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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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Olive You Long Time: #30WearCampaign

I’ve had this olive green plus-size Bobeau tunic for three years, I can’t believe I’ve never featured it on the blog! It’s older than the blog! And I usually wear it over black leggings and under a black duster length cardi (shocker. what don’t I wear under a black duster length cardi??)  
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Week in Review: Week 124

This was the kind of week I DON’T like – when every evening is planned up. While I liked doing all the things I did, I would have liked it better had they been spread over a couple weeks so I could have had a little more down/me time. AND, even worse,
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10 Great Ways to Start the Day

I recently saw a list of 10 ways to start the day, they were all very positive and the list was lovely, as though someone had hand water-colored it. Very nice. The first thing on the list was “#1 don’t hit snooze”  and while it couldn’t have been any clearer, for some
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Mini Try-On AND Plus Size Sizing Rant

I never know if all y’all who read the blog actually watch the videos when I share them, so I feel compelled to repeat myself in both so you won’t miss One Sparkling Gem that I have to share. Heaven forbid. So, as I explain in the 10-minute video below, I recently
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It’s a Wrap

Wrap dresses are one of those items you see all the time on lists of Things You Must Have In Your Wardrobe. In reality, YMMV when it comes to these iconic dresses, but they’re definitely worth a try. A true wrap is very flexible when it comes to sizing and fit as
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Week in Review: Week 123

Ooh, Week 123, I like that! Well, as First-Weeks-Back-to-Work-After-Vacation go, this wasn’t a bad one. First day back to work I skedaddled right to the beach as soon as I was free. It was a warm afternoon with a breeze and a friend joined me for a beach chat. We discussed the
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What I Wore This Week

It was back to work this week so I actually wore clothes, not just nightgowns and bathing suits (lucky for you). Day 1: On Sunday I went to a wake so was more “dressed” than I’d been all vacation. Day 2: First day back to work outfit of the day. I went for
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Old & New Faves

For years I’ve been hearing about a lavender farm, oh…70 miles east of me on the north fork of Long Island. I just never got myself there…but finally on my vacation last week I learned that my girlfriend had also never been and wanted to go, so Girls Day Out! I now
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Week in Review: Week 122

My vacation week is quickly coming to an end…but I had a very full, fun, productive and anxiety-free week, which I really needed. I started the week having to say goodbye to my baby…again, boo hoo. Our visits our so short and so far between. I won’t see her again til Thanksgiving, when
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Keepin’ It Cool: Dressing for Hot Weather

After the debaucle of last weekend’s photo shoot in the sweltering heat, I am now really  on the hunt for some cooler summer options. I think because actual summer took so long to get here I kind of thought I could make it through July and August with what I already had, but…live
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What Not to Do

My daughter Katie and I went into Brooklyn this past weekend on the hottest day of the year so far – reaching 100 degrees in the afternoon. She’s been wanting to go to Smorgasburg for some time…we tried to go in LA when we were in California in February, but we just
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Week in Review: Week 121

It’s Sunday evening, I’m inside with the ac on as it was a very hot day…I can see the sky is looking beautiful down towards the harbor but I don’t have it in me to drive the 5 minutes to see it. I was going to try and shoot an outfit tonight by
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A Sentence a Day – June 2018

Last month was so dismal I thought I’d give this another try. It’s hard to sum up the many components of a day in a single sentence – I might change it up a bit in July. I have a good friend who, when asking me how something was, rather than just
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