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Champagne Taste: How to Treat Yourself Without Going For Broke
Do you often experience Dom Perignon taste on a Martini & Rossi budget? Hey I get it, it pays to save, have balance, afford what you really want and ignore what you can do without in order to live life in style, right? Right. I have this article from Glamour magazine’s March 2012 issue still…
Read MoreHere’s The Skinny
Here are the skinny versus fat controversial thoughts of a fashionista blogger… I admit it I’ve gained some extra pounds of love recently. So being a blogger and wanting to explore my passion for fashion and styling as a new career and life path, the weight gain is daunting, no haunting me. So I guess…
Read MoreSociety Rules Or More Like…Society Rules?
U don’t have to be one half of a couple to be living your best life. Tweet that! I find that society has made being single into being slightly weird. Especially if single after a certain age. I almost feel protected from that stigma because I was in fact married for 11 years and make…
Read MoreYou Thought You Knew! 10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me
Quiet people have the loudest minds. Blogging Challenge Day 4! 10 things about me that I would like to share… 1. My favorite fruit is pineapple. Love it! Could eat it every day all day. 2. I adore my alone time…to think, not think, regenerate and just be. Ideas can spur from being at…
Read MoreNeed a Vacation From Vacation Planning? Get Travel Inspired
I am on day 3 of Alex Headon’s Feel Good Blogging Challenge and we are instructed to blog about a tutorial giving step by step guidance, instruction or provide tips on how to do something. Ugghh! I feel like a jack of all trades and master of none right about now BUT I do love to…
Read MoreA Passionate Post
Why do I do what I do…one word, one person comes to my mind, Grandma. I will never forget it was maybe a month before she passed away and I went to visit her in the last hazy days of her fight against lung cancer (after having survived breast cancer years previous) and I asked…
Read MoreNostalgic Nights
“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” ~Vincent Van Gogh I decided to do a night photo session to embellish on the feel of this awesome strapless leather mini by Like Mynded, purchased at Nordstrom (of course! they are my fave). As well as feature this…
Read MoreNo White After Labor Day?…Forget About It!
After some in depth research (ok, google search), regarding the no white after labor day rule I found it is a whole lot of hoopla about nothing. I walked into work the day after labor day in this dress. Needless to say I secretly felt a bit rebellious…and beautiful! So, I decided to where it…
Read MoreWhy This? Why Now?
“You playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking so that others won’t feel uncomfortable around you. As you let your own light shine, you indirectly give others permission to do the same.” -Marianne Williamson Stop being such a scary ass! Why this? This is me, this is my voice, my life,…
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