January 2010
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The Way I Wore: Snowed Out
Today was my little brother’s birthday (he turned 8!). Though the roads are largely untravelable (is that a word?), I luckily live only about a mile from my parents’ house, so I bundled up, put the leash on Cole and walked over to wish Joe a happy birthday.
The Way I Wore:
Striped Sweater Dress: Ya-ya
Sweater Coat: Tommy Hilfiger
Leggings: Romeo & Juliet Couture
Boots:...
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The Way I Wore: To the Concert (and the Snow)
Our friends started a band that debuted last night at the Pour House, opening for American Aquarium. Jason and I made a regular date night of it and went to eat at Caffe Luna before heading over to the concert to support them. It started snowing (earlier than expected) while we were at dinner and our window seat provided the perfect view of the falling snow, before venturing out to walk to...
I just e-mailed Jason
a grocery list.
He is stopping by the store on his way home in order to stock our house for the impending snowstorm. Here is what I sent him:
1. bacon 2. chips and salsa and maybe guacamole too :) 3. beer 4. something sweet, but also bite size so I can eat bits and pieces as I please
Clearly, I know what it takes to survive.
Thanks y'all
In October 2008, I started this little old blog of mine. Then one day, I said I’ll do something real special-like when there are 500 people following me. Then that happened and I didn’t do anything. Then, to my amazement, there were almost 700 peeps following me, and I thought for really real, I’ll do something real special-like when I get to 700 followers. Then I stopped paying...
To: carolinablonde.tumblr.com
1. I know that apartment in Kaiser’s official photo ;)
2. I will be there tonight at the Pour House. We will jam out.
3. It wasn’t until a few weeks ago that I put two and two together and was like, “aha! I’ve met this girl before.” (yeah, I’m a little slow sometimes)
4. Sorry for the blog post shout-out but I wanted to e-mail you and have no idea what your...
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The Way I Wore: Hockey Game
Last night, Jason and I were lucky enough to score some free tickets to see the Carolina Hurricanes take on the New York Islanders. I’m not the biggest hockey fan, but I am not one to say no to free stuff and I’m also not one to miss out on seeing hockey fights in the flesh. Even better, the Canes won, 4 to 1. Holler.
Since I hadn’t been to a hockey game in ages, I had kind of...
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What Boston Market Doesn't Want You to Know
Making chicken pot pie from scratch is so easy and delicious.
Here’s my homemade, individual and personalized (I get a little “j” and Jason gets a big “J”) chicken pot pie recipe.
It’s the perfect winter meal, especially when you’re stuck inside from the snow.
Here’s what you need (recipe makes 4):
Olive oil
1 yellow onion, chopped
4...
Oh you guuuuys....
Love me now and hate me when your credit card bill comes.
Chickdowntown.com is currently giving 70% off their whole site. Based on the owner’s twitter, I believe she was trying to sell the site last week so I think they are either in the process of transitioning ownership or liquidating the site altogether.
Regardless, everything is 70% off!!!
Use the code CD70 when you check out through...
I'm trying to be better
about what I eat and I’ve been focusing more on what my body tells me it wants.
Here’s the latest converstion.
Body: I think I would like some Doritos right now.
Me: Are you sure?
Body: Yeah, the nacho cheese ones from the vending machine, please.
Me: Really? For serious? You know they have like over 200 calories in it and it’s all processed cheese powder and corn stuff.
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God is punishing me
for not going to the gym today and for saying that I worship at the altar of Housewives. Okay, God. I get it! You’re way more important than the Housewives.
Here’s how I know this is true. Jason gets home today and I notice something missing from his left hand. I’m all like, “where the eff is your wedding ring. that is like the most important thing you own because it...
Did we know this?
Bethenny Frankel (don’t act like you don’t know who she is) is preggers! What rock have I been living under. I basically pray at the altar of Housewives and I’m facebook friends with all of them.
Seriously, how else would I have this picture of Tamra in NYC pretending to be a housewife of NYC?
or have this picture of the housewives of NJ and friends:
Or have this teeny...
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The Way I Wore: Ruffles and Lace and Legs, oh my!
With this outfit, I wanted to step out of my comfort zone a little bit. Typically, with a short dress like this I would have a pair of super duper opaque tights on, but since I paired it with a lacey cardigan, I thought I’d spice it up a bit and echo the lacey goodness on my gams. And I think I like it. Insider tip: I actually have on a pair of sheer black Spanx under my lace tights to...
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New Category: Awesome Stuff
I fear that unless there is a category in the new Tumblr directory for “Awesome Stuff” then I will never be included.
Woe is me.
Thank you so much
to everyone who took some time to complete my survey last week.
The response was quite overwhelming that I even had to pay to see all your responses as I had exceeded the number allowed for free survey accounts. But thank you, thank you, thank you. It is you all who make blogging such an enjoyable thing to do, so I look forward to giving you more of what you want.
What you want includes:
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Factual Monday
I hate showering.
Well, I suppose not the actual act of showering, more like what comes after - the moisturizing, the blow drying, the hair fixing, the make up applying, blah, blah, blah.
As such, I tend to put off showering for as long as possible. I’ve built up quite the arsenal of dry shampoos. If I haven’t sweated, I don’t shower. Sometimes, I talk myself out of going to...
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The Way I Wore: Housewarming Party
Getting dressed for a party at your own house is an odd thing. I mean, you get dressed up a bit because people are coming over but do you really want to get too dressed up just to go nowhere? Nope. And a housewarming party is a friendly, unpretentious kind of gathering, so your outfit should be the same - friendly and unpretentious. I kept it fairly simple with boyfriend jeans and a sweater...
Daily Lovely
Daily Lovely - Cutout Dress from Nastygal.com, $44
I cannot resist something that is missing a back. Lurve this dress in all it’s black, backless glory. I hope you lurve it, too.
May-jah props to my girl at With Grace and Style for finding this gem.
Ya know what I mean?
I’ve been feeling a bit blue these past couple days. I feel a bit like a hamster on its wheel that just keeps spinning and spinning and spinning but doesn’t get anywhere. I can’t seem to catch up. The house is always messy. The fridge is never stocked. The laundry is never done. The to-do list never ends.
So, I decided to take today for me. I let work know I wasn’t going...
Scott Brown posed nude in Cosmo →
I’m definitely beyond the days of reading Cosmo. (When they referred to a schedule as a sched’ in one article, several years ago, I knew I was over it.)
But didn’t anyone tell him that if one wishes to be in politics, it is not a good idea to pose nekkid for magazines?
What a weinie! (hardy har har)
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Things that are currently annoying me
**Warning. This post is not typical Julie-style of sunshine, butterflies, and sparkles. It is self serving and not that nice. I am in a sassafras mood.**
So, on to what annoys me rightthissecond:
That I do not have maid service. Weekly maid service would make my life soooo much easier. Damn you to hell dust bunnies and tile grout!
Home decor magazine. You know what I want? A magazine devoted...
Why oh Why oh Why
Can I decide to be okay with that time of the month (it’s inevitable, really) but my clothes don’t seem to be on the same page. Nothing effing fits and all I want to do is go eat peanut butter chocolate chip cookies while wearing shredded (by me, natch) hot pink tights and a sweater dress that I find the strangest shade of blue.
I am not even kidding, see:
These are the kinds of...
Transitioning Boyfriend Jeans into Winter →
RaZo* provides an answer to what has been perplexing me these past few months.
*pronounced as written because RZ is so 5 minutes ago.
Just an FYI
I’m on twitter.
In case you’re wondering if my stomach hurts or not, what I’m eating for lunch, or my most profound and philosophical thoughts detailed in 140 characters find me here.
Every Once In a While
I remember that I have Google analytics on my blog. So, for shits and giggles, I log in to see what strange search terms have landed people at The Daily Julie. I believe this is the sole purpose of Google Analytics - to bring me enjoyment in the form of what various phrases cause people to visit TDJ.
Here are a few that make me proud:
decorated + va jay jay (oooh,what kind of decorations?)
is...
elleelle-deactivated20100304 asked: julie- put together a dinner party with any 6 people, alive or dead. who would they be and what would you serve?
So this happened
I was so good.
I packed my bag the night before and got my tooshie out of bed at 5:30 a.m. to make it to spin class at 6 a.m. (win!)
And I got a bike. (win!)
And I pushed and spun until I could spin no more and sweated the sleepiness out of me. (win!)
And then I went to take a shower in the locker room and realized - halfway through my shower - that I had forgotten my towel at home. (fail!)
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