Magpie Monday: Animal Planet!

Hey guys!  I went home this weekend to visit the parentals, some friends, and go to the horseraces.  It was super fun, and super relaxing.  :)  Here's a mini-recap of my weekend in pics, via my instagram (follow me at magpiesandmimosas!)

Me and my baby messing around with a classic photobooth app on my phone.  It was a lonnnng car ride.

I was very proud of the fact that I rolled out of bed super early on Saturday and worked out.  I even got the boyfriend to work out with me!  Breakfast was also super healthy, oatmeal, bacon, eggs, and tomaters.

We met up with some of my friends from home and went to DogFishHead Alehouse.  Their beer list was off the wall awesome.

A snapshot of the racetrack from our table at the Skyline Terrace in Charles Town.  We had awesome seats.

So that was my weekend.  But I have been obsessing over a certain type of bauble lately:  animal themed ones.  I'm not sure what it is, but I'm loving any jewelry piece that has an animal theme.  Here are some of my favorites for this week's Magpie Monday:

I am dying over this elephant bangle from Baublebar

Also from Baublebar, this Jaguar bangle needs to get on my arm right now

Obvs I have a thing for big cats- this adorable chain bracelet is from the etsy boutique by The Way We Are- super cute stuff, and she has a new store that has even more cute things too.   

This snake bangle is pretty ::wait for it:: bangin!!  Haha.  I'm so clever.

These are super adorable and fuel my love for elephants even more- they're from LittleBigFabric and they're only 5 dollars!!  LOVE

And my lust-worthy item of the week is this parrot necklace from J.Crew.  It's pretty much a necessity of my life.  

I NEED that parrot necklace like 5 days ago.  It's so fun.

Those are my favorite animal themed jewelry items for this week.  Do you guys like animal themed jewelry or is it something you could do without?  Lemme know below!  Also, link your faves so I can see :)

Happy Monday!

~K

Fitness Time: Class vs. Alone

Hey buddiesssssssssss!

SO I have been legit killing at the gym lately.  Like no one's business.  I'm like addicted to going to the gym.  Crazy I know.  But true.

Here I am, post gym a couple weeks ago.   Lovin every minute of sweat

Anyway I wanted to share my thoughts on classes vs. working out alone with ya'll.  I'm a class person.  There's a very good chance that, if I don't drag my ass to the gym and have an instructor tell me what to do for an hour, I just won't do anything.  Like I HATE the treadmill.  And the bike.  And basically working out by myself.  And I think it's cause I lack competition with myself.  Like I'm a competitive person.

And let's be real.  I don't compete with myself.  Because I'm already #winning.

Just like this fine individual

But seriously, I just don't work as hard unless I'm in the vicinity of someone else doing the same thing. Cause I totally turn it into a competition.  And I get very smug when I feel like I've won (....which is why I'm probably going to hell).  To be fair, it's usually one of the best people in the class I'm mentally competing with, but I just don't work as hard when I'm gymming by myself.  I mean, I feel a lil burn, but I very rarely drip buckets like I do in my Saturday morning BodyCombat class.  (which I'm totally missing this weekend when I go home.  Wah).  

Don't get me wrong.  There are days when I just wanna tune everyone out and plod up like 500billion flights of stairs to prepare myself for the zombie apocalypse and/or a serial killer movie, or just wanna veg out on the couch.  Those are the days I bop over to Blogilates (homegirl is cray but I love it.  I linked y'all to her beginners calendar which I am totally doing right now, cause I haven't done pilates in forever and a day) and workout with the BFF I've never met Cassey.  Or I do some yoga vids or some such nonsense.  But I very rarely get the satisfaction I get when I go to an actual class.  I will stop in the middle of a video to catch my breath.  I'm way less likely to stop in the middle of an actual workout cause I don't want the super fit preggo woman next to me judging.

That woman is indeed a magical pregnancy unicorn.  Props to her, even though I hate her every minute of class we have together, because she's better than me.

I know you CAN get fit without a gym or classes, but honestly, I don't think I could.  I would blow it off, I would stop and say it's too hard, or some other bullshit we all know is not even true.  I personally  need a) someone telling me what to do and b) someone to compete with.  I don't get that when I gym by myself.  (yes I use "gym" as a verb.  Deal with it).

What are your thoughts?  Class or alone?  How do all you lone wolf gymmers push yourselves?  Or if you're a class act, what are some of your favorite classes?  Right now my faves are Les Mills BodyVive and BodyCombat, and anything yoga.  Lemme know in the comments- now that I've decided fitness is like, a thing, in my life, I'm always down for some fitspo.  :)

Anywaysssssssssss I'm off to get ready for BodyVive in an hour- gotta get to the chiro and then to the gym.  Talk to you guys on the flip side!

~K