Daily MelWear: Outfit 27/30 and Fabulous In February!

Can you believe that February is over this week? Today is the last day of Fabulous In February! I can't believe it. It's gone by so quickly.

We did have a handful of people express interest in extending into March but not many, so I think we're going to keep it to February and do it again next year.

Also, can we please not notice the fact that I wore this dress last Monday too? I guess that's what happens during this 30 for 30 challenge.

Okay I'm going to have to come up with three fabulous things pretty quick because I don't have a lot of time today! Please make sure to check out my co-host Hope's blog as well for her Fabulous In February post!

1. I'm very organized. To the point where if someone moves a pen on my desk, I'll notice. I don't go crazy or anything or freak out if someone does that, but I will notice. At one of my other jobs, some of the guys in the Media department decided it would be funny to not just move a pen, but move my ENTIRE DESK 180 degrees. It must have taken a lot of work because they had to move the computer and phone cords and everything. To this day, no one in that department will tell me exactly who did it but I think it's hysterical. It was really funny.
2. Sarcasm is a second language to me. I think that's pretty fabulous.
3. I make a point to be WITH my daughter when I'm with her. I try very hard to not be on my laptop or phone very much, to look right in her eyes when she talks to me, to ask her about her day and her thoughts and what she wants to do and how she feels about things. She's only three, she'll be four in June, but it's so important for me to really hear her and be with her during the little time that I have.



And a blazer in case it's cold at the meeting.



Okay, that's it for me! I've got to start working on getting packets ready to deliver tomorrow, plus we have a Town Hall meeting this morning and my boss is leaving at noon and the other two girls are out today so I'll be by myself and it's just going to be a busy day!

Don't forget to enter the $100 Shopbop gift card giveaway if you haven't yet, and link up your Fabulous In February posts below or on Hope's blog!

Today's outfit:
Dress: Ross
Green Shirt: Target
Belt: Charlotte Russe
Black Pumps: Target

Daily MelWear: Outfit 21/30 and Fabulous In February!

Hooray! It's MONDAY! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the grass is green, the coffee is on my desk! Yay for Monday!

Too much? Yeah. It was worth a shot though.

It IS Monday and that means it's time for another installment of Fabulous In February! I'm going to make this one short and sweet because I have lots of work on my desk AND lots of posts from the weekend to catch up on!

Here are my three things for this week.

1. I really, really like my upper body. I'm proud of my biceps, triceps, shoulders, back and chest muscles. It took me a long time to lose weight after high school and then once I had my daughter, I couldn't get the baby weight off on my own. I eventually won a contest and one of the prizes was 20 sessions with a personal trainer. Although I'm not training with him anymore, I'm really proud of the changes to my upper body especially. I still have a lot of work to do on my lower body and mid-section, but my arms are awesome!

2. I like the fact that I care. I care about people and animals and I feel pain when I see others in pain. Seeing an animal on the side of the road makes me cry. I care about making people feel special and important. My parents love telling me the story of when I was in kindergarten and during circle time one day, one of my classmates told us that his dog died. Without hesitation, I stood up to run over and give him a big hug. He wasn't even one of my friends but I felt the need to comfort him. In 2nd grade, one of my classmates was hispanic and didn't speak much English but I wanted to be his friend because no one else would, since they couldn't understand him. To this day I still wonder what happened to him, since my family moved to another state at the end of that year. I may not have the time or the foresight to think about bringing people food during hard times or things like that, but I do everything I feel that I can to be there for people.

3. I'm dependable and I get things done. When I tell you that I'll do something, I make sure I do it. I don't promise my daughter ice cream unless I'm definitely going to take her to get ice cream! Granted, my memory is awful and sometimes I'll forget things but when it's important, I'm there.

What makes you Fabulous In February today? Don't forget to link up below or on Hope's blog so that we can spread the positivity around the internetz!

Today's outfit:

Striped Dress: Ross
Pink Cardigan: Plato's Closet
Gold Belt: Charlotte Russe
Black Pumps: Target
Necklace and Bracelet: Gifts from ML

Daily MelWear: Outfit 14/30 and Fabulous In February!

Welcome to a new week and a new installment of Fabulous In February!

Did it make your week better when you started it off thinking positively about yourself?

Today has been kind of rough so far (and I know most of it is my own fault and I should be able to control my emotions and reactions) so I'm hoping that this week's Fabulous In February will help.

I don't really have much to say about the outfit - it's my leopard dress with a cardigan. The leopard and sequins make it fabulous but otherwise, it's kind of a cop-out. But the cardigan is, once again, PURPLE and not blue! Dumb camera.


This shows the truest color of the cardigan.

Anyway - let's get on to three positive things, shall we? Hm...maybe I should've been trying to think of things throughout the week. I'm having a brain fart right now...

Okay. Here we go.

1. I love that I can wear belts. When in doubt, I belt it and everything is all better. It is so lovely to have that option!

2. I like that I can be a people person. When I'm in a huge group of people, especially in a social setting, I'm normally very reserved and shy but if I'm put in a position where I need to meet and greet and assist, it's fun for me. I loved working at the research office when we had studies with 10+ patients every day because it was busy and hectic and FUN. When I worked at Barnie's Coffee, my favorite time of year was Christmas because it was so busy and I interacted with so many people. I loved my job at the church as the administrative assistant in the music office because I worked with the 150+ voice choir. Love it!

3. I like that I can figure things out on the computer software-wise. I'm usually the first one people come to in my office, and the office I worked in before, when they have a problem or question or want to learn how to do something. Now I just need to work on moving into the arena of web stuff and HTML so I can figure out blogging things better!

That's it for me. Wow...I'm going to have to think really hard for the next two Mondays. Six more things?! Whose idea was this anyway?! Eh...I'll blame Hope. ;)

The Pronta Scarf giveaway is now closed to entries. I have some work to do this morning but I'll pick and announce a winner as soon as I can!

Don't forget to link up your Fabulous In February posts!!!

Today's outfit:
Leopard Dress: Wal-Mart
Purple Cardigan: Target
Brown Boots: Outlet store years ago
Belt: Wal-Mart
Necklace: Gift from ML





Daily MelWear: Outfit 7/30 and Fabulous in February!

One week down, three more to go! And I really only have a few more outfits in mind. This could get interesting.

I ended up not having time to fiddle with the camera at all this weekend, but I did take some shots with and without the flash. I think yesterday's post makes me think that the iPhone photos are better (those are the ones in the collages) because they're just so much more vibrant and detailed, probably because the camera shots are using the timer. Maybe I just need a better camera. All in good time...

I don't have a whole lot to say so let's get started with Fabulous in February: A Month of Positivity! Hope and I were emailing a couple of weeks ago about how easy it is for us to be critical of ourselves yet it's so difficult to give ourselves any compliments. We decided that since February is the month of loooooove, we should make an effort to love ourselves a little bit better than we do now.

Our challenge to all of you (including those of you who don't have a blog!) is to come up with three positive statements about YOURSELF (not about things that you have - it's awesome to be grateful that you have a house and great friends, but this is to be positive about WHO and WHAT you are) and post them either in your blog post or in the comments on either of our posts. We're going to do this every Monday in February!

So here are my three positive things for the first edition:
1. I really do like the fact that I can sing. I get paid to sing sometimes. My daughter asks me to sing to her and I've been asked to sing at weddings.
2. My hair is pretty. It's always been one of my best features, whether I'm happy with how it's styled or not, it's still healthy and shiny and pretty.
3. I'm short. And I like being short. I'm comfortable with my height and I don't find it necessary to dress in a way that makes me look taller. Taller for me isn't necessarily more attractive. I don't think being short is unattractive and it doesn't need to be camoflouged. Height (or lack thereof) doesn't have anything to do with being attractive in my opinion.

That's it, three things for this Monday! I'll have to do some thinking for three more things next week.

And HEY! I'm posting a giveaway later today! I'm very excited, you're going to LOVE this new sponsor!

Don't forget to link up your Fabulous in February posts!!! Here's hoping my link tool goes through correctly... :)

Today's outfit:
Black Pants: Charlotte Russe
Purple Blouse: Stein Mart
Gray Belt: Charlotte Russe
Necklace: Can't remember. That seems to happen to me a lot.
Ring: Forever 21
Black Pumps: Target

Daily MelWear: Purple Leopard

This outfit is a prime example of why something that is slimming isn't necessarily better. It drives me crazy when people say "don't wear horizontal stripes because they make you look bigger" or "don't wear this type of cut because it's not very slimming." Just because something makes you look slimmer doesn't mean it makes you look better overall.

This skirt is not very slimming on me at all, but this outfit makes me happy anyway! Every single part of this outfit (except for the booties and the cardigan) is out of code. It's a good thing I don't have any meetings today. And my boss isn't here. Heh. {Uh...except I just realized that I have a deliver a packet to one of our board members. Whoops.}

I have something to tell you about! The ever adorable Hope from Hope and the Dress Code and I have teamed up to create what we're calling Fabulous In February: A Month of Positivity. We've decided that too many of us tend to be very negative towards ourselves and we believe that if everyone was more positive, the entire world would be a better place.

So here is our challenge: Each Monday in February beginning on the 7th (because Mondays always seem the most negative, so we want to change that!), we are challenging all of YOU to include in your regular blog post three positive things about yourself - every Monday, three new things. They can be physical aspects, something you're good at, something for which you're grateful about yourself (no being grateful for things that you have, this is to be positive just about who and what you are), anything that brings positivity to YOU. Hope and I will each have a place to link up every Monday so we can all join in the positive goodness together!

If you don't write your own blogs, my challenge to you is to leave a comment on these posts with your three positive things!

I am SO excited about this! I really think this will do so much to change everyone for the better!

PS - Have you voted for Collette today? I voted twice from both my personal and work emails!

Today's outfit:
Gold Skirt: Target (clearance!)
Leopard Blouse: Salvation Army
Black Cardigan: Kohl's
Purple Belt: Salvation Army
Purple Tights: Charlotte Russe
Black Booties: Payless
Necklace: Gift from ML
Ring: Forever 21