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Weekly Reads and Finds

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A white background with 24 items that I think would make great gifts, or would work well this holiday season.

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I have to say that this is one of the first Black Friday’s in years that I have not bought anything. I mean, it wasn’t for lack of trying it was just that everything that I was looking for or that was on my list didn’t seem to be included in any sale.

Maybe Cyber Monday will be better?

I got smoked by the Zara sale. I don’t even know how people managed to buy anything because as soon as I found something in stock, it was sold and removed from my cart.

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A Holiday Packing List 2021

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Packing for Holidays

At picture of a brick wall with a holiday wreath in the center and below laid out in rows are the clothes to pack for the holidays.

Turtleneck | Bodysuit | Blouse | Sweatshirt | Striped Sweater | Oversized Sweater | Cardigan | Denim | Black Pants | Trousers | Dress | Wool Coat | Pyjamas | Bra | Socks | Underwear | Earrings | Knit Hat | Scarf | High Boots | Sneakers | Warm Boots | Black Purse | Tote |

As you have already sat down to your Thanksgiving dinners and have made your game plans for Black Friday shopping tomorrow and are heading to bed (or most likely in bed already), I probably should have scheduled this Holiday packing list for last week instead.

The obsessive and controlling part of my brain had other plans and wanted to make sure that I completed the last post in the Dressing for your Body Shape Series posts before I jumped back to something else though.

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Weekly Reads and Finds

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A white background with 24 items that I think would make great gifts, or would work well this holiday season.

One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine | Ten | Eleven | Twelve | Thirteen | Fourteen | Fifteen | Sixteen | Seventeen | Eighteen | Nineteen | Twenty | Twenty-one | Twenty-two | Twenty-three | Twenty-four

It is Tom’s birthday today and every year he gets to request a cake that I make. For the last 3 years he has chosen the same cake. It is a cheesecake that I tweaked the recipe for since we aren’t huge white chocolate fans.

I am absolutely not a baker, but I substitute semi-sweet for the white chocolate and it is one of the best cheesecakes that I have had.

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How to Dress an Hourglass Body Shape Capsule Wardrobe

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Hourglass Body Capsule Wardrobe

A white background with the pieces for how to dress an Hourglass body shape capsule wardrobe laid out in rows. These clothes are suitable for fall, winter, and spring.

Bodysuit | Long Sleeve | Wrap Shirt | Turtleneck | Blouse | Wrap Sweater | Cashmere Sweater | Turtleneck Sweater | Blazer | Dark Denim | Blue Denim | Trousers | Black Trousers | Dress | Coat | Trench Coat | Beret | Belt | Earrings | Ring | Handbag | Purse | Black Boots | Chunky Boots | Sneakers | Flats | Oxford

An hourglass body shape is synonymous with curvy feminine idealism. It is the shape that is deemed most “womanly” throughout a lot of history, and it is also the body shape that is most naturally balanced.

With the other body shapes aside from the rectangle, we dressed to balance the silhouette. With the hourglass figure, we have a body that goes out-in-out in relatively balanced measurements to give the appearance of an hourglass.

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