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Blog Anniversary #6
I looked back and I think I let last year’s blog anniversary slip by! I decided to take a moment today and celebrate entering my 7th year of blogging! I started blogging March 2019 as a hobby (it is still a hobby) because I enjoyed reading fashion and lifestyle blogs and as a stay at home mom, I needed a little creative outlet. I wanted to share the joys of getting dressed every day in a budget friendly way, and also wanted to share our family travels. Here are some of my favorite outfits from the past year. I am still a stay at home mom, and after taking care…
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Outfit Inspiration with Blue Jacket: Colorful Jackets Part 1
This month, I decided to share outfit inspiration with some of the colorful jackets or blazers in my closet: most of the ideas will probably work with toppers of other colors in your closet. Hopefully, these posts will encourage you to put together some colorful outfits this spring. I really enjoyed tan and deeper colors this winter, but now I am ready to wear some color! I am sharing one new outfit for each of these as well as other ways I have worn the toppers in the past! I will feature a different jacket each Monday for the month of March. Since the 2 ways I have worn the…
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Trench Vest: Another Winter Neutral Palette Outfit
It took me a bit to come up with the title of this blog post. I hadn’t originally planned to take blog pictures of this outfit, but I really liked it and I thought that after sharing the trench vest as a dress last week, it would be fun to show you how I wear it most of the time. I have paired it with a variety of tops and pants, even skirt and over dresses, but this classic monochromatic combo is one of my favorites. My friend Rachel whose book I shared last week gave me these fun mules. She had thrifted them, but decided that she really didn’t…
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February Happenings and Goals Update
It’s time for another little update on my goals and today’s update is a little summary of the month! I would call this a great friendship and family month! My goal was to be more sociable and spend some quality time with everyone, not just my running gals! My friend Katie and I got together for lunch and a little home shopping: I found some floor pillows for our game room and she found a large basket for her blankets. I have known Katie since she was my student teacher, about 20 years ago! Bought a side table for the reading corner of our game room, 2 floor pillows not…
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Mustard and Purple: a Favorite Color Combo
As I was planning my blog posts for the month of February and looking back at some blog posts where I shared dresses with sweaters, I came across this picture: my purple hand me down dress and my mustard accessories. It was inspiration for an outfit which I never wore nor photographed several years ago. Since I still had all the pieces, I decided it was time to wear the outfit! My sister in law gave me this dress and an identical one in black about 8 years ago: I usually wear it a few times a year and I enjoy seeing what I can pair with it. I recently…
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Pinks and Reds with the Ageless Style Link Up
Pinks and reds is an appropriate theme for February! I didn’t want to share a look that was very thematic, so when I was putting together a church outfit last month and realized the skirt was predominantly pink, I decided to incorporate it in a look that would work all winter long including February! Here’s a little breakdown of this outfit: the skirt is a summer skirt from Billabong that I was influenced to buy a couple years ago. It’s a style that I like, but the side slit is really high and you will see my solution for that in the picture below. High it is! I wore my…
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Runner’s Spotlight: Marvin
I am always excited when one of the guys is willing to share his running journey for the blog and by extension to the rest of our running club since I usually link these posts on our running group text. I shared Patricia’s story last year in April here, and as a reminder, if you have missed any, you can always search them up under the runner’s spotlight tab on the blog. I love reading these because I learn so much about my friends! I thought that Marvin had been running for quite a while and I was surprised that he only had been running a couple more years than…
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Vest as a Dress: Inspired by IdoDeclaire
Laura from I do DeClaire shared several ways to wear her vest in a post in December. She categorized hers as a trench dress. Mine is thicker and I bought it on clearance at TJMaxx a couple years ago. I have worn is open as a vest several times and never would have thought to wear it as a dress, but it works! I decided to wear this at my friend’s book launch party as I wanted to wear something warm as the temperature were hovering in the low 20s with a wind-chill. The party was hosted at a coffee shop in Chattanooga which is a 1h30 drive from my…
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Outfit Inspiration with a Neutral Long Cardigan
I have had this tan cardigan for several years now, having bought it at Target fall of 2022. As I saw it hanging in my closet, I decided to see how I wore it in the past and to wear it a few more ways this year. The oatmeal color makes it versatile and the length and weight make it a cozy layer. I have found it looks great over pants and leggings, but is cute as a dress too. The first combo I am sharing is a simple one of leggings, tunic and cardigan. I really like the combo of black and tan, it’s simple yet classic. Because the…
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Runner’s Spotlight: Kelly
I met Kelly in running club and we have run a few times together. I love how asking club members and running blogger friends to share the story behind why they run or how long they have been running opens a door into knowing them better and how it is encouraging to many of us. When I go about my errands in the morning, I often see Kelly on her runs and honk at her to say hi. I knew that she had run some marathons, but never knew how many and how long she had been running. I am honored for her to share her story with us! Here…