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Adventures in Thrifting Part 23: Purple Robe with Teal Accessories & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #798
You know how much I love a good thrifting adventure. Searching through the racks for unique and interesting pieces brings me so much joy. You know how much I also love my robes and kimonos. So when I find one in a thrift store, I get so darn excited. It is very difficult for me to resist adding more robes and kimonos to my wardrobe so I really don’t resist anymore. I just buy them all and my closet room is becoming a giant collection of robes, kimonos, ruanas, ponchos, dusters, and long flowy topper pieces as a result. I just can’t get enough, it seems, considering I added five…
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Spring Living Room Decor & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #797
I have some more DIY, upcycled, and thrifted home decor inspiration to share. With the weather consistently foiling my plans for outdoor outfit photographs, I have to resort to pictures from inside my home until the snow and rain stop. Last month, I shared my Valentine-inspired living room decor but it was time to make a change as spring is so near that you can smell it. The bulky blanket scarf window treatments started feeling a bit too heavy for this time of year. I had contemplated returning to the brown and teal decor that preceded my raggy Christmas decor but it kind of felt a bit old and tired…
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Peregrine Falcon or Bald Eagle? & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #796
Ever since gifting myself this amazing bird cardigan for Christmas, I have been wanting to share it with you but the weather has been so very uncooperative these last few months. Between mountains of snow and record breaking cold temperatures, I have been only photographing my outfits for preplanned style challenges. While I do wear those style challenge outfits in real life, my typical everyday winter look is something more like this…leggings, a tee shirt, a lightweight cardigan, a heavy cardigan, a scarf, a hat, and boots. As I mentioned in my Christmas gift post, I have been wearing this gorgeous sweater with weekly regularity but there was some discrepancy…
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Adventures in Thrifting Part 22: Green Gingham Shirt Dress & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #795
In the month since my last Adventures in Thrifting post, I have acquired a few really lovely preloved pieces that have been begging to be shared. But the weather has been less than cooperative for showcasing my thrifty outfit creations. I took advantage of the milder weather we had this past weekend and was able to photograph five new outfits. Three of them are for upcoming style challenges and two are just for some extra content. This one falls into the latter category. I have enough clothing in my closet room to create endless combinations and probably never repeat the same exact one twice, yet I tend to spend day…
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Number Nerd & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #794
I have been a nerd about numbers for my entire life. When I was a child, I obsessively counted things and seemed to attach different emotions to various numbers. For example, even numbers cause me anxiety while odd numbers make me feel calmer. I have never figured out the reason but here I am in my 50s still being a great big number nerd. I also still obsessively count things. The counting began early and came in handy when I was a competitive swimmer. I counted every stroke for every lap that I swam. The counting not only made the workouts more interesting but I also couldn’t see that well…
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February Decor & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #793
As I mentioned last Friday, we have been experiencing record-breaking cold temperatures as low as -48˚F (-44.4˚C) and it is still snowing nearly every day. Even when my weather app indicates no snow in the forecast, I look out the window and, sure enough, it’s snowing. As my kids say, “The snow is great until Christmas. After Christmas, it’s just annoying.” Honestly, the only nice thing about new snow this time of year is that it covers all the dirty snow banks with a fresh coat of pristine white. But then I start moving the snow off the sidewalks and driveway and it is all black and nasty again. Spring…
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My Winter Workout Routine: The Snow Shovel Shuffle & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #792
My winter workout routine. This is it, right here. Just me and my shovel named Sunshine doing the snow shovel shuffle. I have done it almost every morning this month and I can feel it in every muscle. Some days, I have shoveled 3-4 times though the course of the day just keep up with it. When the snow piles get too high to toss the snow on top, that’s when the snow shovel shuffle kicks in. Squat, scoop, stand, and shuffle the snow one shovel full at a time to a different location. I will never understand why we use the term “snow removal” when there is no removing.…
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Happy A-Day to Us & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #791
Today is our wedding anniversary. 16 years of love and laughter since we said I do. Forever is a really long time but we committed to it and there’s no turning back now! We had breakfast plans at our favorite diner today but the weather may be preventing it. Plus premenopausal PMS is really kicking my butt this week and making me not want to eat very much. I suppose we will be celebrating by moving snow off the driveway instead! But that’s okay as long as we are doing it together. The weather has been hindering my ability to take photographs all month long so I haven’t had much…
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Adventures in Thrifting Part 21: Gray Hooded Cardigan & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #790
I wore this outfit a few weeks ago to run some errands. I had no intention of even photographing it as I literally just threw it on to go shopping with my husband. I decided to share it only after a very kind man in Best Buy enthusiastically complimented my “whole look.” Since it features a few thrifted pieces, I decided to share another Adventures in Thrifting post. The last thrifting adventure that I shared was all the way back in August so it was time to highlight some more of my favorite preloved wardrobe finds. The focal piece is this amazing long gray hooded open front sweater that I…
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Some of My Favorite Christmas Gifts & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #789
Now that the holiday chaos has settled and the children have returned to school, it is time for me to get back to regular life. No more sitting around in my pajamas, makeup free with messy hair, until lunchtime. I must resume the stay-at-home mom duties that keep me busy for 16-18 hours a day and leave me exhausted before the sun goes down. During the holiday break, I didn’t do much. In fact, I barely left my house except for a few times for various appointments as well as a family movie outing to see Avatar: Fire and Ash, which, by the way, is my least favorite of the…
