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Simple Formula for Umpteen Outfits!

How many is umpteen? A LOT! Like my favorite summer dress (seen here), an “invisible uniform” is a wonderful thing to have. Over the summer it was a simple black dress. Now in the fall it’s black leggings and a black tunic top. That’s the base. It’s comfy, it’s easy…and it’s invisible.
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My Week in Review: Week 34

Okay, THIS was a quiet week. I knew it was going to be a short/hard weekend for me so I took it easy during the week. Caleb and I are being pretty good about walking 2-3 times a week between half-a-mile and a mile. It’s getting easier to get out the door…but
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It’s Casual

I realized I’ve mostly only shared more dressed-up outfits…well, not DRESSED UP like FORMALWEAR, ha, but…work clothes…and I think I had a date dress one time (just no date to wear it on)…but I haven’t been showing more casual outfits I’d wear to coffee with friends or to a gallery…or on a
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My Week in Review: Week 33

When thinking about this blog post and this past week I thought, oh, meh, I didn’t do much this week. Ha. So funny how the brain works. The week started with another night of dog-sitting. The next day a friend and I went to a place we’d never been a little bit
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Fat Ladies Shouldn’t Wear Horizontal Stripes….

….and other ridiculousness… I ADORE this dress. I love me a swing dress. And I Love STRIPES. The horizontal stripes don’t make me look fat. *I* make me look fat! Stupid fat rules. Another convo I just had in an online forum was about not buying button-down items that don’t button-up! I
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My Week in Review: Weeks 30-32

I’ve had such busy weekends lately that before I realize it the weekend is behind me and I haven’t done a Week in Review…and now THREE weeks are behind me, so…time to do a little catch up…I’ll just do highlights to get caught up so this isn’t HUGE. Or is it YUUUUGE?
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A Defining Moment

I have been procrastinating for two weeks about writing this blog post…because I am so uncomfortable with the way I look in these pictures. I am *not* saying that to get a bunch of people saying, “no, you look great, blah blah blah,” in fact, I’d appreciate if you’d refrain from saying
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All Aboard to New York City

It’s funny, whenever I’m anywhere else and someone asks me where I live and I say New York, they always immediately assume New York CITY. I try to explain that NY is very large and diverse with beaches and mountains and farmland and suburbs…and that Manhattan, “The City,” is a VERY small
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Nordstrom Rack Dressing Room Try-on

I’ve been working on my fall/winter wardrobe for the past few weeks. I’ve bought mostly on-line from Old Navy, ASOS and H&M. But I was in Nordstrom Rack on a shoe hunt (the ongoing shoe hunt!) yesterday so took a quick peek through the plus section and found a few things worth
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My Week in Review: Week 29

Annnnnd…it’s October! It’s all just flying by! This week was no different. I went upstate last weekend with a girlfriend who has a house up in Athens, NY and we did some fun things…. My favorite place besides the beach (and bed!) is in a comfortable chair in the shade with a
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Fake Out!

My high school (and beyond) boyfriend used to call make-up “fake out,” which, really, I guess it is. We can say we’re “highlighting” or “accentuating,” but really we’re CHANGING. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, but it’s just interesting. That SO many women spend time and money on doing things to
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Boho: To Be or Not to Be

This item is part of an ongoing personal exercise in “I like this style THEORETICALLY, but I just don’t Feel Like ME in it.” I’ve mentioned several times that I really like the boho hippie style. But I’m coming to realize that there’s a big difference between LIKING a style…and feeling RIGHT
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My Week in Review: Week 28

Yacht Club. I was just a visitor. My baby did the week’s photoshoot. Isn’t she pretty ?? We stayed for the sunset. In theory this black knit tunic was going to be very sleek and chic. Ha. Not so much.I look like a big black blob with a head. It went back.
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Last Day of Summer

I’ve been bombarded with PUMPKIN SPICE ALL THE THINGS since the day after Labor Day and I’ve just been like, easy there, folks, SUMMER’S NOT OVER YET. Even the Last Day of Summer was 85 degrees here and I was Sweaty Bettye and wanting something light and airy to wear. This coral
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My Week in Review: Week 27

Whoa. I think I lost a week somewhere. Does that ever happen to you?? I can’t seem to account for the week since I last posted here. Was I asleep? Was I binge-watching The Walking Dead? I obviously wasn’t blogging! I’ve hit a clothing dead-end. Sorry about the dearth of outfit posts lately.
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My Week in Review: Week 26

26 weeks! Fashion Schlub is Half a Year Old! Okay then. We took the dogs to a favorite spot with little marshy inlet on one side… And the large Long Island Sound on the other. Poor baby horseshoe crab. The next day we went hunting for a large sunflower field for a
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Plus Size Summer Outfit Review

I know, I know, I’m the leading proponent of SUMMER’S NOT OVER but…there will not be any new summer OUTFITS this year, so I feel I can do this now. I think I did pretty well with my summer clothes shopping this year, I kept my “want” list tightly edited and really
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My Week in Review: Week 25

The last full week of “summer.” ??? Why are people so quick to say summer is over? IT’S NOT OVER! I get that school’s summer vacations are ending, but here on Long Island we’ve got easy another month of warm to hot weather, still some good beach days…and enough daylight after work
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Product Review: Fudge Violet Toning Shampoo & Conditioner

I have had many hair colorists over the years and I always preface the event with one caveat: DO NOT TURN MY HAIR RED. Nothing against red hair, it’s lovely on natural redheads and certain skin tones…but I am/have neither of those things and on me it just looks BAD. Were you
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