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California Vacation in Review & Travel Tips

This California trip recap preempts the weekly week in review post, as most of the week was in California. Plus, some packing and travel tips along the way. Speaking of packing, this was my first experience ever of having my suitcase weigh more than the 50-pound limit and I had to be
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Vacation Wardrobe ~ Feb 8-14

This is an extra added bonus version of Workday Wardrobe for this week only… Saturday Day One. We drove up to Los Angeles from San Diego to have dinner with more family…and spent the afternoon having lunch and browsing Melrose Ave, going into shops and people-watching. Maeve top from Anthropologie, size 26.
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Where Bloggers Love: Valentine’s 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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AsoRock Watches: A Company with a Conscience

I was approached a couple weeks ago by Ben from AsoRock Watches, an African luxury watch brand. But before I tell you about the watches, let me tell you what interested me in this company in the first place. It’s not just a watch company. The two young men who began AsoRock
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Week in Review ~ Week 205

This week was mostly trip and tax prep. Checking things off to-do lists. Staying up late and getting up late. Blah blah blah. All work and no play makes Bettye a very dull girl. AND THEN…. I was in California with my people! I got to San Diego late, late Friday night.
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Workday Wardrobe ~ Feb 3-7 2020

Monday This is a classic lazy day outfit. Black column base (jeans, tee) with contrasting piece over top, in this case, a grey cardigan. But it could have been the camel cardigan, the chestnut, the leopard print, a different grey cardigan, wine, olive…It’s a super simple formula that always works! I didn’t
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Week in Review ~ Week 204

Monday In response to someone asking how I was able to make time for all the stuff I do, I give you…My Monday Schedule (scintillating content right here, folks). 6-6:54am Hit snooze on alarm repeatedly 6:55-7:30 Rushed into shower/dressed/looked at cat/dried hair fast&crappily/left for work 7:45 Stopped for gas cuz gas light
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Ageless Style Linkup: Valentine’s Day for One

I’m pleased to have been invited to join 10 wonderful women over the age of 40 in the Ageless Style Linkup. The linkup runs the first Monday of each month and features an outfit based on a single theme, with a different theme each month. Each month, one of the co-hosts invites
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Workday Wardrobe Jan 27-31, 2020

MONDAY It was going to be mid-40s today. I can’t stop wearing this red plaid shirt. I’m back to wearing my OLD Adidas sneakers cuz I hate the way the Skechers look. I’m so vain. Red Plaid Sanctuary Blouse, size 3x. Also in straight and petite sizes here. Grey Charlotte Russe cardigan,
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January 2020

Wasn’t it just Christmas?? And now tomorrow is February. January passed in the blink of an eye. It’s all passing in the blink of an eye! I tried to squeeze a little more out of January than I’m usually able. For some reason, January/February always seem to bring Big Changes to my
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Match Made in Seven: Fashion Resolutions

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 203

This was a very (over?) thinky week. Work stuff, blog stuff, personal stuff. I didn’t do much outside the usual but it felt like a lot was going on. In my head, at least. On January 1 I started doing this (weird? obsessive-compulsive? amazingly organized?) thing where I write about every day
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Workday Wardrobe ~ Jan 22-24, 2020

There was no work Monday for Martin Luther King Day…and Tuesday I was so excited that I didn’t have to hurry home to take an outfit picture for #jan20x20 that I completely forgot I still need a picture for Workday Wardrobe! So I’m starting with Wednesday. WEDNESDAY I’m FREE! I’m FREE! No
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What Do YOU Want??

Usually in January I take it a little easy and think about what I want from the year ahead. But I’m finding it hard right now to just think and not do. I want to do all the things! Take all the pictures, write about all the bloggy things, be more creative
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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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