May 2013

Plus Size Style, Style

Casual Cool

I’m just as surprised as you are – two posts in one week with me in jeans! Don’t worry, I’ll be back to dresses on Monday and I’ll have a new one to share with you! I picked up this [shopsense…

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Be Jeweled

Be Jeweled: What's in my jewelry box?

Yesterday morning as I was stopping in at Starbucks for my morning cup of coffee, my barista said to me, “Your necklace! It’s so… understated for you, I can hardly see it!” I jokingly asked her if she needed her…

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Style

Casual Essentials

I wear dresses so frequently that most of the time my friends, family and coworkers forget that I own pants. I always get comments like “You look so different wearing pants!” It’s true, I probably wear dresses and skirts a…

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Events

2013 Best of 425

I’m so lucky to have a community that supports and cares for me. The last year and a half has been an incredible journey for me not only personally, but in the blogging world as well. I’m amazed at how…

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Events, Style

GroopDealz Giveaway

Happy Wednesday everyone! I’m so excited to announce my new giveaway! As my readers all know, I’m a huge fan of statement jewelry but it can be so spendy! Just like everyone else, I love finding great pieces at reasonable…

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Body Image, Plus Size Style, Style

Limitless Color

Throughout my blog you see me wearing a number of different types of clothing (mostly dresses), yet they’re in all different shapes, cuts, and colors. I would say that 80% of my closet consists of blues, greens, and purples with…

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Fashion Flashback

Fashion Flashback: Stripes

Last month, I shared the history of polka dots (one of my all-time favorite patterns), so this month I decided to feature the history of stripes! It seems like stripes and polka dots go hand in hand, though you probably…

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Be Jeweled, Style

Personalize It!

A few months ago my mom and I were going through old papers while cleaning out the attic. My parents kept absolutely everything from when I was a kid which can be a lot to weed through. However, digging through…

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Plus Size Style, Style

Not your average mullet

It’s hard to believe that last week we were breaking records for high temperatures and now we’re back down to typical cooler Washington weather. It’s almost a nice change to be back to bearable temperatures, but looking back at these…

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Body Image

When did calling people ugly become cool?

About ten years ago I was a young teenage girl. It seemed that all of the girls in my class were shopping at Abercrombie & Fitch. Though the store was incredibly loud, giving an almost instantaneous headache, and wreaking of…

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