first day! and i'm already dying of exhaustion. and the kids weren't even at school today! just us teachers, for a professional development day. it was...less than stimulating, but i certainly was excited about my first day of professionalism! also, i'm going to have to figure out a better system for taking outfit pics -- but for now, this shall have to do. a food and fashion photographer i most clearly am not, but then again i never promised i was!

so, the outfit -- (excuse the lovely neck wrinkles, i was concentrating really hard)



simple black summer dress from Old Navy, belted with one of my old faithfuls, a teal-ish Nordstrom's purchase, and then a light purple sweater from Nordstroms as well. I love the sweater because it has the look of a really comfortable and really floppy suit jacket (with a kind of collar thing). And then my black sandals, which I love. I love wearing basic black pieces and then adding splashes of color, like with the belt and cardigan. you'll see this look a lot, i'm sure.

and the lunch --




first, you see the ice-pack i had to specially make (by freezing water in a baggie) because my bento box is so teensy. and then i stuck my string cheese on top, and squished some blueberries into an adorable heart-shaped rubber cupcake holder. that's the bottom box. and then in the top box, there are some almonds, and some pancake sandwiches. i made a big batch of whole wheat pancakes yesterday morning, and froze them. for lunch today, i just defrosted 2 small pancakes, smeared a bit of almond butter & strawberry preserves on them, and folded. easy peasy.

alright, so that's day one. things will get more exciting, i swear!