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Lemons and Lemonade

So. I had this cute dress from Gwynnie Bee. Black cotton/poly knit with real embroidery all down the front, v-neck, lil cap sleeves. Very Johnny Was-esque. Very summer boho. I thought, I’ll Do A Shoot On the Little Beach. I’ll pose by the colorful kayaks and sit in my chair and splash
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My Summer Bucket List

Come on, you didn’t think I WASN’T going to have one, did you? I think summer is the perfect time to take on some new challenges…and to take advantage of warm weather opportunities. I’m trying to challenge myself a bit but not too much – I do want to have a relaxing
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Midsummer’s Eve: 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 172

We’re on Week 26 of 2019 – exactly halfway through. How did we get here So Fast? How is June practically GONE?! (Why are the question mark and exclamation point keys so far apart on the keyboard when they’re so often used together?! I think you could actually combine them and call
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Hey Doc! You Can’t Just Blame Everything on My Weight!

The backstory (in case you’re new here) So, regular readers will know that I went to the doctor recently. I don’t go to the doctor often. I go when I am incapacitated…or when I am in so much pain that I am incapacitated…so it’s really a measure of last resort for me.
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Three Things You MUST Have In Your Wardrobe

Things you love Things that are comfortable Things that make you feel good when you wear them Did you think I was going to say that you must have a white tee, a simple black dress and a pair of good denim?? *I* can’t tell YOU what will make your wardrobe work! Only
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Week in Review: Week 171

Monday So much rain. I came home from work, did a few minor tasks, then moved to the sofa early for two episodes of Handmaids’ Tale. I hired a Task Rabbiter to come Thursday and assemble my bookshelves. Which means that soon, this nonsense will be sorted out: Tuesday OOTD: I came
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I Just Want to Feel Like a Girl

In my mid-twenties I moved out of my mother’s house and into an apartment with my best friend. She had been seeing a considerably older gentleman off and on for some time but it didn’t seem to ever be going anywhere. A young man, Steven (names have been changed to protect the
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Lowering the Bar

I forget to tell you in the Week in Review that I plan to take it a little easy for June. I’m not feeling right. It’s not just the overwhelm, I think there’s a physical element as well. I realized last week, after taking it Super Easy for some time and still
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Week in Review: Week 170

Not a whole lot going on here. I’ve been laying low after work, taking it easy. FIRST, I want to apologize if I’ve been responding to comments slowly. I will get to them all, I promise. I’ve just been spending a little more time away from the computer recently. I love all
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The One Where I Try On Plus Size Clothes at Anthropologie

I haven’t done a fitting room try-on post in a lonnnng time. Mostly cuz I haven’t been shopping in person as much. But recently more and more stores are carrying plus sizes…and LARGER plus sizes. I might have to start venturing into stores again. Ugh. Ha. The one I’ve been the MOST
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Love You Long Time

PROLOGUE This is not the grandest of outfits, in fact, I’ve had these linen pants for close to 10 years and they’re a little dingey. I love a wide-legged linen pant in the summer, they’re so breezy and cool. But I’ve hung onto these for so long even though they’re missing a
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Week in Review: Week 169

Well, this week felt a little more on an even keel. It was a 4-day week, which probably helped…and I passed on a weeknight dinner with friends cuz I could feel myself getting agitated just in the planning of it. We had a lot of rain, so I spent some time just
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Finding Stillness

Stillness: the absence of movement or sound. I’ve been finding stillness is something I’m craving more and more. I was never a person who craved sound and action around all the time. I don’t leave the tv or radio on. I love music, but put it on only sparingly. But when I
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Ode to Iris Apfel: 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 168

There have been way too many weeks in a row where there are things I have been stressed about – work things, personal things, too many commitments, expectations, etc. I aim for a quiet life…but I never quite seem to get there. Remember last year when I wanted a white summer dress?
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New Spring Growth

What I Wore: Calvin Klein floral dress, size 22. Via Gwynnie Bee. Old Navy Black Open-Front Long-Line Cardigan, size 2x. Old. Black sold out but I wish I’d bought this grey one instead of the one I did get.  Black Taryn Rose flats. This exact model no longer available. Comparable here. Photos by
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Week in Review: Week 167

It’s Sunday…and I’ve passed on Sunday Funday with friends because I am just wiped out from this week. Too! Many! Things! I am trying to spend more time reading. I need to add some “off-computer” relaxing time into my routine. Janey is very happy when I move to the sofa, though she
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A Break in the Weather

This spring has been one step forward, two steps back, lather, rinse, repeat. Mostly cold and rainy, with only the most sporadic bits of sunshine and warmth. So I really try to take advantage of some outdoor weather when it chooses to grace us with its presence. As most of you know,
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Oh And I’m Going to the Chapel and I’m Gonna Get….

…Going to the chapel and I’m gonna get to be a wedding guest! You didn’t think it was ME getting hitched, did’ya?? Ha ha, NOPE. But a dear friend with a wonderful second marriage story, IS. I couldn’t be happier for them both. So, the challenge was “beachy but evening” wedding guest
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