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A Kimono Story & Link Up On the Edge #205
If you visit here frequently, you may have noticed that I am a bit obsessed with kimonos. You also probably noticed that I often wear chopsticks in my hair. I have long been fascinated by Eastern cultures and their traditional styles as well as their cuisine. Yum. You don’t become a plus size fashion blogger by being bashful about food. I love food. And I really love to eat food not just look at pretty pictures of it. However, this post isn’t at all about food and I have no food pictures to share. Unless I go steal some from the internet. But I don’t have the time, patience, or…
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Inspired by Chez Mireille: Monochromatic Black for Summer
I know I have been sharing a lot of inspired looks recently but I just can’t help myself! All of my fabulous blogger friends have been killing it when it comes to summer style. I suppose maybe all the time spent at home has gotten everyone back to a creative place when it comes to fashion and personal style. But it maybe hasn’t gotten me to a creative place because I keep stealing styles. It is so much fun though and you all seem to really enjoy these posts. So here we go… Today’s outfit was inspired by sweet, wonderful, kind, beautiful Mireille of Chez Mireille. If you are not…
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The Magnificent 8: Hello, Yellow!
We are back with a fun theme for summertime…Hello, Yellow! But before we get to all that, let me introduce you all to our newest group member, Mica from Away from the Blue! We are so glad that she will be joining us each quarter as one of the Magnificent 8. Mica lives in Australia which has opposite seasons from all of the other members of this group. While it is summer here, it is winter for Mica. I am excited for that bit of seasonal diversity with our quarterly style prompts! We will also have to keep this in mind when choosing style prompts as well. I don’t think…
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An Exercise in Self Confidence & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #182
Whenever I look in the mirror or at photographs of myself, the very first thing I see are the flaws. Every single one of them. It is where my eye and my mind go immediately. The focus is on all the negative. With 46 years of mileage on this body of mine, there are a lot of flaws to draw my attention. Believe me. I know. I have studied myself in thorough detail over the years. I know every oversized pore, every mole, every scar, every stretch mark, every stray hair that pops up in the same place on my chin within a few days of me extricating it with…
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Inspired by Suzy Turner: Lace Dress Over Jeans
The last Monday of every month is when I post a themed outfit with my beautiful friends of The Fab 40’s. But we are in the process of making some changes within the group and so we have decided to skip this month. We will be back on August 31, more fabulous than ever! In the meantime, I am sharing an outfit that was completely inspired by one of my Fab 40’s friends, Suzy Turner. Back in April, Suzy shared a post, Grey Hair, Don’t Care: Now is the Time to Seize the Grey. While the focus of her post is about ditching the hair dye and embracing the grey,…
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The Best Tie Dye Dress & Link Up On the Edge #204
You know those Facebook ads that seem to read your mind when they pop up in your feed showcasing the prettiest dresses you have ever seen for affordable prices? Well those ads are usually easy enough to ignore, but then I saw one from Protky featuring the cutest maxi dress with giant retro inspired flowers in super bold colors all cascading down the front and back of it, and I couldn’t ignore it. So I clicked. Suddenly I found myself in shopping heaven. I loved every single piece offered by this website, but it had terrible reviews and so many scam alerts and I really should not have started adding…
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Inspired by Lipgloss and Lace: Top Priority
It is never a bad idea to step outside of your comfort zone every once in a while. For as long as I can remember, my personal style choices have never been quite mainstream. I have always been and probably will always be on the fringes of what is popular and acceptable. While it can sometimes leave me feeling lonely and a bit like an outcast, it also has made me recognize and appreciate that the differences amongst all of us are what give us glimpses of undeniable beauty in a sometimes very ugly world. While I spend my time dancing around the fringes of what is popular and trendy,…
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What to Wear Star Gazing & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #181
I just revealed myself as a space geek in yesterday’s post, Looking for Neowise, so today I thought it might be fun to share the perfect star gazing outfit to provide a bit of inspiration for other space geek fashionistas who may be reading. Actually, this outfit was not specifically chosen for star gazing and comet seeking, it just happened to be the outfit I wore the day we went to look for Neowise. It is an outfit that I have worn at least once a week since the summer temperatures arrived and I only just now got around to taking photographs of it. I have definitely been on a…
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Looking for Neowise
I am a space geek. I am not sure when it happened because I wasn’t always all that fascinated with anything related to science. I think it started when I became a regular pot smoker actually. Something about getting high makes the mind wander to places out of this world. Star gazing is one of my favorite things to do on a clear night after smoking a bit of weed. But not just star gazing. While I do love staring up into the beautiful night sky, I also want to learn and know what I am viewing. When we recently learned that astronomers have discovered a new comet that would…
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Friday Favorites #6 & Link Up On the Edge #203
I have not posted a Friday Favorites since April when we were just a little over a month into quarantine mode. I had such high hopes back then of accomplishing grand things while I was relieved of basically all duties outside of my home. And now here I am, four months into quarantine, and I really have not accomplished much at all. Shame on me. Or whatever. Who really cares? I kind of needed a rest. While I know things are slowly opening up and people are venturing out with ease and excitement, I plan to continue staying at home by choice for now. There is just too much crazy…
