Outfits of the Day #ootd
I love to put together outfits. I find something calming and exciting in the process. And if I think I look good, I tend to feel great! Hopefully, you can find some inspiration here for feeling amazing in your own body.
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A New Decade: Regrets, Resolutions, and Reinvention
Welcome to a new decade. The year is 2020. And I am not really sure how to proceed from here. Do I leap blindly into the future paying no heed to the dangers that may lie ahead? Do I tiptoe cautiously forward hoping for the best? Do I stay the same as I have always been and consistently fly by the seat of my pants? Or should I be more diligent in carefully laying out detailed plans with specific goals in mind? One would think that with 45 years of life experience, I would have a better clue. But I suppose with the wisdom of the years, the only thing…
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A Holiday Whirlwind & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #154
The past week and a half has been a whirlwind of activity and holiday travel. I was at first hesitant to take some time off from blogging, but I am sure glad that I did it. In fact, I barely opened my laptop over the holiday break. December 20 was my last post for the holidays as it was the day Jeff was returning home from Georgia after two weeks away. Sensing that I was nearing the end of my rope from two weeks of single parenting, a series of really crappy weather days in the North Country, holiday preparations, and an overall sense of ennui that was taking hold…
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The Fab 40’s are All Dotty About Polka Dots
Oh, sweet polka dots. Who doesn’t love them? According to Marc Jacobs, “There is never a wrong time for a polka dot.” And there is really no better time to combine all the polka dots for this month’s Fab 40’s theme as we bid farewell to our dear friend Jennie of A Pocketful of Polka Dots. Jennie will soon be celebrating a very big birthday which will take her from the Fabulous 40’s straight into the Phenomenal 50’s and as a result, this is her last month participating with us. So to honor our amazingly stylish, wonderfully kind, super creative, and overall beautiful friend, we have asked Jennie to pick…
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The Sunday Afternoon Quarterback #16: Record Setting Cotton Bowl
We are back after a 9 day holiday blogging break and what a break it was! I will share more this week about my holiday travels and festivities. But for now, Jeff is back as the Saturday Afternoon Quarterback with his recap of yesterday’s Cotton Bowl played at At&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. #10 Penn State Nittany Lions 53 – #17 Memphis Tigers 39 Penn State entered the Cotton Bowl yesterday with an overall record of 2-0-1 in that particular bowl game. When the Nittany Lions made their first Cotton Bowl appearance in 1948, the game was marked with racial bigotry. Penn State featured two African-American athletes on their team…
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Inspired by Little Blonde Book: Haute Holiday & Link Up On the Edge #176
It seems a little surreal that Christmas is just 5 days away. I am ready and I am not ready. In an effort to feel more in the holiday spirit, I have been trying to create festive outfits, but ones that would also work post-holiday season. Reds and greens and whites with splashes of plaids and animal prints have been the things drawing my attention recently. And you all know my fondness for colorful tights. Brightly colored legs are definitely putting me in the holiday mood! Like most fashion-conscious friends I know, I often go scouring Pinterest for inspiration every now and then. I was on a recent quest for…
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Holiday Looks & Your Own Twist Link Up #15
Your Own Twist is a monthly series hosted by Monica of Jersey Girl, Texan Heart and myself where we showcase our own interpretations of a chosen style theme. We share the theme with you ahead of time in case you are interested in joining us. You can see the upcoming themes below if you would like to create your own post around the theme and share it with us in the link party at the end of the post. Well, here we are, less than a week away from Christmas, and honestly, I am looking forward to it coming to an end. We don’t have much planned this year just an ugly Christmas…
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What to Wear on a Holiday Date
Yesterday, I shared all about my holiday date in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, over Thanksgiving weekend but I didn’t show you what I was wearing. And since this is a bit of a fashion blog, I didn’t want to confuse you all into thinking that I wasn’t dressed appropriately. Of course I was. And any outing is a photo opportunity when you are a blogger. Everyone knows that. We spent 6 days in Pennsylvania during the week of Thanksgiving and in my attempt to pack light, I only brought a few sweaters and scarves, two pairs of jeans, three pairs of boots, one set of jewelry, and one coat. All carefully…
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The Canadian Tuxedo: Twinning with Radical Ralphie
Did you know that the term Canadian Tuxedo originated in 1951 when Bing Crosby was refused entry into a Canadian hotel because he was wearing a denim top with denim bottoms? Apparently, this denim on denim look did not satisfy the dress code. Upon learning of the incident, Levi Strauss designed a denim tuxedo as a publicity stunt and the Canadian tuxedo was born. Read more about The History of the Canadian Tuxedo. Those fashion forward folks reading this may already know that denim on denim done right is perfectly on trend while a double denim concoction with too closely related denim pieces can be a fashion disaster. Generally, when…
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The Sunday Afternoon Quarterback #15: All Streaks Eventually End
Since Penn State is off for a few weeks preparing for the Cotton Bowl on December 28, 2019, we are covering the Army-Navy game instead. Of course, we were cheering for Army, but unfortunately, we were left disappointed. #23 Navy 31 – Army 7 It was fun while it lasted. But just like Navy’s 15 year winning streak against Army that was snapped in 2016, eventually Army’s winning streak against Navy would also come to an end. I will point out that in 2016 when Army won against Navy, the team wore uniforms modeled after the 82nd Airborne Division. In 2017, when Army captured the Commander in Chief’s Trophy for…
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Why Getting Dressed Up is Important to Me & Link Up On the Edge #175
There are so many times, like multiple times a day, that I wonder if this blogging thing is really just frivolous and vain, pointless and silly. That old arch-nemesis of mine, Imposter Syndrome, sneaks in when I least suspect her and brings mental turmoil and overwhelming amounts of self-doubt with her and drops them proudly at my feet like a cat with a fresh kill so very excited for the hideous gifts she presents to me. What am I to do with such presents? First and foremost, I stand there in shock that she would bring me these things yet again. Especially since I have made it abundantly clear that…
