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7 Days of Dresses: Winterizing your Dresses
For my 7 days of dresses challenge on Instagram, I shopped my closet and winterized them to fit the weather and my activities. Many times, I added a pair of leggings to shorter dresses especially if it was really cold and had fun adding different types of top layers to them. I may not be as creative as Jodie (she is sharing her post here today with her dresses styled for winter) but I am happy to say this was a fun challenge and I created some new to me outfits. Thanks to the ladies who tagged me on Instagram with their dress outfits and thank you, Jodie for joining…
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Ponchos and Wraps with the Ageless Style Link Up
Since I have never devoted a whole post to this summer 2020 Loft Clearance find, I decided that this little poncho deserved some attention and it fit perfectly with our Ageless Style theme. I actually had a completely different outfit in mind with a different poncho but when I wore this one day at the end of January, I decided that we needed to take some blog pictures with it. I was comfortable and warm all day in it, wearing the scarf in the morning while it was in the 30s and shedding it when the temperatures hit the 50s. I’ve actually worn the poncho with stripes before as well…
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Velvet Joggers: 5 ways
I am all about versatility in my closet so when I picked up these velvet joggers at Kohls before the holidays, I wanted to share that they do not need to be relegated to being worn one month of the year or for special occasions but they can be worn at any time. So today I am sharing a few dressy ways to wear them as well as some casual looks. Since I had to change after each picture, we took these pictures around the house instead of a pretty location. Frenchie One of my husband’s uncles has always called me Frenchie! And with this pretty tunic and my beret,…
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How to Create Habits that Will Stick
We all start a new year thinking about the things we want to work on and improve whether we call them resolutions, goals or habits. Most of my habits are similar from year to year as I get lazy or forget about some of them throughout the year. However I have learned through trial and error what helps me create a habit so that it becomes part of my routine and this year I have done much better because I know what makes me tick for each habit. I am sharing these because some of my triggers or buttons might be yours too and you might get ideas or encouragement…
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Another Disc Golf Adventure
Last Sunday, we had a little bit of time in the afternoon before my son’s birthday dinner and he asked us to go play disc golf at a new to us course less than 15 minutes from the house. It is located at a day use area so it has a $5 parking fee which really was not bad for such a fun area. There is the disc golf course, the river, picnic areas, a soccer field and volleyball net and several other areas where you can enjoy nature. It also has several hiking trails that we will need to explore. What made this course a lot of fun was…
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Red for Valentines: February Sunday Showcase
I love it when I can find something new to share for a theme that is a yearly theme. Around the holidays, it is nice to share some outfits that one might wear for a special occasion or a themed outfit so today, I was happy to be able to share a newer dress that hasn’t seen the daylight yet. Today, Ada and I are sharing some red outfits and accessories for the month of Love and Friendship! I typically do not have any luck with maxi dresses on Amazon: they have been too tight in the bodice, been unflattering, have had mistakes in the sewing and I have always…
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Enjoy the Now
Often times after a couple of months into a season, we start looking forward to the next one and forget to enjoy the now and the present season (this can be meant literally and figuratively). It’s winter and we want it to be spring with flowers and warmer temperatures, it’s spring and we want it to be summer and bathing suit season… The same as a parent or sometimes in a job: when my children are potty trained, when they go to school, when they… One of my goals this year is to enjoy the now and really live in the now as much as possible. Of course, I look…
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Night Running NoxgerGear Tracer 2 Review
If you follow me on Instagram and read my blog regular, you might have heard me mentioning our local running club and me starting to meet up twice a week with two friends to run at 4:45 in the morning. Running club meets once a week at 6PM and both of those times are dark, especially the morning run. I have been wearing a reflecting belt but many in our group have been wearing and/or purchasing a Noxgear Tracer2 visibility vest. The vest is made of multi LED fiber optics with a reflective belt. There are quite a few color settings and the 20 hour battery is rechargeable with a…
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5 Outfits Inspired by Others: Shopping my Closet
A couple of weeks ago, I was inpired to put together an outfit inspired by one of the other bloggers who participated in the 7 day skirt challenge Gail from Is this Mutton put together. After writing about an outfit post inspired by Jodie from Jodie Touch of Style, I had a few comments about how people really enjoyed my inspired by posts. So here you have 5 outfits that were inspired by pictures I saved on Instagram that I knew I could copy or create a similar version by just shopping my closet. When I saw Leslie from Once upon a Time and Happily Everafter wear her Old Navy…
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January Favorites: Running and French Treats
I don’t post favorites every month but sometimes I like to think about things that have brought be joy or that I have enjoyed during the month. After trying to run a 2 miles 8 days in a row I figured that while I enjoy running leasurely with others, I only like to run faster when I do a 5K. So at running club, depending on my mood I run with the slower ladies or the faster ones. I also am not forcing myself to run every day but just a few times a week and walking other days. I love the outdoors and while we get cold weather, we…