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Wardrobe Essentials

I often get a questions about how to build a wardrobe, and clothing must-haves. Hopefully this list will help you out a little.. and like me, will give you more options when youโ€™re shopping and donโ€™t really *need* anything ๐Ÿ˜‰ 1. Dark-wash, perfect-fitting bootcut and skinny jeans A great pair of jeans is like a…

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A one-car family

Hi friends ๐Ÿ˜€ How was your day? Hope itโ€™s been great ๐Ÿ™‚ Weโ€™ve been busy bees over here. No one showed for my early Zumba class โ€“mayjah sad face- so we went to pick up the car from being serviced and ended up at Beyond Bread. The day they start serving gluten-free bread, Iโ€™m having…

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Focus On: Hoop Dancing

Hey hey ๐Ÿ™‚ How are you? Hope youโ€™re having a great morning so far <3 Thank you so much for the sweet words on the house- we canโ€™t wait ๐Ÿ™‚ Iโ€™m off to teach early Zumba, but thought it would be a fun time for a โ€œFocus Onโ€ post- Hoop Dancing! This is one that…

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Taking the Plunge

Hiiiii ๐Ÿ˜€ Howโ€™s your day been? Mine has been frantic but fantastic. Weโ€™re taking the plunge. After a weekend of back-and-forth negotiations with the bank, today we said โ€œeff it, letโ€™s do thisโ€, accepted their last offer and got the ball rolling today. Since interest rates are low and itโ€™s a short sale, itโ€™s going…

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Discount Shopping Sites

Not to boast or anything, but Iโ€™m kind of an online shopping ninja. Itโ€™s actually one of the reasons why the blog was bornโ€ฆ I was online shopping (again), bored in Valdosta one day and the Pilot told me I needed a hobby. Anyway, after years of practice Iโ€™ve become a pro. Itโ€™s so convenient,…

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Reader’s Request: Plateaus

Hey friends ๐Ÿ™‚ Howโ€™s your morning treating ya? Hope itโ€™s been lovely so far ๐Ÿ™‚ Lately, Iโ€™ve received quite a few emails/comments about plateaus and thought it would be perfect for this morningโ€™s post. *Friendly disclaimer: if talking about calories/weight/plateaus is a triggering or uncomfortable topic for you, please skip this particular readerโ€™s request. Iโ€™ll…

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Special Dessert Visitor

Hi friends! How are you? Hope you had a very happy Sunday ๐Ÿ™‚ Weโ€™re spent the day catching up with the fam and just got back from dinner at my dadooโ€™s house– it was a gorgeous day in Tucson. We dined al fresco on the patio: and it was glorious. My stepmom (who always makes…

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Cut it off!

Hi friends! How are you? Hope youโ€™re having a glorious Sunday morning ๐Ÿ™‚ Thank you so much for your sweet comments on the Pilotโ€™s return. It still doesnโ€™t feel real <3 Last night, we went with the fam to Pinnacle Peak for dinner. The Pilot wanted a steak, and Iโ€™d been wanting to take him…

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End of the world?

Hi friends ๐Ÿ˜€ How are you? Hope you had a wonderful day! (What is that little funny thing? He hitched a ride on my mirror, so I took a pic) My day was good, but emotionally and mentally exhausting, which is why Iโ€™m finally just now blogging. Also why Iโ€™m going to save my โ€œplateau…

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Incredible Edible

Hiiiii ๐Ÿ˜€ Happy Friday! How are you?? So apparently Nestle is hot? Haha. Heโ€™s always been a friend so Iโ€™ve never thought of him that way, but now that yaโ€™ll mentioned it, I guess he is nice to look at ๐Ÿ™‚ Maybe I need to start doing a featured single pilot of the week post…

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Ants in my chair

Hi friends! (and hi to any new readers out there! So nice to *meet* you) ๐Ÿ™‚ LOVED reading your comments about Photoshopping- as always, very interesting points and fabulous discussion. Hereโ€™s a model who would never be Photoshopped โ€“ you canโ€™t mess with perfection, really ๐Ÿ˜‰ Work sucked my soul out today, mostly because I…

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Let’s Talk About: Photoshopping

Hi friends ๐Ÿ˜€ How are you? Itโ€™s almost the weekendโ€ฆ and almost the day when the Pilot is home for good! (SATURDAY) Iโ€™m so excited, I canโ€™t even stand it. Bfast was a smoooothie: -1 C almond milk -1 banana -frozen organic blueberries -1 scoop vanilla Sun Warrior -organic spinach Perfect. Even though my mouth…

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