Sunday Best and All the Rest

   Hi all! Another week, another outfit - it sure is fun having new clothes! I seem to be going through a season of updating my wardrobe. Happily, my closet loses a few old clothes when new items go in. I'm not sure if the number of things going out is quite the same as those going in, but I try my best. ;)

   Good evening, all! Can you believe it's the last day of November already?! Winter has come upon us in the north, with cooler temperatures here to stay even in the temperate climate of my corner of the world. With this chill in the air, I've had to become more creative with dressing for work. Happily, I enjoy dressing for cooler weather. It's time to enlist the sweaters and boots!

  Hello, readers! I hope your mid-week finds you with plenty of strength and energy to finish the month of September - can you believe how quickly this year is going by?! Today I have some photos to share with you of a mini-vacation my parents and I went on last weekend. It was a splendid way to bid farewell to summer.

   Hi everyone! Well, I guess I'm a once-a-week blogger now. Life stops to wait for no one, and the hard times, busyness, and taking time for rest and fellowship has caught up with my blogging life. Rather than pushing myself to come up with two posts a week, I will make it my goal to post once a week. It may happen more or less often sometimes, depending on how the week is going. Part of blogging is being able to enjoy it, and I think paring down will help me to have more fun, and hopefully maintain blog quality!

    Hi everyone, and happy weekend! You folks asked for photos from my trip, and here they are! I wasn't feeling up to continuing my series this week, so it actually worked out quite nicely to have something else to share. Please enjoy the beauties of California. :)

   Greetings, readers! I hope that your week is off to a productive, not-too-stressful start. This week is the last of July and summer is quickly passing (unless of course, you are in the Eastern hemisphere ;)). It makes me want to be sure and get in favorite summer pastimes before the season changes again!

   Happy weekend all! I hope you are enjoying some fun and relaxation time. I'm slowly getting things done today before leaving the house later on. For now, I would like to share with you yesterday's rainy day look!

    Hello and good evening to you folks! I took a much-needed blogging break this weekend. That bit of extra time was needed to rest and do some other things. Weekends are valuable things not to be 100% stuffed if at all possible. ;) Now I'm back in action!

  How do you do, folks? Today I have a Valentine's Day outfit to share with you! This outfit saw me through a church potluck, a lavender latte, chocolate, and a movie called The Old Maid (how ironic of me). A girl likes to wear pink or red on V-Day, right?

   Hello all! The week is already halfway through and the first month of 2016 is nearly over. Can you believe it? What an eventful year it has been already. Let's take some time out of our busy schedules to talk clothes....:)

    Wood smoke floating past the window...leaves rustling in the wind...gray clouds set against a pale sky...the warm feeling of a space heater blowing on my feet...it's must be a Saturday afternoon in December! I have dinner and a play with a friend to look forward to tonight, and a wool skirt to keep me warm. For now, I cozily blog. What are you seeing and doing this fine day?

   Hi all! It's that time again - the week is drawing to close and there's a new blog post to celebrate. Today's outfit has plenty of feminine flair; it includes two shades of pink! :)

   Good evening, readers! It has been a cool day in my corner of the world. The sky is foggy and the air dirty with the smoke of California's fires. There's soup on the stove and a scarf around my neck. It feels like autumn, though another month of summer has yet to be.

   Hello gals! How has your week been so far? Mine has been a little hectic, but I know the Lord teaches us through all experiences! :) Yesterday I had my usual babysitting job in the morning, plus another in the afternoon; the outfit featured today is what I wore for my day of childcare.

   Good Saturday to you folks! Today I would like to introduce you to the "summer giraffe" (as a child I know called it), and share a devotional. There's also a new poll on the sidebar to vote in. Scroll on, if you please. :)

A 13-year-old fashion statement. This one is pretty cute , actually!    I'm impressed by the younger fashion bloggers I see. These girls have great style! I would not have been a good fashion blogger at that age. In retrospect, this was probably a good thing. I went blissfully ignorant through my awkward stage without realizing I was in it. It wasn't that I didn't care about what I wore, but my fashion decision-making was far more simplistic than it is now.

Hi Everyone!  I'm Eden from Eden's Evaluations and Paige has been asking me to guest post for her.... I am  finally  getting around to it!!!  Thanks so much Paige! <3  Lately, I've been kind of "fascinated" with those shirts that are really loose and look really cute when worn just right.  In this casual outfit that I'm sharing with you today, I used one of those shirts. Now, I wouldn't say that these types of shirts are my exact style, but I've been working on getting out of my "fashion comfort zone" and trying new/different styles. Let me tell you, I'm really lovin' it! :D Oh, and just a heads up... the lightening in these pictures is absolutely horrible... so sorry! We took them at the end of an event and it was already dark outside, so we had to take them inside where the lights were very dim. :-/ 

   Hi all! Well, last week's "surprise" is here...sort of. ;) The big purchase I mentioned last week was A NEW CAMERA LENS. As it turns out, I found out some interesting news the day after posting. A friend from our home school group recently made the switch from Nikon to Olympus and had several old lenses. He's letting me try them out, then buy what I like. :) Today's outfit photos are courtesy the 70-200 mm lens. It does great blurry backgrounds, which is just the ticket for fashion bloggers!

   It's Saturday again and you know what that means....time for a Sunday Best post! :) Today I have a special treat for you in that I have an outfit guest post! Natasha, one of the first modest fashion bloggers I followed, has kindly agreed to do a post for me. Take a look at her cute outfit and wise words on modesty, then be sure to check out her blog . 

    Good morning, afternoon, or evening dear readers! Thanks for taking time out of your busy week to stop by my bit of the web. Welcome to my latest followers - thanks for joining! Today I have a "keeping it real" theme to present to you; I hope you will appreciate and relate to today's post. :)