• Capsule Wardrobing

    2019 Winter Capsule: The Edit

    Happy day, reader dear! Welcome to December! And to a new season’s capsule wardrobe. After fall’s sartorial adventures, I need some rest. And for me, rest means back to basics, my kind of basics. Heavy on the neutrals and built…

  • Musings & Miscellany

    Save $$$ This Holiday Season!

    Do a Double-Take… Happy day, reader dear! The Ho Ho Holiday season is bearing down upon us with all the grace of a freight train, and oodles of bloggers out there are sharing their shopping guides. Since I don’t think…

  • Wardrobe 101

    Consignment Tips and Tricks

    What Your Consignment Store Wants You to Know! Happy day, reader dear! Last time I did a quick video at Encore Consignments, my favorite local consignment store, I asked Tara Jimenez, the owner, what she wished consigners knew… It turned…

  • Style and Styling

    Midlife and Style

    Happy day, dear reader! What is it about Midlife? Some people are ready to hang it all up. But I have to say, I have found it to be a fabulous time of life! In January (post here) I went…

  • Style and Styling

    Personality Trumps All

    Personality Primer Good morning, reader dear! How are you? I’m just glad to be writing today! I got some sort of bug, or ate something that didn’t like me and was sick (in bold AND caps) all night Sunday, and…

  • Musings & Miscellany

    Learning That Image Matters

    Image AND Style Happy day, reader dear! When I’m asked why I do what I do (as an Image Consultant), I answer that it’s a privilege to help others find their confidence, and let their best selves shine. That’s the…

  • Accessories

    Style Obsession: White Watches

    Happy day to you, dear reader! This was not today’s originally scheduled post. This was not a post on my planner at all. This one came out of nowhere and blindsided me. I had, as my husband would say, “a…

  • Wardrobe 101

    Style Staples: #3 Colored Shoes

    Happy day, dearest reader! I am having fun with this Style Staples series… I hope you are, too! Two down, a third today, and a few more in the pipeline.If you are looking for a Must Have List, my apologies.…

  • Style and Styling

    What Style is NOT!

    Dear reader, Years ago, my mother-in-law and I were out shopping. We were looking at an overpriced and flat-out ugly item. Her comment was that is was for someone with “more dollars than sense.” I see outfits like those all…