Studying for my upcoming exam and still learning a lot at work has kept me incredibly busy as of late. Weekends have been trying to spend some time in the sun and exploring hidden parts of our city. A few weekends ago we headed to the Conservatory of Flowers for their butterfly exhibit and I made a friend.
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| 85 degrees plus 90% humidity in the butterfly room. Eep! |
This past weekend DH and I decided to take a break and headed to wine country for a 24 hour escape. We read, drank wine, and caught some sun, ate cheese, slept late, and sat by the pool. If only all weekends could be like that... And I highly recommend the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa - I keep wishing I had another 2 days there!
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| Wine & reading in the sun |
Since I gave up shopping for Lent I've been channeling my shopping urges into doing something more constructive - spin class. I signed up and have been going three times a week. I feel as though I'm sleeping better and leave class feeling good. I'm going to measure myself to see if I lose any inches off my waist, and have been trying to go all veggie for weekday lunches too. So far, so good..so hopefully I stick with it!
But in case you haven't heard J Crew is doing 40-50% off sale again, and here are my picks for those who can spend - are you grabbing anything during this latest promo?
My picks:
Linen embroidered bird tee
Painter tee - love the grey combo!
Embroidered floral tee - the ivory and navy is just lovely
Marled jeweled sweatshirt
French print popover
Lattice medallion popover
Your trip to wine country sounded like a great escape! I was good and only bought one thing during J. Crew's last sale.
ReplyDeleteIt was so lovely... I wish we could do it more often!
Deleteyour mini-trip with DH sounds amazing. what a great idea to run away for a little bit! xo
ReplyDeleteYes! I think it's important for our relationship too. :)
Deletespin class 3x a week! and all veggie lunches.. omgosh.. you're my inspiration laura!!! i want to be like you! my body would be happier if i even went to spin class 1x a week lol!! i want to spin.. but it looks so hard.. is it killer at first??
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Hah you are too kind!
DeleteThe great thing about spin is you control how intense you want it to be. I say try it if you can. I went once and was hooked. :)
Your weekend escape sounds heavenly. Hope your no-shopping Lent is coming along well! :)
ReplyDeleteI just kicked off a "no shop April" and spinning class sounds like a great distraction!
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