the 1st part is lame...and it goes downhill from there...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I apologize in advance for this post. Any shred of creativity and humor I once may have had has been zapped by UV rays and chlorine. They need to make a sunscreen for THAT kind of protection, if you ask me. C'mon, scientists. BE somebody.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPOzdAYAI4Dono1jYJ6ibU4EjaLzkx5jpf40WnuNaHGlu8n6KCnqa5gTUX6S1UyfEpVKd8nSlO77Zw8i8EWYuUDJalJWJez7Mq3us8MenwFmTOfL8RyyfcPhbrmvCjeJzRFvwZNdhO6H0/s1600/G1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpf3W3nE1F4tWCFs3HldcJtvx4W5FSaSJNCp50c3fseAt9Sfp8YUjEEWGa2el4Z_QLCwMxtdYUeMdiNElHgqvtDR5206bLpfFDXd2SdO5ZSt3aCxRTBuv3gFJ52nypd20Mp8r-sIbTdb7c/s1600/G1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> shoes: converse brand. shorts: american eagle. shirt: forever21. necklace & flower clips: gift. watch: target.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3U7BwmBdlbtunPAPM0eaMTjAuwHJ3OH-u2tPuJYbyCeAe8QJeZYyeIa7aSNvrMXtOBpCV68zznUsrYSPPb8WQEIUNiZW5_ir3hYi6jrfHjYKvfIUc3gASSWmkPIVWNscSVv8JdrsIYEqb/s1600/G1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This crown braid? Yeah. Awkward. I took it out because it's too weird, and I can't concentrate knowing that I look like a lopsided pinhead. Not to offend the lopsided pinhead population out there...I'm sure you're all very capable crown-braiders.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzM6rGG4Xpj-nkPyM1VttYUs7nU12r0U92eBo3aWvvFD4vB9TrtI6-Jr8MrR9Mfp8KFGUjJH1oM34ZGZdE5tG1LYtk0o8a_oeHoDyMwLQd3Z7h16RKA6B6j_crdwaQO3cZANmDjSfaQIv/s1600/G1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" /></a></div><div align="center">So, here's the deal, guys. I love this top, but I'm finding it hard to style differently. This is the case with several of my 30x30 shirts, actually. In cooler weather, it's easier for me to change things up by layering differently. But when it's hot, like it is now (not complaining, here. just, y'know, stating facts), the last thing I want to do is layer stuff just so it looks different on the ol' blog.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">[Editor's note: So we've come to that, have we? "Ol' blog"? Ouch. Like Ol' Yeller...didn't he die at the end?]</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So. This top is like an outfit unto itself. I don't really know what that means, actually, despite the piece of embossed cardstock somewhere in my house that says some PhDs think I know 4 years' worth of something about the English language. (Suckers.) Basically, if I wear this top, it doesn't really matter what else goes with it, because it's bold and detailed and can't really be paired with a non-neutral bottom like plaid because...ouch on the brain and on the eyes. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Speaking of pained brains: "apparently" you're "not" supposed to eat "crappy" foods "late" at night every "night" if you're "trying" to lose tummy "flub." [Editor's note: Admit it...you're a huge fan of an overuse of the arbitrarily placed quotation mark, aren't you?] Guess who's going to actively embrace her tummy flub? That's right. Me. Because some things are totally worth a romantic m&m snack by TV-light.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Tuesday.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click below for similar style...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background: white; border-bottom: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-left: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-right: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-top: #bfbfbf 1px solid; display: block; position: relative; width: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=3397022&size=Small&width=6&height=1&layouttype=0&border=0&footer=0" width="430"></iframe><br /><div style="bottom: 2px; height: 18px; left: 0px; line-height: 12px; position: absolute; width: 100%;"><div style="left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px; position: absolute;"><a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/browse/Converse#pid=uid6676-2041974-73" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; color: #606060; font: 11px verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">More Converse...</a></div><div style="padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 3px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/#pid=uid6676-2041974-73" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;"><img alt="ShopStyle" src="http://resources.shopstyle.com/im/widget/ShopStyleLogo_powered_small.png" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></img></a></div></div></div></div>

the 1st part is lame...and it goes downhill from there...

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It's back. The awesomeness that is the 30x30 challenge.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrktfjD_E8iRseDmNijxCElxVSLEeqPG4tv9PJfzEprAxuvxR6qB9pNfHim4ZyTTq2YnL9Or1pRPhH1BcPVsao0mZRwzfYMSxKfDTpQNzuJkjGVY45EvLLyC1IfmP5b9ksQd6XsOo0qez/s1600/Q1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrktfjD_E8iRseDmNijxCElxVSLEeqPG4tv9PJfzEprAxuvxR6qB9pNfHim4ZyTTq2YnL9Or1pRPhH1BcPVsao0mZRwzfYMSxKfDTpQNzuJkjGVY45EvLLyC1IfmP5b9ksQd6XsOo0qez/s400/Q1britt3.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I'm participating in <a href="http://kendieveryday.blogspot.com/" target="blank">Kendi</a>'s 30x30 challenge this spring (read about my winter 30x30 experience <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/search/label/30x30" target="blank">here</a>). Basically what that means is I've chosen 30 clothing items (including shoes) to rotate and remix over the next 30 days. Which would be way easy if I lived in Hawaii, because I'd simply choose 30 swimsuits and live on the beach. But I don't. Thanks for asking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGF8_ZlltDs1nkHpYReFB0xVTXmUfs2iE1XAwLUusuXePnAjYSIsS6_F9AQCOLaD8PAa3WsnnrApYUm32eUsV_LVep_EcmD3baxFhQMlENjH3uFlQ_GgrvsuhjWLCZoeappPOzPy8Gjf5/s1600/Q1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGF8_ZlltDs1nkHpYReFB0xVTXmUfs2iE1XAwLUusuXePnAjYSIsS6_F9AQCOLaD8PAa3WsnnrApYUm32eUsV_LVep_EcmD3baxFhQMlENjH3uFlQ_GgrvsuhjWLCZoeappPOzPy8Gjf5/s400/Q1britt1.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">sandals & bracelets: forever21. jeans: kohl's. shirt: j.crew. flower hairclip: downeast basics. earrings: hawaii.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamh1fN4E4qXxeekGe5jVQ4Ops-z1Oa47tPGF7nQFAhV4IFNBLAyYk5KwGrk4t7T5RbirldhB8KtxW_QqOv69Nr9f0wLiehrPShLbzC33usVOZiQhWMuAMnZjJJdVCs0wxnsYjtYbmwDK5/s1600/Q1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamh1fN4E4qXxeekGe5jVQ4Ops-z1Oa47tPGF7nQFAhV4IFNBLAyYk5KwGrk4t7T5RbirldhB8KtxW_QqOv69Nr9f0wLiehrPShLbzC33usVOZiQhWMuAMnZjJJdVCs0wxnsYjtYbmwDK5/s400/Q1britt4.jpg" t8="true" width="280" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You know, I'm loving the fact that I'm content with simple outfits/style lately. A top, a bottom, and a shoe. Doesn't get more basic than that. Well, I suppose it could, but...yeah. No. This is a family-friendly blog, you guys. Which means we talk about family-friendly topics and only occasionally delve into the subsurface stuff. Stuff that only adults should talk about...Like the other day when I had to clean up my 2-year-old's accident involving substance, not just liquid. That's right. Shield your eyes and your brains. Mine are permanently scarred.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But you didn't pay good money to come read about that, now, did you? Let's move on.<br /><br />I almost wore a large chunky watch with this ensemble instead of the mass o' braceletage. But I thought it would be highy ironic that someone wearing a loose flowy cotton-silk blend peasant blouse would care what time it was using anything other than the sun's position in the sky. And I just happen to be that girl today. And it's been raining all day, no sun in sight. Which can only mean it's perfectly legal to go back to bed. Or never get out of bed in the first place. Pick your poison, but either way...sweet dreams to me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Monday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">p.s. And for all you die-hard fans of this blog (hey mom!), I've enclosed some outtakes below. You're welcome. Which, in a perfect world, would also translate into "I'm sorry."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXywz1NThTvQhWhYlljgVCqqpcAmP5-9ezGPaDTcpp0UhVvmgt-SI57S7zJXAShEdRDeD8xAO_nDGudWh7k8dsEPYm_xptd7KV7N31afyfNuNhVVw3D0HjgrbyfgmpTmA6mJLzKYmHDyaR/s1600/Q1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXywz1NThTvQhWhYlljgVCqqpcAmP5-9ezGPaDTcpp0UhVvmgt-SI57S7zJXAShEdRDeD8xAO_nDGudWh7k8dsEPYm_xptd7KV7N31afyfNuNhVVw3D0HjgrbyfgmpTmA6mJLzKYmHDyaR/s400/Q1britt2.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? Sweet. 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It's back. The awesomeness that is the 30x30 challenge.

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wide leg pants and yoga. c'mon, Opportunity. knock already.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcaffzC4g7mq-q5pl89Ax_3n8YR3W1AUvRxOhaWmY9xkaViWpXLMikxRGP8bl3w3pMsau9Getcz-NB1x0BwhiEhOzTG9BSsl6L8sX4UWGqIWGEo-wOSFMrJlGt5EPbSnLMEIks_G3PtTF/s1600/H1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcaffzC4g7mq-q5pl89Ax_3n8YR3W1AUvRxOhaWmY9xkaViWpXLMikxRGP8bl3w3pMsau9Getcz-NB1x0BwhiEhOzTG9BSsl6L8sX4UWGqIWGEo-wOSFMrJlGt5EPbSnLMEIks_G3PtTF/s400/H1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">shoes & overshirt: american eagle outfitters. pants: gap. long-sleeved shirt, belt, long necklace, & flower clip: vintage. short necklace: forever21.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19z87kPvU2LLGkbi4tC3plVTUwZj7RjJ39giFtPoEgoUgUCJlbgKy59XU0ZKhOJ59WzBdN17s8vFI3uGMukofhl5Ai8ypftEoWWrsiiaOq-r-AAa1nXLRLwjoyhhVRZRh4Bvp7GoswSuN/s1600/H1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19z87kPvU2LLGkbi4tC3plVTUwZj7RjJ39giFtPoEgoUgUCJlbgKy59XU0ZKhOJ59WzBdN17s8vFI3uGMukofhl5Ai8ypftEoWWrsiiaOq-r-AAa1nXLRLwjoyhhVRZRh4Bvp7GoswSuN/s400/H1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYA_ooXJNPKeAp8bQmyRqVbNT5CD_5woCqsggRsn0IyZck_yF-mkdDtzUOKxhua-58ioCTvi4KX0jh3NHmm_T0Rc9ToJwKsKQebliiuAwLMz0U0kF12eUqRVmcJ4InS_hKpDKmT_xgcjO/s1600/H1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYA_ooXJNPKeAp8bQmyRqVbNT5CD_5woCqsggRsn0IyZck_yF-mkdDtzUOKxhua-58ioCTvi4KX0jh3NHmm_T0Rc9ToJwKsKQebliiuAwLMz0U0kF12eUqRVmcJ4InS_hKpDKmT_xgcjO/s400/H1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">You know how, sometimes, something obscure and blurry and vague will nevertheless weigh on your mind? That was me, until today, and I realized what it was: should an immediate opening for a yoga poster child ever arise, I'd have no photographic evidence of my being the perfect woman for the job. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Until now (last photo in top sequence), natch. What a load off.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So. About this ensemble: is it just me, or does anyone else, on occasion, feel like busting out monochromaticity? Every month or two, I allsofasudden get the urge to wear one color, and one color only. And usually that color's blue. (Is there a Freudian interpretation in this? Please no.)</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">At first glance, everything in this outfit appears to be heavy solid-on-solid. But the pants have a subtle pinstripe, the long-sleeve layering tee has a sheer/opaque stripe going on, the belt divides the top half of me from bottom half, the crown braid and flower clip add a touch of whimsy and youth (do I sound, like, 80 saying that, or what?), and everything else just is.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Know what else just is? The eterna-crumbness of my dining room floor. I've come to accept it, to assign the floor-sweep chore to my dog, and to then ignore it. A trifecta of solution that screams win-win.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Monday, friends.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? Sweet. 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wide leg pants and yoga. c'mon, Opportunity. knock already.

  shoes & overshirt: american eagle outfitters. pants: gap. long-sleeved shirt, belt, long necklace, & flower clip: vintage. short n...

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mr. golden sun appears to be permanently indisposed...yellow sweater to the rescue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfYw5ElKgMWng9Cekv-7JS4b06VS7uGWkBU_YSZm2aHbdnOAo1ROQExOZbGdeS2_4ZTp30RtF_kHh_H8Rx_nPehaIlofCPY7kVpYlo_DD6s5CsEqAdOL3WF5hoazadSrcgPEtEdX-brNh/s1600/Q1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfYw5ElKgMWng9Cekv-7JS4b06VS7uGWkBU_YSZm2aHbdnOAo1ROQExOZbGdeS2_4ZTp30RtF_kHh_H8Rx_nPehaIlofCPY7kVpYlo_DD6s5CsEqAdOL3WF5hoazadSrcgPEtEdX-brNh/s400/Q1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">shoes: steve madden. pants: gap. shirt: j.crew. cardigan: old navy. bracelet: downeast basics. pin: don't recall. earrings: hawaii.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEharyqC32graOGFVspw7rljudfjAniQ1e1rKxM93y2IrNDtRSphTFWfprRjT13TT3PTa5UBEV8B0Is56dL94rWuh669VNwZvkB6hTItqlZOeFt-WOhNEtKMvcBybR-0FLXG3ZQ0aAVGzg0B/s1600/Q1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEharyqC32graOGFVspw7rljudfjAniQ1e1rKxM93y2IrNDtRSphTFWfprRjT13TT3PTa5UBEV8B0Is56dL94rWuh669VNwZvkB6hTItqlZOeFt-WOhNEtKMvcBybR-0FLXG3ZQ0aAVGzg0B/s400/Q1britt3.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I'm looking for it, guys. My dignity, that is. Searching hard...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHJoQ2DfCbBhsOL0yP9CUD3RjiB2Kj-tw7g1S1BvoQYq4CUEZx3dih2Lu02JyNHsDoOn55jpn0hpefJD9TpYWSSbNV8TRSvgy1ZQmAte9r2fsQ3klnLf_Ap-4xo0dIMXwgsbwZRMz4g_F/s1600/Q1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHJoQ2DfCbBhsOL0yP9CUD3RjiB2Kj-tw7g1S1BvoQYq4CUEZx3dih2Lu02JyNHsDoOn55jpn0hpefJD9TpYWSSbNV8TRSvgy1ZQmAte9r2fsQ3klnLf_Ap-4xo0dIMXwgsbwZRMz4g_F/s400/Q1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Drat. It's gone. Quite possibly forever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4FMs9NTtjc4ZN-sn7pksYDWHIfKZTaH827MX8Nu7QTZXqk1lvIL2AUGlHc58M-NWk2ywfNnJaPBDrDA-xHeTtGgOHk1JhtZy_yMyQmKYG6312UCOGVPfV6TaWpPI4R7MLWvUqxHtzXPD9/s1600/Q1britt4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4FMs9NTtjc4ZN-sn7pksYDWHIfKZTaH827MX8Nu7QTZXqk1lvIL2AUGlHc58M-NWk2ywfNnJaPBDrDA-xHeTtGgOHk1JhtZy_yMyQmKYG6312UCOGVPfV6TaWpPI4R7MLWvUqxHtzXPD9/s400/Q1britt4.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dignity or no... it's <a href="http://www.modlychic.com/" target="blank">Friend Friday</a>! This week's topic is among my favorites: <em>Gratitude</em>. Here goes:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>1. When it comes to me personally – I owe a lot of who I am to: </em>My parents and siblings, natch, for their sculpting of me through my childhood years. My college roommates during those pivotal college years, who helped me figure out what really is -- and isn't -- important to me and my life. (For example: ISN'T: yellow landrovers, caffeine, and pleasing everybody. IS: loyalty, laughter, and clean cookware.) And, forever and ever amen, my husband and children.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>2. When it comes to me professionally – I owe a lot of who I am to:</em> My English professors who embraced my uniqueness and let me -- <em>encouraged</em> me to -- fly, the Grant Lab (my first career-centered job, right out of college, which taught me the ins and outs of real-life professional technical writing and set me up for the kid-friendly, flexible freelance writing I do now), and my husband whose support has been unwavering and perspective reassuring.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>3. When it comes to the art of blogging, I’m grateful to these people for helping me through some rough spots: </em><a href="http://heidiluxe.blogspot.com/" target="blank">Heidi</a>, who without knowing it has set the example for me of completely being ones own glorious and unique self on blog (her blogging resolutions for the New Year 2011 were what sealed the deal), <a href="http://spoilsofwear.blogspot.com/" target="blank">Jill</a>, a stranger who took a chance and asked to feature me when I first started my blog and who will always have a place in my e-heart, and (sincerely) all you style bloggists who are genuine and who put yourselves out there because you love what you do. It's inspiring. Annnnd...my husband, who smiles and supports me even though blogging & "style" per se aren't exactly his thang. (Ew. Gross. Pretend I didn't just type that.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>4. One blogging challenge I’m grateful happened because it made me stronger was…</em> Adding Disqus. Ran into many problems installing it on my blog for some reason, but I learned some html stuff and patience and how to curse in my head but not out loud. All very applicable life skills.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>5. To my readers, I’d like to say… </em>Thanks, all four of you, for putting up with me, with my sarcasm, with my text-heavy posts, with my outfit blunders, with my silliness, and with my amateur self- or kid-snapped photos. Thanks for your comments, for making me laugh, and for following and visiting often. I think you're pretty great.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Friday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? 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mr. golden sun appears to be permanently indisposed...yellow sweater to the rescue

  shoes: steve madden. pants: gap. shirt: j.crew. cardigan: old navy. bracelet: downeast basics. pin: don't recall. earrings: hawaii.  I...

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