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Details that Caught My Eye

What a whirlwind the last few weeks have been.  With lots going on at the office aka my day job (see news here),our son graduating from high school, launching another slim down challenge and then when I added new security on the blog that made it impossible to send out new posts via email – it gave me a few minutes to catch my breath and get everything back to normal.  I hope to have the email…

I Need to Re-Think My Sleepwear

We went from Winter to Summer overnight!  I have never been so HOT in my life.  I have been tossing and turning every night this past week because we didn’t know if it going to be hot or cold during the night.  Ugh!  I have been wearing long pajama pants like these and these.  Time to move in to a short(er) version!  I have my eye on a few cute tank styles and nightgowns.. and I cant forget a…

Pork Medallions with a Mustard Caper Sauce

One of the many dishes my husband likes to make and we all like to eat is this pork medallions with a mustard caper sauce.  He makes it so often that I think he has memorized the recipe and just throws it together with out measuring or looking to closely at what he is doing. How ever he makes it, it is always a crowd pleaser.  It is a easy, delicious, week-night or dinner party worthy meal.  This…

Inez the Better Built Heels

Are you sick and tired of putting on a pair of heels that pinch and kill before you have even stepped out the door?  I know the feeling, I have had my share of wearing the most beautiful shoes because they looked gorgeous, but my feet were silently dying.  Luckily, my mother introduced me to Inez the better built heels. They are comfortable.. really comfortable.

According to their site, they…

Red White and Blue For Memorial Day

THe first long weekend of the Summer is this week!  Yay!  We can officially get out our white jeans (although I have already been wearing them any time the sun has been shining).  It is the perfect weekend for me to bring out my navy and white!  This year I am going to add red accessories – give it a pop of color!  This red woven bagis on its way – I have a feeling I am going to use it all the…

Packing is Easy with these Blues

When you gravitate to the same color over and over again, turns out you can easily pack mix and match pieces.  I gravitate to blue and this season seems like periwinkle is the shade that keeps popping into my shopping bag.  I didn’t really think about it until I put this Liberty® floral printed button down next to this sweater and when I saw these shoes, I knew I was on my way to a color story. 🙂…

What’s New?

How are you doing?  What are you up to this weekend?  Any big plans?  I am excited to be at home and doing nothing! Ha!  I say nothing but that just means we have no solid plans. I love that.  I can spend hours getting things done for the blog.  That makes me excited and I start to think of all the things I want to find to share and things I want to make to photograph.  And that is when I get…

Neutral Wedges for all Occasions

In the last few days the weather in the Northeast went from Winter to Summer!  It was so warm last night I brought a sweater and didn’t even put it on!  Not complaining at all, but I did have a hard time figuring out what to wear.  I threw on some white jeans – I am still loving a straight leg (like these) – that are pretty long and require a high heel.  I realize I do not have a good high…

Fresh Blooms Just in Time for Mother’s Day

I wish I had a green thumb or maybe it is that my house doesn’t get a ton of light and every plant I have ever owned seems to die on arrival.  Recently a good friend, who is an amazing gardener, gave me a plant from Terrain and it has miraculously survived!  I was excited to show her that it has new shoots appearing and it is thriving!  I have no idea what it is but it likes my kitchen window and…

Tops to Buy and Wear Now

Errrg.  The early bird gets the worm when it comes to Anthropologie!  Or at least for me it does.  Seems like every time I find something that looks like me and  I would love to buy, when I click on it – it is sold out!  I thought I would get in early and see what was new in tops.  So many cute summer styles to chose from.  I hope you can get your favorites before they are gone!

to buy: top Miam…

Who Doesn’t Like a Surprise Sale?

Who Doesn’t like a Surprise sale?  I know I do!  Shopbop is having a three day up to 40% Off Sale! I did a huge scroll through and put all my current favorites for you to shop.  I seem to have gravitated to black and white but there are tons of colorful items to buy.  Go quickly because this is a good sale and things are selling out fast!

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When You Don’t Want to Wear Jeans

For years, I would not let anyone wear jeans to work and then we went to jeans on Fridays, then we added jeans for the weeks we worked around the clock on Fashion Shows – changing into all black for the events. Slowly, jeans became an everyday uniform when we took on more and more jeans clients.  Fast forward to today and they are what to wear to work in my office. It is a luxury to have clients…

Clearly I have a problem!  I had to have this blue and white striped duster – it is so me! The weather was so gorgeous this evening that my husband and I went down to the beach to take pictures. The only issue was it was so windy that we had a hard time getting a good shot but I think you get an idea on how great it is.  It has 3/4 sleeves and is super soft.  I am wearing it with the perfect…

New Things on My List

I am constantly looking for a new blouse or sweater to freshen up my wardrobe and have a few new things on my list.  I love the button detail on this stripe tank.. and you know how I love stripes! I have been searching for some time for a pair of neutral wedge sandalswith a good slim platform and these might be just the ones!  I am going to order them and see how they look.  Everywhere I look I…

It seems that Gingham is everywhere! It is a pattern I like to add into my very neutral wardrobe and give it a little dimension.  Especially since I wear so much navy and blue – gingham works perfectly!  I found dresses, skirts, tops and even shoes! I am sure you can find something you like in the slider below!

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Matchy Matchy .. Matching Shoes to Your Bag

I remember when matching your bag and shoes was what you did and then it was cooler to not match.  I think being ‘matchy matchy’ can be very chic with the right mix of colors and textures.  I pulled some new great looking bags from Coach and tried to find some shoes to “match”.  I linked below in teh slider lots of of shoe choices to go with the bags.  Happy Matching!

to buy: top row  Parker Bag