figured I could use it as a focal point with a simple top or as a background with a more attention grabbing top. When I picked it up, I looked at the tag, and of course its linen, and we all know about my love for linen. I lucked out that it isn't 100% linen so it didn't get super wrinkly when I wore it last week. And its machine washable!
I was a bit hesitant about the length of the skirt at first. I was afraid it might be too long and therefore make me look stumpy. But I gladly got over that and bought the skirt anyway. I think that if I were to wear it with a pair of great heels my legs would look great, but its not so long that I can't wear a pair of flats and still look ok but laid back.
The Details:
T-shirt: H&M
skirt: Cato (consignment)
flip-flops: ON
necklace: gift
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So, it turns out that items other than sweat pants can keep you warm and comfortable while sitting in a classroom all day. The answer is of course long skirts! Outfit 1 wasn't nearly as warm as outfit 2 because I forgot a long sleeve sweater or jacket to layer over my short sleeve knit sweater. Sorry for the terribly picture, by the way. The Fiance took a couple while sitting on the couch and didn't warn me that my smile looked tres awkward so I took a couple in the kitchen that ended up blurry. Unfortunately, this the best pic of the lot. I'm going to have to go search the house for my tripod attachment so I can take better pictures.
Outfit 1:
Top: Loft
Skirt: ON
Flip Flops: ON (not pictured)
Outfit 2:
Skirt: Carol Little (consignment)
Top: Loft
Cardigan: August Silk
Flip Flops: ON
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Tuesday I went to my first yoga class in 10 years. I was really excited about the class and even more so when I discovered that my yoga pants were clean. yay! Anyway, I wanted to limit the amount of clothes I had to change into and out of that day, so I decided I would just wear my yoga pants to my bar prep class and figure everything else based on them. I originally wanted to try to wear this dress, but I forgot how long it is and didn't want to drown in clothes. So rather than just throwing on a t-shirt and sweatshirt, I got fancy. I grabbed my dark pink jersey cardigan and light pink tank top and made an outfit! An outfit that *isn't* solely sweats and has color and is kinda cute.
The yoga class itself was amazing! It was relaxing and a great workout. I could easily feel my abs being engaged and my muscles stretching in the different positions. And the ab workout at the end was great too! I'm really looking forward to continuing to work out in this setting. The yoga teacher was able to make adjustments to each position based on each person's individual limitations. When I told her about my recurring chest pain she completely understood and explained that we'll be working on the whole body and to take it easy whenever its too much for me.
The only downside to the class is that now, Wednesday morning, I am really really sore. Part of it is that I did squats 2 days ago and I'm still sore from that. But most of my back and neck pain and the little of the core soreness that I'm feeling is because of the yoga, while a small part of it is a lack of sleep and relaxation when I got home. I got home last night, ate, then got on the phone for 2 hours with my mom and aunt to help them set up my aunt's wireless router from afar. Oh and my mom is in Puerto Rico and my aunt is in Miami. And my aunt is not the most tech savvy person in the world, in fact, she's pretty damn awful at it. When I was done with that I got to read for fun (yay!) for 30 mins, jumped in the shower, then off to bed to read. But I was way too wound up to turn the lights off at 11:30 so I continued reading (on the iphone) with the light off so as not to bug The Fiance. I finished off my book then managed to have some fitful restless sleep. I'm hoping that I'll be able to relax and rest tonight because several days of soreness just plain suck.
P.S. pictures coming later as I forgot to take them last night.
