on my mind :: Five on Friday

I’m loving nude shoes these days and am dying for some nude ballet flats.

Nude ballet flats

Tory Burch flat / Juicy Couture ballerina flat / Zara shoes / Valentino ballet flat / Dorothy Perkins flat shoes, $27 / Madewell ballet flat / Marc by Marc Jacobs ballerina flat / Tory Burch Eddie Logo Bow Flats | SHOPBOP / Antonio Melani Milena Studded Flats | Dillards.com

 
I’m still new to Polyvore, but I just found out that they have templates, photos, text and more to make your collage super cool!  I kept wondering how people made such pretty collages.  🙂

My Project Life 365 is still alive and well!  I missed one day so far (I think), one day I used a screen capture for my photo and some of my photos are WAY lame, but I’m still chugging along. Here’s my May round-up…

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I need some inspiration to get me excited about eating healthy again.  I ran across this book recently…

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It looks good from what I can tell online, but I want to get out to the bookstore soon and flip through it.  I’m a really picky eater so I like to browse and see if I can find a few recipes that I like immediately.  I hate buying a book and only finding 1-2 recipes that I’d actually make, so if I can’t find a few good ones while just browsing it, it’s likely not a good investment for me.

Anthropologie has some flippin’ adorable, i-don’t-need-them-but-desperately-want-them, glass drink ware for sale right now.  I am particularly fond of these little cuties…

glass bottles

I’ve been switching handbags a lot lately, but because I’m not super organized like this chick…I never have all the stuff I want/need.  I usually only grab my wallet/wristlet, my phone, a chapstick and my camera.  No bueno!  I really want to take the time and have a pretty organized back like this one.

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April :: Project Life 365

Shew…made it another month without missing a day!

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April 366

Slowly, but surely getting caught up!  Only 2 months behind now.  🙂

April 2012 Highlights

94/366 – We found out our girl made it into our magnet school of choice, La Villa School of the Arts!  She was so excited.

99/2 – Easter

108/366 – I made overnight oats for the first time.  Super yum and deserves a post all to itself!  I’ll write more about them another day.  🙂

116/366 – Started reading Fifty Shades of Grey series.  Loved, loved, loved them!

I missed one day this month and I’m pretty sure I’ve missed a few in the May/June time frame, but I’m still trucking along.  Can’t just quit because of a few missed pics!

March (yes, March!) 366

We’ve already established that I’m just a wee bit (said in my best irish accent) behind on my postings, so yes, I’m posting my 366 wrap up for March.  I thought I might do it a little differently than I have in the past.  Instead of just posting all of the pictures, I decided to highlight a couple of my favorites from the month.

63/366 – Hubby and I were invited to a Nerdy 30 Birthday party.  This was as nerdy as I got.  Considering I had no clue what I was going to wear, I think I did okay.

70/366 – My baby boy turned 9 this month.  I can’t believe it’s the last year that I will have a kid in single digits!

72/366 – I had my Instagrams turned into magnets.  How freaking cool is that?!

80/366 – Took Lucy-Lou to the dog park for the first time.

82/366 – I finally found some TOMS that look cute on my size 10 feet.

83/366 – Took the kids to Universal Studios Islands of Adventure!  Since I can’t ride roller coasters (motion sickness, remember?), ButterBeer from Harry Potter World was my favorite part of the day.  Other than the usual, you know, spending the day with the family, seeing the kids have so much fun riding rides, etc.  😉

91/366 – Ended the month with a bang…Hubs & I completed the Warrior Dash!  This picture is from before our race time when the skies literally opened up and poured gallons of rain down on us.  Fortunately, just before our start time, the rain stopped completely!  Thank goodness b/c the torrential downpour would have been awful to run in.

March 366 Wrap-up…

iPhone-ography – January 366

I am attempting the 365 project again.  I usually don’t make it more than a week or two and so far I’ve made it 38 days!!  Here is my month in review…in order from Jan 1st-31st.  🙂