OOTD - dots at the office

Sweater? Old Navy. Chambray and pants? Banana Republic. Shoes? Brian Atwood
Necklace? Ann Taylor. Dog in the background? Pig!

Dots at the office? Don't mind if I do! Hope you're all having a nice week so far :)

I won, let's get some shoes!

Ever since I was in college I have always tried my best to live within my means, and not spend too much on things like food or clothes. The problem is, this is really really hard for me. I love food and clothes and on top of that I am an emotional shopper/eater so sometimes I completely let myself go. 

One solution to overspending on clothes and food is to sign up for every giveaway I hear of. I can't even tell you how many things I have won over the years. Most of the prizes are small like a free Subway sandwich, but occasionally I will win something awesome- like a gift card to a high end shoe store in San Francisco, which is what I won last month!

I've been in dire need of cute flats for work but have really been trying to stick to my budget to reach my financial goals for 2013. However this weekend, I bought two pairs of shoes and only spent $37.00!

First, I went to Target with the BF and saw these shoes. I liked them in blue the best but they only had my size in the green and since emerald is the color of 2013 I figured they would be a good choice. While I was checking out, I noticed they were on clearance for $7. It was fate!

Next, I used the gift card that I won to buy a pair of Brian Atwood flats that were originally $250 but I only had to pay $30 because they were on sale and I used my gift card. Needless to say, I was so excited to have two new pairs of cute flats and only spend about 40 dollars.

Have you ever won something?

OOTD - casual friday

Jacket? Zara. Top? Banana Republic, Scar? BP. Belt? Gap. Jeans? Levi's. Shoes? Payless.

madewell wishlist

I would like to have all of these things in my closet. That would be great  :)

Monochrome Shiftdress

Pleated Sheer-sleeve Dress

Bistro Dress in Red

Bistro Dress in Black

V-neck Pocket Tee in Red

frenchie friday

Happy Friday everyone! This week flew by which is awesome because last week was the worst and decided to last forrrreverrrr. To keep this week going on a good note I thought I would go back to the start of my frenchie obsession and show you some pictures of my boyfriends dog, Pig. Pig is pretty much the love of my life and the reason I have my little pup Reggie - Pig's the dad. Hope you enjoy!

Sweet little Pig :)

Pig literally sleeps all day so most of my pictures are like this

He used to get sad and miss my BF when I would babysit. Treats fixed that!

He has no concept of personal space

This is how he cools off

My brother slept on my floor and this is how Pig woke him up.

The first picture I have of Mr. Pig

Real quick, I know I seem like a crazy dog person - especially since this isn't even my dog - and you're right, I totally am. But my boyfriend knows and I think he secretly likes it since he loves his little dog too. Have a nice weekend!

blue suede shoes...?

I'm having a bit of a girl moment over here tonight. You see, I have a gift card to Madewell and was thinking of buying something I wouldn't normally pick for myself. I am pretty good on clothes at the moment, meaning I don't need anything, but I am running low on shoes since all of mine have decided to fall apart at the same time. Hooray!

Anyway, I came across these shoes and I'm torn because I can't tell if they are amazing and they will go with everything in my wardrobe, or if they are going to be that shoe that sounds like a good idea but I never actually wear them no matter how hard I try. Oh and by the way, they are final sale.

This is where you come in blogging friends! 

why buy the cow?

For those of you who don't follow me on Twitter, you should start :) And for those of you who do, you know that I sometimes post content about women's rights. I usually don't talk it on other social platforms but since I am changing the focus of my blog to be more about my everyday life, I'm going to start posting a few of my thoughts here. 

I wrote a post the other day talking about how people keep asking me if my current boyfriend and I are going to get engaged soon. One of my family members who asked this question continued to press me on the issue even after I told him I didn't know. Feeling uncomfortable by his comments about how I am getting older and need to start thinking seriously about marriage, I replied by saying that people get married and settle down at a later age in San Francisco (or any larger city for that matter) and that most of my friends aren't even in relationships at this time. 

His response? "Kate, this is going to sound harsh, but the reason guys aren't settling down with you and your friends is because you're giving away the milk for free."

I would love to tell you that I had some amazing and pithy response to this horrifying statement, but I didn't. I was too shocked. I'm still shocked, and honestly really saddened that people in the world still feel this way. Why are women continuing to be condemned for things like having sex before marriage?

I agree with Lindsey from Jezebel who says, "The idea that the onus is on women to "preserve" their chastity... instead of on men...is a fundamental imbalance in our society that creates tangible problems for women every day. And it's coupled with the idea that women who DO "give up" their lady-flowers (and maybe even enjoy it) are somehow tainted and less valuable."

We need to stop allowing people to make sex negative comments about women. I should have said something to my family member and told him he was wrong instead of waiting a month and then writing about it in my blog. But I didn't. Next time though, I won't stay silent. The slut shaming needs to stop, and it needs to stop now.

I am 26 years old and I'm not married. The fact that I have chosen to "give away the milk for free" is not the reason I'm still single and does not make me less valuable or desirable for marriage. The reason I'm still single is because I have not wanted marriage at this point in my life. Yes, I would very much like to be married someday, but I hardly think that my age should be the main requirement for finding a lifelong partner.  

Has anyone ever said something like this to you? If so, how did you react?

OOTD - all dressed up and no where to go

Banana Republic Blazer, Madewell Dress, Forever 21 Belt, Uniqlo Tights, Ninewest Shoes, Kate Spade Earrings, EmersonMade Necklace, Michael Kors Bag

I normally have meetings for work on Mondays so I decided to dress up since this was the first Monday everyone was back after the holidays. However, all of my meetings were canceled and so were my plans for tonight. I know it's silly but I hate wasting a good outfit on a day like today!

I'm lame and I had a very lazy weekend

You guys, I just had one of the laziest weekends ever!! And it was needed too because every weekend since September 29th has been completely booked. I'm serious, I actually looked it up this morning because I kept thinking that didn't sound right, but it's true. So what did I do on my first free weekend in months? Well I'll tell you.

Friday:

Instead of going to the gym when I got home from work, I came home and took a 4 hour nap with the pup.

Then, I get ready to go out with my brother to go see this amazing artist perform in San Francisco. Her name is Kreashawn and in case you haven't heard of this lady I have provided a link to her hit song Gucci Gucci..


Your welcome.

Surprisingly, the line was very long to get into her concert so instead we decided to go to Butter, a fun little bar in SoMa where we bought mini corn dogs and tater tots and drank 40oz Miller Highlife's out of a brown paper bag. Classy, I know. At 1 am I realized I was too old to be out this late and I ended up leaving my brother and his friends to go home. They stayed out until 3 am...youngins :)

Saturday:

I literally stayed in bed all day with the exception of five minutes in the morning where I went to the corner store to buy sandwiches for me and the BF and then again for another two hours where we moved to the couch to eat the Thai food we had delivered. The poor pups didn't even get a walk on Saturday. But don't feel too bad for them, it was raining and they were being lazy bones too.

lazy poopers

Sunday:

The BF says we are not allowed to stay in bed all day and gets up at 11 am to the gym but I stay in bed and sleep for another hour. Feeling like a total sloth when he returns, I get up, get dressed, walk my dog back to my apartment, and then get back in bed and take another 4 hour nap. I get up and try to walk the puppy since he has had no exercise this whole weekend and this is what happens.

The only dog in the world that hates walks

Successful weekend, if I do say so myself.

How was your weekend? Was it nice and relaxing?

OOTD - Casual Girly

I promise, this outfit was cuter in my head :)  But this post has got me thinking, maybe I should invest in a nicer camera and get up a few minutes earlier so I don't have to take pictures in the bathroom at work..!