My So-Called Chaos

2.05.2015

The Monthly Goals Link-Up: February Goals

How This works:

Follow your hosts My So-Called Chaos and A Peek at Karen's World to keep up with this link-up.
Write up a post recapping last month's goals and setting goals for next month.
Make sure to include the button in your post by grabbing the code above.
Link up your goals post with the monthly linky which goes live on the first Thursday of the month.
Visit other links in the party to show support and offer advice for other goal setters.
Have fun and make some new friends!

How I Did with January's Goals:

~~Make some steps to get my health under control.~~ SUCCESS! I FINALLY DID!!!!!
~~Take some family photos of Kristina's family to practice my photo skills.~~ SUCCESS! They're HERE.
Get caught up on Doctor Who. FAIL. But I can live with that... lol
~~Finish at least two books.~~ SUCCESS! I read 3 or 4 actually.
Get 100% caught up on laundry. FAIL. I probably never will. lol
Organize my kitchen cupboards and dejunk them. FAIL. But I will this month with the 12x30 Challenge.
~~Start my classes out strong-I don't want to play catch up this semester.~~ SUCCESS! Until last week...
File my taxes as early as possible. In Progress. No W2s have arrived yet.
~~Spend some time with Courtney before she heads out with the Navy.~~ SUCCESS!
~~Eat less meat/cook with more vegetables.~~ SUCCESS!
Pick a word of the year and write about it. In Progress. Oops, picked one but forgot to write.
~~Actively participate in the 12x30 Love Yourself Challenge~~. SUCCESS!
~~Host & Participate in the Books 'n' Bloggers Swap~~. SUCCESS!

Goals for February:

Get my house in order and host/participate in the the 12x30 Challenge.
File my taxes. My W2s and 1099 NEED to get here.
Write about my word of the year.
Write and post some New Blogger Series posts. (I have like 9 started in draft!)
Go on a nice little trip to Oregon.
Do something creative.
Read/listen to at least 2 books.
Get my phone drama figured out. (It's being a PITA!)
Celebrate Imbolc.
Get all caught up on my school assignments.
Host and participate in the Mug O'Comfort Swap at Chaotic Goddess Swaps.

Link up YOUR goals and PARTY with us!

2.04.2015

My eShakti Holiday Collection Dress

Recently I was offered the chance to receive and review another one of eShakti's gorgeous dresses-this time from the eShakti Holiday Collection. There are so many gorgeous items, picking was hard, so of course I enlisted the opinion of friends to pick something. Remember how much I loved the last dress they sent me? I am still through the roof about that one-it's stunning!

First off, let me start by saying that the fabric and pattern in this dress is AMAZING. The flowers, the colors, it just pops and it's absolutely gorgeous! I'm so in love with the skirt portion that I can't even begin to tell you enough about it. It's beautiful and great quality, and you just know this dress is going to hold up to some wear and tear. This dress is sleeveless, but I'm wearing a black shrug with it. I think I need a brightly colored shrug that matches one of the flowers. :)

The problem for me was with my choice of the dress. I should have chosen something with a lower neckline for the same reason I don't like T-shirts or turtle necks around my neck-that's totally on me and my personal preference so I should have known. Also the zipper being just in the back was not only impossible for me to get on myself, but it proved difficult for my friend's to zip me up in. I loved the last dress how the zipper was on the side, but with this neckline it wouldn't work. The zipper issues could also have been due to my chunkiness, I should be clear about that, but once it was on it fit like a dream-and wow does it make my waist look lovely!

I do kind of wish I'd gone with Shawn's suggestion, which was the Grace Dress. Now I'm wishing that was in my closet too-because... Well just look how lovely it is-it'd be a perfect Valentine's Day dress too. *wink*

Personally, I really think this dress will be lovely on me after I lose a little weight. It might be now, I don't know-but I will always be a HUGE eShakti supporter. If you've never shopped eShakti, you really should. They have all kinds of sizes (from super tiny to super large) and they can customize the lengths, measurements, and necklines on most dresses when you order-it's brilliant!

As always, their stuff is high quality and gorgeous-I really recommend you visit eShakti for a one-of-a-kind shopping experience. I know I'll be buying from them soon!

eShakti, women's apparel, custom clothing, fall clothes, dresses, skirts, tops, blouses

Note: I totally just found a Groupon for eShakti! You guys, you can get 50% off a custom fit dress HERE.

2.03.2015

12x30 Challenge: Organization & Cleaning Calendar

For the February Organizational 12x30 Challenge I wanted to really work on getting organized this month-but I didn't want to totally overwhelm myself in the process. Then the idea hit me-I needed an calendar with tasks split up day by day, and not only did I want to make one, but I wanted to share it with my friends in the bloggy world too. So here it is-click on it to enlarge. You can also save/print it. Can you imagine how nice your place will look if you get through all of these?

Get organized this February with daily tasks!

For those of you that might prefer a checklist version of this calendar, never-fear for I have created one of those too!

As you can see, I've left some room on both of them for you to add things you need as well. So feel free to personalize it a bit and make it what you will after you print it. Here's a further explanation of what some of these mean:

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