While I’ve featured holiday outfits that are more formal, many of you have told me you need holiday looks more appropriate for a casual get together at a friend’s house or a happy hour with office colleagues. When Catherines reached out asking if I’d like to style some of their collection for the holidays, I… Continue Reading Stepping into the Holidays with Catherines
Somehow I got on the Aveda gifting list. I don’t know how but I have been rejoicing for the past few months. Once a month, I get a box in the mail with a couple Aveda products and each time it arrives I squeal for joy. I’ve been an Aveda fan for decades. I used… Continue Reading Recent Beauty Hits and Misses, the Aveda Edition
jumpsuit | shoes | bracelet | earrings | lipstick
Mail-order catalogs were my jam in middle and high school. I obsessed over the Speigel catalog’s home décor section. When I grew up, I swore I’d have a breakfast nook with a pink table, pink café chairs, a pink fan light, a pink coffee maker, and a pink microwave, just like I saw in Speigel.… Continue Reading Me, Myself, and Pottery Barn
dress | capelet | bag | shoes | lipstick
A white elephant gift exchange is a party game that often takes place at the holiday season. The term white elephant refers to a gift whose maintenance costs exceed its usefulness. It is based on the legend of the King of Siam gifting rare albino elephants to courtiers who displeased him,that they might be ruined… Continue Reading Holiday Gift Guide: White Elephant Ideas
sweater | tank | jeans | booties | necklace | bag | sunglasses
Welcome to the latest installment of tons of cardboard arriving at the Gary’s front step requiring Karl to bike it to the recycling center in town because it’s too much for our bin. Those on Instagram may have seen Karl’s grown-ass blue trike he named Bluetiful; he rides that to the grocery store, to drop… Continue Reading Recent Fashion Purchases, Hits and Misses
Shopping for jeans sucks. After swimsuit shopping, jean shopping can be the most frustrating and demoralizing experience. If they fit in the waist, they sag in the rear; if they fit in the hips, they gape at the back of the waistband. And why does a 12 in one brand fit while another brand is… Continue Reading Trying out Fitcode for the Perfect Fitting Jeans