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Week in Review: Week 299

I feel I will have no think until I return home Wednesday, so how about we just look at the pictures til then, hmm?? SUNDAY 12.26.21 MONDAY 12.27.21 TUESDAY 12.28.21 WEDNESDAY 12.29.21 Annnnndddd…my flight home was canceled. Sigh. At least I’m getting lots of practice in on “going with the flow.” Rolling
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ Dec 18-24

SATURDAY True Confessions. This is what I wore yesterday…but I didn’t photograph it cuz when I got home that night I was in the grips of kidney stone hell and just wanted ALL THINGS OFF MY BODY so I could get in bed and try and zen my way through til the
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Week in Review: Week 298

MONDAY 12.20.21 Here’s what today was: A Big Nothing. Dumb work stuff. Grocery store. Continued working on 12,978,386 Korean vocab flashcards (there’s an app for that…but I still have to put all the words in there). The funny of the day was watching the new Korean tutor I want to use (our
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Week in Review: Week 297

The Weeks! They just keep on coming! MONDAY 12.13 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. TUESDAY 12.14 You ever have one of those days where you feel like everyone is annoyed at you?? Sigh. WEDNESDAY 12.15 Braved another haircut today, ha ha. I gave THE MOST EXPLICIT DIRECTIONS EVER. And
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ Dec 11-17

I’m finishing this up Friday night WITH A KIDNEY STONE so if there’s stuff missing (“if” = there is stuff missing), sorry. Kidney stone. SATURDAY   SUNDAY MONDAY This was one of those WHATAMIGONNAWEAR days cuz it was work…then into the city to walk around and look at Christmas things. So…from hot
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My First BTS Concert: Part 1

Sorry, it’s Just Too Much to put all in one post. November 28, 2021 – SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, California It’s been two-and-a-half weeks since the concert, and when I say I am not done processing it all, I mean that. There are so many elements to the day…and I think I’ll
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Week in Review: Week 296

MONDAY Oh, No! Matthew the Korean Tutor got a new job in S Korea and is going back there in January! Damn! He was so patient about going over and over and over and over and over things with me…and understanding about how long it takes my brain to retain something. I
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day~ Dec 4-10

After a very low-key weekend I think I’m feeling “normal” again. Relatively speaking. MONDAY Look at me, looking like someone that works in an office! Ha. I can clean up once in a while 🙂 I love this color blue paired with black. I call it French Blue but I have no
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Where Bloggers Live: Favorite Holiday at Home

  Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes? Every month a group of six bloggers share their work-spaces, homes, towns, and more! This month we’re sharing our favorite
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Week in Review: Week 295

AKA: Quite Possibly The Most Boring Post Ever. I was just trying to recover from the previous week and get my feet solidly on the ground. Why do I feel like I’ve been saying that for like 6 weeks? MONDAY 11.28 I got picked up by Uber at 4:30am and whisked off
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Week in Review: Week 294: Part 2: The Trip

My apologies. Part 2 could practically have Part A and Part B. This week was a LOT. Feel free to read half now and half later. Or just go have a doughnut and skip the whole thing, ha ha. WEDNESDAY, NOV 24 So. As you read in Part 1, I took little
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ Nov 21-Dec 3

This is two partial weeks combined, starting the weekend before Thanksgiving. I didn’t do any OOTDs while I was away. SATURDAY Gotta stay in today and clean and do trip-prep. Just running out for breakfast so….clothes. This is cozy on top…a little cool on the bottom, I’m craving thick warm cozy fleece
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Week in Review: Week 294: Part 1: Jane

AKA: The Week That Grabbed Me By the Throat and Slammed Me Down on the Ground a Bunch of Times…and Then Air-Lifted Me to Another World It’s just too much for one post…and I’m still gathering my thoughts of the past week…so this is Part 1. The “slam me on the ground”
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Week in Review: Week 293

Aiming for a quiet, structured week this week. Let’s see how that goes! MONDAY Went back to work today after vacation. A moment of silence, please. A friend reminded me that a few weeks (months? I have no concept of time anymore) ago I was on a good schedule of doing some
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day: Nov 15-19, 2021

I guess I’m back. I took a mental health break while on vacation last week…PLUS had hair trauma after my unfortunate haircut and just wanted to wear a paper bag over my head. I kind of still do but…I had to come back to work…and wear something other than the two outfits
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Week in Review: Week 292: Vacation Edition

MONDAY A piddly, indoor, study, internet rabbit hole day, with a break for the tutor from 6-7pm then watched the end of a so-so kdrama (yes, there are so-so ones). TUESDAY     Oh boy. I WISH it had just been a piddly, indoor, study, etc day. But no. I drove all
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Where Bloggers Live: Everybody’s Got One

  Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes? Every month a group of six bloggers share their work-spaces, homes, towns, and more! So…WHAT is it that everyone has??
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Month in Review: October 2021

Each week in October I would think, oh, maybe I will do a Week in Review post this week…but then I was like…but There’s Nothing to Review!!! So I opted to shield you from the relentless monotony of my days. Here’s what I did in October: Worked. Studied Korean. Did OOTD pictures/videos
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ Oct 30-Nov 5

Getting a little chilly out there. Just enough for light layering. But a tad too cool for dresses cuz bare legs. In my next life I will be able to reach my feet. SATURDAY Another week. Intentionally unplanned today. Well, I’m PLANNED, I’m just not GOING anywhere. This is a Stay Home
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Colors of Fall: Brown

I think brown gets a bad rap. People love the various shades of brown: khaki, camel, rust and chestnut, cognac, mahogany…but as soon as you say BROWN you get EW. But chocolate?? The warm lustre of old wood? A sleek seal brown horse? The perfect cup of dark coffee? Cascading brunette waves? A
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