my hips don't lie

No, I'm not Shakira. I'm just a normal girl trying to find some pant for work.

Even when I worked in an office, I never had to wear them. It was a really casual environment and I wore jeans or a dress every day. Now that I need some, the only pair in my closet is from when I was 17 years old. They miraculously (HOW??) still fit, but I need some nicer pairs if people are going to take me seriously.

So yesterday I set off during lunch on a mission: a mission to find two nice pairs of pants. The old pair I have is from Gap, so I went there first. Maybe the Gap here is just a bad one, but they had THREE pairs in the whole store. They do have TONS more online, but I believe pants are things you need to try on first. Off to Banana I went. They had more styles than Gap, so I grabbed a few and went to try them on.

THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

Apparently Banana pants are made for people who don't have an ounce of hip on their body. You've got a little junk in the trunk? Fagetaboutit. How is it possible for one pair of pants to ruin a day? I found out - said pair of pants will add so much weight to your hip area that you run out of the dressing room and run to a gym.

This is where I need your help! Where do you buy pants? But not only that, where do you buy pants that ACTUALLY LOOK GOOD? Because if I can't find any, I've already decided that I'm destined to wear a skirt or a dress every day. And I do not have that many skirts! Please, help a friend out.

the bow is back

The good thing about taking forever and a day off from blogging is that you are stock FULL of interesting things to write about. The bad thing is that you feel super disconnected and like you lost a lot of friends all at once. So with that, I'm back!

Lots has gone on since I last appeared in your blog roll - which is a good thing because MAN, my life would be really boring if nothing happened while I took my hiatus.

The top news has to be that this Friday is my last day with my current job. Yes, my whole family thinks I am insane for giving up the working from home gig...but I say, until you do it, you don't know how much it is NOT FUN. Especially when you have a job where you have to be behind the computer from 8-5. So no, mom, I am not going to miss doing my laundry during the day because I never once had time to do that.

And honestly, I really miss dressing nice. Victoria's secret boyfriend sweat pants that make your butt look 5 times it's size? Those aren't nice. So I have taken these last two weeks and made them "re-stock your wardrobe" weeks. It's been really fun, to me, not to my bank account. But it's necessary...right? Right.

new booties. it only took me a year to gain the courage to buy a pair and rock them...

new fall maxi. RUN to your local Old Navy and buy this...as long as you are no taller than 5'3"

I might have worn this every day since I got it. GIVE ME ALL THE VESTS.

 

There's more, but we'll leave it at that for now...only because I have an excuse now to throw in a few OOTD pics every so often. Good thing I bought that full length mirror when we moved!

weekend finds

If I told you that Ashley and I hadn't seen each other since the Charlotte trip over 2 months ago, would you think I was crazy? Well I AM, because that is what happened. It wasn't planned, we certainly want to see each other more often than that, but life is crazy and insane and we just had to wait it out.

Wait no longer! Ashley drove up to see me on Sunday and we set out to have a day of shopping and relaxation.

She arrived and I was FINALLY able to give her the latest ever birthday present and then we set out for Target. Because she SOMEHOW survives without one and I SOMEHOW hadn't been since the Charlotte trip. (Though my wallet probably thanks me for that one.)

After target we came back home and I surprised Ashley by having MEG over! First off, I'm constantly amazed by how well I get along in real life with my blogging friends - so much so that I don't really consider girls like Alexa, Ashley and Meg blogging friends, I just consider them friends. And secondly, we had such an amazing day together. No awkward moments (Meg and Ashley hadn't "met" yet.) or anything, and just FUN. They need to come back ASAP for a girls night with lots of wine. And candy.

We then set out to 19th street - the cutest street ever filled with local businesses in The Heights. We antiqued and went to the store we bought out amazing china hutch at and just had so much fun. (YOU GET IT, WE HAD FUN.)

Meg had never met Reid, so we went and made a pit-stop at my sister's for a bit and played with him some. He slept in a bit late that morning and hadn't napped yet, so he was all OVER the place. Ok, the candy I brought him probably didn't help much!

Playtime was over and we headed to Marshall's/Home Goods and hit the jackpot. Fall clothes everywhere! Now we just need it to get cold out so we can wear said clothes.

Overall, it was exactly what the doctor ordered. (I woke up feeling not so hot and today I feel fantastic, so DUH, they healed me.) I am so so so lucky that this little blog connects me to so many amazing girls. Women? Whatever, I just love them so much and am so blessed to have made so many great friendships.

Also, I got some pretty great things.

Target:

only the best fall candies ever.

every gal needs some animal print shoes.

 

Marshall's:

the most perfect ballet pink fall sweater.

this is the back view, and it is the most comfortable thing EVER.

distressed blue mirror for the living room.

 

I got some socks, too...but who wants to see a picture of socks on a blog? Yawn.

 

 

pantie party

Like probably everyone in bloggity land, I like to online shop. Most of the time that consists of me putting a bunch of things in my cart/bag and then quickly exit out of the page before I buy it. Except this morning I did not do that and now I have three adorable shirts coming my way! If you've never shopped at Hazel & Olive, go now. And then just thank me later. 

One of the shops I frequent is Tobi. I've bought four things from there so far and have been really happy with the quality of the dresses and top I own. But every time I go through the new arrivals, I always do the little confused head tilt thing to a lot of the items. And I say to myself - "self, who buys these things? and where do they wear them?" It's all just very confusing. So of course what so I do? I blog about it so you can be confused with me. 

But first - put this song on and let sweet little JT serenade you. Sweet, sweet love. And then go backthatazzup.

What kind of bar (or club I guess) would I have to frequent to know that this outfit would be OK? And I'm sorry, but a zipper that goes ALL the way down the front is just asking for some frat star to bet someone to come up to you and unzip it. And let's face it, if you're wearing that out, you probably aren't wearing anything under it. 

Oh look, a bow! Oh wait, it covers NOTHING. I do not understand how girls wear bikini bottoms like this. Who wants a wedgie all day?

Let's go shopping! In my underwear!

I could maybe see someone wearing this top as a bikini top with a maxi skirt to go read on the beach. But homegirl doesn't look like she's going to the beach. Also, it seems that she is wearing underwear, too. Are these girls going to a pantie party?

Who styles these looks? Also, side butt must be the new side boob.

Don't mind me, just wearing a bra to pick up some hotties tonight.

If you wear things like this - sorry. But no, not sorry. Who are you and where do you go in things like this?

Moving on. This weekend we didn't have any plans until yesterday when I was emailing with my bestie friendie Alex and we decided that A and I should join her and Stephen in Shreveport. And since he woke her up with a text this morning that said "Happy Friday!...And I can't wait to meet your friends tonight" - I think we made the right decision! I haven't met him yet, so I am over the moon excited to spend a nice weekend with them. She's the best and she deserves the best, so I have to go make sure he's the best, of course. 

Most - ok ALL - of my crazy college stories involve Alex, so I'm sure I'll be back Monday with some shenans for y'all. Or probably just some really attractive pictures of us, like this one from her birthday a few years back. We're really cool people. 

lesson learned

Happpppy Monday, folks. (It never is a happy Monday but I'm convinced by saying it like that, it will magically become a happy Monday. Hasn't worked yet but I'm not one to give up easy.)

We didn't do much of anything this weekend to warrant an update - one thing was fun but it's my Si.Pi.Di. for the week, so come back Thursday to check that out.

Learned something new this weekend, though. Want to know how to make your phone ring off the hook so you feel super popular? (Slash super annoyed and want to throw your phone against the wall...) Well my friends, the answer is to simply get a quote for a car over the Internet.

Houston Kia dealerships - 1. Kaitlyn - 0.

I don't really SUPER need a new car - but I can just feel my Saturn starting to crap out on me. (It's getting old, 80,000 miles old.) And, since they don't even MAKE Saturn's any more, repairs could be pretty pricey.

Our neighbor in our old apartment complex got the new Optima last year and ever since then I've been in loooveeee. Isn't it so pretty?

So on Friday, I got an innocent little quote online to see what my monthly payments would be. (Sidenote - it's SUPER nice to have a car that's completely paid off...a car payment every month would cut into my house savings a lot.)

Innocent my behind! On Friday ALONE I got 10 phone calls. TEN! All Houston area Kia dealerships called and left voicemails. And then I got 12 emails. I am not exaggerating!!

I get that they are just doing their job, but it's so annoying. If I was thinking of seriously buying, I would pick the one dealership that didn't call at all. Maybe I'm just a certain type of consumer, but I don't like to be pestered or annoyed. Like when I walk into a store, I want to be left alone. If I want help, I'll ask for it.

Real substance here today, I know. It was a long night of no sleep thanks to snorry mc snorston.