August 14, 2010

OOTWW

By Nancy

I was a wee late posting my outfit of the work week since I usually post them on Friday mornings. Not to worry. My fashion post is here on a beautiful Saturday a.m.

Notice my bruise getting more prominent throughout the week? Ha! It was from some chick at soccer who was a bit aggressive on the field.

Click to enlarge:See Friday’s tank top? It’s from what I would classify as an older lady store called Cleo. I popped in to one of their stores on my lunch break on Thursday and picked  up two cute tanks!!

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August 13, 2010

Not what you think.

By Nancy

I had a bad day a few weeks ago, so my running buddy friend and I took off to the mall after work one day and dropped into Banana Republic (seen in Tuesday’s OOTD). I picked up a cardigan and belt for 40% off, and noticed they had some super cute shiny rings as well. I didn’t end up buying one but it was on my mind often.

Well the other day on my lunch break I went out to BR again and noticed they were having another sale for 30% off. I bought a non-wrinkle dress shirt in charcoal grey… it has a nice sheen to it and the Banana Republic shirts don’t come in sizes like XS, S, Med etc anymore. They come in 0,2,4,6 etc. Thank the lord — because I can now fit into a size and have it look tailored on me rather than just a regular boring shirt.

While I was at the cash register, the rings were popping and sparkling in their little wooden display boxes. So, I picked up this cutie patootie. Simple, kind of wedding-ish, but definitely pretty.

I bought it.

It reminds me of a wedding band. Ahem. Speaking of wedding bands and… engagement rings on Blue Nile’s website. I’d like to have one — size 6 please. Going through some styles online and I picked out a few fav’s because I’m girly like that. Did you know you could build your own? Clearly, I did not. How exciting!!

I like the princess (square diamond) cut, but I don’t like the diamonds sitting inside the white gold. It looks dirty or something.

I like them sitting ontop, but this isn’t princess cut. It’s circle. Circle rings are outdated to me, and I don’t like them. But there are plenty of styles on Blue Nile like: Asscher (hexagon shaped), Radient (rectangle with rounded edges), Princess (square) and Cushion (looks like a cushion but still sort of square lol).

This one screams perfect. I think. Who really knows unless you try it on, right? I think I like a lot of diamonds. Sparkly!! Eye catching. Drool worthy. I love it. Those all above are from Blue Nile, the bottom one’s are from Tiffany & Co. I’m not sure that I’m a fan of Tiffany & Co. because I was told before that the diamond isn’t as good as they can be.. and marked up too much just because it’s a Tiffany ring. Could very well be true/not true. But I don’t know anything about rings. But I know what styles I like!

COVERED in diamonds. Swoon! But $14,000? See what I mean? Why is it the cost of a car? (Or some Ferrari parts)  It’s pretty, certainly gorgeous. But I bet you can get this for 14x less elsewhere, right? lol

What does your engagement ring look like, whether you have one or not — design it up and let me see!

Happy Friday the 13th!

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August 13, 2010

Car-talk

By Nancy

Believe it or not I’m already looking at my second car. I haven’t had my little snowball for a full year  yet. Though since my loan isn’t fully paid off (either way, it won’t be long til it’s all paidwheels with awesome looking hubcaps, tinted windows and maybe different than the stock tail lights. I probably won’t do any of the above mentioned, since I thought I was a huge car person but I’m not, really. I keep it fairly clean as I hate having even one dog hair on the inside of my car. But then again I let it accumulate for a bit — then vaccum the heck out of it til it looks like it’s brand new. I love new looking cars. I love the new car smell. I also love it when they shine brightly. off — love being aggressive with payments) I can still modify my car. Change up some stuff by adding fancier four fancier

Who said white cars show dirt easily? Mine certainly doesn’t, and I only washed it twice since October. I’m telling yea, the black cars is where you’ll see the dirt showing through.

Now that my Brother moved back from Ireland to Canada with his fam, I have been saving every penny to fly out of here at every given opportunity to see all of their faces.


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August 12, 2010

Favorite outfits of summer

By Nancy

Favorite outfits I’ve worn all summer long.

Left to right: Grey vneck with skirt |  The “J Crew look-a-like” outfit |  Orange top paired with black shorts |  Grey top, white pants |  Anthro shirt and blue cardi.

I honestly love posting my outfit of the work week as it motivates me to shop my own closet and pair together clothes that I never thought would work, and get into accessorizing more. It’s definitely helpful for someone as clueless as I am about fashion. That and the fact that I got a bunch of FANTASTIC ideas from the wonderful J at J’s Everyday Fashions. I probably need to branch out of flats and into some wedges. I’m going to find it very difficult to layer clothing so it’s not as bulky on me, during the fall and winter. That’s when things get out of hand for me, and I fall off the fashion-wagon. I need help! (At least I don’t need Acneticin)

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August 11, 2010

Strange cravings

By Nancy

At lunch today I had a strange craving for some tea and … bacon. I don’t buy bacon ever, and I drink tea about twice a year as an indulgence since I sweeten it with 4 or 5 sugars (I know). I gave into my craving for one of the two, and headed off to Tim Hortons. Again, very rare — I used to work there for three months a while back, and didn’t like any of the things they had to offer so I never went in to buy anything. I bought myself a chicken salad sandwich which hit the spot, and half a dozen cookies for my co-workers. I had a chocolate chunk/pecan/caramel cookie which I’m sure had trans-fat in there, and it definitely gave me gut rot. A good reminder why I never go to that coffee shop. Anyway, I had a cup of homemade tea at work to go with it.

Mmm mmm…can you see the sugar rimmed mug? Ha!!

I’m not exactly craving bacon anymore, but ever since I got back from Christmas vacation … obviously eon’s ago, I have been wanting to eat some Chinese food. I think I need to give in. That and I need to pick out a good dehumidifier for the apartment. Anyone have one?

Have you had any weird cravings lately?

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August 10, 2010

Checked over by a physician

By Nancy

When I go to a fitness class whether it be cardio or strength I tend to yawn when I need to get a really deep breath in.

Take that to outside where I started running five months ago. I could never get my breathing under control enough to finish a run strong. I always dwindled off at the end of runs. Since I have now worked up to my 10 minutes of running, then 1 minute of walking/recovery time I am noticing that I am almost panicking to get a breath of air. I always tried to be quiet, but towards the end of each run I got louder with my breathing.

I thought it could be just a mental thing, because I was not used to running any distance except for a sprint here and there at soccer. But just to be safe I went to get it checked out by my new family doctor this morning, who just happens to be my soccer team mate. Since she knows what I’m like on the field (“fit”), she also assumed it was just a psychological thing, that I had myself psyched out on runs. I mean it gets embarrassing as other people tend to notice and ask if I’m alright!

I had some blood work done to check my iron and B12 as I mentioned to her that I was once low a few years ago and stopped taking my iron/B12 pills. I am also booked to have a pulmonary function test done on me as my Doctor said “to get some peace of mind” so really she thinks it’s nothing.

My boyf said “If it’s mental, you should be able to force yourself to breathe. Asthma causes your airways to constrict so you literally cannot suck air in.” I need to definitely practice controlling my breathing, but it’s incredibly difficult to do so! I feel fine one minute, and the next minute my breathing sucks (no pun). No matter my pace whether I’m slow/fast.

Guess it’s something I really need to get serious about if I want to overcome this pain in the arse problem of mine. Now I’m debating whether or not to sit down on the comfy contemporary furniture leather couch of ours, or get up and go on a trail run.

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August 9, 2010

Weekend cleaning spree

By Nancy

I went to bed at 9pm last night as I was blackberry messaging a friend, I felt bad because I fell asleep with the blackberry next to me, but then when I woke up – the last message received from her was “night!” Clearly we were both hitting the hay pretty early. I felt super exhausted all day yesterday and so at 9pm I finally decided I was done, and set my alarm for 6:30 the next morning (being today…) and I re-set it for 7:15! It was a fantastic super long, and much needed sleep.

The weekend was all about cleaning the entire apartment up and chucking bags of junk down the garbage chute. I should have taken before and after pictures, but I only took after’s.

I started off by going in a car wash for the first time in my life (by myself that is). It was pretty scary. Wouldn’t’ want a claustrophobic person going in one of those things. The loud banging noises of the water (I went in a “touch-less” car wash) had me freaked out! It smelled pretty gross, not really soapy but sort of like bubble gum and weird chemical all at the same time. Either way, my car is sparkly now.


This is when it started to smell like bubble gum, but not the pleasant kind. The kind that would poison your insides.

This is our movie room with the big awesome projector. The coffee table was piled high with papers and remotes and empty boxes. Now it’s replaced with a nice center piece that had Christmas bulbs in it, but I replaced it with some aqua colored rocks and a candle. Sooo much better. The coffee table called LACK in the color “black-brown” from Ikea. I really like it, and it was probably less than thirty bucks, but the darn thing scratches super easily! Very annoying, seeing as we rarely use this room and it has 2 scratches on the top. Maybe I can color it in with a sharpie. How ghetto would that look?

The desk where I blog from. I really dislike this desk, it’s cheap and flimsy but I’m keeping it for now. It does the job. I’d like to get rid of that stack of magazines on the left by the speakers the Boyf bought for me.

Going through old boxes on my desk, I came across a photo of me and a friend from March 2006. I thought I looked so completely different (and with SUPER long hair!!) but then I snapped a photo of myself and thankfully I don’t look all that different. Just older. Obvs?

Tried getting some  boxes to organize all the shoes and Alfie’s gear. It’s better than what it was, but I wish Winners had more of those wicker type baskets on the top shelf. I’d buy the whole store out. Then it’ll look presentable! :)

While I was at Walmart (on a Saturday night no less), I spotted the FANCY NANCY book that one person last week left a comment about how if I had nieces instead of nephews, I could have bought them that. I had no idea who/what Fancy Nancy was until I was browsing the book and magazine section. I had to snap a pic. It looked cute.

This is all I leave you with today, since I shouldn’t be on the computer as Alfie hasn’t seen me all day! Poor neglected dog.


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August 6, 2010

Outfit of the work week + a little breathing drama.

By Nancy

Remember, you can CLICK to enlarge the pictures of the work week and read where all the pieces are from.

I went running last night with a different group of people. We did a 7k huge loop, and they weren’t really loving the 10 minute on, 1 minute walking — but I said that I had to have that as my breathing was a bit mental. They didn’t realize what my breathing got like until it was loud. It’s all I can do though, that’s how I breathe when I run and I’m needing that break between minute 10 and 11. The two of the three people that went with us are personal trainers and they seemed quite concerned about my breathing and kept asking if I was alright.  Embarrassing. I just nod, because I hate talking when I’m like that, hah. It just sounds as though I can’t get a deep breath in. They asked if I was wheezy, which I’m not — but they seemed to think so. One of them suggested I had asthma, or running induced asthma. I’m pretty sure I don’t, but then again I never really thought about it.

I have only been running for 4 months, but at the same time you’d think it would get better. I can run for longer distances but my breathing remains troublesome. Get this, I don’t think my breathing is terrible on treadmills. Then again, I haven’t been on a treadmill in months so I guess I wouldn’t really know if I hopped on one and ran distance.

Some of the suggestions that the runners told me (including my Boyf):

  • Breath through your nose, out through your mouth (impossible)
  • Lean over when you run up hills (much easier on your breathing, I tried it yesterday!)
  • Slow down your pace (how much slower can I get!! I’m doing a 10 minute mile some days.

It’s just very difficult to go to a family doctor who is in a completely different city 40+ minutes away. Taking time off work, making that time up. Then probably getting referred to a specialist. Maybe I’m reading way too much into this, I’m not sure. But I’m really annoyed with my breathing. It’s why I need my one minute break in between the 10 minute runs. The trainers couldn’t get over that I fully recovered with that one minute break, and my breathing only affected me when I was at minute 7-8 or so.

Pain in the butt, that’s for sure. It could be nerves, it could even possibly BE asthma. Funny thing is that I can control is, so that makes me think it’s nerves. I need to mentally focus and challenge myself to say “this is a leisure run, you’re not running for time. You’re stronger than you think you are. Breathe slowly”. I think I miss running with my running buddy (we run together but still in groups), because she “calmed” my breathing down, ha.

I think I’m going to try and go for another run tomorrow, by myself — really slow (maybe) and see if I can control it. Because if I can, it’s nerves. Right? I gotta be right.

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August 5, 2010

Chomp on down

By Nancy

I don’t mind having medical procedures done, but I certainly despise going to the dentist. Primarily because it’s always bad news when I go. My teeth are healthy, it’s just that “candy girl” has some issues. Apparently I grind my teeth in my sleep. I don’t get headaches all that often (besides this morning) and I don’t have jaw problems. So what’s with this grinding teeth in sleep? The dentist mentioned I have “shorter” than average teeth, and if I continue to grind I’d eventually have to get some crazy work done on them.

You’d think that after getting braces and wearing my retainer nightly that this wouldn’t happen anymore. But you know what? I actually busted off the metal on my retainer due to grinding. I went back to the orthodontist and was like “this ‘tainer is faulty! Hand over a new one!” Not exactly what I said, but definitely what I was thinking. The part that broke off wasn’t that crucial to keeping my teeth in place. Great to know!!!

I had no idea that I grind my teeth til about 2 years ago when the boyf told me I made some noises that sounded like I was dying and choking in my sleep. He often nudged me pretty hard with his elbow to see if I was alright. I was! And thankfully I’m a person who can get back to sleep immediately after being poked to be woken up.

I’m interested now to see if I did any of this when I was a kid, or research this teeth grinding in children. How do you treat the problem? Do you do anything in your sleep that may bother your teeth or even health?

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August 5, 2010

Oh Thursday, don’t give me troubles

By Nancy

Today wasn’t off to a good start at all. I went to bed a bit later than usual, so when my alarm went off at 6:15 this morning I hit snooze a couple of times. I woke up with a monster headache and hopped in the shower immediately to try and get rid of it, and relax a bit. When I wake up in the a.m. I normally hang out with Alfie for the first bit while I eat, then shower at the last possible moment. At least my headache went away, but I was super tired and felt as if I needed more caffeine, but I opted out of that mainly because it’s only a ‘rush’ for a little while.

Left the apartment, locked the doors and got in the elevator only to find myself pushing the button for the main floor, instead of underground parking. I noted that I had parked outside all night long which was a huge mistake on my part. I panicked thinking my car was either vandalized (we don’t even live in a bad part of town — it just happens!!) or a parking ticket, since you need to register your car if you are staying over night by my building. I got the latter, a $25 stinking ticket for no good reason except that I thought I was going to grab some Quizno’s last night for supper and didn’t end up going. Therefor, didn’t move my car since I got back from work.

Oh, and I forgot my lunch. I didn’t just forget it at home — I forgot to even make myself anything.

LAME!

Today is off to a bad start for sure.

At least tomorrow is Friday and it was a short work week.

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    Hiya, I'm Nancy or known as "Legs" due to my quick ability to run past you in soccer. Avid daily watcher of TLC's What Not To Wear, subliminally wanting to be nominated. Living 3,000kms away from family for 4 years and totally fine with it, for now. Brother + wife and 4 boys live in Ireland. Met my nephews once. Summers are filled with outdoor soccer games, and touring around with Boyfriend, being his cheerleader while he competes in Triathlons. Winters are usually spent more time blogging, shopping, and playing indoor soccer. ♥ Summer. I usually blog about everything random that goes on in my busy brain. Image on the left there, changes infrequent but can be enlarged. Want a full bio? Or just simply contact me via email!


    9.21.08 5K: 30:00 — Placed 3rd in age group.
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