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This is Not My Birthday Post

It is my birthday – September 5 – I am FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS OLD. 60 is hurtling towards me – but this is not my birthday post. Here’s the thing – I had a sweet concept in mind for my birthday post, but I just couldn’t pull it together by myself. I need help. So
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Week in Review: Week 130

This was a bit of a wind-down week…end of the month, end of summer, end of vacation. One more day off and then it’s back to it on Tuesday. I don’t feel ready but what are you gonna do? The week started off with a minor miracle. I was meeting long-time online
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Sentence a Day (Best & Worst Edition): August 2018

8.1 Best Thing: I discovered today, when I pulled the July page off my calendar, that August is a three-paycheck month for me! With my payroll schedule I have two such months each year and I keep a running list for six months at a time, of “things I need/want” and then I
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The Anti-Shopping List / Plus Size Try-On Haul

We all know how to make a shopping list. It’s a list of things we need or want. Simple. Want to bake a cake? Make a shopping list: eggs, flour, sugar, cocoa, butter, etc. What’s maybe NOT so obvious is an “anti” shopping list – things NOT to buy. You know, those
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The End’s Not Near…

It’s here. While I’m the first to rail against the end of summer, even I must admit that the season is definitely winding down. It’s still miserably hot and humid, but NY is like a ghost town with so many people away, grabbing their last chance for a summer vacation. Some trees
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Week in Review: Week 129

This past week feels like Before The Thing, The Thing, and After The Thing. I worked Monday for the last day and Tuesday started vacation – YAY – and I spent it relaxing and unwinding…I painted a leaf (ha, keeping the bar pretty low for myself)… ….dropped my car off to get
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I Was Ghosted

And I gotta tell you, it SUCKS. I’m not going to go into the whole long ALMOST 40 YEAR on-again-off-again friends/more-than-friends story here. It’s way too long and convoluted and complicated (aren’t they all? Facebook has THAT one right) to try and explain in a blog post. Suffice it to say that
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It Couldn’t Be Easier

Look familiar? I’ve worn (and shown!) this dress exactly 3,289 times (Give or take. Let’s just say it has long surpassed the 30th wearing!). It’s the infamous “invisible” black swing dress from asos. They almost always have some variation of it – right now they have a long-sleeved turtleneck version here. The
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My Vacation Bucket List

Which is really just a To Do list, but “bucket list” sounds so much better. Like there’s gonna be Lifelong Dreams on there. So, starting today, I’m off for TWO WEEKS…which is the longest amount of time I’ve been off from work in 11½ years, not including hospital and surgery recovery time last year,
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Week in Review: Week 128

I had a bit of computer/internet burnout this week. I had gotten most of my blog and Instagram stuff scheduled to post on the appropriate days, but…I didn’t get around to do my usual responding, commenting, linking-up, etc. So I apologize if you’ve taken the time to visit and I haven’t responded.
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Time Flies…But Does It Have To??

I might have told this story here before, but…I can remember being little, 5 or so, and counting the interminable days til Christmas…(and probably whining a bit about HOW MANY, SO MANY days) and my mother probably tried to console me and suggest that I be more patient, but the only part
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Week in Review: Week 127

WARNING: This may be The Most Boring Week Ever. Get out now while you still can. Trying to be more mindful of what I eat. Peanut butter and honey on apple slices for morning snack. Which was actually breakfast as I didn’t get up in time to eat anything before work. This
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What I Wore This Week

It’s time once again to play What I Wore This Week! Fortunately I chose a better week for it this time. The last time I did WIWTW (c’mon, you can do this!) I was on vacation so it was like “here I am in my nightgown, here I am in my bathing suit, here
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Some Thoughts on Accessorizing

The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.   ~ Steel Magnolias    I don’t generally do a lot of accessorizing because I’m lazy a beacon of minimalism. Ha ha. But do I like it and am always admiring others who do it well. Honestly, it’s expensive to
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Week in Review: Week 126

It was…a pretty good week. A work event was behind us, and it always feels good to move beyond the mad rush leading up to an event. I got some good photos for the blog I do at work, and that felt good. I had a good mix of social evenings and
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Sentence a Day: July (Best & Worst Edition)

I did this a little differently this time. Rather than just listing the things I did (which can read a bit boring, even to me!), I’ve shared the Best and Worst Things from each day. Sometimes when I get in a “nothing is good” funk, this exercise helps me to remember that
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Month in Review: July 2018

I will not say “Oh my gosh, it’s AUGUST ALREADY?!?” I will not. Let’s just get right into it. Most Popular Blog Posts #1 Olive You Long Time: #30WearCampaign #2 It’s a Wrap #3 Old & New Faves My Favorite Blogger Outfits I think what caught my eye here first was the color of
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She Works Hard for the Money

I frequently see posts about the pros and cons of using your blog as a source of income. I recently read this post on Nancy’s Fashion Style on that very topic and it prompted me to respond. I know I wrote briefly about this once before but I’ve wanted to go into
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Week in Review: Week 125

Well, I fished my wish this week for sure. I complained last week was too full…and this week was a big goose egg of nothingness! I went to storage. By myself. I hate going there by myself. A) It’s creepy. B) It’s hard to navigate alone. Things are stacked high and deep
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White Plus Size Dresses for Summer

I recently had a little convo on someone’s blog about my love for summery white dresses in my youth… (Ugh, my computer is flashing obnoxious messages at me – I’d written this post in advance and had intended to put pictures of my two favorite white dresses from my youth right here….but
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