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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My New Cowgirl Boots & Link Up On the Edge #129
Back in November, the Fab 40’s took on Western wear and we were all outside of our comfort zones. But it seems when I was pushed outside of my comfort zone into the realm of cowgirl style, I kind of liked it there. And as the universe works in her weird magical ways, shortly after that post, I spotted these Durango cowgirl boots on clearance in DSW. I really liked the distressed look about them, but I wasn’t all that thrilled with the shaft height as it hits me right at the widest part of my calves. When choosing boots, you should look for ones that hit at the thinnest…
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Inspired by Fashion Fairy Dust: Faux Fur Vest & Moto Jacket
My friend Debbie of Fashion Fairy Dust has inspired me once again with her amazing styling tricks and layering ideas. Actually, this is the third post where I am sharing an outfit inspired by Debbie. You can see the other two here and here. And as always, it is not only her sartorial choices that get me excited and motivated, but her wonderful words of wisdom. The post that inspired this outfit was part of the Ageless Style series which is a collaboration among 10 bloggers who all style one theme to showcase a variety of looks and prove that we can all wear whatever the hell we like at…
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Vintage Soul & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #106
There’s a tiny little shop tucked off in the corner of Main Street in Watertown, New York, that is bursting with the most inviting nostalgia of bygone years. Warm and friendly, kind and welcoming, this charming shop entices your sentimentality with the most delightful relics from the past and makes you yearn for a simpler time. It’s like taking a few steps backwards straight into an uncomplicated era where people lived to work and worked to live and had pride in their endeavors. I stopped in Vintage Soul Antiques this past Saturday when the temperatures were double digits below zero and as I crossed the threshold into the warmth of…
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The Year of Letting Go
Last Monday, I had talked about the concept of synchronicity and how the universe delivers us messages in the strangest of ways. Well, maybe the delivery method is not all that strange, it is just that we sometimes forget to pay attention and we miss the point. But when we tune in and really listen to the input that comes our way, we will find so much value in the words we read, the music we hear, the sights we see, the people we meet. I mentioned that I have been reading Jen Sincero’s book, You are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome…
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New Year, New You: Body Positive Inspired Outfit & Your Own Twist Link Up #4
With the arrival of a new year, so many of us focus on manifesting new and better versions of ourselves. What can we improve in our lives to be healthier, happier, and more productive? How can we feel more confident and more comfortable with who we are in the bodies we have been given? Sure, there is much to be said for proper diet and exercise in maintaining a healthy and productive lifestyle. But there is even more to be said when we can learn to love ourselves completely with every flaw, every bump, bulge, and jiggle, and every crease and wrinkle. Feeling beautiful makes you look beautiful and sometimes…
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Synchronicity: The Secret Language of the Universe
Analytical psychologist, Carl Jung, first introduced the concept of synchronicity in the 1920’s, but defined it more fully in a 1951 lecture stating that synchronous events are ones that appear to occur with meaningful coincidence and no causal relationship but seem to be causally related in a meaningful way. Otherwise known as meaningful coincidences, acausal parallelism, or the togetherness principle without any known cause, synchronous events occur in our daily lives more frequently than we even notice. But if we really pay attention when these seemingly related events occur, it is as if the universe is speaking directly to us. It is saying, “Hey, you. Pay attention. I am giving…
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The Very Snowy Non-Snow Day & Link Up On the Edge #127
Have you heard of the snow day ritual that you must perform the night that a snowstorm is predicted in order to have a snow day from school the following day? We did not have such rituals when I was a kid, but my children swear by this magical routine…until it fails them. It goes like this…if it is snowing, you must wear your jammies inside out, put a spoon in the freezer and ice cubes in the toilet. Do this the night before and you will be guaranteed a snow day the next morning. So Wednesday night, it was predicted that a major snowstorm would be hitting Northern New…
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Inspired by This Blonde’s Shopping Bag: Plaid Blazer & White Booties
First, I have to tell you that I adore Kellyann of This Blonde’s Shopping Bag. I don’t know how long ago it was that she and I found each other in the grand wilderness of blogland, but we became fast blogger friends right from the first introduction. It is funny how you can never meet a person in real life but still have about a million things in common. And one thing, for sure, that Kellyann and I have in common is our love for shopping, all things fashion, and apparently plaid blazers and white booties. When white booties really hit the trend scene last year, I was hesitant at…
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Jumping Into the New Year
With the coming of the new year so many people are ready for a fresh start. I have never been one to let an arbitrary date on the calendar influence my desire for self-improvement. For me, every day is a gift of a new opportunity to do better than the day before. To learn more, give more, show more kindness and gratitude. Oftentimes, it is the beginning of Autumn that triggers me to reevaluate my life and my goals and it was around that time that I began making lots of changes with regard to healthier lifestyle habits. The first week of December marked a major commitment when I began…
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Shelbee’s Sunday Morning Quarterback #17: Citrus Bowl Loss Sours McSorley’s Final Game
Welcome to the seventeenth episode of Shelbee’s Sunday Morning Quarterback! Turning it over now to my husband, the Sunday Morning Quarterback, with a recap of last week’s Citrus Bowl where our beloved Penn State faced off against Kentucky. Citrus Bowl Loss Sours McSorley’s Final Game #14 Kentucky Wildcats 27 – #12 Penn State Nittany Lions 24 The final game of Trace McSorley’s career was supposed to end with another 10 win season, the chance to break 10,000 career passing yards and give Penn State its third consecutive 10 win season…a feat that hasn’t happened since the 1980-82 seasons and never since the Nittany Lions joined the Big Ten Conference. Unfortunately,…
