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Style Session: Pattern Mixing

Happy Wednesday! Ooh, look at me all perky! I actually got OUTSIDE this afternoon and it was a beautiful day. I guess I needed a little of that. Or, to be more honest, my joy is probably mostly brought on by the fact that I got a big ‘ol tub of chicken from

Match Made in Seven: All Dressed Up With No Place to Go

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

Week in Review: Week 216

MONDAY Janey is always ready for the next zoom call. This is a fun app on Google Arts & Culture that takes your picture (or a picture you took of anything) and reproduces it as different styles of art. That’s me! TUESDAY This photographer Austin Paz on Instagram has some really beautiful

Work From Home Wardrobe ~ April 20-24

MONDAY Work from home Day 21. Thought I was going to run errands this afternoon so was going to come up some new outfit…then we were going to have a zoom meeting rightaway so I just threw something on the fast. Then, no zoom meeting and I talked myself out of erranding. It’s

Styling a Plus Size Leopard Dress Two Ways: for Office and Casual

Whee, I actually bought something new…and kept it!!!  I’ve been doing a LOT of returning this month…which is hard when I’m not working at school because I don’t have mail pick-up here at the apartment, so I have to take things to the post office, and I’m trying to only go out once

Old Dogs New Tricks

I’ve never believed in the adage that old dogs (or humans) can’t learn new tricks. I’ve had old dogs that learned new tricks! I’ve had dogs that only started learning tricks when they were old! And I love learning new things. From experience, I know that I suck at many of the new things

Week in Review: Week 215

MONDAY nervous weather day erranding through the puddles grateful to be home Today was a little hectic and I was a little frazzled between the weather and having to be “out in the world,” and a work project I was feeling unsure about. I had myself convinced I was having shortness of

Workday Wardrobe ~ April 13-17

MONDAY You’ll have to take my word for it that I did not look like a drowned rat all day. I had to go into work…and the pharmacy…and the post office…all while it was typhooning outside. Linen does not recover well from being rained on. I wore “business on top” because I

Evolution of an Outfit

Today I give you…The Evolution of an Outfit. Still thinking about wearing things I don’t often wear…I started with this dress that I love (and have had since 2015), but I only wear it in cold weather with tights and usually under a chunky blue cardigan. It’s a little short for me

What I’ve Been Reading: A Catch Up

Normally I put reviews of what I’ve been reading at the end of my Week in Review posts but that has just gotten away from me during #coronavirusdays. So I figured I’d do a separate little catch-up post. I’m not getting to read as much I’d hoped…and I’m not listening to any audiobooks since

How to Style a Plus Size Pleated Skirt

Remember the floral pleated skirt I got a couple weeks back? Well, I spent much of Sunday afternoon trying it on with every possible option in my closet. I’m going to talk through my thought process, what I did and didn’t like, what worked and what didn’t and why…and what the final

Week in Review: Week 214

TUESDAY (Monday was in last week’s Week in Review) (cuz god forbid you miss a day of MY scintillating life!) Uhm. Worked. Ooh, watched a new Netflix miniseries (well, I watched the first two (of four) parts. “Unorthodox.” Very good. Based on a true story about a young Jewish girl (19) making

Workday Wardrobe ~ April 6-10

MONDAY You already saw this day I worked at work so I could do my laundry – which seems far safer than going to the laundromat. And I just had to stop in this yummy light and do pictures. This was a fun outfit. TUESDAY Stayed inside all day in nightgown and

Where Bloggers Live: A Very Special Coronavirus Edition

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

Free’n’Easy

I mentioned recently that I’ve been using this “working from home” time to wear some things in my closet that I rarely reach for; to see if I can find a better way to style them or if it’s just time for me to pass them along to someone else who can

Week in Review: Week 213

MONDAY Work. Eat. Stretch. Pet the cat. Repeat. Breakfast: hamburger patty and hot tea. Lunch: Grilled cheese and limeade. Was busy and didn’t think of snacks. I had to go to the PO after work for a return so while I was out I drove around the pond, took my ootd picture,

Ageless Style Linkup: Outfit Challenged

Welcome to this month’s Ageless Style linkup where each month, ten women share their sense of style.  This month Sugana from Nzuri*N Simplicity suggested the theme Outfit Challenged.   We’ve all had clothing in our closet that we’ve hardly worn, yet we liked it when we bought it, so…what happened? And what

Workday Wardrobe ~ March 30-April 3

Going to challenge myself a bit this week by trying to wear things I don’t like or just don’t reach for often, to see if I still don’t like them, if there’s something I can do to help me like them, or…if it’s just time for them to go. MONDAY I got dressed

What I Bought: March 2020

Spending had to get back to normal this month. In recent months there has been “allowable excess spending due to Christmas,” an extra paycheck month, and a tax return month. It’s time to get it back under control. We Made a Garden by Margery Fish. This was a birthday gift for a

Do the Hokey Pokey

Outside the Box I love this outfit. I love the plaid with the floral. I love the harmonizing colors. I love the idea of it – shirt knotted at the waist. I love the juxtaposition of “dress” with “casual plaid flannel.” I wore it last Friday. Grocery shopping, erranding, etc. I felt perfectly
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