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Nike purple by quartknee42 featuring black shoes

Nike Blue by quartknee42 featuring nike activewear

Congrats, we've made it to week three of 2012!  Did you make a resolution to work out more this year? I wanted to share some of my favorite workout clothes and some that I just think are cute with you all.  My favorite clothing brands are Nike and Champion from Target.  Also, since I'm not much of a gym person, my favorite workouts are Zumba for the Wii, resistance bands, and walks with intermittent bursts of running.

Tomato Legs

{Button-Up: Gap, Sweater: Gap, Jeans: Old Navy, Boots: Guess}

I mentioned in my first outfit crush of the year how excited I was to finally buy some red skinny jeans.  Since buying my jeans I have to tell myself not to wear them everyday because they are more versatile that you would think.  I wore them on my birthday, another time before this, and then today with khaki striped shirts.  (If you look closely you can see that my button-up shirt has vertical khaki stripes, and then the sweater over it has horizontal stripes.)

Outfit Crush

{The Daybook}

Sydney's outfit is combining three of my favorite things right now: black skinny jeans, boots, and an oatmeal colored sweater.  These are three items in my closet that I've been living in since colder temperatures appeared a couple weeks ago.  They are all so versatile too, and with the addition of a little lipstick can make your outfit look put together without trying too hard!

Everybody Everywear :: Black & White

{Cardigan: Forever 21, Shirt: Kenneth Cole, Jeans: Old Navy, Boots: Macy's, Watch: Fossil}

Although today's EBEW was black and white, which some may associate with a waiter's outfit.  I prefer to think of black and white as a classic starting point for an outfit that you can make your own.  If you take a look at the EBEW website you'll see many different variations of this two color combination.  I chose to mix patterns and otherwise keep the rest of my outfit simple.  I'm wearing my Old Navy skinny jeans that I can't seem to stop wearing these days, they're just so comfortable!

Two-Five

 {Jenna & I at Grand Lodge}

 {Rianna & I}

 {My pals and their boys}

{My BFF Justine}

Last Tuesday was my, gulp, 25th birthday.  It's no secret to those close to me that my 25th birthday was my "scary birthday" meaning I was having a bit of a quarter century life crisis.  I'm not sure what is making me anxious about it, but I am so happy that my birthday-day was one of the best, and I'm hopeful that it will continue for the rest of the year!

To start the day, it was absolutely warm, sunny, and gorgeous which is rare in Oregon, then I drove to Eugene to hang out with my pal and her baby, and my mom took me to lunch.  To top it off, my boyfriend took me out to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants in Portland, which I also went to again last Saturday.  It was just the party I needed to start the second quarter of my life out on the right foot!

Color of the year: Tangerine

tangerine by quartknee42 featuring michael kors flats

According to Pantone, the color authority, Tangerine Tango is the 2012 color of the year.  It has taken me a long time to embrace colors in the orange family, probably because I thought it clashed with my hair color.  However, I now have a new appreciation for it, and done right, it can make your skin tone look amazing! These are some of my favorite tangerine items.

NYE 2012

{Honey Badger Drink}

{My love & I}

{Justine & I}

{Apples to Apples}

I hope that everyone had a wonderful New Year's Eve!  My pal Justine and I co-hosted a game night/cocktail party/New Year's Eve celebration at her place which was complete with Apples to Apples, Cranium, Honey Badgers cocktails, champagne, and other fun things!  It was just the kick-off to 2012 that I needed, and I'm so glad that I was surrounded by such wonderful people and can't wait to see what 2012 has in store!