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Iceberg dead ahead
Do you sometimes think about what’s coming. Perhaps with a mixed feeling of excitement and dread, all the time thinking there’s an iceberg dead ahead.
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How to Set up a Giving Programme
About a hundred years ago (February 2020), I suggested we think about setting up a giving programme.
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Wealthy is as Wealthy Does
There’s a proverb of sorts, Beauty is as Beauty does And according to Walt Disney (video has sound) at any rate, it means being kind and doing something nice for someone who feels down. Every single day. Because beauty is about what’s on your inside, not the outside. You can Google to your heart’s content,…
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What, Why, and How of Pleasure
When times get tough, one of the first expenses cut is pleasure. In the face of all other considerations, it becomes frivolous and wasteful. And yet, without pleasure, life can look and feel very grim.
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Joyful Memories from Gifts of Love
I’ve already talked about realia; the stuff used by historic figures or at historic events and therefore worthy of collection. But as it turns out, we leave us day-to-day reminders of themselves as well – Gifts of Love.
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How to Win in the Sales Season
It’s sales season again – that time of year when it seems everyone is trying to get their hands in your wallet. Preferably to empty it, leaving you (and their competitors) with nothing.
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5 Tips for Surviving Renovations
We’ve been renovating our bathroo; it’s been what you might call interesting… With that in mind, here are my top 5 tips for surviving renovations.
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How Wardrobe Reviews Make You Happy and Boost Personal Power
I recently watched a video where women talked about the life-changing nature of KonMari-ing their closets. How their wardrobe reviews boosted their personal power, and made them happy.
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A Critique of Glamour’s “24 Fashion Essentials You’ll Need in 2015”
In a large nutshell, this is my problem with “fashion essentials”. An essential is something that you just can’t do without; the air that you breathe for example. Fashion is a customary or conventional way of doing something; in this instance, a way of dressing.
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Three Kinds of Capsule Wardrobe
I’m trying to get my book Build Your Signature Wardrobe finished, so a quick post about the three kinds of capsule wardrobe.
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The Importance of Appropriateness in Clothing
I thought I’d share some thoughts about the old fashioned notion of Appropriateness. Many people reject appropriateness because so often it has the moral connotation of right and wrong.
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Wardrobe Planning 1935 style
Today’s advice about wardrobe planning 1935 style comes from a college textbook I discovered during my book research.
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Your Clothing Shopper Responsibilities
I’m going to share the Author’s thoughts about clothing shopper responsibilities the responsibilities of wardrobe shopping. Some are still surprisingly relevant today and looking back some are strangely prescient
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Dealing with Aging Parents
We just got home from a mad dash back to the town we grew up in, to visit our respective aging parents who have assorted medical problems, and are approaching the time when we don’t know when/if will be the last time we see them.
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The Benefit of Clothing Budgets
It’s been a couple of weeks since I talked about the value of wardrobe planning, so I thought I’d follow up with some thoughts on clothing budgets and buying clothes.
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Why Wardrobe Plans are Valuable
The key wardrobe plan problem is building this year’s wardrobe around last year’s clothes (not lack of funds). I think this may be…
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Discover Your Perfectly Comfortable Heel Height
Once, a very long time ago, I had a pair of heels with the perfectly comfortable heel height. Not only could I wear them all day, but then all night as well and hardly notice I was wearing them.
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Could You Do Fashion On a Budget?
I spent too much on clothes – most of them mistakes, and I still had nothing to wear! I needed a system to procure fashion on a budget.
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Virtue of Beauty; a Beautiful Presence
Your authentic self is initially seen through personal presentation – your beautiful presence; your clothes, hair and makeup.