A Fine Dime: The Little Black Dress

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  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...]

DIY “Green” Christmas Tags

I wrote this last year for a design blog and decided to re-post it for everyone one who is wrapping up Christmas gifts this week! This is a fun way to recycle all the crumpled bunches of tissue you saved to reuse then never did or the pieces of wrapping paper that were aren't needed. It's also fun to personalize little things on Christmas gifts and make them unique to go with your … [Read more...]

Diary of an overweight girl in the back of the aerobics class

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I told a couple of friends about this post and they were a little dismayed with me once again putting way too much out there- "you aren't overweight!" they kindly said, BUT, although I AM healthy... the government's standards of height to weight puts me in that category. Anyways I'm working out, so who cares what a flipping number says on a scale RIGHT?! until... I realize that I REALLY am the … [Read more...]

Rookie

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"So, are you in college?" asked the young salesman at Rush Running. I smiled politely and just said no. Launching into the fact I'm over ten years out from that phase of my life, married and with 2 kids just seemed unnecessary but I appreciated the accidental compliment. Or was it?! I bought the new running shoes! HAH! ********** I decided to start running again. Back when I was in high … [Read more...]