Thursday, February 20, 2014

Bright Colored Scarf + Whole 30 Day 2

This is another of my new scarves.  Loved the color in this one.  Was going to wear my brown jeans, but they were a little snug and I need to lose a few pounds to wear them comfortably again.  So the gray pants fit looser and I decided to go with the out of the box (for me) camel/gray combo.  I like it....especially with the red added in.



 Thrifted Items:
Gray Ankle Pants $5 Banana Republic (Value Village)
Sweater $4.90 Designers Originals (Value Village)
Scarf $2.10 (Value Village)
Red Loafers $6.99 Partners (Value Village)
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Wednesday was day 2 of our Whole 30 diet.  Day 1 and 2 we have missed our evening snack and I've gone to bed just a tiny bit hungry, but our daytime meals have been generous. 
I tried both mornings to drink coffee without creamer and sweetener and I just can't do it.  So I guess I'll just give up the coffee for now.  What does that tell me?  I really just enjoy that sweet in the mornings.  When this is over I may limit my coffee intake to 1 cup rather than 2, use half the amount of non dairy creamer I was using and I think I will try coconut sugar to replace my aspartame.  I'm trying to learn to make better choices on the necessities and eliminate what I can live without. 
One thing I'm really loving is that we can have guacomole which I love!  I have half an avocado mashed up with a bit of (compliant) salsa.  So that is a treat.  Normally I try to stay away from that because I crave it with tortilla chips as a night time snack and eat too much, too often.  But I've enjoyed it with our morning frittata instead.
I've even made homemade mayo!
This is dinner from Day 1:  BBQ (homemade sauce /compliant) Pork Roast, 1/2 yam w/ghee, steamed broccoli, and half a deviled egg.
The sweet potato was actually the best I've ever eaten.  I don't know if it was the ghee or the potato itself, but I thought it tasted delicious.  I'd never had ghee before and we were going to make some, but I found a jar of it at Trader Joe's for three dollars and change and thought I'd try it first to see if I even liked it.  I do!




Tuesday, February 18, 2014

A New Scarf With Old Yellow Sweater + Whole 30 Day 1

Our Whole30 starts (today) Tuesday. (I actually got this post ready the night before.)  Wish us luck!  I act like I'm getting ready to climb Mt. Everest. haha  But for us...big time pasta, bread, potato lovers and avid nighttime snackers...it's a near equivalent. :D
The part I'm dreading most is giving up my non-dairy creamer and 4 pkts aspartame (bad...so bad) in my morning coffee.  Ugh. 



 Thrifted Items:
Pants $4.35 AB Studios (Value Village)
Scarf $2 (Value Village)
Nude Purse $4.90 Monet (Value Village)
Nude Loafers $4 Naturalizer (Value Village)



Saturday, February 15, 2014

My Valentine's Day Outfit

I wore this to work yesterday on Valentine's Day.  I added a peachy/coral floral on tan top underneath a red sweater and really liked how the two went together.

Hope you all have a nice weekend!
We're getting ready to do our Saturday grocery shopping and today is the day we'll be shopping for our Whole 30 eating plan which will start Tuesday.  I'm really excited about trying this out and I'll be posting about it as we go.

 Thrifted Items:
White Jeans $8.50 Gloria Vanderbilt (Value Village)
Tan/Peachy Coral Floral Top $3 j-jill (Value Village)
Red sweater $6.63 Prophecy by Sag Harbor (Value Village)
Gold Chain Necklace (double looped) $4.99 (Value Village)
Nude Purse $4.90 Monet (Value Village)
Slingback Shoes $4.50 Lisa&Vicky (Value Village)
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Gold Chain Necklace w/Pearls $5.80 Forever 21
Pearl Headband $1 Dollar Store




Friday, February 14, 2014

Sweater, Denim, Jumbo Pearls

Another winter sweater...this time paired with a sleeveless denim blouse, jumbo pearl statement necklace and khaki pants.



 Thrifted Items:
Pants $6.69 Fabrizio Gianni (Value Village)
Denim Top $1.99 Chic
Sweater $6.38 Covington (Value Village)
Purse $8 Nine West (Value Village)
Navy Flats $5.99 Talbots (Goodwill)
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Necklace $5.98 Target