So What, Wednesday!

We made it friends, we're halfway through the week. I thought I'd share another edition of SO WHAT, Wednesday. Feel free to share some of yours too!

This week I am saying SO WHAT too..

1) I didn't get up at 6:40 to work out today. That's been our 'new normal' for the past 3 weeks and I love it - but today I heard my alarm and was like I need my sleep- I will just work out during AGT tonight.

2) That I had Marco's for dinner last night. People seem to be judging me because I usually don't have delish pizza/cheesy bread for dinner but everything in moderation. On that note, I had cheesy bread with lunch. I am still accountable to myFitnessPal app to count calories.

3) That I just love shopping at Target. I bought my sister's birthday present Friday night, and on Saturday night I was back shopping again. This time to buy these beautiful towels in Guacamole & Coral. :)

4) Some of my co-workers have made it a habit to go to Mickey D's for ice cream here and there. I had to fight the urge & my sweet tooth today for a ice cream cone. I wanted it SO bad but I will enjoy a coconut Outshine bar post eliptical tonight :)

5) I want to get a calendar at work just for the sole purpose of crossing out the days til my staycation starts next month. 

7) I cannot stop drinking my homemade green tea. It's addictive. I think its helped kick my soda habit to the curb.

8) I am too excited to touch up my hair color soon. Thanks to my coupons - I will get it cheaper. 

9) I am already planning my coupons for this weekend shopping trip. I love it - its been an addiction since I was 16.

10) I am eating at FAZOLI's this weekend!! I used to work there and be the breadstick lady but I cannot wait for this weekend!! 

That was a shortened list for y'all. What are you saying 'SO WHAT' too this week? Sound off in the comments below! Thanks for stopping by, and I'll see you back here tomorrow :) 

Thank God it's Wednesday.

Happy Wednesday, friends!

 Hopefully your week//start of the new month has been kicked off with a bang. It's been quite a day, and so far quite a week - kind of sore but that would be due to intermediate Zumba. I am back to being addicted. I go to work only to get excited to come home for another 40 min of it. I just love it. Not sure about you but its the middle of the week and I could enjoy a good laugh. 

Honestly, both of these describe me today. Although ironically, I was waist deep in my work mostly all day, taking a short break to work on my book. 

I've been really blessed to have some motivation for my book. Feels like everyday, I have new ideas to incorporate into it. I am really excited for the opportunity to publish my book hopefully by the end of this year. There is so much more work to be done but it's all coming along perfectly. 

I've also been inspired to start cooking. Pretty sure I have changed my mind at least eleven times on what to make for my Easter contribution for dessert. I've seen some great ideas on Pinterest but everything I've ever made from there turns out horribly. 

But you know what - the best way to vent is a mini version of So What Wednesday.

This week I am saying SO WHAT if..

1) I like to blast my Zumba on the Wii. It's the best part of my day.

2) I spend my lunch hour writing my book. I furiously write down ideas all day, and this is the one time during the day I allow myself to work on my passion. I am really excited to publish, and the opportunity to inspire/encourage other young ladies through my faith & experiences.

3) I get excited about the coupons I am using this weekend at Tarjay & Wal-Mart. I just love saving money.

4) I don't really watch SNL live anymore but this week is a bonus of Anna Kendrick from Pitch Perfect and the musical guest: Pharrell. Guess its pretty good I can't get "Happy" out of my head. 

5) Honestly, I wish that my neighbors had the personalities of Schmidt, Winston, Nick & Jess from New Girl. Because sometimes I get the vibe I am getting the attitudes of Frank Underwood from House of Cards and the immaturity of Jersey Shore all in one.

Have a great rest of your week. ~ J

So WHAT, Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday, loves :)

This was my face when I realized it was Monday
& the weekend was over.

This week I am saying SO WHAT if...

1) Tarjay clearances make me giddy. My Disney cruise is approaching but I just found a new cute dress & maxi skirt to take with me for $20.

2) Sallie Mae account info emails put a smile on my face. Big smiles. I just paid off my last UNSUB loan last week for student loans & kept checking in an OCD frenzy for it to be applied to my acct.

3) Twitter makes me feel awkward.  I just don't like tweeting. I am jealous of all those celebs who tag their friends, share links and just look cool. I just try and come off like an awkward tween.

4) I get excited to buy some Cadbury Eggs. I celebrate the real reason for Easter but I love these.

5) My IG shows my desk @ work covered with The Office quotes. If you don't laugh at quotes by Dwight Schrute, Jim Halpert, Michael Scott - I realize their characters but we can't be friends.

6) I watch #TheVoice for the bromance of Adam & Blake, Shakira & Usher. Thank God for Hulu.

7)  My birthday is in 7 months and I've already planned it out for perfect weather & not so perfect weather. It's my 29th and I want to enjoy my day. I have to plan or at least think ahead - keeps everything in perspective. It's something my mister makes fun of me for but I've always been like this & my life has turned out pretty great.

8. I am now obsessively checking Ebay, etc for vintage-ish American Eagle tees. For some reason, lack of judgement, I gave away all my AE shirts. There are two I really want back and now I'm determined to find them somehow. Biggest regret there.

Hope you enjoy your Wednesday. Feel free to check out my linkup for Girl Between the Lines today as well. :) Thanks as always for stopping by! ~ Jessica

So What, Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday, loves. Today is my last day home before I return from having my gallbladder removal surgery on Sunday morning. You can read more about that here.

I am linking up again with Shannon for the 'So What, Wednesday' link up.

Today, I am saying So What if..

I am craving Tijuana Flats even though I just had my gallbladder removed on Sunday. I had it last night but I am really craving. I was really sick last week and couldn't eat anything without getting sick. After my surgery, I finally got to have mashed potatoes and the hospital's version of pot roast. I understand that this surgery was needed, I am glad it didn't happen on my cruise when I'd be stuck in the ocean. But I also enjoy Tijuana's tacos because its fresh and my absolute favorite. This surgery has helped me realize some changes but I will never remove TF from my life.

I am finding it is really hard to not overdo it with the housework while I am home. I promised my parents/hubs I would take it easy and let myself recover from my surgery and not just clean fiercely. The most I have done so far is doing some laundry because my hubs went back to work yesterday. I am only going to clean and sweep my kitchen this week. It's hard to sit back and see what I need to do. But in order to get up - it is really painful and sore so that is the reason I am not hardcore cleaning.

I get excited every Sunday for the JoAnn's ads. Now that my house is finally repaired after my water leak, I am able to finally put up the frames and decor through out my house to really put up splashes of color. I find these deals and they have just been taking up space in my closet so now that I can actually put them up on walls - I am so SO so thrilled to break them out.

This is all I have for today. One of my love languages is that I love to encourage others, especially women. Hope I can make your life pleasant and your day even a smidge happier.

SO What, Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday, loves. Today I am linking up with Shannon over at 'Life After I Dew' for the oh so popular 'So What Wednesday' & she has kept it fresh by changing the direction. 

This week I am saying SO WHAT if.. 

I have a cold and that just happened to start on top of it? Everyone in America is dealing with the polar vortex shindig of some sorts and while I live in Florida - it is getting frigid here too, y'all. I've had this sinusy thing for too long. I should work out when I come home but as you can tell being sick drains all energy and possible motivation. Last night - I got home, watched Life of Pi (amazing!) & snacked on gummy bears. Yes, its not nutritious and with my weight loss - its not helping. But every once in a great while- gummy bears is perfection. 

That's really all I got this week. I take Shannon's new direction and I just don't feel like being negative about stuff. I don't love the frigid weather and how in  Florida its 80 today and 20 tomorrow. I don't love getting up to go to work when its cold -- but its part of life and I just deal with it & put on my jams so at least if a dance sesh happens in the am -- that's the silver lining :)

Thanks for stopping by, you stay classy! 

SO WHAT, WEDNESDAY!

Hey loves. Happy Wednesday to each of you. Today I am linking up with Shannon over at 'Life after I Dew' for the oh so fun 'So What Wednesday' linkup. (It's one of my favorites). Glad you're here!

This week, I am saying SO WHAT if:

1) I'm addicted to Tijuana Flats, I stood in line last night at one of the absolute craziest locations for 30 min + & I ordered online. But all that waiting was worth it - I am always sad when my tacos are gone.

2) Yesterday was my cheat day for my working out. I really wanted to get back on the elliptical because I love it and consider myself addicted but just couldn't. So I treated myself to Chick-Fil-A for lunch & took a night off working out but hey, I work out 6 days a week so I deserved it.

3) Originally I was gungho about ordering 4 boxes of Girl Scout cookies but I didn't want to back slide on my motivation and weight loss so I cut my order down by 50%. I feel pretty proud.

4) Last night I was on a mission for my Girl Between the Lines linkup (I never miss this linkup on Wednesdays- check back later for my post) and ended up spending an hour being nostalgic going through childhood pics/sentiments. Time well spent.

5) No shame here. I watched & enjoyed 3 hours of Community episodes last night while catching up with Blacklist too. Thank you, Hulu subscription.

6) Finally starting to work on ideas and write my book again. Yesterday I had overwhelming inspiration at work, right before I left - I wrote down what felt like infinite ideas to brainstorm on including a new chapter I hadn't even thought of. Those 5 minutes I scribbled down ideas and just went with the motivation.

7) I peruse Groupon after work for a few hours here and there, sometimes trying to find ideas for gifts, creative date nights but I'm only successful 5% of the time. 

Thanks for stopping by. You stay, classy! 

SO WHAT! Wednesday

Happy Wednesday! I cannot believe Christmas is a week from today. I'm ready for it, mostly. Today I am linking up with Shannon for her awesome weekly 'So What Wednesday'. 

This week (& lately) I am saying SO WHAT if:

1) I emailed the chick on my husband's team to say THANK YOU for his new wallet that she so generously gifted for Secret Santa. I love my husband but he is too frugal sometimes.

2) I've been counting down to my office's Secret Santa/Cookie exchange on Friday morning; so that I can start making Christmas cookies early.

3) I got my vacation days approved at work for the week of New Years. Already excited about the possibilities & the fact that this explains my more-than-cheeriness lately:



4) My sister's Varsity Basketball Christmas tournament is at my alma mater high school this weekend. I can't wait to show up there after ten years & eagerly cheer on the other team (just a bit too excited)!

5) I have my own recipes for Christmas cookies but just in case Pinterest has something I may have overlooked, they have replaced Google searches for the most part.

6) Anytime I get a cute picture of my husband & I, like the ones from this weekend @ SeaWorld, I'll instantly put them on my Instagram with awesome hashtags. #makingmemoriescount

7) I've watched the amazing, hilarious National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation movie twice in a week. The Griswolds have the perfect quotes. Already planning to watch it again twice, before the end of the year.

Absolutely love this link up. Thanks for stopping by. You stay classy :) - Jessica

SO WHAT Wednesday

This week I am saying SO WHAT IF..

1) I go out of my way at work to get some McFatty's sweet tea, its like legal liquid crack. Makes me stay awake and helps me maintain my spinning straw into gold mentality.

2) I had already done all my grocery shopping the previous week but Saturday & Sunday I went to the holiday sampling at Sam's for the FREE FOOD. I hadn't eaten that day & it filled me up.

3) I already finished all of my Christmas shopping but I've been stalking the Black Friday sales for Amazon ALL WEEK. You never know the deals that will fly by -- I mean I did miss out on something that I clearly needed with that stellar welding torch. I survived.

4) I enjoy cleaning my house in spurts or at my parents house. I cleaned my sisters room thinking it would get me out of cleaning my house later. Alas it just made my cleaning motivation fly back.

5) I am much more excited about my Mom's incredible mashed potatoes tomorrow than mostly anything else.

6) I make it a mission to use a hashtag on my Facebook posts & will delay making a status until I come up with the perfect one.

7) I started watching Drop Dead Diva and now its the only thing I want to watch. Sometimes I will not care about the other amazing shows I watch until I binge DDD and mentally feel better.

8) I keep feeling the importance of updating my baby regist(ries) when I am still a year away from even being pregnant.

9) I like to persuade myself that there is something I need at Target everyday. The store is fantastic and usually never lets me down. It's my favorite place especially when I wow others with coupons, my Redcard & the Cartwheel app.

10) I am all pumped to lose weight but I still get excited for the food section of Pinterest. The things people come up with make me happy and interested in experimenting but sometimes require hours of effort. Yeah, ain't nobody got time for that. For realsies.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

So WHAT Wednesday

This week I'm saying SO WHAT if....

• I haven't worked out intensely like I was. I just deep cleaned part of my house that needed it for 2.5 hours tonight. 
• I've already helped myself to half a sleeve of Thin Mints, they freeze really well and 4 Thin Mints= 1 serving. Justified? You better believe it.
• I come home and slip into my comfy pj pants, life is more comfortable to pay bills, do homework and clean my house than having to do more laundry for a few hours.
• I've been specifically researching the perfect desserts on Pinterest, I fully plan on making My Top 5 whether if it goes on my 'while I'm pregnant' board, my general foodie board or if its just saved on my desktop. None of you may ever know.
• I haven't been the most 'productive' for the past 2 weeks but I am about to start my LAST grad class and if its below sitting in a tub full of scissors than the next 2 months will LITERALLY be a blast.

~Jessica

SO WHAT! Wednesday :)

Today I'm saying SO WHAT if....

• Last night when we pulled in our driveway, there was a massive wolf spider (think Africa sized!) on our house. Decided leaving my house for my nightly stroll to work out wasn't happening.
• I've been craving CFA lately like a beast. Tonight I made sure that my dinner complimented the CFA sauce packet I found.
• Today @ work my migraine literally almost made me run out screaming. & I almost freaked out someone took my massive calculator-- looked like a crazed hobo for 15 minutes.
• Spent my lunch hour at work on Pinterest- Food & Drink. Already know what I'm making when I find out I'm pregnant (next year).
• Per #5, I've decided to start a 'When I get Pregnant' board on Pinterest for the delish foodie ideas.
• Unless there is something specific to watch after work, after I cook dinner for my hubs & I-- One Tree Hill begins again.
• Counting down the days til my boxes (yes, that's plural) of Thin Mints arrive!

Memories.

One Tree Hill has the best quotes.

Next Thursday is already Valentine's Day. Now that I'm happily married, it really doesn't phase me. I do remember growing up in elementary school and the excitement of buying the cute Valentine's to give to all my friends in our special Valentine's boxes. 

And I remember being in college. single and I was pretty excited that my mom sent me a Valentine's note encouraging me that just because I didn't have a 'Valentine' that particular day to buy me roses or chocolate that it didn't mean God loved me any less. In fact, she encouraged me to stay strong and be the person I am despite. Glad I have a wonderful mother/best friend in my life.  

Now that I am grown, I get to do Valentine's for my friends/bosses at work and I found a cute idea with Rice Krispies. I'm also going to make them for my hubby's team just for him to get extra brownie points. 

His wish for Valentine's day is that I make him chocolate mint fudge: pretty easy to please, that one.. He's not big on cards so I have to oblige. 

Any one doing anything special for Valentine's? Or any past memories from Valentine's that you'd like to share? 

See you tomorrow for So What, Wednesday with Shannon @ Life After I Dew :)

So What, Wednesday! :)

1. I should be embarrassed to be seen in public with this massive bun on top of my head from this morning. I felt pretty stylish at work.
2. I've watched One Tree Hill on Netflix for the past 3 days & I'm not ashamed. 
3. I made brownies last night & they've disappeared. In fact, I had a brownie for breakfast. At least they're gone & my weight loss can continue.
4. Despite #3, my hubby is making us turkey bacon for dinner. Fave meal hands down.
5. The number one reason my printer runs out of ink: coupons. That night is tonight!
6. We're not trying for our first baby til this fall but my Amazon baby registry is all updated per ideas I found on Pinterest.
7. With #6 in mind, I'm shopping the big baby sale at Target daily. I think I just like adding items to my cart.
8. While at work today, I made a pre-baby bucket & that kept me occupied for 7 hours.