You tried it on in store, flawless. Great hemline, well-constructed, and a work appropriate neckline. You look sharp. You buy it, take it home, try it on again, and its still love. Then it hangs in your closest till the first suitable day to show it off. It’s finally time to model your new fashion fab accomplishment and you can’t wait. You rip the tags off and accessorize with a simple bracelet and killer cute,...

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We spend more daytime hours at work than we do at home.  You can’t take the all of life’s necessities with you, but having the essentials on standby make for a more productive and efficient work day. Cough drops - Not only should they be in your desk drawer, you should have them in your pockets. Although empathy is on your side in the case of a coughing fit, nobody wants you to set a...

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There once was a young lady wearing a daytime elegant free-flowing maxi dress (in a corporate environment). Color and print – nice and subtle, paired with a summer cardigan for no shoulder or arm exposure.  Great length, hitting her ankles, no cleavage exposure, and awesome natural makeup contrasted with a pair of super cute earrings. A confident, self-assured modern day sophisticate. But something was oh so wrong! It started out a cloudy day.  The glass...

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Getting dressed in the dark to allow your squeeze a few extra Zzzs can lead to fashion mishaps. Regardless of the cause of your last fashion faux pas, cultivating envious style means experimentation and trying - essences of #fashion #success.  Flops are not losses, but lessons to enable success for the next go at it!  So, here are a few fashion quotes to help get you past a wardrobe failure and to keep stylin’/trying. ...

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Strangers to Ourselves - Modest Mouse Make a great album! And that’s exactly what Modest Mouse did with "Strangers to Ourselves". In case you missed its 2015 release or are looking for good new music before the holiday madness arrives, check out "Strangers to Ourselves." A casual purveyor of this Issaquah, Washington band, I liked "Float On" and "Dashboard" enough. I even legally procured both songs. Might just be timing, or maybe I’ve matured enough...

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