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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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Week in Review: Week 262

More thoughts from today and photos from the past. MONDAY Really? Monday? Again? Could you stop?? TUESDAY It Feels Like Spring. I wrote a “poem that’s not a poem/lyrics without a song” thing while I was driving home from work with the windows down. It’s called “Driving with the Windows Down.” I
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ March 6-12

The weather changes Cool one day, warm the next Who knows what to wear! SATURDAY Uhm. Uh. The dog ate it. SUNDAY Went for a walk at a local arboretum with a friend. It was cold, but I get so warmed up with any physical activity, that I opted to walk sans
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Life After Covid: Dressing for a Fresh Start

Oh, that’s a painful title. Apologies. This post is inspired by Julia over at When the Girls Rule. She was feeling philosophical as the date of her first vaccine was approaching and feeling like maybe, just maybe, all THIS was coming to an end. As I’m writing this, tomorrow is the day
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Where Bloggers Live: DIY? Who, Me?

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 workspaces, homes, towns, and more! This month’s theme is: Crafting slash DIY.
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Week in Review: Week 261

This week, in the absence of pictures of anything new (cuz there’s nothing) (new), I’m sharing some old ones I found while cleaning out/organizing old pictures, and finally combining all the contents of four external hard drives onto ONE. A project 10+ years in the making. MONDAY Grateful for a day with
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Plus Size Outfit of the Day ~ Feb 27-March 5

Another week of getting dressed. SATURDAY The one where I matched the walls. Score. PROS * Happy for the opportunity to wear a lighter jacket instead of a heavy coat * Pretty happy with the overall look for a “doing-nothing” weekend day CONS * I like and don’t like the army green
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What I Bought In February

Well, this month was A Great Big Fail. Trying so hard to Get the Things, and…the universe is just against me at every step. But I did remember to photograph everything before sending it back so…whatever. First of all can I just say WHY DO YOU HATE ME, CLOTHING GODS?!? How long
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My Existential Style Crisis

This is gonna be a long one. Grab a change of clothes and your toothbrush, you’re gonna hafta stay over. Like so many, I have gone through numerous iterations of “style” over the course of my lifetime: Teenage Wanna-be Preppy Horsey I Lost a Bunch of Weight so I’ll Wear All the
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