A Fine Dime: The Little Black Dress

New Years Eve2

  Didn't you know this was coming??? :)  After New Years Eve, I was in a hurry to dress up again and was provided a fun opportunity next week for a fancy birthday party for a friend. I am recycling some old stuff for it but decided to go back and talk about my New Years fashion (because it was so much fun!) and how it can be used for work parties, evening weddings and any other occasions … [Read more...]

Wordless Wednesday

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Just found these pics... priceless! … [Read more...]

Guest Post: “Running: A Beginner’s Story”

Kelly Peterson - 5k medal

I'm not a runner. That would be equivalent to calling someone who knows how boil water a chef. Or calling someone who writes out a grocery list a prize-winning author. Or...well, you get the idea. I began running about 6 months ago, looking for something to do to stay in shape. I had spent the previous 6 months playing around with exercise - attending free aerobics classes in Fayetteville, … [Read more...]

The Sixth Week Hump (couch to 5K)

me

It's like Wednesday... only in Couch to 5K terms. So many people I know have started the couch to 5k with great intentions then got caught at either week 5 or 6. Like me. The flu kicked my face in  last weekend and I laid on my back, frustrated over the fact that I was missing my work out and thus all of my forward momentum. Because that is how it is- if you stop working out it's like the wind … [Read more...]