Two gyms, no exercising…
Day 23 – A Month of Maxi Dresses… During my month of Sporty Chic, I joined a local gym to start my long road back to “mom fitness”. And it was the Sporty Chic clothes that definitely made me do this....
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Day 24 – A Month of Maxi Dresses… Today is my birthday. My husband and kids refuse to tell me where they’re taking me, only that it’s really, really fun. In fact, my kids are so excited about where...
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Day 25 – A Month of Maxi Dresses… Fortunately, my surprise birthday yesterday did not include a person in a giant rat costume, a really bad pizza and a germ-filled tube maze that should only be played...
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Day 26 – A Month of Maxi Dresses… Quiz Fridays are back with a fashion vengeance. Today’s prize? A maxi dress from Ann Taylor! It’s super comfy and there’s plenty of summer left to look fab in it...
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Day 27 – A Month of Maxi Dresses… Congratulations amiable, you are the winner of this dress! Many of you got the answer for what is gamine style correct (notice that I said “many”, not “all”). Here’s...
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Day 28 – A Month of Maxi Dresses… My daughter Emerson has been campaigning for some time to have a “girls day” with me. Being the only girl sandwiched between two brothers, I try to do this as often...
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Day 29 – A Month of Maxi Dresses… Recently, my blog friend, Lesia, sent me a great book called, “My Mom, Style Icon” by Piper Weiss. When Piper was in her twenties, she happened to be looking through...
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Day 31 – A Month of Maxi Dresses… I can’t believe I’ve actually worn a dress every day for an entire month. Really? Me? The person who wore a pantsuit to her prom? The person who sleeps in really...
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A Year in Review – Day 23 I’m only going to spend one day talking about maxi dresses because in my opinion, there is very little to talk about — except for the fact that they’re wonderful. They are...
View ArticleMust have cashmere sweaters…
I’ve been on the hunt recently for a kind of oversized-super-comfy-boyfriend-looking-sweater that, when paired with skinny jeans, will cover my butt. I’ve had no luck whatsoever finding this mythical...
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Day 13 — A Month of Maxi Dresses Today, I have nothing grand to report on the maxi dress front. At this point, I am completely used to wearing maxi dresses on a constant basis and I hardly even...
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Today the mind behind the hilarious blog, Merci Blah Blah takes The Proust Fashion Questionnaire. Shannan is a mom blogger like me, and like me, has three kids. But her kids are all the same age....
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Day 15 – A Month of Maxi Dresses I love this maxi dress. It’s cute, comfortable and you can spill ice cream on it and it doesn’t stain. But I hate this — It has no slit. Same with this maxi dress....
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Day 16 – A Month of Maxi Dresses… My birthday is next week and my son Buck excitedly told me he knows exactly what he is going to get me – a book. But not just any book. Buck wants me to give him a...
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Day 17 – A Month of Maxi Dresses Wow! Instead of a fashion blog, I should have started a “Let’s suggest books to each other” blog because you all are readers! Thank you so much. I now have enough...
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Day 18 – A Month of Maxi Dresses Okay, here’s another, somewhat obvious warning about maxi dresses. If the temperature drops below 70 degrees, you will freeze to death wearing one. It’s been in the...
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Day 19 – A Month of Maxi Dresses… My friend Jen sent me a book for my birthday. It’s called, Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters. Jen and I spent a good portion of our college years obsessing...
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Day 20 – A Month of Maxi Dresses… Usually around this point of every month in My Year of Fabulous, I have grown so sick of whatever style I’m trying out that I want to set all the clothes on fire and...
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Today Joules from “pocketfulofjoules” takes The Proust Fashion Questionnaire. Joules’ blog is about the “Rantings of a type A overachiever with a passion for home improvement projects, marshmallows...
View ArticleMaxi dresses and writer’s block…
Day 22 — A Month of Maxi Dresses… I had this totally great post I was going to write today — A post to make you laugh, then get angry, then become thoughtful and then finally, become profoundly...
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