Is anyone else as surprised today is the last day of July as I am? I feel like this month/summer completely flew by. I had plans to really kick up my workout routine this summer... and go dairy free and neither of those happened but surprisingly I still get a ton of comments and questions about my workout routine so I figured today was as good a day as any to talk about my workout routine! First off I want to say, I am in no way a nutritionist or a fitness expert so just because something works for me, doesn't mean it will work for someone else. And I would suggest if you aren't very active to start slow and work your way up before tackling an intense workout. While I'm not the most in-shape person ever, I am pretty active not just at the gym so I feel like I can push myself a little harder. 

I used to work out 6 times a week until I realized that my body needed some rest periods. I started getting really bad shin splints and I was sore more of than I wasn't so I took a step back and cut back the number of times I worked out. Listening to your body and not overdoing it is extremely important. Currently I work out between 3-4 times a week and for me it's perfect.

Monday and Wednesdays are usually my weight days. I generally break it out by upper body and lower body, starting with upper body Monday. I do a mix of free weights, cables and machines and I occasionally throw in some TRX workouts to switch it up. I often do a lot of my free weights and TRX exercises on a StrongBoard Balance Board to get a little extra out of it. Wednesday I mix it up between lower body and core using a mix of machines and a stability ball.

Thursdays are my cardio days which aren't my favorite days but like you learned from Zombieland, the first rule of Zombieland is cardio. In the event of a zombie takeover, you don't want to be the slowest kid on the block. Ok, I kid, but seriously; cardio is an important part to fitness. In the cooler months I prefer to get outside and run but when it's as hot as it is outside right now, I tend to stick to either cardio classes like spinning or Zumba or a 30-45 minute HIIT workout on the treadmill.

The weekends I try to get at least one workout in on top of going out and just being active. Usually if I workout on Saturday I'll do an early morning Boot Camp workout before it gets too hot outside that consists of a bunch of different burst training exercises. If I workout on Sunday I try to make it more of a relaxing one so I'll take a yoga class to unwind before starting the week. 

If you hate going to the gym (and if you do, I don't blame you at all) get outside! I used to love going to Disney because it would be a guarantee I'd get several miles of walking in while having fun. I'm also a huge fan of being out on the water, paddle boarding and kayaking are both great workouts that you don't really have to have any skill to do. I also love barre classes for a nice full body workout not in a gym! I hope this helps give you some ideas or maybe some motivation. I'm headed to yoga to start my day now so hope everyone has a great week!

*Linking up with Biana*

Today's post is brought to you by real life. Haha ok, I guess all of my posts are technically real life with a little extra makeup, but usually I post a fashion related post on Wednesdays and this week I'm switching it up a bit. Not really because I meant to but because I was too lazy (and wet from all the rain) this past weekend to actually do a fashion shoot so here we are! And that's what I call real life. Being too lazy (or busy) to tend to my interwebs life so I get to throw something together, which I will say, is completely unlike me since I am a planner and usually incredibly organized. So grab a cup of coffee and join me for some random thoughts.

// Monday was National Tequila Day. You'd think being in the industry I'm in that I would have known that but somehow (I blame Shark Week and my crazy weekend) I completely overlooked it. However, seeing all the Twitter posts about it made me super sad I wasn't sitting at La Cava de Tequila with my girl, Kerri, enjoying a shot of Dobel or Casa Noble. Ker, I think we need to make up for missing it soon ;)

// Speaking of La Cava, I've been seriously missing my Disney passes lately. Despite the fact it's hotter than Hades out right now, I miss being able to walk around, people watch and of course eat and drink all the things. I don't feel bad about having 5 margaritas and 7 tacos when I walked 8 miles in one day. 

// My kombucha and water obsession has been real lately. I keep Snapping the GT's Cayennade and if you like spicy things... it is amazing. I've also recently become a fan of WTRMLN WTR. I wasn't sold at first but it grows on you.


// Despite the fact it's insanely hot out, I can't help but to want to spend as much time outdoors as I can. Call me crazy or a glutton for punishment but I'm happier outside even if it is melt-your-face-off hot. Of course it's always a little easier with a nice cold beer.

// I might be the only blogger in the history of fashion bloggers who did not purchase a single thing during the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. Not. One. Thing. I was going through some of my pictures from last fall to see if I needed to replace anything and I realized I wear a lot of plaid and leather in the fall. I'm not sorry but just as a warning, it's coming.


// I've been doing a lot of stuff with my work blog lately including migrating to self-hosted Wordpress, designing a new layout, working with the CSS to customize it and even renaming our blog and getting a new logo which has got me both completely unmotivated to do anything with my personal blog as well as motivated to make design changes to mine. It's such a double-edged sword. 

And with that, I'm out! My co-worker just dropped a bomb on me and now I need to go talk to her about her life. Hope everyone has a fantastic rest of the week!

Happy Monday babes! I had another whirlwind weekend that went from having no plans to not getting home until after midnight two nights in a row so I'm definitely feeling it this morning. Hello second cup of coffee...ok, maybe three. But you're only "young" once so might as well enjoy it while you can, right? Before I get into my weekend recap I just want to give you a little disclaimer that these definitely aren't the best pictures. It was a rainy afternoon and a 9 bar pub crawl so the later in the day it got well... you can imagine ;)


Saturday afternoon wasn't the nicest weather but we headed downtown for the 3rd annual Putt 'N Pour bar crawl any way. Part bar crawl, part miniature golf tournament, Putt 'N Pour sends participants on a 9 bar walking tour of the Thorton Park district of downtown Orlando. Each location designed a hole and offered drink specials and prizes for sinking a hole in one. We started the farthest away from the final hole and worked our way forward which ended up being a smart tactic since it was less busy for us as we made our way around. You have 4 hours to complete the course which seems like a lot of time but when you throw drinking in there, it goes by pretty quick. We left ourselves 12 mins to complete the last hole but we successfully completed the entire course and I even won a prize! Despite the not so great weather, we had a blast and we will definitely be doing it again next year!

*Linking up with Biana! And just to disclaim, I did not have a drink at every bar, if I had I probably wouldn't be writing this right now LOL* 

Oh hey Wednesday, where did you come from? Is it just me or is this week kinda flying by? I'm not complaining but I'm definitely a bit surprised by it. I'm in dire need of a vacation since I technically haven't had one yet this year. Ok, not even technically, I actually haven't had a vacation at all this year  since we didn't make our annual trip down to the Keys so I think I'm plenty overdue. 

This dress the reason I have vacation on the brain. It's so perfect to throw on and look cute but still be cool in the summer weather and it'd be perfect for walking around, sightseeing and of course grabbing a bite to eat and a drink or two! I wore this dress out for my birthday and it couldn't have been any more perfect. It was the right amount of dressy without making me look like I was trying too hard and considering we spent a lot of time outside, it was perfect for keeping cool. Amuse Society is quickly becoming one of my favorite "boho" brands. I'm pretty sure there's at least 5 things of theirs I want right now... sorry bank account!
Hope everyone has a fantastic rest of the week!

How is it Monday already? Seriously. Can we redo the weekend, I wasn't ready. Last week felt like such a long week and I had planned on just relaxing and taking it easy this weekend but who was I kidding? I should have known better and been more prepared for the lack of sleep I got this weekend. Oh well, there's always next weekend, right? I've said this before and I'll say it again, some days it's so nice living near Disney to make a trip over there for just a few hours and that's exactly what I did on Saturday! 

As locals we often don't stay at or even see the resorts unless we have a reason to. Well this weekend I just so happened to know some people who were in town for work staying at the Wilderness Lodge Resort so I took advantage and headed down there to check it out. This is one Disney resort I've never even seen before but heard it was amazing so I was excited to get to check it out without having to pay the Disney prices to stay there. Don't get me wrong... Disney still got me. At $12 a drink and I had... well, way more than I should have, I probably easily spent as much on drinks as I would have a room for the night but it's about the experience, right? 

Since I didn't actually stay at the Wilderness Lodge I can't speak to anything about the rooms but I will say the property is gorgeous. You definitely don't feel like you're in Florida any more (minus the 90+ degree, 100% humidity weather) and it's far enough away from the main roads and parks that you really don't get any residual noise so it's pretty peaceful. Parking is free at the Wilderness Lodge if you're a guest or visiting a guest, which is nice considering almost every Disney property you have to pay for parking. We spent the majority of our time out at the Geyser Point Bar & Grill which is an outdoor bar/casual dining spot right on the lake. In typical Disney fashion, drinks are not cheap and neither is the food but they were good, especially for "casual" dining. If you stay out on the lake long enough you can see the fireworks from Magic Kingdom and at 9:30 every night they do a light parade on the lake which we were not expecting but gave us a good laugh. I can honestly say that I'd definitely go back to Wilderness Lodge (and might even pay to stay there for a night...might) but if I'm being completely honest... I'll skip the tequila to wine next time ;) 

top // shorts // sandals // necklace // sunnies 

*Linking up with Biana*

Happy Friday babes! Man, this week definitely did not go the way I expected so I am beyond happy Friday is finally here and I can relax and recoup this weekend. My gym schedule got all thrown off thanks to an impromptu happy hour Wednesday night with a co-worker after a eventful and crazy day at work and thanks to said happy hour and the same events at work my sleep hasn't been the greatest so I'm really hoping to take this weekend to just get back on track and start next week fresh. Of course for me that includes plenty of reading at the pool. Since I spend so much time in the summer out at the pool (I assume I'm not the only one!) today I decided to share with you my favorite pool floats for summer.

I'm going to start today's post off with a naked truth. I don't really like pink. Sometimes I feel like the only girl in the world who is not a fan of pink but it's true. I dislike the color pink. I usually do everything I can to avoid wearing it and if you ever looked in my closet (which happens to be organized by color...thank you OCD for that one) you'd notice that my "pink section" is pretty much absent but for some reason when I saw this shirt I totally fell in love with it. 

I went back and forth more times than I care to admit before finally caving and buying this top but I finally convinced myself that this baby/blush pink isn't obnoxious pink so I could wear it. I ended up wearing it out for my birthday brunch and I couldn't have been happier with it. The ruffled detail, tie shoulders and the flowy crop top made it absolutely perfect and I felt flirty and feminine without feeling too pink. Maybe one day I'll get over my aversion to pink but I won't hold my breathe. Until then, baby steps ;)

Happy Monday friends! Recently I went and checked out The Bear and Peacock. Sounds like some crazy children's book right? At least that's what I thought when I first heard about it. Kinda like, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Well, it's actually just another stop on the Central Florida Ale Trail, this time in Winter Park. I'm not exactly sure why they call it The Bear and the Peacock but hey, who am I to judge? They have good beer and a good ambiance so I'll take it!
I'm all about a low-key, relaxing environment and I never complain when a place has a nice outdoor area since I love to be outside and this place checks off all my boxes. A lot of craft breweries don't have a ton of varieties of beer available but The Bear and the Peacock had a good variety of 10 different beers on tap as well as a few different wines for the non-beer drinker. Just because I like beer doesn't mean I always want to have one when I'm out so I like that they have the option just in case. Oh and did I mention they have trivia on Tuesday nights and are dog friendly? Yeah, now you know why I like this place. Out of all the places we've checked out on the Central Florida Ale Trail, The Bear and the Peacock ranks up there as one of my favorites so far.


bodysuit // shorts // sneakers // sunglasses // earrings // necklace

*Linking up with Biana*

Happy Friday babes! Is anyone else as completely thrown off schedule as I am this week? As much as I loved having Tuesday off, it really messed up my schedule so this entire week. I kept thinking it was a different day than it really was but I won't complain since the weekend is right around the corner and there's no better feeling than thinking it's Tuesday when it's really Thursday! We've officially gotten away from the all day, every day rain *knock on wood* and in true Florida fashion, it's been crazy hot out so I've been living in comfy and cute dresses to try to stay cool. So today I decided to share with you some of my favorite summer dresses!



*Linking up with Amanda*

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Ok, it's official. This girl needs to do a serious detox after her birthday/4th of July weekend. Don't get me wrong, I had such a blast celebrating and it was nice taking a social media break but I definitely ate/drank way more than I usually do and I'm feeling it today. I tried to balance it out by going to the gym a few times over the weekend but I will definitely be hitting the gym extra hard this week to try to make up for it.  Please tell me I'm not the only one who over indulged a little?
You may remember this outfit from when Kerri and I went to see Third Eye Blind back in the beginning of June, well I'm finally sharing it just in time for the top to be on major sale! When I was picking an outfit for the concert I was anticipating the rain so I tried to pick something that would be comfy and cute but also not become see through from standing out in the rain and hopefully dry fast. This ended up being the perfect top for that, especially since as I anticipated, we got soaked. Luckily Kerri and I are the best at making any situation fun, so in typical "us" fashion; we sat in her car, jamming out to music and sipping on Sofia before being forced to get out and endure the torrential downpour pretty much forgoing any chance of looking cute. I'm not really sure where I was going with this... you can tell I've taken a few days off and I'm not on top of my game. And with that, I'm out. Hopefully I get back into the groove soon and stop going off on random tangents! Hope everyone has a fantastic week!

tank // shorts // wedges // sunglasses // bag // watch // bracelets {here and here} // earrings