The End of October Photo Challenge

Day 28 of the October Photo Challenge was flowers.

My bestie, Felicia, gave me this super cute and colorful purse for my birthday. She said it looked like me because it was colorful and made from recycled plastic bags. She was right, I absolutely love it and I get a ton of compliments on it. It has the perfect amount of pockets so my stuff doesn’t get lost in my purse.

Day 29 of the October Photo Challenge was black & white.

This is the view from outside our apartment front door. We love our little pond and all the trees, which are a rarity in our area.

Day 30 of the October Photo Challenge was another self-portrait.

Here I am at work with my November calendar in the background. Good-bye October this challenge was fun.

Day 27 - From a Distance

Day 27 of the October Photo Challenge is from a distance.


This picture was taken a month or so ago (am I cheating?) at a food truck meet-up Hubs and went to hosted by the Food Network, featuring the Seabirds Truck. In all honesty I couldn’t find something interesting today to take from far away and I liked this photo because it shows how long the line for a vegan truck can get in Southern California…. a vegan truck given out free food paid for by the Food Network. Seriously though the Seabirds Truck is one of my favorite trucks, they make great food :)

Days 21-26

Yes, I skipped day 20… I may attempt it later ;-)

Day 21 of the October Photo Challenge is a faceless self portrait.

This past weekend my dad, sister and I went to San Francisco for the weekend to see Cal beat Utah at AT&T park. The football tickets were my sister and my birthday gift to my dad. Here I’m wearing the Cal shirt I purchased from Old Navy with a pair of WH/BM jeans.

Day 22 of the October Photo Challenge is hands.
I’m so proud of myself for starting my Christmas shopping early and snatching up these super cute, and very reasonably priced, oven-mitts for my besties.

Day 23 of the October Photo Challenge is a sunflare.


As part of our trip to SF for the football game, we left before the sun came out on Friday morning to drive up to Half Moon Bay in time for my dad to make his 12:50 tee time at the Ritz Carlton golf course. My sister and I wondered around downtown Half Moon Bay and drove up the coast for the afternoon before we met our dad back at Ritz for drinks at sunset. We sat outside and listened to the bagpipe as the sunset, which is where I caught this awesome sunflare on my sister’s phone.

Day 24 of the October Photo Challenge is an animal.


This is Chirpy Bird (aka Sir Chirps-a-lot or Chirps). I gave Chirpy Bird to Hubs on our first anniversary when he totaled his car and needed something to make his new car more his. Also because I wanted Quackers back, who he’d been borrowing in his rental car.

Day 25 of the October Photo Challenge is something pink.



Same trip to SF – the night after the football game (which was actually day 21) we went to this awesome BBQ place my dad had read about in Airways Magazine on his way back from Maryland a month or so ago. It wasn’t completely what we had expected, but it was well worth the effort it took to find parking. Seriously, if you’re in SF (or Venice or Hollywood) GO GET BBQ at Baby Blues BBQ!

Day 26 of the October Photo Challenge is close-up.

These corks made up a bar top (with glass over them, obvs) at a crepe restaurant in Del Mar, CA. I want to make a table out of wine corks now… I best start drinking more wine ;-)

Days 12-19

Day 12 of the October Photo Challenge is sunset.


I take a lot of photos at gas stations. This was taken while pumping gas on my way back from Jazzercise in San Clemente on night. This picture doesn’t even do the sky justice, it was one of the most beautiful sunsets I’ve ever seen.


Day 13 of the October Photo Challenge is yourself with 13 things.

Is this a cop out?

Day 14 of the October Photo Challenge is eyes. This is out front of an old Bob’s Big Boy in Downey. I loved his eyes, like he couldn’t wait to eat this burger and was just willing it with his eyes not to topple over.

Day 15 of the October Photo Challenge is silhouette.

This is the same palm tree from Day 6, from a low angle. I took this photo on the same day I look Day 6's shot, hoping to get a sun flare, but ended up with a pretty cool silhouette.

Day 16 of the October Photo Challenge is long exposure.


Would you believe me if I told you THIS was my best long exposure picture? It looks like a fuzzy sighting of a lake monster.

Day 17 of the October Photo Challenge is technology.

This is a picture of my Polaroid camera, taken with the Xolaroid 2000 setting on the Retro Camera App on my Android Galaxy S Phone.

Day 18 of the October Photo Challenge is your shoes.


Confession, I wear these shoes pretty much everyday. Hubs is really tired of seeing them, but I just love them. I wear a LOT of black and they’re comfortable while still looking cute and giving height.

Day 19 of the October Photo Challenge is something orange.


This past weekend we drove up to Cal Poly Pomona, Hubs’ Alma Mater, to pick out a pumpkin. The first year we celebrated Halloween together we got our pumpkins at the same place, but HOLY MOLY there were FAR less people. Also, I’m pretty sure they grew the pumpkins themselves that year, so we felt justified driving all the way to Pomona to get a pumpkin because it was a real pumpkin patch. This year it was crazy busy, there were shuttles, a petting zoo, food vendors, a pancake breakfast and these pumpkins most definitely did not grow here. We made the most of it though :)

Days 8-11

Day 8 of the October Photo Challenge is a bad habit guilty pleasure.


Soooo, I read what I wanted to on this challenge and remembered it as a guilty pleasure instead of a bad habit. Oops. Since the only real bad habit I can think of is popping zits :-/ you’re welcome. My guilty pleasure, or at least one of them, is 80’s music. I love me some 80’s jams.


Day 9 of the October Photo Challenge is someone you love.


Any guesses on who is driving this Saab? If you guessed Hubs, you’re right ;-) I snapped this shot Monday morning when we were exiting our apartment complex on our way to work. Oh, and look I got a sun flare too! I just noticed that.


Day 10 of the October Photo Challenge is a bad habit a childhood memory.

I honestly cannot believe I am posting this picture on the interwebs for the world to see. As I’ve shared before, I work with my Dad… or for my Dad, whatever. Anyway, this loved picture (along with many others of my sister & I) is set-up in his office for everyone to see and comment. Why did my Mom style my hair like that for every fancy picture? My sister and I had a LOT of matching dresses growing up, and unlike lots of children, I LOVED them. Yes, I loved this dress.

Day 11 of the October Photo Challenge is something blue.

My ink color of choice is blue and my doodle of choice is the heart or many hearts. I doodled this little jem today while on the phone for something… I can’t remember what though. I taught myself how to draw hearts like that when I saw Madonna do it in her signature on something MTV aired a when I was in Jr. High. I didn’t want to be Madonna or anything, I just though drawing hearts without lifting your pen was way cooler than drawing one half and then the other and I needed to be cool like that. Totally!

Day 6 - From A Low Angle

Day 6 of the October Photo Challenge is from a low angle.

I kept my eye out for a great photo to take from a low angle yesterday and I just wasn’t happy with anything I found. Then this morning while I was pumping gas I noticed this palm tree, with the sun behind it, from across the lot. I may have gotten a few odd looks from the other gas station patrons, but I don’t care because I’m pretty happy with how this picture turned out.

Day 5 – From a High Angle

Day 5 of the October Photo Challenge is from a high angle.

It’s still raining here in “Sunny Southern California”. It’s kinda fun, since we don’t get rain all that often, and I really like my umbrella. It’s a Totes umbrella with the Open/Close function. The Open/Close function is the best invention since sliced bread, it makes getting in and out of my car SO much easier! I bought this multi-colored polka dot beauty a few years ago at Target because I knew it would match most of my outfits. Yes, I like it when my umbrella matches my clothes and since I wear a LOT of black with punches of color, this works perfectly :)

Day 4 – Something Green

Day 4 of the October Photo Challenge is clouds.

Everything is green around me. It’s not cold enough for the foliage to have died off yet… or it doesn’t get the cold around here anyway. Our street signs are green, shoot most of our signs are green. It was hard to find something not completely obvious that was green. I tried to think of something ecologically smart as something “green” or something new, but I couldn’t think of something clever enough. Yes, that’s right. I may not have the photo skills of other people in this challenge, so I’m trying to be clever, sue me… but please don’t.

Anywhoodle, I had to take a different route to work this morning because it was raining and my windshield wipers are were broken. Broken in that they were so old and worn the blades had fallen of the the holders. Ghetto, I know. So I stopped by the VW dealership on my way to work to purchase new wipers and have the parts guy replace them for me in a covered area. You guys, new wipers are AWESOME! They clear off the water so well, it’s like magic. On my way to work from the dealership I have to take the 405 freeway, which was bumper to bumper the whole way. I stopped by this exit sign for a bit and decided it was my “something green”. I liked it because the sign is very “Southern California” or what a lot of people think of when I tell them where I live. “Do you know the kids from Laguna Beach?” (No) However, it’s raining, which is very NOT “Southern California”.

Day 3 - Clouds

Day 3 of the October Photo Challenge is clouds.



This is my view by proxy, so to speak. This is the view from my co-worker, Yolanda’s office, and I sit right outside her office. There is a window in the wall between use, so I can see her view. They really did it so Yolanda could see anyone who came into the office from her desk, but I like to think it was so I could have a view too :) She just came back from the restroom to find me taking this picture through our binds. I said, “I’m doing a photo challenge this month for my blog and today is clouds.” She didn’t question it and just said, “okay”. I think she is used to my shenanigans.

Day 2 – What you wore today…

Day 2 of the October Photo Challenge. Since I had SO MUCH trouble taking a picture of myself yesterday, I decided to interpret today's challenge a little differently than I think it was implied. Today (and pretty much everyday) I wore Lolita Lempicka perfume.

To take this picture I used the "The FudgeCan" in the Retro Camera App, on my Android phone.

Day 1 – Self-portrait

Oh look, another 30 day photo challenge! Remember this photo challenge Nellie at Our Wire Lives and I started? Well, it starts today. Can you believe it’s already October? I can’t. I’m extra excited for this photo challenge because there are SO MANY other fabulous bloggers participating. If you’d still like to participate it’s not too late. Here’s the list of photos below, from White Peach Photo, take a picture of yourself and let’s get this thing going!

Seriously, THIS is the best self-portrait I could take of myself! I think part of my problem is I had to take this with my cellphone because the cord to hook my point and shoot to my computer is at work. Excuses, excuses I know, but I did figure out that I could take my picture in the medicine cabinet. Go me :)

October Photo Challenge

Okay, so we all know I’ve been doing a daily photo dealy here for the month of September. It’s fun, it’s getting me in the blogging groove again, I like it! And, from the comments I’ve received, I think you like it too :) Where am I going with this? If you can’t tell by the title of this post, I’ll be participating in another photo challenge in October.

Source: whitepeachphoto.com via Merissa on Pinterest via Our Wired Lives

Many of the photos really do look like a challenge. I might actually have to use my point and shoot camera, instead of my phone’s camera. Are you interested in participating in this challenge too? Let know Nellie, over at Our Wired Lives, know by commenting in her post here :) We’re tying to get a list together so we can all link to each others blogs throughout the month of October.

P.S. I’m planning on an design photo challenge for November, but I’m still working that out in my head. Would you be interested?