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Work from Home Wardrobe ~ June 8-12

No theme this week. Just dressing on a whim. MONDAY I dressed to shoot my “column dressing” post…and just left this on when I went out for a bagel. Not exciting but it did the job. TUESDAY Dressed for sitting on the patio much of the day watching work webinars…and to make
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Where Bloggers Live: Outdoor Space

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? Over the next few months, a group of seven bloggers will be sharing their workspaces, their homes, towns and more! Make
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Style Session: Column Dressing

What the heck is column dressing?? It’s a super-easy formulaic method of putting together outfits. I’d bet you’ve already done it and just didn’t know it had a name. Step One: Put together a top and bottom in matching colors. Black top, black bottom, White top, white bottom. Grey top, grey bottom.
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Week in Review: Weeks 221-222

MONDAY Memorial Day. It was a quiet day. But these sort of “backyard party” holidays are always quiet for me…and I like it that way. I piddled, read, shot two outfits, spent too much time hunting down things I never found, spent too much time trying to figure out what’s wrong with
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What I Bought in May

I really deliberated about whether or not I should do this month’s “What I Bought” post. It was originally scheduled for Friday, June 5, and I canceled it because…it just seemed too trivial for the moment. And that gave me some time to think more about it, which I’m glad of, because
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Work from Home Wardrobe ~ June 1-5

A) It’s JUNE! Wow. Let actual summer dressing begin. B) There were two votes for florals this week, so florals it shall be. MONDAY I found my khaki linen pants, yay! They’re too big, boo! Maybe next time I have laundry access I’ll throw them in a warm wash and through the dryer
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Throwback Thursday: Finding Stillness

I really like the Facebook “Memories” feature, where they pull up and share with you all your posts from previous years on a specific date. It’s fun to look back and see what you did on this date a year ago, two years ago, ten years ago! I find it interesting how
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%*%^$!# Week in Review

Yes, there’s a “normal” Week in Review in my drafts…but I’ll get to that another time. I couldn’t address this particular “week in review” without addressing the disturbing issues that have been publicized in the past week…and the ones that have been unpublicized for hundreds of years. DISCLAIMER:  I am not normally
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Ageless Style: Rules Were Made to Be Broken

Welcome to this month’s Ageless Style linkup where each month, ten different women share their sense of style based on one person’s theme. This month the Ageless Style theme was left up to Yours Truly and I decided on “Rules Are Made to Be Broken,” because, well, They Are! Speaking in a
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Work from Home Wardrobe ~ May 25-29

The theme of the week, chosen by Jodie, was Stripes! MONDAY Happy Memorial Day. That never sounds right to me. “Happy.” Wishing you a Respectful Memorial Day! A Thoughtful Memorial Day? There’s got to be a better way to phrase that. Anyway, in observance of Memorial Day, I am wearing red, white
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The Anti-Shopping List

This is a) a continuation of “How To Create the Perfect Wardrobe for YOU” and b) a repeat post from 2018. I know there are new readers and I feel it’s valuable information so I thought I would re-share. ******************************************************************** We all know how to make a shopping list. It’s a list
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Style Session: 3 Casual Ways to Style a Striped Tee

If you’ve got a striped tee in your dresser drawer but you’re not quite sure what to do with it, I’ve got you covered today with three easy casual outfit ideas that will take you from the gym to the office (or home office)! I do think a striped tee shirt is
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Match Made in Seven: Steel Magnolias

Welcome to the monthly edition of Match Made in Seven! We are an international group of fashion bloggers who meet virtually once a month. One of us chooses a theme each month, and that can be anything: a book, music, a color, a movie. And then we all style an outfit based
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Week in Review: Week 220

MONDAY Whoa. So much for my “gentle Monday” theory, ha ha. Fast-paced nonstop all day. The good news is I got a grocery delivery in under 24 hours…and I didn’t have to deal with the anxiety of going into the market in the mask. Woot woot. AND I had the Best Photo
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Work from Home Wardrobe ~ May 18-22

Monday You already saw this. It’s all downhill from here. Tuesday You gotta kiss a lot of frogs before you find Just The Right Outfit. This was me thinking MAYBE a sweater would look cute over this denim dress. NOPE. Good thing I didn’t really have to go anywhere! Wednesday I left
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How to Create YOUR Perfect Wardrobe: Part 2

Part 1 of this series is here, if you didn’t read it yet. Go ahead. We’ll wait. Part 2 is the more fun part, to be sure. It’s the Planning & Purchasing phase. So I’m going to assume you’ve completed Part 1, and your wardrobe now contains only things you love to wear,
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Dressing for A Chilly Spring Day

Me: It’s spring! Winter: I’M NOT DEAD YET! (<- name that reference) After this warm, sunburn-inducing weekend, today we were back to chilly temps. I wanted to wear my cute new Loft top…but it was a bit chilly for short sleeves, so I added the cream cardigan. I ended up with sort
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Week in Review: Week 219

Monday Mondays seem to be the “just right-est” days of the week, somehow. Like last week, there was just enough work to do to fill the day without feeling pressured or rushed. I give this day a 3.75/5. That’s pretty good for a workday! I thought I was going to get outside
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Work from Home Wardrobe ~ May 11-15, 2020

MONDAY In my ongoing effort to wear “the things I never wear,” I pulled this striped Old Navy tee dress out of a tub of TINW. I’ve had it four years and it has shrunk a bit so it’s just a little snugger around my mid-section than I normally like, but…I’ve been
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