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What’s on Your Head? – Style Me Bloggers Link Up

Confession time!  When I realized this week’s link up would be a blog about our favorite winter hats, I knew I was in trouble.  I figured I would either have to quickly move some place where there is a true winter or stage a series of fake pictures for this post. Then on Monday, fellow […]

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I Feel Pretty, Oh, So Pretty!

Happy Sunday!  I have one eye on the TV checking out how my fantasy football teams are faring today and one eye on my laptop as I type this post.  Today I am linking up with other bloggers through Alison Lumbatis at Get Your Pretty On for a post on an outfit that made me […]

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What’s Lurking in My Closet – Style Me Bloggers Linkup

  Shoes to Shiraz | Two Teens and their Mama | A Lovely Little Wardrobe | R Squared  Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy | Family Love Inspiration Education   The Mishaps and Mayhem of Solitary Life | The Blondissima | Familiar Joy Positively Learning | Quilty Joy Joy | Daily Style Finds | Sheila’s Potpourri | Puppies and […]

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HELLO, November…

  Ha!  It just occurred to me now that we are almost a week in, that a shiny new month is upon us.  I didn’t even wish October a fond farewell or welcome in November.  So allow me to remedy that now…Adieu, October, I am not even going to lie, I am glad to see […]

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Style Me Fall Fashion Recap

We may not have crimson colored maple leaves or golden oaks and acorns in the Chihuahuan Desert fall but we have our own autumn beauty.  Thanks to the crazy, unseasonal rains we have experienced since the end of July, the mountains, the desert and all of El Paso is in bloom more like April than […]

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Style ME Fall Fashion Wednesday, Final Act

Hey Girls!  This is the last Wednesday linkup for the fall challenge.  That was fast, huh?  I kind of drifted off challenge a few days since last Wednesday when life and doctors appointments got in the way.  But I am keeping pictures from all of the challenge outfits that Alison sends us and I can […]

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