Once upon a time, I lived in the suburbs. I never quite did the minivan thing, but I was a TOTAL soccer mom, brownie mom, and mom-chaffuer. Now that my kids are grown, I’m a TOTAL Uptown girl and LOVING every minute of it. I live in a great area of Minneapolis, near Uptown. I [...]
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We’ve had a yo-yo-ing warm/cold/warm/cold week. On Monday, it was in the 50′s, and I was in a short sleeve shirt. Yesterday morning, I was walking my dog, and it was 19 AND there was a nippy wind. (Keep in mind water freezes at 32 degrees!) My husband reminds me – that ain’t NOTHING in [...]
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This winter in Minneapolis has been a little strange. One day it’s WAY below zero (BRRRRR – as in its so cold you hold your face hurts), and the next day, it’s in the 50′s. In Minneapolis, in DECEMBER, temperatures in the 50′s are UNHEARD of. And of course, in typical Minnesota fashion, everyone is [...]
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Somedays, I just want to wear a blanket. Lucky for me, I actually have something that fits the bill! This Wooden Ships by Paola Buendia brand poncho/shawl is alike a big comfy blanket, except it’s got a hood and pockets! I wore this outfit shopping on Saturday. I paired the Wooden Ships blanket/shawl/poncho with a [...]
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You know that feeling when you have a closet full of stuff and you STILL have nothing to wear? That’s how I felt, so I decided to head over to june, a resale boutique in Uptown Minneapolis to get INSPIRED. There’s so much fun fall fashion out right now, and there’s no reason a girl [...]
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You know that feeling when you have a closet full of stuff and you STILL have nothing to wear? That’s how I felt, so I decided to head over to june in Uptown to get INSPIRED. There’s so much fun fall fashion out right now, and there’s no reason a girl should feel the least [...]
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With Halloween right around the corner, I’m feeling a little WILD. I’m talking WILD – animals that is! Since I’ve been MIA for a while dealing with some family health issues, I MISS THE WORLD. So this weekend, I was running around Minneapolis trying to soak everything in. And for the first time in a [...]
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It’s been a stressful two weeks – I’ve been MIA – due to some heath issues we are dealing with for my teenage daughter. She’s on the mend, and I’m hoping to step back into the swing of things! This was an outfit post I drafted a few weeks. That day, I needed an outfit [...]
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Since I was so inspired last week by Judy Aldrich’s “Thrift Store Essentials” – I went on my own thrifting adventure. I found a GREAT genuine mink fur coat for $40 – you can see that post here and here. Since I was testing out Judy’s Thrift Store Essentials, I found a double-breasted houndstooth blazer – similar to the [...]
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I’ve been so inspired by all the thrifting that I’ve been reading about! First, there’s this little blog-hop called Thrifter’s Anonymous that I LOVE. If you have thrifted pieces in your fashion blog, you just link up and then start hopping to the other great bloggers who are thrifting! TOTALLY INSPIRING! THEN, one of my [...]
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