Work it

Brrrr. Just because it's winter doesn't mean I have to stop working out! We are off in one month for a tropical vacay and I need to make sure I don't forget to work out just because its so cold! Here are a few of my favorite items to use for winter workouts. I started buying a few more things, including this amazing bag to bring with me when I go to spin. This song has really got me going lately on long runs and it will be great when the results pay off! What are some of your favorite cold weather workout gear?

Work it by shariallison-1 featuring NIKE

Lululemon bears hoody
lululemon.com

NIKE activewear pants
nike.com

Gap shelf bra
gap.com

Old Navy ankle high socks
oldnavy.gap.com

NIKE shoes
bloomingdales.com

Gaiam yoga bag
gaiam.com

Fuel Belt cell phone purse
zappos.com

Lululemon fleece glove
lululemon.com

My Favorite Things Week!

I love when people post their favorite things. It makes me start to shop! So I wanted to share a few of my favorite things this week as winter starts to pour in. What are your favorite things this week?

Baby Jogger Hand Muff

So great for warming hands while pushing your stroller, without having to take gloves on and off 

Kind Bars

Delish. I always eat one after a run or after a spin class. My favorite lately is Dark chocolate with nuts and seal salt. Yum. 

L'Oreal Shampoo

This shampoo has been amazing for my hair this winter. And its only $3.99. That beats my normal $30 shampoo that I get from the hair salon!

Map My Run

This is a really great app I downloaded on my iPhone. And its free! It helps track my miles and my calories. It also alerts me through my headphones when I have reached every mile. So during the longer runs I don't have to keep looking at my phone, I can just go!

Old Navy Cozy Socks

Ahhh. These are amazing. They are warm and come in fun colors. I have a ton of pairs and love to slip them on around the house. 

Survey Says!

When I was in college all my friends and I used to was email surveys to each other back and forth. I recently got one in my inbox and thought how fun! (I really do miss them) So I thought I would reply here for everyone to see. Please feel free to copy and fill in as you would like! 

Nickname: Um, momma?

Signature Scent: Hanae Mori Butterfly (still the same since 2001!)

Favorite Denim: 7 for all mankind, Jbrand, AG

Favorite Dress Designers: Dolce & Gabbana, 3.1 Philip Lim, Black Halo, L'Agence

Favorite Clothing Designers: See above, plus Burberry, Parker, Alice & Olivia, The Kooples, Vintage Havana

Favorite Shoe Designers: Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin, Tory Burch

Favorite Jewelry Designers: Hermes, David Yurman, Cartier

Favorite Handbags you own: YSL clutch, Chanel bags and clutch, LV bags, Jimmy Choo bag

Most Comfy Shoes: Toms, Uggs, Hunters, Nikes

Favorite Kids Designers: Burberry, 7 for all mankind, Splendid, Egg Baby, Gap, NuNuNu, Crewcuts, Trumpette, Carters - for Pjs and undershirts!

3 Items you want most: Cartier Love bracelet, Hermes Evelyne Bag, YSL suede boots

Bathing Suit Designers: Shoshanna, Milly, Splendid 

Famous Dishes you make: Light penne vodka with Turkey Sausage, Banana Choc Chip Bread, Turkey chili

Favorite Authors: Emily Giffin, Jennifer Weiner, Emily Liebert

Favorite Xmas Movies: Just Friends, The Family Man

Places you have been: Maldives, Dubai, Israel, Italy, France, Spain, Jamaica, Aruba, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, California, Hong Kong

Places you still want to go: Hawaii, Greece, Turks & Caicos

Favorite Musicians: Lady Gaga, Fall Out Boy, Katie Perry, Rhianna

Favorite Actors: Ryan Renolds, Zac Efron, Joey Lawrence, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo

Favorite Actresses: Kristin Bell, Anna Farris, Katie Holms, Sarah Michelle Gellar

Favorite tv shows (on air): How to get away with Murder, Scandal, Once Upon a time, Revenge, Resurrection, Awkward, Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars

Favorite tv shows (off air): SATC, Gossip Girl, Melrose Place, Felicity, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Lying Game

Favorite Makeup: Chanel, Mac, Clinique, Nars

Favorite Baby Products: Pampers Swaddlers, Babyganics (Soap, detergent, sanitizer, sunscreen), Mustela Shampoo, Aquafor bodywash, Boogie Wipes, Baby Vicks, JJ Cole bundle Me, Baby Jogger handmuff, Homedics Baby Sound Machine

Favorite Nail Polishes: Essie Only - Its in the bag, Romper Room, No Baggage Please, Carry On 

An Weekend Worth of Outfits - Wedding Style

This past weekend hubs and I went down to Naples, Florida for a wedding. We had some good weather and some bad, but all in all it was a really great weekend trip sans baby. We stayed here and we got to eat some amazing food. Plus, I had a whole weekend of outfits to plan. Here are a few of the things that i wore!

Friday Night dinner was here , It was amazing! I had fried green tomatoes and duck, delish!

Shirt: Lily Pulitzer, Jeans: Paige Premium Denim, Clutch: YSL, Bracelet: Hermes

Saturday night was the rehearsal dinner at a restaurant on a marina with a view of the yachts! 

Dress: YaYa, Necklace: Banana Republic, Shoes: Christian Louboutin

Sunday Night was the wedding at the Ritz. It was gorgeous. The food was amazing and the band was unbelievable. 

Dress: Dolce & Gabbana, Bracelet: David Yurman

Hubs Tux: Hugo Boss 

Monday was the brunch at the Beach House at the Ritz

Dress: Vintage Havana, Shoes (not shown): Sam Edelman

Fall Favorites

Ahh, its already fall (Winter?) whichever. I have to pack away my beach bag, towel and bikinis and break out something a bit more heavy. New season always means time to shop. Here are a few of my favorites for this fall, some have been purchased and others are in the process. What are you looking forward to buying this fall? 

Fall Favorites by shariallison-1 featuring lips makeup

Soft joie top
bloomingdales.com

Banana Republic boyfriend sweater
bananarepublic.gap.com

Mackage coat
bloomingdales.com

Tory Burch knee high leather riding boots
bloomingdales.com

Banana republic necklace
bananarepublic.gap.com

Paula Bianco striped infinity scarve
simplysoles.com

NARS Cosmetics lips makeup
net-a-porter.com

Jewelry Obession

I've never been a big jewelry girl. I usually wear a necklace, my wedding rings and my clic-H Hermes bracelet every so often. But lately, I have been obsessing and adding to my fashion jewelry collection. I have found some really great pieces that can range from $40 - $400. Here are a few I have been adding to my collection lately. 

Banana Republic 

Gum Drop Necklace (Only have peach and blue left online)

Hermes

Pavane in Orange with Gold Detail 

(I just got this for my birthday and I love it!)

Etsy

Gold Love Necklace (The seller is super sweet!)

Cartier

Gold Love Bracelet (Well a girl can dream right?)

Jewish Holidays Style

So this week started the beginning of the Jewish holidays. So off to our family's we go and off to temple. Of course this gives me another reason to dress up baby and myself! Here is what I chose for us! How do you like to fancy it up for the holidays?

Baby

Jeans: 7 for all mankind, Shirt: Baby Gap, Bow Tie and Sweater Vest: Crew Cuts

Shirt: Egg by Susan Lazar, Pants: Gap, Sneakers: Nike 

Mommy

Dress: 3.1 Phillip Lim, Shoes: Jimmy choo Snakeskin, Bag: Louis Vuitton, Necklace: Van Cleef, Sunglasses: Ray Ban Aviators, Bracelet: Hermes 

Happy 33 to me!

This weekend we celebrated my 23rd 33rd birthday! Ever since my 30th, I decided no more big parties, nothing crazy, just a lot of ME time and family time too. The night before we went out to dinner here. The day of I had an amazing spa at Elizabeth Arden, brunch at Serafina, a manicure and a blow out. All in order to get ready for a wedding of two people I introduced years ago. Its amazing to actually know both the bride and groom and feel responsible for them falling in love. The groom introduced me to his whole family as the girl who set them up and the birthday girl! I wore this amazing dress, my favorite shoes and bag and a gorgeous necklace. The next day we had brunch with my in laws (it was my mother in law's birthday the next day!) at The Inn at Pound Ridge, delish! I wore my favorite AG jeans, another great necklace and my new birthday Gucci ballet flats! 

Happy birthday to me! 

Birthday Outfits by shariallison-1 featuring skinny pants

Alice Olivia dress
saksfifthavenue.com

Banana Republic sweater
bananarepublic.gap.com

AG Adriano Goldschmied skinny pants
agjeans.com

Christian Louboutin high heel pumps
bergdorfgoodman.com

Gucci blue shoes
gucci.com

Yves Saint Laurent black purse
ysl.com

Banana republic jewelry
bananarepublic.gap.com

J Crew j crew jewelry
factory.jcrew.com

Hermès Behapi Double Tour Bracelet
usa.hermes.com

It's All In the Details....

I thought I would take the time to post a little bit about me...... the real me! Not the mommy me, event planner me, wife me, homemaker me, just me..... 

Here are 5 things you may or may not know, please sure 5 with me! 

1. I am super old fashioned. I still write checks, mail letters and prefer paper invites not e-ones. I rent books from the library, keep all my birthday cards people gave me and write in diaries and planners! 

2. I return a lot ! It takes me forever to settle on a purchase (especially a big ticket one) so I usually buy, return, buy again, try on and return again until I can reach happy shopping nirvana and keep it. 

3. I make lists. LOTS OF LISTS. I have one next to my desk at all times. If I don't write things down sometimes I forget, everything. 

4. I get pretty obsessive. Once I like something I usually obsess about it and then repeat often. I am still eating my favorite snacks daily, spinning to my favorite Soul Cycle teachers, buying my favorite clothing items when they wear and repeating my favorite songs when I run over and over again! (Ask my husband, all I do is obsess) 

5. I get very nervous about losing things. Whether its people, items of mine, my baby boy, my phone and especially photos. I am crazy about my photos. I save them on discs, USBs, external drives, shutterfly and I print them and put them in photo books. You can't be too careful if your computer crashes! 

Pinterest to Table

This seems to be the theme for all of my sunday night dinners. Pinterest to table. Tonight I decided to make the Grilled Caprese Chicken Recipe. I didn't use a grill, since we city folk :) So I did them stove top and then cooked an array of veggies on the side. Baby enjoyed it to along with some cut up cantaloupe and blueberries for dessert. I opened my new favorite drink MYX Moscato. This time I had the coconut one. YUM :)

Ingredients:

• Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
• 
  
• Medium Tomato (sliced)
• Mozzarella Cheese (sliced)
• Basil leaves
• Balsamic Vinegar
• Pam (Olive Oil No-Stick Cooking Spray)

1. Cook chicken in pan 

2. Once cooked place on top sliced tomatoes and mozzarella 

3. Drizzle balsamic vinegar over them

4. Serve! 

Whats in your grocery cart?

Everyone asks me what do you feed your child? And I have to say it changes every week. He is pretty picky. He also loves something one minute and hates it the next. I should know, it becomes apparent when it is allover our floor! So this morning while dad was watching baby I went grocery shopping. We were away last week and had NOTHING in the fridge. Here are a few things I picked up. What do you buy for your kiddies?

Pictured (on top)

Chobani yogurts (small ones for baby and flips for mommy)

Go Go Squeez (His favorite applesauce in cherry and peach)

Canned corn and canned carrots

Grilled salmon

Frozen veggie mix

Not pictured (on bottom)

Oven Gold Turkey, Roast Beef and Munster cheese

Fresh berries mix

Bananas, Lychees, Pears

Turkey Meatballs

Chicken Apple Sausage 

Tell it to my ankle….

I've been searching high & low for the perfect ankle strap sandal. I tried the wedge thing (didn't work), tried my normal flats (still love em) but wanted something else this summer. I found three really great ankle strap sandals in all different price ranges. (If you call now you can get the first one for under $100!). I still can't decide which one is for me or for my ankle :)

Ankle Strap Sandals by shariallison-1 featuring leather sandals

Givenchy leather sandals
barneys.com

Pour La Victoire high heel sandals
nordstrom.com

Banana republic sandals
bananarepublic.gap.com