Work out types

SIX MONTHS UNTIL MY WEDDING AAAAH. 

ok. so. anyway. how are you? has your town been bombarded by endlessly seeming cold weather? have you gone back to eating carbs once and awhile? drinking red wine consistently because the trader joes is now close instead of a 4/5 train ride and 1 mile walk away? have you basically quit working out because, well mostly, it's April and it's STILL 40 degrees? 

but see above. now's not the time to quit on myself or my just be skinny goals. so here's what i've noticed about Chicago work outs. 

Barre Bee Fit: This is a great workout to tone. However I can't get myself into it. I think it will be super helpful to get that last month or two toning that I'll need as I realize people are going to take pictures of me. 

I will have to not do this.

Flywheel: the closest thing to Soul Cycle. But it's not. The classes just don't seem to motivate me as much as Soul. 

Running outside: it's 40 degrees outside. i am a southerner. i'll let you know in July when I assume it will reach 80. 

So as you can see I am no where really. Even after buying new Gap workout tops (40% off sale!).  My next plan is to just join a gym. Something I haven't done since I lived in Tampa (2 cities ago). My plan is to try and do their Spin and Pilates classes at the least but might break down and get a trainer. 

What are your motivation tips? Any thoughts on sticking to a gym work out plan? 

Small Corner Details

I love the details. It matters. It's that old saying of something about doing it before someone notices that they missed it. Well, I'm not sure that's a saying. BUT to me, the details are what really counts, it makes items cohesive. This is becoming insanely difficult to manage for my wedding (later post!) but for my new apartment I (and my fiancee) are trying to do it any chance we get.

One of the hard parts of our apartment is that we have a long but narrow living room and big furniture. To handle this, I layered my finacee's Ikea bookcase that is full of nooks for us to fill in, behind my TV. But trying to determane what to put in each one is ever changing. Right now we have a combination of 
(1) different books, 
(2) are ever building record collection, 
(3) pictures of us (yay!) and family (woot.)
(4) a thing that I only ever see now in art galleries that measures the temperature and humidity that he got in an antique store. 

In all fairness we had a great trip to the antique store - we also got this great mirrored tray and what we found out was shrimp cocktail serving dishes that we thought was actually cocktail glasses with a place to put ice on the bottom to keep drinks cool in the summer. (breath) We matched this with Mr Oinks to help class up our kitchen counter. 

Other detail I've been in love with doing is shower hooks. This came when my fiance first moved into my apartment in NYC and we got some coat hooks from Anthropologie. I like to use them to add some dimensions and textures in the bathroom. 

What are your favorite home details?