January Photo-a-day Challenge

I finally completed the instagram photo-a-day challenge. I did almost all 31 days. Anyways, I thought I would share my journey with you in pictures and give you a few more details about them. Enjoy!

Day 1 | suppose to be a picture of me. Day 2 | breakfast. Day 3 | Something you adore. This would be my brothers miniature doxin Oscar Myers. Day 4 | Letterbox. Picture of my box and mail. (lots of catalogs/magazines. Day 5 | Something you wore. Every day I wear this blue topaz necklace given to me by my parents along with some kind of watch and lastly I took a picture of my new favorite scarf. Day 6 | Makes you smile. Me and my family. Day 7 | Favorite. This is my go to fav nail polish at the moment. Day 8 | your sky. Sadly it was a nasty rainy sunday. Day 9 | daily routine. working out. Day 10 | childhood. These pictures are of me and ruby (my housekeeper), then a picture of me and my brother G, me and baby Tahoe (this picture is funny to people who know me bc Tahoe turned into a mean fat dog) and lastly a pic of me before ballet class (that only lasted a year or two) Day 11 | where you sleep. My unmade bed with Oscar on it. Day 12 | close-up. taken in my car. Day 13 | in your bag. I was too busy at work to get a quick snapshot. Day 14 | something your reading. Currently reading the last cookie stackhouse novel-dead reckoning by Charlene Harris. Day 15 | happiness. that day something that made me happy was having my own tv at the gym and watching big bang theory while i worked out. :) Day 16 | morning. taken in my car. brrr! Day 17 | water. It happened to be a rainy day and there was water on the rocks. Day 18 | something you bought. a new bag from whole foods. Day 19 | sweet. chocolate covered pecans. Day 20 | someone you love. this is that same picture of me and Ruby. Ruby was very very special to me and she passed away a little over 4 years ago. She was more than just a housekeeper. She took care of me when my folks were out of town (even when I got chicken pocks-thanks to her I am scar free), she drove me places, she gossiped with me and told me all about her soaps and the prices right. I could write an entire post on just ruby. Maybe I will someday soon. Day 21 | reflection. Day 22 | your shoes. Day 23 | something old. This is my blanket I got as a kid. I called it my shat-sha. I couldn't say schmata (yiddish for rag or towel) This blanket is barely there now. Looks bigger bc I piled it up into a ball. Day 24 | guilty pleasure. Day 25 | something you made. Day 26 | colour. Day 27 | lunch. well part of it. Day 28 | light. Day 29 | inside your fridge. Day 30 | nature. Day 31. you again.

Happy Thursday

Happy Thursday..at least that's what my kickboxing instructor says at the end of each class on thursdays. Most of us in the class are laying down on the mat exhausted at that point and it always makes me laugh when she says it so cheerfully. I just got home from kickboxing. So far I've gone to the gym every day this week and man do I feel it. Ibuprofen is my best friend :)


So today was a great day at work. I received a bouquet of beautiful flowers this morning from my best friend Meredith. When the receptionist brought the box over I totally blushed and was so embarrassed bc I was like,"are these really for me?" But then I remembered Mere asked me for my work address last week and then I put two and two together. So when everyone asked who they were from and I was like....um, my best friend. LOL. I really do have some wonderful people in my life. Below is the picture of the flowers. 

This blog is only a week old and I'm still not 100% sure what all to share. Being a single female without children sometimes leaves my life not as entertaining at times. A lot of the blogs I follow are women who have amazing careers along with precious babies. That's not me yet, but hopefully one day! But, I hope to be as equally entertaining, just give me a month or so to get my creative juices flowing and get some pretty pictures up. 


Well that's all for today. Something I am working on for the blog is an instagram calendar. This month I have taken part in a January photo challenge. Below is a pic of the challenge calendar. It's been quite fun. A lot of my other instagram friends have been doing it as well. Sadly I've missed a few days but have been able to keep up for the most part. So look forward to viewing some of my pictures.

Toot Toot

Not to "toot" my own horn but I'm kicking ass this year when it comes to losing weight. I've lost 8 lbs in 2 weeks!!


My goal this year and well every year that I can remember is to get fit and lose weight. In April 2011 I started picking up daily 1400 calorie meals from this gym called Knuckle Up Fitness. The gym let me try a free personal training session and kickboxing class. So in May 2011 I began working out with Sarah my wonderful personal trainer/inspiration/motivator. In about 3-4 months time I lost 30 lbs! Yeah you're reading that correctly. But...I got sick of the "healthy meals" and started eating whatever I wanted to again. So a few pounds crept back on, but I continued to train with Sarah and started taking Kickboxing classes. Well the scale wasn't budging but I knew I had to be losing inches because my clothes were getting a little big on me. 


It killed me that the scale wasn't showing my fitness results. But, I was becoming stronger and getting more physically fit. In fact I'm probably the strongest I've ever been. :) I needed to change something and I was almost ready to make it happen. So at the end of the year in December while my folks were visiting me in Atlanta for the holidays, I allowed myself to eat whatever the hell I wanted to. I Didn't hold back because I was still working out and I wanted to satisfy ever little last craving. 


Now fast forward to January 2012. On January 8th I started eating better. I've been going to the grocery store every weekend to buy food for the following week. I pretty much control what I eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner and the occasional snack. I tried to eliminate all "white food/carbs" but I realized that was a bit unrealistic for me. So I've switched to multi grain everything. I wouldn't call this a diet but more of a lifestyle change. I have snuck in some unhealthy food here and there but I make up for it at the gym. Speaking of the gym, I now go 6 times a week. I have never in my life gone that many days! Monday/Wednesday is personal training sessions with Sarah who kicks my ass and makes me want to puke and cry (she says that's a good thing, lol) Tuesday/Thursday I take an hour long kickboxing class which is the best aggression getter-outer and lastly I go for a run/walk on the treadmill for an hour or more on Saturday and Sunday. I've been giving myself a little break on Fridays to rest. 


I think I'm onto a good start. I'm the smallest I've been in a year or so and I'm damn proud. So proud in fact it keeps me going and striving to work harder and eat better. So yeah TOOT TOOT baby! This girl is on her way to skinnyville, come join me! -L

Nail Art Obsession

Good Morning! I'd like to share with you my little obsession at the moment...NAIL ART. I've been really into it lately and love seeing all the playful looks via pinterest and Refinery29. With that said, I haven't been that adventurous with my own nails. I guess mainly because at work I need to be somewhat conservative.


My nails are my special little babies, I cry and whine when they are short (which is mainly the case) and act all cool and showy offy when they are longer. I've begun to treat myself every two weeks to a gel mani and once a month to a pedi. It's kind of my way of spoiling myself. So last night I went to my fav nail salon, Eminence Nail and Spa and got my nails done. They have so many wonderful colors available in the gel and I always get so overwhelmed and indecisive about what color to chose. Lately I've been loving this purple/grey color but I never like to do the same color twice in a row. This time I chose to go light purple/lavender-ish with my go to style of one nail different. 

new gel color by daisy

I guess I didn't expect it to be so springy but I do love it. It's not as bright as the above picture, so it isn't so loud. I think the girl that did my nails wanted to kill me because I had chosen a sparkle color for my ring finger and then I was like no no no...I kept changing my mind like always. I had originally planed to go with this mauve color I adore, but like always I end up going with my last minute idea. (I got a new girl this time and I think she was in a bad mood because she didn't talk to me or smile. Normally I know all the sweet nail ladies and they love to catch up, but "mandy" was obviously pissed about something.) Oh and the lady next to me was getting a massage and I was sooo jealous. But the owner Tim came by and treated me to little shoulder rub!

So, that is my little nail rant for the moment. I need to get back to work...shh don't tell. Sadly I'm so very unmotivated this monday morning. I'm going to blame it on the nasty rainy weather (that we've had ALL weekend long). I want to leave you with two other nail pics to enjoy. Happy Monday! -L

burgundy sparkle

my go to purple with some sparkle

Welcome to The L Word!

Hello world! My name is Lauren and I'm finally making a new years resolution come true. I have finally created my own blog. To be honest I'm not the greatest writer in the world but I do love to vent. So it's go time!


A little bit about me. I'm a 20 something graphic designer living in Atlanta, GA. I'm originally from Florida and moved away from home to find more work. Living in a bigger city has defiantly helped but the economy has left me with and without work way too often. Luckily, I now have the best job I've ever had working at a cosmetics company doing graphic design. 


My life is a work in progress. On the outside I seem like the happiest most cheerful girl in the world. But on the inside I'm battling to be happy. You see I have it in my head that in order to be beautiful and find a man or more friends I need to be a skinny bitch (well just skinny). So this is my journey to happiness and these are my words! Love me or hate me, I'm gonna be me! So welcome to the L word. Make yourself at home and visit often! -L