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Janet

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Timely blog post today! Wearing my altered (sleeves shortened) blue tie-waist tee-shirt dress.

I decided to play it down casually with flat cognac and white Rag & Bone sandals (not seen in the pics), a fabric tote (a freebie that comes with purchase from Freda Salvador, a brand I love!), and a cord, wood, and shell necklace my husband bought me on a whim in Barcelona, 16 years ago! Worn for a day of errands (a dress makes for a quick change after Pilates). It’s a mix of neutrals with the blue dress, which I think helps casualize the outfit more than being matchy-matchy, but it all seems to “go”, even my sunglasses!

Funny that even my current phone case is blue! And my blue car in pic 3. Yes, I do love this color. LOL

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4 weeks ago

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Latest reply was from Janet

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This color is just amazing on you!

4 weeks ago

Angie

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You wear sapphire with the best of them, Janet! KILLER colour on you, pretty dress, and love the sentimental necklace

Your car and dress are the new fashion forward set!

4 weeks ago

kkards

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Now this is next level matching.
Clearly you love this color and it loves you back!
YLF

4 weeks ago

LJP

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Really great look, Janet! I don't wear artisan /non-metal jewelry, but I can appreciate that this is a fabulous piece. What were the sleeves like on the dress pre-alteration?

4 weeks ago

Janet

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Thanks, Cookie, Kkards, Lisa and Angie! LOL I have quite an expansive capsule in this color.

Lisa, the sleeves were sort of a long short sleeve — nearly to the elbow and with a little cuff. My worst length. I thought about removing them entirely but decided to just have them shortened to a slightly angled short length instead.

4 weeks ago

Firecracker (Sharan)

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Super outfit, Janet. I agree the accessories you chose and the sandals keep the look casual. The color and style of the dress are both amazing on you. The matching phone and car made me smile.

4 weeks ago

Lisa

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This color is gorgeous in you. Fun statement necklace too. And my matcha matcha self adores that you have matching blue phone case and car!

4 weeks ago

bella

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Great outfit. The necklace is a true conversation piece.

4 weeks ago

Lynne

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Gorgeous, and I love your observation re the variety of neutral accessories bringing a casual vibe. The dress is stunning on you.

4 weeks ago

Suz

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Janet, you are Queen Sapphire! Love this on you! Love the pendant, too....

4 weeks ago

Sal

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Oh this is very good indeed! Chefs kiss. It all works so well and I agree that sleeve length is perfect. A clever alteration. And the jewelry is gorgeous too.

4 weeks ago

UmmLila (Lisa)

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Ooh I love this. The seashell cord necklace is very on trend, too.

4 weeks ago

Carol

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I can almost hear the seagulls in the background--not sure why. I can't r remember if you live by the coast. But it is such a beachy outfit, in such a pretty color.

4 weeks ago

Jaime

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Gorgeous! Your signature color for a good reason.

3 weeks ago

Lise

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Great look Janet! I missed this some how. Reminds me of the Summer European examples you posted.

3 weeks ago

Janet

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Thanks!

Carol, we live a mile away as the crow flies from a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay (my old house, a few miles away, had a water view since we were across the street from the Bay — I miss that view! To get the kind of house we have now with waterfront would be $$$$$!). So your observation is pretty apt. we had some good times there (pics from the community beach, just steps away from our front door). My parents bought that little beach cottage when I was 11, and I sold it last year. I lived in it for almost ten years, and we got married in the backyard. It was really emotional to let it go, but the settlement was exactly a year ago and I have no regrets! Being a landlord was stressing me out.

Lise, I’m glad my real life style is intersecting with my aspirational summer style! Goals!

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3 weeks ago

Helena

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STUNNING. And with all the sea-themed accessories I'm seeing the necklace is on trend but in the most authentically artistically Janet way. Perfection!

3 weeks ago

Karie

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That shade of blue is most definitely your color, you look stunning. And I love the pendant, too. I also thought of my car with Angie's post, it's that same shade of blue (RAV4 Prime though).

3 weeks ago

Janet

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Karie, RAV4s are such great cars! I had a succession of Priuses for many years and loved them too. I’ve always liked that kind of bright blue for a car — it’s just distinctive enough. I think it’s good for visibility without being fire-engine red, you know? My car is now 8 years old and 88k miles on it, and I still love it. It would be nice to have some of the new safety features of the newer models (the exterior cameras have gotten so good now), but I’m happy driving a car for years and years. This was my sort of practical splurge — something that drives like a sports car but can fit my bike or a lot of gear in the back! My husband’s vehicle is from 2012, so we are milking our vehicles for as long as they are not troublesome.

3 weeks ago

Laurie

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Missed this last week. You look sensational!

I have the same vehicle philosophy. My Mazda3 is 14 years old and has 94K miles on it! We do our long hauls in the SUV that is now 6 years old, and use my car, with all of its "character", for city parking.

2 weeks ago

Lise

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Janet I am a Rav 4 first generation owner. If looked after they never give up. My DH just went to South Africa and sold ours that is a 98 model and I bought in 2000. Difficult to let her go. I own one here as well as although not in as good condition as the other one. Do you remember the original adverts, it was called Claudia Schiffer in hiking boots. haha to appeal to the ladies.

2 weeks ago

Janet

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Lise, we bought my oldest stepson a used RAV4 -- one of the smallest, most basic ones, and we got it for a song -- when he was in high school and his mom lived a mile down a terrible unpaved road. It was hard for him to get to school, band and theater rehearsals, and ballgames without his own vehicle and he needed high clearance for their bad road. He drove that car until he went away to college, and then his younger brother drove it for ten more years! That vehicle owed us NOTHING, LOL. Best deal ever. Those things were made to last.

2 weeks ago

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