Weigh-In Wednesday

How has it been a week already?!

Happy Weigh-In Wednesday everyone! I'll keep this short and sweet....
Despite the weekend full of drinking and debauchery, I did pretty well this week. Didn't work out as much as I should have, but that's fine. I did pretty well with not eating like a maniac, so it worked out.

This week: -1.5 pounds
Total: -11 pounds

Slowly but surely... I'm getting there.

An award, yay!

I received an award from Southern Champagne Wishes, hooray!

This award is because my blog is fabulous. Duh. Haha.

I'm supposed to list my 5 biggest obsessions.
At the moment:

- Matt nathanson. How had I never heard him before! Seriously y'all... Amazing

- working out/ eating healthy... But not in like an "I looooove running kind of way". Absolutely not. I still hate it, don't get me wrong, but this 30 pound weight loss journey I've been on since January totally consumes my thoughts. I'm obsessed with it.

- semi- related: Christian loubs. When I FINALLY lose 30 pounds, I get a pair. Of course I feel like at this rate it might be 2011 before I get them, but dammit a pair will be mine eventually.

- my dog. Old news. She's so funny and cute. We are getting professional pictures done in November and I can't wait!! They're going to be so cute.

- Britney's new song. I freaking love Britney.


Thanks so much for the award! I am supposed to tag some other bloggers but I'm in class right now and can't be opening up a million windows to get links... promise I will next time though!

Best. Weekend. Ever

This was seriously one of the funniest weekends of my life. I wish I even knew where to begin.

Columbus is an amazing time. We definitely encountered some asshole fans, but for the most part people were SO nice. I was pleasantly surprised.

The highlight of the weekend was definitely when some fan started talking shit to us after the game, outside the stadium.
We had just sat and watched our team get MURDERED 30-0 in the POURING rain (seriously ya'll... MONSOON), and this guy comes up to us and starts talking shit out of nowhere. Keep in mind we have three former UofI football players with us (not small dudes), and WE ALREADY LOST THE GAME.
So this guy comes up and literally starts screaming and is like "fuck you. when was your last National Championship? Illinois fucking sucks" etc etc etc.
Basically he was trying to start shit with us (promise, no one said a word to him!), and most of us walked off but one of the guys (who was on the team that went to the Rose Bowl) went up to him and was like "really? I played in the Rose Bowl. What's the last Big 10 football game YOU played in?!" (+1 for him). So I walked over to the guy and was like dude shut up to the OSU fan, trying to get my friend to let it go and leave, and the OSU fan (who is being held back by his friends at this point as my friends girlfriend is pulling him back) and the OSU fan says:

"get the fuck out of Columbus, and while you're at it,
TAKE YOUR WHORE BACK TO WHORE ISLAND!"
(in reference to me)

Seriously, I couldn't have made that up. It was the FUNNIEST shit I've ever heard. I can't imagine ever being offended by anyone saying that to me because it is just SO ridiculous, but the fact that this was an Ohio State fan WEARING JORTS (yes, a guy wearing jean shorts told me to go back to whore island), it was even less than not offensive. It was just plain hilarious.

It's sad that a few bad apples can ruin the whole bunch, but don't worry, even if it was a decent human being that had said it, it wouldn't have ruined my weekend. In all honesty, it probably just added to it because it was SO funny.

So that is just one of the highlights from my weekend in Columbus... Only me, right?

Hope everyone had a good Monday and has a good week.

XOXO,
A whore from Whore Island

Big Weekend!

If you follow me on twitter (which you should), you already know that this weekend I am going to Columbus to watch my Fighting Illini take on the Ohio State Buckeyes.

I am hoping that the Illini will pull off a victory at the Horseshoe, like they did in 2007 on the way to a trip to the ROSE BOWL, but I am nothing if not realistic. They're most likely going to get their asses whipped.

I've been warned by several people that Ohio State fans are both crazy, and mean. We are going with a group of 10 - 2 girls and 8 guys. We are going to be hitting the bars early before the game, and we're all so excited. Someone actually told my girl friend that's going with us that she shouldn't wear orange this weekend. Give me a break. Obviously we're not going to be assholes showing up at the bar on Friday night in orange t-shirts and Chief facepaint, but we're going to wear orange to the game. I just hope no one runs their mouth off (both OSU fans and anyone in our group), because things could get ugly after 12 hours of drinking.

As I discussed with my friend Tony earlier today:

me: I hope I don't get beat up this weekend. I hear OSU fans are nuts.
Tony: i could tell you to keep quiet, keep to yourself, and not black out and you'll be fine...
but....
HA

My friends know me all too well.
Here's hoping nothing happens this weekend that will not allow me to be admitted to the bar. Anyone wanna serve as my emergency contact?

The Silent Killer

I am so excited that I was asked to do my very first guest post!

@workoutmommy on Twitter tweeted about September being Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, so we started talking and she asked me to write a guest blog.

Check out my guest post about ovarian cancer and my mom's struggle with it here: Ovarian Cancer Whispers - So Listen!

Also - note the VERY FIRST COMMENT: This woman was 23 YEARS OLD when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
So all you readers out there - KNOW THE SYMPTOMS!!!
I cannot stress this enough. It doesn't just happen to old ladies. It can happen to someone your age, whatever your age may be.

XOXO

Weigh-In Wednesday

Hi everyone...

Sorry for my lack of posting over the last week... I seriously don't know where the week went!
I hope you enjoyed Elle's little guest blog yesterday, haha. I didn't have much to say and she's seriously been so cute lately!

Not too much exciting news to report this week. My measurements stayed about the same.
I actually lost 2 pounds this week, but I'm still 1 pound more than I was a month ago, so I'm not too excited about it. I had a big initial loss once I started with my trainer and then 2 weeks of small gains that put me almost back exactly to where I was.

I wasn't the best weight watcher this week - my eating was a little bit out of control. And I only did 2 workouts with the trainer and 2 days of cardio. I've been trying to only take 1 or 2 days off from cardio a week, and last week I didn't do anything on Wednesday, Saturday, or Sunday, so I think if I step it up this week (even with the trip out of town this weekend), I should be able to get another pound or 2 by next week. I won't get any workouts in on Saturday or Sunday while I'm out of town, and we'll be doing a ton of drinking and eating out, but I think if I really step it up with the workouts Wed.-Friday and Mon-Tuesday, then I should be able to keep the scale moving down for next WIW.

So here are the stats:
This week: down 2 pounds
Total since 1/3/09: down 9.5 pounds.

My clothes are fitting a little bit better, but I still have SO much more work to do. I'm trying not to get frustrated and to STAY MOTIVATED! It's difficult, but I'm trying.
I just wish I didn't love to eat so much!!!! :) (seriosuly ya'll... I freaking LOVE to eat. and I'm NEVER full. Bad combo.)

I did have someone on twitter ask me about what my eating/workout plan is, so here's a quick overview:
I am trying to stay on a Weight Watchers based plan for my eating. Like I said, I am seriously a bottomless pit. I get 26 points per day on Weight Watchers, but there are days that I've eaten 60 points and I don't go to bed feeling like a disgusting pig (even though that many points worth of food is seriously gross)... I don't even feel full. I'm not joking when I say I can eat EVERYTHING.
Weight Watchers helps me keep track of everything that I put in my mouth, which is good for me, since I seem to lack any sort of internal trigger that tells me I'm full. (No, really... I've taken medicine for it before. It's terrible).

I have a fabulous trainer who is also a friend of mine that I work out with twice a week for an hour each time. We do lots of resistance training and weights, with a teeny bit of cardio (think jumping jacks, high knees, etc.) to keep my heart rate up throughout the hour.

He wants me to do 5 days a week of 60 minutes of cardio in addition to our sessions together. Sure, that would be lovely, but it just doesn't happen. I try to do 3 days of 60 minutes of cardio in addition to our 2 sessions a week, for a total of 5 days a week of workouts.
When I do cardio - I usually warm up on the stationery bike for 5 minutes. Then I hop on the treadmill for 30 minutes. Do a 5 minute "warm-up" walk at 4mph on an incline of anywhere from 5-10%, depending on my mood. Then for 25 minutes I alternate running and walking at a 1-2% incline. If it's a good day and I'm feeling ambitious, I'll walk 1 minute at 4mph, run 2 minutes at 6mph, walk 1, run 2, etc. If it's not such a good day I might walk 2 and run 2, or whatever. I HATE running, so this is the best I can do.
Then for the final 25 minutes I get on the stairmaster or the elliptical. I kind of hate the elliptical, so I don't get on it too often, only when I feel like I need to mix things up.

I also LOVE taking spin and kangoo classes, so if I can get to the gym for those I prefer to do that instead of a treadmill/stairmaster routine. An hour of class goes by SO much faster than when it's just me running the show.

According to the machines, I burn about 700 calories in the 60 minutes. I don't totally trust that number though (I have a heart-rate monitor on my list of things to buy so I can get a more accurate count!)
So there you have it.

Hope everyone else had a successful weigh-in!
XOXO

Teeny Tiny Tuesday

Hi everyone.

Elle Woods here. Yep, Elle Woods the Great Dane. My mom has been super busy with school the past couple days, and it seems like she's never around. So I've taken it upon myself to get to the computer and write a post for her. It's taking me forever to write this, since I don't have opposable thumbs and all, so I'll make this short and sweet.... A Teeny Tiny Tuesday post if you will (since I'm so teeny tiny and all, duh).

I've been doing a lot of this lately:

that's me, sitting on the couch while mom watches TV and does homework.

that's me again. same story, different location.

and that's where i spend all my days while mom is out doing whatever it is she does

Monday thru Wednesday are her super long days of classes... they are SO boring for me. I just sit at home all day and wait on her. She's also been working out a lot. (Shhh... don't tell Mom, but I haven't noticed a difference at all. I hope she loses some weight soon or she's gonna be pissed!).

We have a couple new neighbors - one of them is a guy who likes to talk me on walks. He's pretty cool I guess. We also have some stupid yappy dog that lives down the hall and if he doesn't shut up soon, I'm gonna MAKE him shut up. I'm bigger than him, he'll do what I want, if Mom will just give me a chance to set the record straight.

Other than that, our lives are SO boring. Thank God we have a dog beach close by.

So here's the deal ya'll... I'm gonna try to make posting around here a regular thing. If there's anything you wanna know about me, my life, or my mom and her life, just ask.

I have my own e-mail address (every savvy gal does, right?!), so if you wanna talk to me, or ask me any questions, shoot me a line: ElleWoodsTheGreatDane@gmail.com.
As you can see, I do a lot of time sleeping, so I've got plenty of time to answer e-mails.

XOXO,
Elle Woods

Weigh-In Wednesday!

Howdy everyone!

Sorry I missed Weigh-in Wednesday last week... I was having a crrrrazzyyyy week trying to get my Europe take-home finals finished and going home for my friend's wedding, etc.

In addition to being too busy to even weigh-in last week, I was too busy to be a very good weight watcher/ work-outter! I only worked out twice in the last week (once with the trainer). I've been trying to work out 4-5 days a week, so that was a big step in the wrong direction. However this week I finally feel like I've got my life back on track, so I'm going to be back to my regular routine of working out, classes, and actually sleeping (hooray!).

So anyway - enough excuses. This week:
No change in weight. Which is actually a good thing considering the way I ate and didn't work out.
It had been three weeks since I've done measurements though, and there was good news there! Since August 26th, I've lost 1 inch in my hips, half an inch in my waist, and half an inch in my boobs. No change in arms or thighs, although my trainer says he thinks that my thighs look thinner. Hooray!

Since my first workout with my trainer on August 19th, I've lost 2 inches in my waits and an inch and a half in my hips. HOOORAY! There is still LOTS of work to be done, but I am feeling good about my progess and my ability to change my body.

For the first time since originally starting Weight Watchers in January, I am losing weight and am actually able to tell a difference in my body. It's not a huge difference, but my clothes are a liiiiitttttle less snug. My jeans are not so snug in the waist/hips/thighs, which is an excellent feeling. In April I had gotten close to losing 15 pounds (most of which I managed to gain back in Europe... awesome), but couldn't tell at all. It's nice to see that working with my trainer is paying off and I'm making a change.

There is still lots of work to be done, but I'm feeling good about it!
Hope everyone else out there had a happy, healthy week!
XOXO

Oh, DO I have a life!

So in class this afternoon my advanced criminal procedure professor is discussing changing up the syllabus for the rest of the semester since another professor pointed out to him that we've covered a lot of the stuff he's covering in other classes.
So he was talking about changing what we were supposed to read for the rest of this week and said this:

"I hope none of you have done the readings for Thursday yet. If you have, it means you don't have a life."

So, as if there was any doubt, I have a life. Ha.

Back in action...

Hi everyone! I am back from a fabulous (and too short!) weekend at home.

Elle Woods the Great Dane is finally back in Chicago with me! She's been at my parent's house in Dallas since June, and I have missed her so much! She was SO happy to see me when I got home on Wednesday night. :)

We had to drive back yesterday, which takes about 15 hours. Thank goodness for my momma! She drove the first 10 hours while I slept, and then I drove the last 15. She's staying here with me until tomorrow. Usually when we drive that long, I give Elle a little doggie sedative since it's a LONG time to be in the car. My mom said she didn't think Elle needed one yesterday, so we had our first trip without medication. She did GREAT! Thank God.
She was pretty bored though (we all were!) Here's a pic of her resting her head on the front seat while I drove. Haha.
I just loooove that sweet face! :)

So I finally got my miserable take-home finals from my Europe classes finished. They weren't particularly stellar, but at least they're done. I feel like I can finally get caught up on all my reading for this semester now (of course I say that, and let's face it, it never happens).

Now that I have the dog back and Europe take-home finals completed, I feel like I can get back to my regularly-scheduled life. Phew. I felt like I was living in total shambles for a while there.

Hope everyone has a grrrreatttt week!

Home Sweet Home

I walked in the door tonight for my long weekend at home. The dogs were SOOOO excited to see me... Elle Woods was trying to climb up me like a ladder. Ha. It feels good to be so loved.

So I walk in, put my suitcase on the couch and said "I have souvenirs from Europe for you guys!"

My dad looked at me and said -

"I hope it's not shoes like yours."

(I'm wearing my gold Tory Burch revas)

Oh it's good to be home....

Law school is like....

A friend of mine just found out this morning that he passed the Oklahoma Bar Exam. I've known him for a long time (actually know him through the dead ex), and have known him all through law school. Since he's a year older than me I did a lot of bitching to him my 1L year, and he was my wise 2L friend who knew everything.

So anyway, I immediately g-chatted him to tell him congratulations after reading his facebook status that he had passed (I would have commented on his fb status but really, I didn't want to get 87,000 followup e-mails from every person that he knows also congratulating him, so I thought that g-chat would be the most efficient way to share my congratulations).

Here is our convo (p.s. his name is Zack and I call him Z-murda):

me: CONGRATS!!!
Zack: why thank you.
me: Z Murda, Esquire. How does it feel?!
Zack: Haha. It feels like I have just been told that I no longer have cancer after a 3 year struggle with it

So eloquently stated. Congrats Z-Murda. I'm proud of you.

Some advice for 1L's

It's day 2 back at school and I've had some random thoughts I'd like to give you 1L's.

Chill the fuck out.

There. I said it.
I feel much better already.

Next up -
STOP crowding and shoving your way into my classroom the second our class is over so you can get in place for your torts class. It's annoying. You're annoying. What's your damn hurry?

And the 1L's that were lined up throughout the entire hallway FORTY MINUTES BEFORE THEIR CONTRACTS CLASS YESTERDAY?!?!?!? I don't even know what to say to you, except GET AHOLD OF YOURSELVES. There are enough seats for everyone, I promise. You don't even know anyone yet, who are you going to try to save a seat for?! I felt like I was going through an obstacle course to get to the bathroom. Totally unnecessary.

Also - Dooney and Bourke is ugly. Stop using it as a school bag. Stop using it ever. Barf.
Your sequined flats are ugly too. Stop wearing them.

And to the 1L boy that is walking around the library in baggy jeans, white sneaks, baggy tshirt, sideways baseball cap, and a FAKE DIAMOND EARRING:
I don't think there is enough room here for me to say what I want to say to you.
Take your earring out. Wear some clothes that fit. You're a big kid now. In three years, you're actually going to be a lawyer. No one (I hope!) is every going to hire you with that shit in your ear. You are not Eminem. You look ridiculous.

Wow, that was pretty snarky, even for me.
I'll finish up with some nice advice:
Just breathe, you'll be fine. Go have a drink, you need it.
XOXO

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Just when I think it can't get any worse...

It does.

That would be my procrastination and ability to jack around on the Internet for hours on end.

It's 7am. I just finished one of two of my take-home finals from my summer study abroad classes. They're both due on Friday at 4:00. I haven't even started the second one yet. I have class from 9-5:30 today then go immediately to the airport to fly to Dallas for the weekend.

I've had these finals to work on for 30 days, so why WOULDN'T I wait until 48 hours before it's due to start the second one?!? That would just be silly.

I have never pulled a full all-nighter before. This is a first. It wasn't so bad. I mean it wasn't particularly good, but I'm not homicidal... Yet.
Give me 5 hours, and I'll be there.

I completely deserve whatever grade I get in these classes.

Oh, and by the way, does anyone want to hire me?

Fml.

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Pre-wedding Jitters....

So my best friend from home is getting married this weekend. The ceremony is Friday night at her church she's gone to since 2nd grade and then a reception after is just for immediate family and closest friends at the country club. Saturday night is the big soiree with all the friends and family. My family and I are going to both.
I am not a bridesmaid, because she chose not to have bridesmaids (just her sister). This is perfectly okay with me. I am going with her Thursday to get manis and pedis and get to do all the fun stuff, but don't have to deal with wearing an ugly dress or any of that. It just meant more money I got to put towards her awesome shower! :)

So anyway, I woke up this morning to a text from my little bridey, who I think is getting a little bit of cold feet:

Bride: Watching Oprah on Lorena Bobbitt: Where is She now. Perfect example of the wifedom I'm headed to.
Me: Hahahah I saw that episode. Fucked up. Why in God's name do you think that's where you're headed?!?!?!
Bride: I don't necessarily, it's just nice to know someone else has gone there if I ever snap, haha.
Me: Haha. Okay then. Are you having a little bit of cold feet?
Bride: No I'm really excited. Three weeks ago if someone had given me a ticket to Mexico I would have thought about it but people tell me that's normal.
Me: Well we are going to have so much fun and then you get to honeymoon!

10 minutes later....

Bride: Meh, Tanya and Lorena weren't as badass as I thought they'd be. And it took them 15 years just to get on Oprah. Better stick to being a good wife.
Me: Yeah, or come up with something totally new.
Bride: True. If someone can top cutting off a guys penis, it's either you or me.

Ha. So my friend is really funny (hopefully this came across as funny and not as crazy... or maybe a little of both, whatever).

Any advice for the bride-to-be, or for me as a supportive friend? (Besides Xanax and champagne to our pedicure appts... I've got that covered! Ha)

HOARDERS!!!

So I've been saying for the last 2 weeks that I was going to clean out my closet. I finally did it today (hellooooo avoiding take-home final anyone?!)

Sidenote: like I said in my last post - I get stressed and then do stupid shit like clean my closet instead of work on my take-home finals. Please remind me of this at 4AM when I'm chugging sugar-free red bulls to work on it.

So ANYWAY - while my closet wasn't exactly THIS bad:
It was still bad.
The show Hoarders is so gross and SO sad. I feel so bad for these poor old women who can't get rid of everything. But really? It's gross.

Here are some before shots of my closet:

Ugh. Look at the crap all over the floor. I hate that.

These babies are ALLLL going to Goodwill. Yes, that is FOURTEEN pairs of shoes. Dangerously close to hoarder status.

The right side of the closet BEFORE:

And the right side of the closet AFTER:

The left side of the closet BEFORE:

The left side of the closet AFTER:

See all the room for new shoes in there?!?! Good thing I'm headed to Dallas this weekend. YAY!

Here's the finished product... TA-DA!!!
The Floor! You can see it!!! Hooorayyy!!!

Anybody need some hangers?!

XOXO,
A Hoarder no longer

Football Season is upon us!

As I'm sure you're all aware, the most wonderful season of the year is finally upon us. Yes, it's college football season!!!!

So I thought I'd just post some of my favorite college football images from my favorite teams.

First off - the Chief.
Nothing says Fighting Illini like the Chief. (RIP).


JUUUUUICEEEEEEE



And Coach Zook... skiing. I have a total crush on him. What DILF. Hahahaha.


And of course, can't leave out the Hogs. My little brother is a senior at Arkansas, and I will be making the trip to Fayetteville in October to watch the Hogs take on Auburn. Wooooo Pig Sooie!

So Come on ILLINI, let's get a win. I want to go back to the Rose Bowl this year!!!!

Sweaty Mess

I rode my bike to school today. It is a BEAUTIFUL day in Chicago (72 and sunny, not a cloud in the sky!!!), and I know the crappy winter weather is fast approaching, so I had to take advantage. I only have 1 class on Thursdays, and it's at 1:00, so a noon bike ride is perfect. I live about 5.5 miles from school, but I can take the lake shore bike path and get to school in about 35 minutes (actually about 5 minutes faster than the stupid bus).

I got to school and was locking my bike up when my friend came out and took one look at me and said "oh I love your new bike!"

....

"Did you bring another shirt to change into?"

Lovely.

p.s. - no. I didn't.
I'm sitting in class in my own filth.

Weigh-In Wednesday

Today is NOT a happy Weigh-in Wednesday! Ugh.
I GAINED 1.5 pounds.
So frustrating. I know I had a couple days of not so great eating, but I worked out like a CRAZY woman this week.

I'm trying to remind myself that it's an ongoing process... I'm still down 9 pounds since January.
I didn't gain all this weight overnight, and I'm not going to lose it that quickly either. But still. Blergh.

I am sticking with it. Counting ALL my points this week. Going to be tough with Labor Day coming this weekend - there is going to be a LOT of drinking going on. I just cannot drunk eat and have to keep working out, even if I'm hungover.
This would be a lot easier if I didn't drink. What fun would being skinny be if I never went out though? Ha.

And please, if I hear "muscle weighs more than fat" one time - I'll scream. Don't even think about using that to comfort me.

Hope all the other Wednesday weigh-ers had a better trip to the scale than me.
XOXO

Deep Thoughts...

I think I've written before about how I want to practice criminal law. I want to prosecute, but I could defend too (for a while, at least). A job is a job, right?!
So anyway - I LOVED criminal procedure (fav. class in law school by far), and am currently taking my second advanced criminal procedure class. One of my good friends is taking criminal procedure this semester, and just g-chatted me this:

Friend: I've realized that I'm adopting a very "you" way of thinking.

I'm in crim pro and we're talking about what's a search...

and all I can think is that people should quit breaking the fucking law

Amen.

Summer Time Favorites

Howdy all!

The lovely Katherine from Just Lovely tagged me to do a little posty, so now I have something to write about!

Favorite Summer Cocktail:

Well I don't vary my cocktails too much - I'm a year round sugar free redbull-vodka or vodka-tonic drinker.
I suppose my favorite "summery" cocktail would be a John Daly - there are a couple variations on the recipe but I like to do about 1/3 vodka citron, 1/3 lemonade, and 1/3 sweet tea. Some people put triple sec in it but I like to stick with vodka. And in all honesty it usually ends up being like 1/2 vodka citron, 1/4 lemonade, and 1/4 sweet tea (are you sensing a pattern here?!).
And of course when I'm in Dallas you just can't beat a frozen margarita (with salt!) from Mi Cocina. Mmmmm mmmm!!!!

If you're a new follower or haven't paid attention - I like vodka. A lot. I like to drink. A lot. I'm trying to get my partying out of my system this last year in law school and I've toned it down quite a bit. I'm a fabulous single girl in my 20's in a fabulous city... what the hell else am I supposed to do?! Haha. In all honesty when I reflect back - I'm amazed I graduated from college on time, with decent grades, and got into law school. I seriously went out HARD CORE no less than 4 nights a week (usually 5 or 6) every.single.night.
I am a rockstar. Or I have a drinking problem. Ooopsies. But not really so much anymore - now I only go out 2-3 nights a week, at most. Aaaaanyway... that was prob. the longest answer EVER to "favorite summer cocktail."

Favorite Summer Movie:
I'm not a big movie watcher... I always see previews for movies that I want to see but rarely end up going to see them. The only movie I think I saw this summer was "the Proposal" and it was cute, but hardly qualifies for "favorite summer movie."

Favorite Summer Song:

I'm with Katherine on Mariah's new song - I'm OBSESSED with "Obsessed." So good! This summer I've also been obsessed with Chelly's "Took the Night." - Here it is on youtube.
By the way - no idea what the video is all about, I just love the song.
Also - I am not ghetto, I just occasionally enjoy listening to ghetto music. Ha.

Favorite Summer Time Outfit:

Cotton dresses. Love them, live in them. J.Crew is my faaaav!

Favorite Summer Reading:

I'm currently reading "American Wife" by Curtis Sittenfeld. One of the bloggers that I read (don't remember who!) said she was reading it, and I'm in the middle of it right now. Love it!

Favorite Summer Moment:

Hanging out at the pool in my condo building on a warm Saturday afternoon with all my friends. We drink all day, grill out, and get rowdy. SO MUCH FUN. I <3 Summer!

How do I have nothing to say?

Seriously, this NEVER happens to me. I've really had almost nothing to blog about since school has been back in session for the last week and a half. Is my life really this boring?!

So I'll just comment on a couple things that I noticed people talking about on twitter today:

1) G-mail outage.

AHHHH! I probably spend 85-90% of my waking hours on gmail (usually g-chatting), and I didn't know what the hell I was supposed to do when it was down! I think everyone else was freaking out too...
Don't worry, I did some facebook chatting to get myself through it,

2) The Duggars are having their 19th baby.

This is just really fucking weird. The oldest child is 21, and is about to become a father. His child will be 5 months older than his uncle.
That is really fucking weird!

I know some people on twitter were saying that we should leave them alone and people shouldn't be freaking out so much because they're self-sufficient. Of course... I totally agree with that. THANK GOD they're supporting themselves and not living off of the government. But seriously... it doesn't make it any less weird.

Not to mention - their children's names. Gross. Jedidiah!? Poor kiddo. The oldest kids daughter is going to be named Mackynzie. Seriously?! Why the 'y'?! Unnecessary. And weird.

3) Wildfires in LA

Scary shit, ya'll. Be careful out there.



Okay, I guess I didn't have nothing to say.
I'll be checking in tomorrow for Weigh-In Wednesday.... cross your fingers for me, I don't feel good about it. I worked out a TON this week, but I also at like a horse. I feel like I am fighting a losing battle here, but not in a good way. So frustrating.

Any suggestions for future blog topics? Anything you guys want me to write about? Any questions you guys have for me? Leave 'em in the comments or send me an e-mail at Legallyfabulous1@gmail.com

XOXO