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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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Match Made in Seven: Brown is the New Black

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 197

Wow, I’m almost to my 200th Week in Review. I realized a couple weeks ago that I’d hit my 500th blog post. Woohoo. This week, Monday-Friday was werkwerkwerkwerkwerk. Work has several projects that have GOT to be completed before the holiday break (this coming Friday is the last day before the break),
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Workday Wardrobe ~ Dec. 9-13, 2019

This is my weekly series where I take a look back at the outfits I actually wore every day to work. Monday I’m still loving this cream cashmere v-neck from Ellos.com, but for crying out loud, what is going on with my jeans?! Could they BE more baggy and wrinkled?? The legs
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Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone

I usually play it pretty safe with my style. Neutral colors, classic pieces. But sometimes I step outside my comfort zone a bit because something glittery caught my eye…or, more than likely these days, I saw a blogger wear it and I thought I MUST HAVE THAT (hence, the term “influencer,” ha
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Feeling Foxy

Seriously. What did you think you were going to see here?? Wearing a dress with a novelty fox print is about as foxy as I get! Wearing novelty prints can be A Lot of Fun, especially around the holidays. You can really express your personality! And if you’re wearing a doughnut-print dress on
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Weeks in Review: Week 195 & 196

Cuz I skipped last week. And I don’t really remember the specific timeline of the past two weeks so you’re just sorta getting…time passing in a random way. Thanksgiving morning’s orange glow. I like being able to see the pond again. Thanksgiving cupcakes. Hi. Afternoon. View out a coffee shop window. So
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Workday Wardrobe ~ Dec 2-6, 2019

This was not a fashiony week At All. It was a “just get some clothes on my body so I can leave the house” week. So set your expectations WAY low. Also, sunset’s like five minutes after I get home now so I took all my ootds in the living room. Ugh.
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Month in Review: November

I decided to do a pictorial Month in Review of November in lieu of an end-of-month Week in Review as there really has been just so little going on of interest. At first I was just going to do a “What I Wore This Month” wrap-up, but I know there were some
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Three Ways to Style a Ruana With ShopNational

What the heck is a Ruana, anyway? A Ruana is a poncho-style wrap – it’s heavier than a traditional wrap and has seaming like a poncho. Kind of like a blanket that your head and arms go through. They’re easy to throw over an outfit on cool days, less structured than a
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Workday Wardrobe ~ Nov 25-28

Monday Reunited…and it feels so gooood! She’s back! The missing green utility jacket! She was all rolled up in a long cardigan in a clothes hamper, so when I rifled through it, SHE was not be seen. But now she’s back. And just in time for this lovely weather we’re having. 50-60 is
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Fashion Schlub’s 2nd Annual Anti-Black Friday Extravaganza

Welll…maybe extravaganza is a slight exaggeration. I know there are a gazillion sales on Black Friday…and that people like to get a jump start on their holiday shopping on the extra day off from work. And I don’t want to be judgey about the folks that run out to the mall after
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Thanksgiving for One: Match Made in Seven

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 194

Monday Started watching season 3 of Atypical on Netflix. What a great show. And it doesn’t just appeal to me because of the autism connection. It’s not “a good show…for being about a kid with autism.” It’s A Good Show period. I love every character, every storyline. I’m trying not to binge
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Workday Wardrobe ~ November 18-22

Monday Dreary, rainy, but no camera club meant I could stay inside all day. This is the invisible Asos dress that I’ve had for five years…a vintage scarf that I can’t remember if it was my mother’s or my sisters…I love it because it has both warm and cool-toned autumnal colors, so
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Have You Seen My Green Jacket?

You know the one. The green utility jacket from Loft. I just showed it on an outfit last week! I have searched high and low. Where do these things go? (unintentional rhyming, but isn’t it fun when that happens??) Lately, I am losing lots of things. Things, words, memories. Does that ever
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Week in Review: Week 193

If you read last Wednesday’s post, you already know about my Monday, so we’ll just start from Tuesday. Tuesday I stayed home from work. I barely slept all night and after two nights of that I’m so so tired…and I’m achey from throwing up SO MUCH…and I’m still percoceting every four hours
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Workday Wardrobe ~ Nov 13-15

It was a short week due to unforeseen circumstances… Wednesday It was the first day back to work after the you-know-what…it was COLD…and I thought I would have Camera Club, so I dressed accordingly in a cozy mahogany boucle turtleneck sweater from Ulla Popken. It’s no longer available but here are some
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