March

because parks and recreation & amy poehler are my favorite.

Since getting back from a FABULOUS Hawaiian vacation, it's been back to the non-stop lifestyle for me!

Fitness

I restarted my weekly Beginner Ballet and Conditioning class this month and scheduled in a weekly TRX (30-40 minutes) class too. That's along with the every Monday hypnosis I'm doing too. Making fitness a priority has always been a favorite. 

I also started a photo food log blog - I take a picture of what I'm eating and upload it to a personal, off the radar blog. It's been much more effective than trying to write everything down in a notebook.

               PS - check out some of my favorite fitness-tumblrs: http://arthlete.tumblr.com/, http://curvygirllove.tumblr.com/, http://cloudlesssmile.tumblr.com/.

               So many women in the same rut I'm in, and making huge progress!

Life

I am going to be MIA for a while until July -- After I wrap up my SWE term and take the GRE's in June. 

Money

Hubs and I met with a Realtor this past month - very exciting! We are still saving money for a down payment and aren't ready to make the leap to home ownership yet, but it was exciting to learn about the ins and out and the how-tos of the business. Cheers to saving money and big life decisions!

Best of Luck in April, 

Dana

talking to food

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How I'm Feeling
via Tina Fey / 30 rock

February's Folly

You know what's hard? 

                    quitting habits.

I relapsed on my resolution. I bought clothes. It was a rush. I had an excuse. I'm not happy about it, but I'm trying to refocus my efforts. 

This past week we traveled to Oahu for our (6-month delayed) honeymoon. As the vacation drew nearer, I felt the urge to buy beach things - it's been years since I visiting a warm beach and the need to update my wardrobe was overwhelming. At first I was resistant... I have a pretty healthy selection of dresses, swimsuits, some shorts and skirts.  Then I convinced myself I needed a new cover up because I couldn't think of anything that I own that would work. Luckily I wasn't going to spend more than $60 so all the incredibly amazing cover-ups at shopbop.com made it easy to say no. 

Then I found a rashguard, something I wanted for our Snuba adventure, and otherwise as a cover up in the water -- AND COULDN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT.  So, I bought it. -- and I'm glad I did, it was really nice to wear and worked well for me.

But, like any relapse, it trips the wire - knowing that I could break this resolution. I bought something else "for the beach".... two tube tops and a long skirt from American Eagle were justified. I even caught myself visiting my old "members-only" sites daily (eek!).

I don't hate these purchases, and I actually wore them a lot during the vacation. I didn't need them though, and I didn't put quality over consumption. That is what bothers me.

I'm going to try to work on conquering the rush I get from buying things. I have way too many, more important things (student loans, car payment, food, fun) to be spending money on clothes right now.

PS - reading this book right now about breaking habits.