Life Detox

Happy October everyone! While I'm sad to see September go, I'm happy to welcome October. This month I'm taking advantage of the mini beginning of the month "fresh start" and detoxing a bunch of different parts of my life.

1. Diet
2. Exercise
3. Shopping/spending
4. Home

Diet: John and I both managed to reach some gross out point this weekend and have vowed to to some sort of "detox" diet for the month of October. Caveat: this is not a true detox. We're mostly just ramping up some healthy eating, and mostly limiting our carb intake. I think this diet will end up being a lot like the Paleo diet, but with dairy. I just need to stay away from the Halloween candy aisle!!

Exercise: I just need to start doing it. Period. Gym, Wii, dvds, running outside. Don't care what it is, I just have to do something. It'll probably end up being some combo of all the above just to keep it interesting.

Shopping: I've talked about my "no shop" months on the blog before. I haven't been keeping up with them as much as I should have this year. And after switching a lot of my spring/summer wardrobe out and my fall wardrobe in this weekend, I realized (again) that I have more clothing than any human being would ever need. Seeing a lot of it piled up on my guest bed just sort of put me over the edge. And saving money never hurt anyone! I'm on the verge of paying off my car (2.5 years early!) and making a really special big purchase I've been wanting for years. Noshop-tober will help with both of these things.

Home: Purging more of the clothes mentioned above. I. Have. Too. Many. I do love most of them, which makes it hard, but I seriously need to take about 100 more items out of my closet and to consignment. We'll see how this goes...

I'm planning a post later this week with some "truth" photos of all my closets and clothes piled on my bed, just to show the general clothes/shopping gluttony. Its bad, but its time to be honest!

Lazy evening

I am a lucky girl to have a boyfriend who makes beautiful chairs for me :)

26.

I turned 26 on Monday, and it was a really wonderful (grown up) kind of birthday. I spent the first half of the weekend in Winston-Salem at homecoming at Wake Forest. I got to see some of my nearest and dearest friends who I unfortunately don't get to see all that often. It was fabulous. Even though the weather was slightly scorching (read: sunburn) for the game, the Deacs won and fun was had by all! We did a little tailgating, a little going out and general reminsicing and enjoying beautiful Winston. I'll go ahead and announce via the blog that W-S has officially moved up to the #1 spot of where I'd like to be living. And I will live there again one day. Can't wait for that day :)

I spent the second half of my lovely birthday at home with my parents. I took two days off from work (hooray!) and was generally lazy at home, hanging out with mom and dad and my grandparents. I also officially entered the Land of Old People because I was thrilled that my parents got me a brand new Dyson vacuum for my birthday. Who is excited about getting a vacuum as a gift? This girl.

I've really been prolonging the birthday feeling, too. It all started last Tuesday when John and I went to the Ben Folds Five concert at the Tabernacle in downtown Atlanta as a little pre-birthday gift. We both had a truly awesome time at the show. I also plan to prolong through this weekend, because we've got big plans to hit up Six Flags on Friday night, and I really want to go to South City Kitchen for my "real" birthday dinner. So all in all, its more like a two week celebration of Brittany. And I love it :)

So far being old isn't too bad!

This week:

-Birmingham
-Too much eating
-A couple of workouts
-Haircut tomorrow (I have never been more excited...my hair is OOC long)
-GA Tech game and tailgating Saturday!
-Preparing for my first time teaching at work
-Tons of meetings
-Date with Jenn tomorrow

All in all, a good week. Looking forward to being back home and getting into my fall rountine. Can I move my boots into my closet yet??

Fall

So many good things, that I can't even discuss most of them right now. Tiffany is married, I got to spend the weekend in Winston-Salem (best place in the whole wide world, if you are unfamiliar) with Erin and other lovies from Wake Forest, I introduced John to said lovies and W-S...just so much happiness going on. I also informed John that we'll be moving to the dash one day. Maybe I should have asked him? I think he'll be happy either way :)

Work is going fine. Had a nice trip to Nashville last week and really enjoyed myself. The BBQ, the honky tonks...so much fun to be had in Nashvegas. Also sad that its my last "regular" work trip for a while. Aside from a short jaunt to Birmingham next week, my behind will be parked in Atlanta for the long haul. Trying to see the bright side of this! While I will miss traveling with my coworkers and getting out of the office, I am looking forward to enjoying Atlanta in the fall. Fall is always so busy for some reason. Between my birthday, homecoming, football and all the holidays, I always feel like I'm in a whirlwind with no time to enjoy friends here. I think this fall will be different!

Spending Money to Make Money

Interesting MSN article from this morning. I think most of these are true!

Weekend Happenings

It should be a pretty low-key weekend for me. I plan on doing some Major Closet Overhaul tonight. I've hit a wall with myself and my wardrobe, and I'm pretty certain we need a good cleanse. I really want to take a bunch of things to take to consignment to help round out my savings for a very special item later this year. We'll see how that goes. I forsee a lot of wine and random Pandora stations in my future to make this happen. Another Friday night living the dream...

As for the rest of the weekend, John and I are going to a birthday party for one of his friends, and we will probably spend the rest on the couch watching Mad Men. Do any of y'all watch the show? We are completely addicted and have been Netflixing fiends for the past couple of months. I think we're mid-season 3 right now. I'd love to discuss more if anyone else is obsessed!

I'm hitting the road to Nashville next week for work, and I'm really looking forward to that. Should be a nice change of pace from what I've been working on lately, and I always love a good trip to Nashville. Can't wait to eat bbq, hear some country music and spend some QT with my coworkers.

What are you all up to this weekend? Any fun plans you're looking forward to? I'm looking SO forward to Tiffany's wedding in NC next weekend and John's first trip to Winston-Salem. OMG I can't contain myself!