Week in Review: Week 93
Thanksgiving is behind us and now we’re racing ahead to Christmas – and if not Christmas, what holiday (if any) will you be celebrating this winter? I feel like every year I hear about more different holidays, and really, growing up, I only heard about *my* holidays, and since that’s all my family celebrated, that’s all I knew there was. I’m so grateful that school-children these days are being taught about many different ethnicities and what they celebrate. That’s a big step towards future inclusivity.
It’s weird, in some ways I feel we’re – humanity as a whole – getting so much better about accepting that there are people that are different than we are and accepting them as just as valued? Entitled? Not sure of the right word there, but…that we ALL have a place here. No one is more entitled than anyone else…and no one is less entitled. In theory. Because in many ways I feel we’re going way off the rails as far as valuing everyone equally, and treating them equally. And *I* certainly don’t know what the answer is – but education is a big part of it.
Whoa. That got real serious real fast. Just thinking of the holidays got me started.
Anyway. This week! The highlight was definitely doing a photo shoot with Jennifer of Peanut&Pip Photography…with Caleb. Her photography is amazingly beautiful and I’m thrilled with the outcome (it looks like WordPress is mucking with photo quality here). My boy is getting so old and while I have tons of pictures of him, I don’t have any nice pictures of us. And I will treasure this forever.
It’s getting more and more challenging for me to catch sunsets these days, but I did get to see this lovely sky on my way home that day.
Work outfits for the week ahead.
My weekly hair update, ha. It’s coming in…interesting how varied the color and growth rate is all around my head.
Really making an effort to see as many sunsetty skies as possible. It gives me a chance to just take a moment and go, ahhhhh.
I loved this cardi from Gwynnie Bee. You’ll see it more in an upcoming blog post.
Up early working at the computer…and the kids were hanging out behind me.
Another OOTD from this week. I realized I was wearing a lot of solids on solids and they needed something to break up the big expanse of “solid colored boob area,” either a necklace or a scarf. After this summer I certainly have no shortage of scarves, so…Plus, it was an exceptionally balmy day for November and I got one more day of bare legs in. Yay.
Say it with me now….AHHHHHH.
The current state of things. I’ve still got some boxes around but at least they’re pretty. My goal is to have the living room totally devoid of boxes before the Christmas tree arrives. I better get on that!
And my Big News (ha)…I’m doing Vlogmas this month on my Fashion Schlub YouTube channel. Now, I’m almost embarrassed to mention it cuz the production quality is so so bad…BUT I really hope that by doing a vlog Every Single Day for the next 24 days I will have improved, at least in some areas. Anyway, the quality has nowhere to go but up, so…that’s something to look forward to! They’re short, just sort of a look at my day, a little fashion, a little miscellaneous. If you’re interested, here’s Vlogmas Day 1 (please have very low expectations, ha). And I would love if you would leave a comment on the page or a “thumbs up”!
Stacey
I’m so excited about Vlogmas!! And hair growth! And earrings!!
Fashion Schlub
Oh my!!!
Iris Smale
Love, love, love the photo of you and Caleb. He always looks like such a sweetie. You’re looking good yourself. The video (I know, it has a fancy name but I couldn’t remember when I started typing) – was interesting. Love seeing the animals and watching your day. Love the ear rings.
Fashion Schlub
Ha, the earrings, I forgot to take a picture later, but I did wear them in this morning’s shoot so you’ll see them then. I really liked them! Thanks for watching Vlogmas (Vlogging everyday til Christmas).
Chris
I absolutely LOVE the photo of you and Caleb. The colors, depth, both of you.
Fashion Schlub
Thanks! I’m so thrilled with it!
Karen
Who was that rude dog climbing on your table 🙄 Everything else was fabulous!
Fashion Schlub
He’s just checking stuff out!
Nancy
What a view! I did say aaahhhh😂😂😂😂😂 is that near your house? And what a great earrings! Beautiful!
Fashion Schlub
Hey, Nancy! Yes, I live in a waterfront town on the north shore of Long Island, though I do not live directly on the water myself. But that harbor and park are a half-mile from my apartment so I can do a drive-by most days and see something “ahhh-like.” I wore the earrings yesterday in a shoot so they’ll show up on the blog soon – and they did exactly what I’d hoped – swing and sway! I love them. So glad I treated myself! I find it hard to spend money on jewelry but my jewelry wardrobe has dwindled down to practically nothing in the past few years so decided it was time for a couple new quality pieces.
What’s your favorite thing to treat yourself to?
Bettye