A Sad Day for Bridal

I shed a tear today as I learned that Priscilla of Boston is closing their doors. I'm not engaged, or even close to being engaged, but every time I've ever been bored and browsed wedding dresses online with my roommates, it was always always always the Priscilla of Boston dresses that caught my attention.

Le sigh. Goodbye, dream dresses. 

Bright Lights, Big City

The neon/bright colors are everywhere. They're on the runways, on the streets, in the stores, and... not in my closet.

I have a few items that I like to wear every now and then as "pop of color", but as a whole my wardrobe is pretty neutral. Not bland, just neutral. Classic. I am drawn to the chic-ness (not a word, I know) of creams, whites, browns, and blacks. Imagine the colors in a Burberry plaid - that's my closet. 

These images have been really catching my eye lately.. How could you not love the color in these outfits?? So fun. 

And I'll leave you with some Man Repeller.. because she's awesome and she makes me giggle. 

xoxo

Particularly Plaid

It's a Monday. One of those Mondays. It's cold and rainy outside, and I'd really like to be at home asleep. Ugh.

Plaid is such a comforting pattern in the autumn and winter months.

I'm particularly obsessed with this new button-down I bought from J.Crew a few weeks ago. It is SO SOFT and I've been wearing it with everything. My favorite go-to look is wearing this top with black leggings and brown boots (I know.. leggings aren't pants. Whatevs). Plans are in the works to buy this top in every color offered. I love it that much.

My newest J.Crew obsession

Neutral colors with a touch of pattern

Bright at funky. J.Crew. Just what I like.

A hint of plaid through a scarf 

Country shabby - if that's your style

I'd like to be tangled up in one of these now, plzkthx

The pillows

And, of course, the most iconic plaid of all...

xoxo

Beat the Sweet

Today marks Day Two of my sugar-free diet.

I have decided to cut-out added/processed sugar out of my diet for a seemingly-impossible seven days, and it's already proving to be more of a challenge than I expected. Added sugar is found in practically everything - from the obvious cookies and cakes to the not-so-obvious salad dressing, ketchup, peanut butter, cereal, spaghetti sauce, cottage cheese, salsa, even sliced turkey.

My plan was to stick to natural, unprocessed foods to avoid added sugars. Remember people, the point of this is to cut-out added sugars from my diet, not to avoid sugars all together. Foods like fruit and bread contain naturally-occurring sugars, which are fine. Lunch yesterday was supposed to be a turkey sandwich on organic whole-wheat bread (which, again, has natural sugars, but no added sugars). Simple enough, right? Wrong! My lunch backfired when I started reading labels - the mayo contained sugar, so I though I'd substitute some light ranch dressing or caeser dressing. Nope, all sugar. Then I looked closer at the turkey itself. Yep.. even the turkey (Kroger brand) contained added dextrose. I just wanted a sandwich!

Ultimately, lunch ended up being a salmon croquette (salmon, flour, egg cooked in a pan with olive oil) with some mustard. Typically, I eat these with ketchup but, of course, ketchup has sugar. Ughhh frustration.

Dinner was chicken-pot-pie (cooked by my sweet mother) and contained peas, carrots, corn, cream of chicken, and roasted shredded chicken. No sugar here - I checked!

Breakfast this morning consisted of two poached eggs and a slice of whole-wheat toast (again, contains naturally occurring sugars, but no added sugars which is what I'm trying to avoid). Lunch is leftover chicken-pot-pie from last night, with snacks of fruit and almonds in between meals. Yummy :)

My reasons for doing this? Well, that's a good question. Mostly just to see if I can. I'm a fairly healthy eater anyways - I rarely eat desserts, I make an effort not to eat processed foods, I don't eat fast-food, I don't drink soda.. So I thought I'd further challenge myself. Already, it's been an eye-opening experience at how much sugar our population really eats. I mean, is it really necessary to put sugar in my tomato sauce, sliced turkey, and yogurt? Considering the average American eats 22 teaspoons of sugar per day, which is almost three times the recommended amount, I think not.

Noms.

More updates later. Enjoy your week!

xoxo

Move.

A seriously cool video from Rick Mereki. Inspiring, no?

I may have a teensy-weensy little crush on this guy. He's cute, creative, and likes to travel. What's not to like?

Well Hello There

Today marks the first day of that magical season, autumn.

It's warm, humid, and rainy here in Atlanta today, but you can feel the cool weather coming.

This fall, I'm looking forward to, more than anything, CAMPING! We go to Windrock Mountain in Oak Ridge, TN for a weekend of riding ATVs and camping, and it's absolutely breathtaking this time of year. Being far away from anything and everything is a great feeing. 

I've already started stockpiling new sweaters and boots for the upcoming fall months. J.Crew sweaters are a beautiful thing. 

I'll leave you with some warm Chanel, you know, just for good measure. ;)

Enjoy this short-lived season while you can, it's a beautiful one.

xoxo

Chels

Love Auburn if they win, lose, or tie

I love Auburn like my name was Pat Dye!

My beloved football team lost their first game since October of 2009 when they played Clemson this past Saturday. Our 17-win streak sadly came to an abrupt halt.

Win or lose, I have a fierce adoration for all things Auburn University.

Including Aubie...

Seriously, I dare you to watch that video and not let out at least a small giggle.

Enjoy.

xoxo