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Have you heard all the hoopla about Juice Cleanses? I've been hearing about them for months.  At least since November.  Then I started hearing about them more and more and more.... I consider myself a somewhat healthy eater.  Luckily, it's not because I try super hard.  I just prefer fruits & veggies & sweets in moderation.  I will eat fast food if forced or there's no other option, but I rarely crave it.  It just seems very generic and boring.  After Christmas I decided to really focus on cutting out preservatives as well.  I've never been a big frozen food fan (they're expensive!), but pretzels, El Milagro tortilla chips, those are soft spots.  I started going to grocery stores and only buying veggies & cereal (I'm on another cereal kick).   Therefore when friends starting talking to me about juice cleanses at the beginning of the year, I didn't think it was strange.  In fact I believe I said, "I go days where I o...

When you go out to eat, do you always finish your whole meal?  I do not. Do you usually take it home with you to enjoy at a later time?  I do. Because of this I started bringing an empty container when I go out to eat a couple years ago.  Yes, sometimes it surprises people, but I'm convinced the  weird looks are starting to fade, sort-of, I promise.  Maybe I'm just ignoring them or used to it? And look at NY !  Does it convince you to grab an empty container on your way out the door when you eat at restaurants? We've known styrofoam is terrible in all respects for years!  But look at New York doing something! this can prevent this Yes, everyone forgets sometimes, but every little bit helps. Go NY!  And go YOU!

So I just finished sewing a dress.  This is my first real sewing project.  I've made pajama pants out of uncomfortable fabric for girl scouts and those stuffed animal patterns for home ec in middle school.  This is the first time I've really made something for realz. I learned a lot from this process and I'm going to share it here so others can learn, but if sewing is not your thing and you couldn't care less, may I recommend skipping this post?  I don't want to waste your time. I pulled out my trusty sewing case Yes, this did not originate as mine... It was a requirement to take Home Ec in middle school so Mom put together a nice sewing box with all the requirements when my brother was in 6th grade.  He used it for the class and never again so on it went to my sister.  She used it for the class and never again so you see where this is going... on it went to me.  I kept it. Clearly it only had the basics, but I can now accurately...

My oh my stores are collaborating like crazy!  Honestly, I haven't heard of many of the high end brand names until they collaborated with these other stores because I'm not much of a high end shopper. * Prabal Gurung for Target (so cute!) I went 4 days after it opened so it was pretty picked over, but I didn't get anything. * Duro Olowu for J.C. Penney this looks adorable too.            actually J.C. Penney has a lot coming up L'Amour Nanette Lepore  & more & more * Milly for Banana Republic - that dress!!!  (I cannot afford Banana Republic so I don't have to worry about this one.) * Derek Lam  for Kohl's * Christian Siriano for Payless *Keds with  Madewell             Taylor Swift             Kate Spade Seriously the list goes on and on and on.... I've been loving the Keds trend for over a year now so I'm excited to see all these different ...

I've been cheering for high speed rail for quite awhile.  I think I first got excited about it after reading $20 per gallon . Just seeing this map makes me excited: And of course I love that Chicago is a major hub. We could travel so quickly and efficiently!  Read more here .

Yeah, yeah, I'm not really a preacher and I recognize no one likes to be preached to... But. Did you know 80% of US antibiotics sales goes towards meat? ( source ) There done. Happy Meatless Monday , if you participate.

After my post on Friday , I feel I have to comment I'm doing much better. Sometimes it just hits you. I needed a couple days to get back to normal and today I decided to  TAKE CONTROL ANNNDDDDD.... I ran 8 miles this morning so that's always good!  I could feel the callouses forming and I can't explain in words how happy this made me.