my less serious day: conference accessories

I was thrilled when I saw these conference badges and so excited to wear them non-stop for four entire days and evenings. They couldn't have picked a more subtle shade of blue or made them any less obtrusive. What a perfect complement to my carefully assembled outfits and my perfectly selected accessories...

Wearing.

Skirt: Hype; blouse: gifted via sister-in-law; necklace: LOFT; horrible conference badge: courtesy of the fashion-clueless conference organizers; sandals: OluKai.

Doing.

I didn't have time before my morning conference session to fit in a run, and I just couldn't motivate myself to do anything too intense when I got home. Instead, I took an hour walk with my pup.

Eating.

Breakfast was a bowl (x2) of Wheaties, Cheerios, banana, and cow's milk courtesy of my hotel.

My mid-morning snack for the drive home from the conference: an apple, Quaker Oatmeal Squares, golden raisins, and raw almonds.


I sought an Earth Fare on my drive home for lunch. I hit up the salad bar and created a bowl of salad goodness including spinach, spring mix, grape tomatoes, baby bella mushrooms, carrots, olives, mozzarella cheese, a 'ratatouille patty', diced chicken, white balsamic vinegar, and olive oil. A lime-flavored seltzer water on the side.

This afternoon, I collapsed on the couch when I returned home and ate one too many un-documented bowls of granola/cereal/peanuts/chocolate chips. I am trying to erase this from my memory...

Dinner was a mixed bowl of wild rice, roasted eggplant, sauteed spinach and grape tomatoes, sausage, and jalapenos. Courtesy of M.

Every girl deserves ice cream after a long day. I had this bowl of pistachio ice cream for dessert.

Note: this post represents what happened in my world on Thursday, August 30.