Revisiting Stitch Fix

I tried Stitch Fix for the first and only time last November.  Stitch Fix is a stylist service where you send them some vague idea of what you like/want and they send you a box of 5-6 items they think you'll like.  Keep what you want, send the rest back.  Sounds perfect, right?  Only if you aren't super picky about what you wear.  I didn't keep anything they sent and I didn't really like anything they sent.


Now that I'm preggo and in my second trimester, my pants no longer fit.  I need some maternity clothes rather soon.  While googling maternity clothes, I saw that Stitch Fix now does maternity clothes.  Hmmm, is it worth jumping back into the Stitch Fix pool?


Of course, I started googling review on other people's maternity boxes.  The problem is that I couldn't find any blog reviews with someone like me (yet).  Someone like me i.e. my size (pre- and during pregnancy in my current state) with similar tastes in clothes.  Pretty much I found a lot more of what I didn't like than I did like, but I am chalking that up to how these particular woman set up their profile of likes and dislikes.


There wasn't a lot of repetition in the clothes that I saw being sent out, so that's good news.  I'm still on the fence.  I'm not even showing that much, just my pants don't fit, but I'm not big enough for "maternity" wear per se.


Maybe I just want new clothes since I can't bring myself to buy "normal" clothes knowing they can't wear them after a few weeks...

Things I Find Weird

Couples who share an email account.


I could never share one with the hubster.  My inbox is at 0 unread emails, the hubster is at 10286 unread emails.  Non-compatible!

Baby likes green tea

I'm usually a coffee person, but I've been trying to limit my caffeine and sugar intake.  I'm been doing pretty good at sticking to one cup of coffee in the morning, but sometimes I want a Starbucks fix and I know lattes have more caffeine than my morning k-cup brew.


I've also been experiencing an unsettled stomach during most of the waking hours.  My mom suggested I start drinking green tea during the day.  Yes, green tea has caffeine in it, but only 45 mg which is below the 200 mg limit for preggos.  I stick to one tea bag which lasts me most of the day in my Zokirushi thermos.  That sucker stays hot ALL day.


I'm really liking it.  The taste is mild and it keeps my stomach in check.  I like the idea of sipping on this instead of coffee with milk and sugar throughout the day.


So first food/diet change due to baby.

Pregnancy Review: First Trimester

I'm coming out of my first trimester and what can I say:  It sucks.

So imagine what it's like to have a parasite living in your body, not just living, but thriving and growing.  Yeah, it's exactly like that.  That's what pregnancy has been like.

I've got morning sickness.  I can't say how severe because it's my first time, but I think it's the worst.  I'm nauseated all the time.  My stomach is never settled and nothing makes it feel better.  Eating sometimes helps, but then it feel like crap from eating.  I can never win.

I have absolutely no energy.  I have run three time in the past three months and it kills me.  I'm so tired, I've got my distance down to two miles and I am sloooooooow.  I almost cried after my run today because I ran at a normal pace.  They say it gets better after the first trimester.  I hope it does. I can't do this for six more months.

My clothes are starting not to fit which from what I've read is too soon for first time preggos.  Great!  Then that extra weight is me not being able to control myself.  Wonderful.  I'm an emotional mess and just can't handle anything.

The hubster had been super awesome this whole time though I think he's fed up with me not wanting to do anything.  I want to eat, sleep, and work.  I don't really want to work, but if I want to keep my health insurance and other important adult things, I have to keep working.

But every time I go to the doctor's office and see my baby, it makes it all worth it.  *cue sappy mom music*

Quantico

So I've been watching Quantico on Hulu and while it was mildly entertaining, I just don't think I can watch it anymore.

Spoiler alert!

It was on the edge of plausibility that FBI agents in training were such tight work out clothes and uniforms.  And that it was more like college than training.  What really pushed it over the edge was this last episode, "Guilty".

So we've been following the plight of FBI agent Alex Parish who has been framed for a terrorist attack on Grand Central Station in NYC.  She's trying so hard to clear her name and her fellow agents are helping her.

She turns herself in to allow her ex-boyfriend (?) a chance to go to the hospital to get surgery for being shot!  Believable.

She gets exonerated with evidence found by her fellow agents which she slowly recruited to help her.  Believable.

She discusses with her former trainer that she should play along with the terrorist plans of her getting caught to buy them time to find the second bomb. Believable.

She then pleads guilty to the terrorist attack and all related crimes.  Un-fucking-believable!  Since the real terrorist's framed her, then she would fucking know she didn't do it.  Then why in the fuck would she plead guilty to trick the terrorists into thinking that this was following the plan.  LIKE WHAT THE FUCK?  It would have been more believable that she plead not guilty and tried to prove her innocence knowing she was fucking framed.

I'm done-zo!