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#Jan20x20 Wardrobe Challenge Review

From January 1-20 I participated in an online wardrobe challenge hosted by What Kate Finds. The challenge was to select 20 items from your wardrobe and wear only those items for 20 days (not including shoes, outerwear, accessories, or underwear). The challenge wrapped up this past Monday, January 20. I actually only
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Week in Review: Week 202

Straying from the usual format this week as really, nothing exciting is going on. I worked all week. One night I went to the market, another night I sat the car dealer for two hours getting a headlight replaced, one night I met friends at the diner for dinner. Bam. So, just some pictures
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Workday Wardrobe ~ Jan 13-17, 2020

I’m in full Week 2 of #jan20x20 challenge so I’m still working with a limited wardrobe. I’m still just at 17 items…and one of those busted through in the seat this week so I’m now down to 16. It’s okay. I feel confident I could do 20 days with fifteen items. It
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Life’s Gifts

It’s mid-January. In the northeast. And last weekend, both days, were between 65 and 70 degrees. That is a GIFT. Most weekends I try to do work (blog, apartment, etc) one day, and do something fun the other. To play BOTH days always sets me behind and I play catch-up all the
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How to Build a Responsible Wardrobe

And on that note, today I’m showing some items I’ve rented from nuuly.com, and jeans that I’ve had for five years. What I’m Wearing Laila Ruffled Blouse by Maeve via Anthropologie, size 3x. No longer available. Comparable here and here. Anthropologie Chestnut Faux Reptile Moto Jacket, size 2x. No longer available.  Comparable
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Week in Review: Week 201

Monday January 6 Love hanging in Barnes&Noble cafe leafing through expensive magazines. I try to sneak pictures of things I want to look up online later. Does anyone else do this? TUESDAY jAN 7 Taking down the Christmas tree is sad. Wednesday Jan 8 I love this little squirrel so much. Acai
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Workday Wardrobe ~ Jan 6-10, 2020

The first Workday Wardrobe of the new year, woohoo. I skipped it for a few weeks because I wasn’t working and my outfits were pretty much the same every day – leggings, sneakers, turtleneck. And I mean the same leggings, sneakers, and turtleneck. I have no problem wearing the same clothing day after
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Where Bloggers Live: Long Island, NY

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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Making Your List…and Checking It Twice

There is so much buzz going on around us right now about responsible shopping. I know I’ve touched on this before, but there are new readers all the time and I feel like some of this stuff can’t be said often enough. I watched The True Cost recently, the documentary that “pulls
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Week in Review: Week 200

Woohoo! 200th Week in Review post! Okay, settle down. Monday I did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING and it was heaven. I moved from the bed to the sofa around 11am and read and napped all afternoon. I think I might have gone out at some point for food. Tuesday – New Year’s Eve Ran
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My Best Buys of 2019

Lucky 13, ha ha! I have to say, I did a LOT of purchasing in 2019! Reason #1: The Move.  I do generally buy new of several kinds of things when I move: litterbox, dish drain, sheets, towels. But for this apartment I also needed a vacuum as the space is carpeted,
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Making It Work

Sometimes things “just work,” and….sometimes they don’t. I try Very Hard to only buy things that REALLY work. Some may think I’m too picky or too particular or that I dismiss too many options because they’re not PERFECT. And I would agree. I am picky. I am particular. And I deserve perfect. I’ve come a
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New Year New Resolutions

I’m taking a look back at my new year’s resolutions from the past decade…did they stick?? 2010 – Drink more! Ha. This was just after I’d left Suburban Mommy Life to start Bettye’s Big Adventure in Brooklyn and I felt I needed to go just a LITTLE bit wild! Plus, there was
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Week in Review: Week 199

monday After last week of full-on Go Go Go, I was grateful for this little quieter day. I slept in a little later than planned, but didn’t stress over it. Ran some errands, including going into TJ Maxx on Christmas Eve Eve (which my friend’s family calls Christmas Adam, ha ha), which
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Nordstrom Trunk Club Try-On Haul 12.27.19

In lieu of a Workday Wardrobe post this week, since there was no workday wardrobe…I thought I’d share my experience with my second Nordstrom Trunk Club trunk. Nordstrom Trunk Club is a subscription styling service through, you guessed it, Nordstrom. There is a $20 per trunk styling fee, unless you have a
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Developing Your Own Style

I have gone through so many phases of looks throughout my lifetime – some conscious and others that just sort of happened due to laziness, situation, or financial reasons: High School Horse Girl: Perpetually in corduroy jeans with docksiders and crewnecks over “popped-collar” polo shirts, and in warm weather, random tee shirts.
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Week in Review: Week 198

Get a snack. This is a long one. Monday Had a pretty productive day off… MONDAY DID * Slept straight through til 8am, lovely, then read on the sofa for 2 hours * Shoot two outfits for this week, done, shot THREE * Make shopping list to make chocolate bark for work
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Workday Wardrobe ~ Dec. 16-20

Workday Wardrobe is normally on Saturday, but it was pre-empted this week by Where Bloggers Live: A Very Special Holiday Edition. So…a Sunday Surprise, woohoo! tuesday                       I had the day off Monday so we’re starting with Tuesday. I can’t believe that
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Where Bloggers Live: A Very Special Holiday 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
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