2018 Favorites

It's always fun to look back on the year and appreciate all the great outfits and good times. Here are a few of my favorites.

January - Honey tasting at local apiary Red Bee

February - A 'mild' day for showcasing SAS shoes and brunch at Terrain

March - Growing tired of the cold, but still loving my cozy sweater and fur bag

April - Pairing my favorite rust blazer with floral and white denim for a spring look

May - Wearing a ridiculous blouse for a Cino de Mayo event

June - Visited Lyman Orchards for a shoot amongst the apple blossoms

July - Went to visit Meg's new house and had a fun shoot together at the sea wall

August - Bought a new hat - almost lost it to a fire truck when it blew off my head into the street

September - Fed Stanley the Giraffe while visiting my sister in California

October - Got a fabulous new bag, paired it with an old thrifted dress

November - A long overdue debut of a fun fringe sweater

December - Celebrating Chloe's 19th Birthday

Thank you for being here! I hope you have a happy, healthy, and fashionable 2019!

Goodbye 2017

I almost didn't get this post up. I know I haven't been around much these past few months, and while I wish I could blame it on the weather (though single digit temps don't help) it really just comes down to me, and the low I've been going through.

It's not easy to talk about the low points, especially in this space, where there is an imagined pressure to only ever be positive. I don't talk about my depression or anxiety, and when self doubt is addressed, it's usually in the self-deprecating-but-trying-to-be-funny kind of way.

Normally in this post I would look though all the posts of this past year and choose my favorites for each month. My best outfits, fun places visited, good times that make me smile. But when I looked back at 2017 I felt like all I saw were fake smiles hiding discomfort and uncertainty.

Back in September Sean and I broke up, and I've since moved back in with my parents as I can't afford anywhere else. After living together for two years I told him I wanted to get engaged, he told me he did not. So I'm back at square one and have been taking a break from trying to smile even though I'm sad. 

I forgot I'd normally be posting my closet additions for the month today, and while I wish I could say I was good this month and didn't buy anything, that is quite to the contrary. I followed the classic holiday shopping rule of buying a gift and then also getting something for myself. I started with the cozy Loft sweater, then some satin pants from Ann Taylor (half off and free shipping is hard to ignore). Furry loafers at Target, a pair of earrings from Mejuri, and to top it off, $60 blue and white ornaments from Williams Sonoma.

I kind of want to say 'good riddance' to 2017 but I suppose the year wasn't all bad. Certainly not the year I'd wanted or hoped for, but at the end of the day, it was the year I created.

I don't know what 2018 will bring for me or for the blog. Maybe I'll start being more honest instead of only sharing the positive, but hopefully from here things can only go up. 

2016 in Fashion

It's always fun to look back on the year and reflect. I often find myself feeling nostalgic and spend a bit of time looking through years past, the first year I did this type of post was 2010, and it's interesting to see how much my style has changed, and which items are still in my closet today.

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2015 in Fashion and Photos

I always look forward to putting together this roundup post, a chance to look through a year of outfit successes (and fails, not that you will see those here), to get a little nostalgic, to think about which pieces I've worn non-stop, and which only got worn once (oops).

I always like to think that with every new year as my style evolves I will somehow get my shopping habits under control, that I will only buy amazing pieces I'll wear all the time, that I'll only make sensible purchases and not another grey sweater just because I love grey sweaters.

Even with that optimism, I know deep down that I am that impulsive shopper, a bargain hunter who can't pass up a silk skirt for $10 even if I only wear it once, and an obsessive compulsive shopper calling stores across the country to track down a dress that I saw and will stop at nothing to own.

I'll try to be good, but I suppose it is only a matter of what sale I can't resist first!

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Wishing you all a happy, healthy, and fashionable new year!