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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ April 17-23

Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them. ~ Marc Jacobs. Clothing has neither identity nor gender. We assign that. SATURDAY Off to a baby shower so in a fancy get-up. This dress feels better than the sister-wife one last week. And I’m gonna have to get over my mental hurdle about
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Spring Wedding Guest Outfits: Plus Size & Otherwise

I have a wedding to go to in May. I so rarely have an occasion like this that I really have nothing appropriate to wear. On my best day I’m not a fancy dresser…so finding something wedding-appropriate is a challenge. I guess I have to suspend my “I want to dress like a boy”
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Week in Review: Week 266

Goal for the Week: Go SOMEWHERE besides “straight home” every day. For once I ACTUALLY got all most of my blog work done over the weekend so I have the luxury of a little more time after work. It’s getting pretty out now, flowering trees are blooming, bulbs are flowering. There are
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ April 10-16

“I say, please dress to please yourself. Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says ‘Here I am!’ today” ~ Iris Apfel SATURDAY Well, THIS was a day! Remember last week when I didn’t do Week in Review cuz really all there was to say was anxietyanxietyanxiety?
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Product Review: Foot Peel Mask

For months I’ve been seeing bloggers touting the miracle that is The Foot Peel Mask and I’ve been like yeah, right. Supposedly this product will take the most hardened, calloused feet and make them baby smooth again. My feet used to be really bad cuz I was a barefoot girl. If I wasn’t
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Torrid Plus Size Spring Try-On Haul

Now that I’ll be back in the office full-time, the search continues for spring/summer work clothes in my new aesthetic. Torrid had a nice selection of plus-size tops for spring, so…let’s do this. The past few years have been very dress-y (not DRESSY, but “dress full”) and…sort of boho-y tops. I definitely
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The Most Worn Clothing Items in My Wardrobe

How to Create a Functional Wardrobe from Just Ten Items It’s Saturday and I’m wearing my cream cashmere v-neck today. I was thinking about how often I wear it. NOTE: There are some things I don’t wear as often as I like because sharing my daily outfits with the internet compels me
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ April 3-9

Me again. Wearing clothes. April is a tough month clothing-wise because of the temps. It’s too cool to wear summer things, and too hot for most winter things. I have about a minute before I get too hot so I never have many clothes for this exact time of year. And I
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The Life-Changing Magic of Normalizing Your Appearance

Are you super critical of how you look in photos? Do you avoid having your picture taken at all costs? You are not alone. However, I’d like you to consider something: it may be more than just thinking you look old, fat, unattractive, etc. It may that you’re just not used to
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Week in Review: Week 265

My last week of work from home + some vacation days + second corona vaccine. Hopes are high that there will be something of actual interest to share this week. Fingers crossed. MONDAY So Fashion Schlub is a Fitness Blog Now Today was The Big Reveal to see if my new training
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ March 29-April 2

The one where I wear a different plus size outfit every day…complete with critique. This is my last week of work-from-home (a moment of silence, please). In looking back over the outfits from the past nine months, my “work” style has definitely gotten more casual. And there are outfits that worked on work-from-home
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What I Bought: March

The One Where I Tried REALLY REALLY Hard to Get Some New Things for Spring BUT. Online shopping is sort of like a savings account for me. I send them $100, they send me things, then I send them back the things and they send me back the $100. EXCEPT FOR (prepare
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Styling Session: Layering Denim Jackets

Denim jacket. Jean jacket. Trucker jacket. All the same thing. And as many names this item has, it has at least as many uses. And styles. And colors! This timeless item can be worn multiple and makes a great layering piece. Of course, you can wear it just as a jacket… Add
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Week in Review: Week 264

Week 264 for Fashion Schlub. Week 3,132 for Bettye. MONDAY I’m working from home and just made a little scallion omelet. I have never been able to make good eggs. I feel there’s a fine line between overcooked and undercooked…and my eggs are always somehow BOTH. I will share this little cooking
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ March 22-27

What’ch’yall wearing this first week of spring?? SATURDAY I woke up this morning and thought…WWKTD (bonus points if you get the acronym)?? I’ve had both this olive green tee and grey cardigan for many years…and it has never occurred to me to put them together. But after doing my recent “Inspired By” post,
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Nordstrom Trunk Club: Spring Plus Size Try-On Haul

For the past few months I’ve been declining my Nordstrom Trunk Club boxes because the previews were so off the mark I was just like PASS. In theory, it’s a great service. It’s a monthly “try things out” subscription, that’s free of charge if you have a Nordstrom credit card. If you
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Spring Not Spring: Transitional Style

March 20 officially marked The First Day of Spring but Mother Nature cannot be rushed. She takes her own sweet time when moving from one season into another. I think we’re always so sick and tired of The Current Season that we’re ready to jump on The New Season as soon as
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Week in Review: Week 263

Week in Review posts keep getting longer and longer. Since I’m doing less, I’m thinking more. Note: the pictures throughout are from my day in the city with Katie cuz that’s really the only thing I did this week. That wasn’t just in my head. MONDAY Grammys: The Morning After I think I finally
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ March 15-19

Plus size dressing for the last full week of winter. Rejoice. SATURDAY It’s a deli out/rest of the day in day. Squeezing in another wearing of the black turtleneck black jeans combo I love before it gets too warm. This is like when my mother used to say “you really need to
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Inspired by: Kim Taehyung

This month’s style inspiration is Kim Taehyung, “V” of BTS. Yes, he’s a guy. Ha. Lately, men’s wear seems more inspiring to me than women’s. And he has a flair for fashion that I find very appealing. Taehyung’s looks range from casual to, for lack of a better term, dapper. While he
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