winter
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Winter Coats in the Southern States
Living in the state of Georgia which is by all means a southern state in the United States that does not get snow every year, do I need a warm winter coat? My answer to that question is yes but do I need two? Probably not but with a gift card in hand and some free time on my hands, I found myself purchasing a second winter coat. According to google coats are heavier and longer in length than jackets. I consider most of my outerwear as jackets but my red peacoat a coat as well as these two down winter coats. Here is my peacoat coat that I have…
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Periwinkle with the Ageless Style Link UP
I enjoyed putting this outfit together as there were so many shades of periwinkle to choose from. The color is derived from violet and blue and while the new Pantone color of the year Very Peri might be a little more infused with color the shade of purple in my outfit fits quite well in the tones of periwinkle as can be found by googling the color. This is the Veri Peri color: I do have one purple top that I guess would be very close in shade but is a summer top and I did not want to buy anything new for our theme. I am curious…
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Inspired by Jodie to Style my Yellow Plaid Cardigan 3 ways
A few months ago, Jodie (Jtouchofstyle) shared a yellow plaid cardigan from BelongUSAstyle that she paired with her camo pants. In her post, she shares 5 ways to style those pants but the yellow plaid cardigan really stuck in my mind. When it went on sale during the Christmas season I decided to order it in hopes that I would enjoy it as much as she did. I knew I could pair it with my camo jeans but that it probably would pair with many other things in my closet. With our mild winters (most of the time), I can wear it 3 season out of the year! Here is…
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#7 day Skirt Challenge with Gail of Is this Mutton
Last time Gail (see her recap post here) suggested a 7 day skirt challenge it was during fall so I was happy to jump on the opportunity of challenging myself to wear skirts in winter for 7 days. I always wear a skirt or a dress at church and there were 3 church days during that 7 day stretch so I only had to push myself a little more to come up with some other outfits. It was great to winterize my skirts and to be creative. One of the things I discovered is that I really love skirts with boots. I do not think I have worn this hand…
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Winter Whites, Winter Lights: January Sunday Showcase
It always is a little frustrating when you have an outfit in mind for a post and when you try it on, it really doesn’t look like you expected. This is what happened for this post. I have different white pants that I have worn in winter but was trying to create an outfit in the cream family so I thought my cream camo pants would be fun. However, when I tried on my outfit, the proportions just didn’t work. The cream combat boots looked weird, the sweater was too long, it just didn’t look very cute. I was also in a little time crunch for pictures as we…
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Disc Golf and Planning Birthday Parties
December and January are hard months on the wallet in our family. After Nativity (Christmas) come two birthdays, 10 days apart. On the 3rd day of our vacation, our planned activity inspired me for birthday party themes for my soon to be 8 and 11 year olds. While in Morganton, NC, we came across a great park by the river with a fun and large playground as well as a full size disc golf park. We came across a wonderful park near the river with a great playground as well as a 18 hole disc golf park. My soon to be 11 year old loves disc golf which he learned…
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Staying Warm with a Blanket Scarf
Since the Sunday Showcase link up is postponed till next Sunday, I decided to go ahead and my regular post on Sunday instead of Monday for those who might be looking for the link up and might be wondering. This is kind of weird to post this outfit as it is unseasonably warm this weekend with spring like weather in the upper 70s. I wasn’t planning to take pictures when we went to the Georgia Aquarium a couple of weeks ago but when we arrived and saw all of the pretty ornaments in the green in front of the aquarium and the Coca Cola building, I couldn’t pass up the…
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Holiday Date Night
I have been wanting to style this cute little suede skirt for a post for a while and today is the day! I plan to take this on our winter trip to North Carolina next week (we are going to hopefully have some snow fun!) and have a date night with the hubby. The skirt would have been better in size medium but I bought it on sale and not all size were on sale at the time so size small was it. I have a couple of other ideas to style this, one of which is casual with sneakers and a graphic tee and another with booties but for…
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Holiday Looks with the Ageless Style
This month, the Ageless style ladies are sharing Holiday Looks! I am looking forward to seeing what everyone is wearing as I typically shop my closet for a comfy but special look for Christmas. Sometimes special might be my accessories such as statement earrings or shoes or a special top. For today’s look, I am wearing a Target sweater I picked up last winter that I think says statement and Christmas all in one. It pairs casually with jeans (see post here) but would be pretty over a sequined skirt. Since I do not have such a skirt, I wore it over a dress since I wanted slim lines on…
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Silver Belles for the Sunday Showcase
Silver bells or silver belles? Why not both? Ada and I wanted to come up with something a little different for the holidays as we often think of red or green for the holidays and giving silver the spotlight seemed like a fun idea. Since I am shopping my closet till the end of the month (wahoo: this is a record for me, that will make it 2 and 1/2 months!), I turned to my shelves and hangers for inspiration. I was pretty sure I would wear this asymetrical top which I first wore here but what to pair with it? I tried several skirts but nothing I had was…