WIW 1/14 Living in the Past: tried and true UWP formula

I got out of bed late and had 5 minutes to get dressed, so I just grabbed my tried and true favorite UWP pieces because I didn't want to have to

MsMary copycat: Bees and Honeycomb (fashion redux)

When I saw MsMary's post about "Everything comes back around" it was so apropos, because I still have all the stuff from before my fashion

WIW 1/13: Teeth cleaning and voice lesson

I hadn't gotten my teeth cleaned for a while because I missed my last appointment when I landed in the hospital last year with an emergency

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WIW 1/14/2026

I am going to try and post more in 2026. Getting feedback holds me accountable. For a retina specialist appointment and grocery shopping. I wore

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WIW - New combos

Good morning friends! I challenged myself to wear different combinations from my usual to work this week. I succeeded three times out of five

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WIW 1/14: Dots and more dots

Today was my weekly Rotary Club luncheon and I busted out some old favorites. The oldest pieces are the Doc Martens saddle shoes from more than a

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New Favorites

Another outfit with the Wit & Wisdom Ab Solution wide leg jeans. These jeans are a new favorite! They don’t bag out, and they tuck you in

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Skirt love/hate

Another day when it was hard to decide what to wear for some reason and this is what I had on when the music stopped. I got this skirt on eBay a

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Style moniker for me--can multiple princess personas share a cohesive style?

When I first started out at YLF, my style moniker was "demure bombshell" with a shadow persona of "urban warrior princess" (see the Kate Spade

WIW 2 sandwiches

Sandwich dressing has become my FFB outfit Formula.  For me, it’s an easy way to pull something together that’s giving “I thought about

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WIW 1/12: Exercise Class and Choir Practice

Yesterday was not a super fashiony day but I thought I'd post anyway. In the early afternoon I went to exercise class -- started out with my

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WIWs: Once upon a time in the city of War Drobe in YLF-land (Tiek Chic Princess shoes)

Originally I was going to title this post "Ah, Freak Out (Les Tieks, C'est Chic)" but I think it works better as a story. (Yes I am a total geek,

WIW 1/9: The Derm and the Disney Hall

It was chilly here so I bundled up a little for my semi-annual trip to the dermatologist in a newish denim dress. (It's available at Nordstrom

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WIW 1/11 Parisienne Maman on the Go: More MOTG La Ligne stripes!

Thank you guys for helping me with my La Ligne K/R's! (https://youlookfa.....ngfit) I haven't totally decided on what I'm keeping yet, some of it

WIW 1/11 to tell my story

Today is Day 2 of my storytelling workshop and we are telling our stories. Most of the pieces in this outfit are new or newish. The Talbots

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WIW 1/6/26: Matchy Matchy MOTG stripes, and then and now fam pics!

If you know me, you know how much I love matchy matchy. When I have a handbag that matches my outfit perfectly, it makes me so so happy! This is

WIW 1/10 to Storytelling Workshop

Today I had the pleasure of attending a storytelling workshop at our local theater. Very fun! I bought this sweater in very early fall and kind

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Team Burgundy Burberry trench (and hello again from a fashion zombie!)

Hello again! Team Burgundy checking in! It's funny, I was just thinking about posting again on YLF about my new burgundy trench, and lo and

My first YLF Post

I checked on my profile and I joined up with Angie 16 years and 5 months ago. I had been reading YLF for several months and decided to take the

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WIW 1/8: Glee Club practice

Thursday is singing day and I remixed my new sweater jacket with an old J Crew sweater and newish jeans and older black booties and Kate Spade

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WIW 1/6 to my voice lesson

Today I had a voice lesson and later today we are going to a book signing, so I got to "get dressed." Big fun! The sweatshirt is new from Rails

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ETA: recipe link down thread. WIW for my (sort of) first day of retirement.

I guess it wasn’t exactly the first day, but Monday 5 January was the first day after the “holiday break” that I am not going to work at

Low effort 2025

2025 was a low effort style year for me but it was still good. I leaned into boho for simple summer dressing. Fall and winter has been more

WIW 1/7: Everything comes back around, part 2

Way back in 2014 we had a wonderful Shoptemberfest in Seattle, and I bought a fantastic brown pleated pleather skirt and boucle moto jacket from

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WIW…combos featuring burgundy

Messy weather, so OOTD involve lots of layers* and cozy fabrics.  End of year burgundy sneakers and sweater (new) are on repeat wear.

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Both on the Bench

This is what I wore to hang out with my old university roommates for brunch and at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — the coat brings

WIW: Cold day bling

It's been unusually warm this December. We were wearing shorts on Christmas day! I have been lamenting that I have not been able to wear all my

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WIW to the car museum

I was out shopping with a dear friend just before Christmas and saw this gorgeous Alice + Olivia sweater jacket, which I loved but left behind

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WIW Christmas Day

Hello all happy Christmas! It is after 6 pm now and everyone has gone except our daughter and granddaughter who are staying with us. We had 10

WIW to host a New Year's Day party

We had a big open house party yesterday to celebrate the New Year and it was a lot of fun even though it did rain in the morning. I wore my new

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