Stella Carakasi:  Career Reinvention Assistance

Stella Carakasi: Career Reinvention Assistance

I continue to learn so much about career reinvention later in life.  I am constantly challenged with how to prefer the better over the best.   Balancing activities…learning to say yes to what will build the business and no to what won’t, requires careful contemplation.   Of course, living with grandchildren until the end of October adds…

An Outfit I Won’t Wear Again!

An Outfit I Won’t Wear Again!

Happy Friday, all!  The picture is bittersweet…I have loved this linen tunic for awhile, but this will be the last time I am seen in it.  Thanks to JENNY CRAIG, my tunic has just become too big!  With certain camera angles, I look like a giant marshmallow! So, I bid it adieu…but happy for the…

Change,, Chico’s, and Curtains!

Change,, Chico’s, and Curtains!

Everything changed last week…I mean everything…and I will be blogging about this change more than once this week.  On January 23, my friend Catherine Robinson wrote these words on her blog (CASHMERE LOVER)… “Don’t you just love it when plans start to come together…plans that have been years in the making, of course, long hours,…

#OOTD: An Eileen Fisher Love Story and Fashion Flash!

#OOTD: An Eileen Fisher Love Story and Fashion Flash!

Believe me…I rarely do this…. spend this much on one piece.  But, as I age, having certain investment pieces in my wardrobe make good sense to me.  I know what I like, so why not make sure it will be around for awhile by buying one of the best. Especially when I love a garment…

Monday Fun…Simply Vera Wang…Fashion Flash…Gift Idea!

Monday Fun…Simply Vera Wang…Fashion Flash…Gift Idea!

For those who celebrate Christmas, I am sure you are on fast burners…but take a few minutes and enjoy some fashion, beauty, and fun! Recently, I was asked to join the KOHL’S Yes2You Fashionista Group!  I am impressed to find all ages represented in the group.  They sent us a little spending money to put together…

OOTD Challenges:  What To Do?? What To Do??

OOTD Challenges: What To Do?? What To Do??

I am in that place again. It is a place I know all too well.  I have been here often. It is a place where you have to be a “glass is half full” kind of thinker or discouragement sets in.  The place?  My closet….where I find clothes too big and clothes too small, but…

Not Looking for Clones, Looking to Inspire

Not Looking for Clones, Looking to Inspire

Yesterday was a big day!  I had quite a few new readers come check out this blog because I was mentioned in a Chat Room….welcome, to any of you who stopped by and decided to come back!! With this joy always comes the zingers!  Someone wrote (in the chat room) that my jewelry is too…

Tim Gunn and Teachers Share the Runway!

Tim Gunn and Teachers Share the Runway!

Trying to MAKE IT WORK! with a menswear look today! The pinstiped pants are a little big…but wearable! There is an interesting new mentor for teachers….Tim Gunn of Project Runway!  I am on a listserv of journalism teachers and this was one of the recent comments prompting a lengthy discussion:  “So… one of the authorities…