Shocks and Shoes: April 2012

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Weekly Goals Update – 29 April 2012

9:28:00 pm

Fashion

Weekly Goals Update – 22 April 2012

9:56:00 pm

Food

Recipe for the Week - Palak Chicken

4:16:00 pm

Personal

Weekly Goals Update – 15 April 2012

10:25:00 pm

Fashion

Lust List - April

11:09:00 am

Hot! Hot! Hot!! Can’t think of another word to describe the current weather!! Whew!!! Hope the pretty stuff below will succeed in cooling you a little :-).

1. Floral Print Blouse

This lovely blouse from Robert Cavalli is a treat in gorgeous spring colors. With a boat slit neckline, this is something that will look great on all shapes and sizes. It has a luxurious look, also considering it is 100% silk.

2. Special Edition Sunglasses

Yum, yum. These Gucci babies are part of a special edition collection to celebrate Gucci's 90th anniversary. Doesn’t that cherry color leather frame make you want to grab them off the computer screen?

3. Blingy Basket Bag

Image Courtesy: sbeulah.onsugar

Basket bags just spell spring, don’t they? Now, what if they were also a little embelished and made to look really cute? You’ve got your wish, Ma’am. Presenting the Coco Country Bag from Chanel. Isn’t she pretty?

4. Embroidered Full Skirt

Take a look at this darling and tell me you don’t want to be the girl wearing it. You want it? No worries, this net mesh skirt is available at ASOS. Now go ahead and order, I’ll wait.

5. Striped Hat

Image Courtesy: shopbop

I honestly don’t know why no one wears hats in India. I can’t think of better protection from the harsh sun. I guess crowded bus/trains are probably the ones playing spoilsport. Anyway, that doesn’t stop us from lusting after this Bunny Toyo Bolo Sun Hat.

6. Pizza Jewelry

Pizza lovers – these are for you. Well, even if you’re not a pizza lover, I’m sure you’ll still admire these cute little creations from an Etsy shop named ‘The Menu’. They have quite a few unique pieces, of which I’ve featured the ‘Pepperoni Pizza Ring’ and the ‘Whole Deluxe Pizza Necklace’ here.

Warning: You may be into food jewelry, but you should know where to draw the line. Example shown below:

Image Courtesy: upperrepublic

Hope everyone liked the list!! Ok, I’m off to get some cold lemonade, you guys chill too!!!

Image Courtesy: tigrss

Personal

Weekly Goals Update – 8 April 2012

3:22:00 pm

Personal

Weekly Goals Update – 1 April 2012

5:00:00 pm

I’ve skipped a weekly update. I hated myself for two days and then let it go.

If you’re wondering why I was MIA for a while, there are a number of reasons. First there were some problems at home which needed my attention, then my knees gave out on me and I had to go to the doctor, medicines, blah blah and then I thought I might as well turn it into a little blogging break :-). Now, things are settled at home for now, and though my knees are yet to recover fully, I’m refreshed to resume blogging again!!!

1. Am successfully continuing my spending freeze

2. Didn’t nag anyone much

3. Had a lot of vegetables and less non vegetarian fare (I think it’s the weather)

4. Played with Cub – we learnt to make complicated bridge structures for his trains.

5. Read a book – ’13 Reasons Why’ by Jay Asher

6. Have significantly cut down food portions. (Again, I think it’s the weather)

1. Did not work out at all. (Knee problem)

2. Blogging was well, pretty much non existent.

3. Prayers were quite irregular. (I’d like to blame my knees again, though its kind of a lame excuse)

4. Watched too much TV.

Actually I can’t blame both my knees, it’s just the right one. It was so bad, I couldn’t bend them or kneel down or sit for a long time. It’s much better now, but I’ll have to put off the heavy workouts for some more time.

Monthly Review – March:

March saw me being ill for a week with cold and then plagued with knee trouble. All in all, not a good month for workouts, though it was better with regards to portion control. A hot, sunny climate isn’t exactly conducive to heavy meals. This iced coffee is more like it these days:

My blogging schedule was also completely messed up. Failed again on my two outfit posts per month goal. My prayers too, not at all regular.

On the plus side, Cub and I had a lot of fun time with outings, crafts and books. I also managed to catch up on my own reading, including the newspaper :-). Along with portion control, I was also loyal to my fruit/veg/vitamin/water intake.

So, all in all, not a bad month. I sure hope to do better in sunny April!!