STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

janey831 · Kate Spade

Morning Routine?

Kitty · Hermes

Wake up
Jump in the shower
blow dry my hair
put on make-up
get dressed
drive to work
set my stuff down at my desk
boot up my computer
go get coffee/breakfast
come back to desk and check email while eating/drinking

lynnie · Chanel

Wake up at 7:30

stay in bed til 8:30, maybe browse the internet/read news in this time

walk around, sit, maybe make breakfast or pack lunch

stand in front of my closet for about 5 mins

Put on makeup for about 3 mins

leave at 9:15 and grab coffee/breakfast on way most of the time...

I feel like I could use a more productive/relaxing routine. I may start going for a run in the morn once it gets warmer a few times a week.

Escrime · Kate Spade

I have stopped staying up late and finishing work, and just have started getting up earlier to do work (I do a lot of stuff with documents), and although it's hard to get up at first, it makes the day go better and I get enough time to wake up.

So now, it's usually:

4:45 a.m., wake-up
then I work for a bit
then go work out for about an hour
then shower and go to downtown DC and do some work I have to do there.

I am usually back at my home office by about 9:30 or 10:00, so I either take a nap or figure out what I want to do for the rest of the day (usually study or work)

LoMish · Kate Spade

I'm sure my routine will change soon when I start having to get to work earlier.

When I need to wash hair:

Set alarm 7am
Snooze till 7:30
Shower, put on makeup and dry/style hair till 8:10
Make coffee, eat breakfast while browsing the internet till 8:25
Dressed and out the door by 8:40

wicked · Coach

5:00 Wake up. Turn on coffee pot. Turn on computer. Make breakfast. Check email and nytimes.
5:30 Shower.
6:00 Get dressed
6:20 Putz around making lunch, putting on makeup, doing hair, cleaning up.
6:40 Drive to work

AllieGurl · Marc Jacobs

wake up
start coffee
take dogs on walk
feed dogs
drink coffee
turn on today show
take shower
pack lunch
make to-go coffee

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

- Hear the alarm (6:30)

- hit snooze 5-7 times

- look at the clock and lament at how late it is (7:15)

- cry

- get up, choose clothing

- brush teeth

- wash face/moisturize/apply makeup (if time)

- curl ends of hair (trying to take showers at night)

- grab whatever needs to come with me and rush out the door with not enough time to get to work before 8. I'm late almost every day.

Stealing the following from kitty:

- drive to work
- set my stuff down at my desk
- boot up my computer
- prepare and eat breakfast and drink coffee
- come back to desk and check email while eating/drinking

* I read a wonderful tip for helping you get going in the morning and support good energy throughout the day. As soon as you wake up, walk to the kitchen, pour yourself a glass of water, chug it. Simple as that. Doing this makes such a huge difference! You can still drink coffee if you need it, but do it after you drink the water.

jettie · Kate Spade

Alarm at 6am
Snooze until 630
Make Coffee
Shower (usually don't wash hair in the morning)
Drink coffee/do work email/watch news
Makeup
Leave for work by 745

Suasoria · Chanel

Amazing that nobody sits on the toilet in the morning but me...

Get up sometime between 6:45-7:15. The alarm is set for 7:21 but I am usually wide awake before then.

As soon as I get up I take a swig of sunflower oil and swish it around while I begin my day. (Google "oil pulling" if you're curious, don't bother if you're not.)

Get paper if DH hasn't, grab crossword and sudoku, make a cup of tea. Enjoy alone time in the bathroom.

Check on cat's breakfast progress (DH has already fed her, but I sometimes slip her seconds).

Finish as much as I can of the tea, puzzles and anything else worth reading in the paper until about 7:40, when DH is done in the shower.

Brush teeth, take shower, get dressed, do makeup and hair - done with all this by 8:10 or 8:15 if I'm really running late.

Check on cat's breakfast progress. Get my own breakfast, finish with the newspaper while eating. I may squeeze another half cup out of my teabag if I can.

Unload the dishwasher and load in the breakfast dishes. Pack a snack if I don't have lunch plans. Gather my things and get out of the house around 8:30. However, DH and I carpool, so if he's running late, it could be closer to 8:45.

On the whole it's a pretty relaxed schedule but still routinized, if that makes sense. Like it upsets me if I'm too rushed to finish the crossword puzzle...I feel like my whole day is wrong. But I won't check email in the morning or turn on the television, because those are major timesucking no-nos for me.

cahabo · Kate Spade

7:30 - wake up
7:32- go potty
7:34- get dressed
7:44- comb hair
7:45- plug in flat iron and then put on makeup
7:50- do hair
8:00- make chocolate Instant Breakfast
8:02- sit in front of the computer and check e-mail, etc. while drinking my breakfast
8:15- brush teeth, put on lip balm
8:20- gather my bags and things
8:25- out the door hoping I don't have to take the ice scrapper to the windshield!

Of course timing is approximate, and actual routine might slightly vary.

AllieGurl · Marc Jacobs

Suasoria wrote:

As soon as I get up I take a swig of sunflower oil and swish it around while I begin my day. (Google "oil pulling" if you're curious, don't bother if you're not.)

Interesting. How long do you swish the oil for? and how long have you been doing this? Tell me what positive changes you have had , I am def curious about this!

atlgirl · Gucci

I work from home, so most days I am in no rush to get out the door for anything.

Wake up between 6 and 8 a.m. (most days I aim for 7 a.m., some days I am up by 6 and some right around 8)

Wash face

eat breakfast at computer while checking e-mail and news

brush teeth and put contacts in

start working. usually this means paperwork / phone calls / light stuff in the mornings, and actual physical work in the afternoons. most days i am in sweatpants and a tee because the physical work sometimes gets dirty/messy, so there's no point to dress up for it

showers usually take place sometime in the afternoon unless i have appointments or need to run errands earlier in the day, then i'll shower in the morning

lizardbreath · Nine West

* I read a wonderful tip for helping you get going in the morning and support good energy throughout the day. As soon as you wake up, walk to the kitchen, pour yourself a glass of water, chug it. Simple as that. Doing this makes such a huge difference! You can still drink coffee if you need it, but do it after you drink the water.

I read that as well in 'French Women Don't Get Fat'. She says that if you drink coffee first, you are creating a deficiancy as the coffee will dehydrate you. I do this now and feel better when I do!

Morning Routine:
Put in Contacts
Drink Water
Take Shower
Moisturize
Bow Dry/Diffuse Hair
Get Dressed (If I pick clothes out the night before it saves time and I dress much nicer)
Push button on Remote Car Starter ()
Put on makeup
Make lunch
Kiss Honey
Drive to work

small fry · Chanel

I work 2-10 but I still get up by 6a.

Alarm goes off at 6a, but the baby is usually our alarm, he is up at 6

Potty

go warm the baby bottle-sometime DH has already done this, he wakes up earlier on some days

put coffee on-- sometime DH has already dont this for me

make sure oldest gets out the door to bus on time

drink coffee while baby drinks his bottle

browse the computer and watch the today show

feed baby breakfast and enjoy when he takes his morning nap @ 8

later run errands if needed , cook supper for my guys, make bottles

shower get ready for work about 1230

Sandy · Kate Spade

*Wake up, put in contacts
*Wash face and hands
*Hair and make up
*Get dressed
*Pack breakfast and lunch
*Eat a piece of fruit and watch the 6:00 news
*Brush teeth
*Watch Roseanne until BF comes to pick me up (we carpool) some time between 6:30 and 7:00, usually closer to 7...

Once I get to work:
*Start up computer
*Put lunch and breakfast in fridge
*Check work email
*Browse a few websites
*Work until 10, then take a break and eat breakfast

blubirde · Chanel

Alarm at 7:30
Snooze until 8:15 (or 8:30 if I'm terribly sleeply, i.e. lazy)
Teethbrushing, face washing, etc. (shower at night)
Put on whatever makeup time allows for
Brush hair and/or spray some Ojon if my hair is looking a bit dirty
Get dressed
Get food prepared for the day at 8:52ish (breakfast and lunch for work)
Out the door around 9:03
Work at 9:15ish (supposed to be in at 9)

Stare at the wall for a few minutes wondering how the day already started (until 9:30ish)

TheLovelyLady71 · Hermes

I have 2 alarms (5:30 and 6:15am CST) that go off, and I don't ACTUALLY wake up to either one of them. LOL

Wake up between 6:45 - 6:55am CST
Use the bathroom!!! (forgot about that! LOL)
Shower (if I don't the night before)
Brush teeth/wash face
Get dressed (hoping NOT to have any wardrobe ISSUES!!!)
Put on make-up
Grab my lunch (if I take any that day), and other stuff
Out the door and on my way to work

I TRY to get to work before 8am, even tho' I should be here at 7:30. I try to get here no later than 7:45, but that doesn't always happen......

-- Edited by TheLovelyLady71 at 12:51, 2009-03-04

Boots · Gucci

7:00 Alarm goes off
7:20-ish get out of bed once weather has been read on radio & turn on the coffee maker
7:25 Shower & think about what I'm going to wear
7:35 Dry hair (straighten hair if I have time) while watching morning news (can't hear it
with the dryer though)
8:00 Get dressed & put on makeup
8:15 Eat breakfast (in front of TV morning shows and while reading the paper)
8:45 Brush teeth & take vitamin
8:55 Run out the door to drive to work
9:15 Get to work

I am NOT a morning person so all of this is accomplished without saying more than one or two words to anybody fooloish enough to try to talk to me.

subwolley · Kate Spade

pollyjean23 wrote:

- Hear the alarm (6:30)
- hit snooze 5-7 times
- look at the clock and lament at how late it is (7:15)
- cry
- get up, choose clothing
- brush teeth
- wash face/moisturize/apply makeup (if time)
- curl ends of hair (trying to take showers at night)
- grab whatever needs to come with me and rush out the door with not enough time to get to work before 8. I'm late almost every day.

* I read a wonderful tip for helping you get going in the morning and support good energy throughout the day. As soon as you wake up, walk to the kitchen, pour yourself a glass of water, chug it. Simple as that. Doing this makes such a huge difference! You can still drink coffee if you need it, but do it after you drink the water.

This is excatly my morning routine. However when I get to work, I zone out for about half an hour reading emails and surfing the web before I start work.