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Wants vs. Needs

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                                                                                                    from Pinterest from Anthropologie                   from mint.com Doing some personal reflection about wants versus needs... even though I really, really want that crocheted dress from Anthropologie AND it's on sale,  I have to really hunker down and cut the fat out of my budget. So I'm recycling some things, giving away some things that don't really have a monetary value to me, updating my budget, and taking stock of what I REALLY need vs. What I REALLY want. my God shall supply all  your  need  according to his riches...

Sweepin' the clouds away...

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Sunny day... sweepin' the clouds away, on my way to where the air is sweet... Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? Come and play, everything's a-okay. Friendly neighbors there, that's where we meet Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? It's a magic carpet ride... every door will open wide to happy people like you,  happy people like, what a beautiful Sunny day... sweepin' the clouds away, on my way to where the air is sweet... Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street...? how to get to Sesame Street... how to get to Sesame Street... No, I didn't get latrine duty!  I got a new coat and it's been raining too hard to wear it this week so I thought I'd model it in the ladies room! Goes great with my rainy day gear of bold waterproof patterns, but this military style coat with brassy buttons actually needs to be taken in already (espe...

old fashioned shoe shine

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I recently had an old fashioned shoe shine in the Philadelphia airport! I actually had some time to kill and really needed to shine up my boots. I wish I had taken a before picture because it was well worth the $10 fee plus tip!

Note to self: Boots are Better than Fries!

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                                                                Source: healthylivingforyou.tumblr.com via Breezell on Pinterest Remember when you were 11 and your mom took you to get a Happy Meal when you got a good grade in school?  That's Never gonna happen again! Literally...I will Not reward myself with Food! I have something better: Freedom, Life, Energy and...Fashion! As soon as I saw the scale go 40 lbs. lighter and my BMI waltz out of the 'overweight' category, I measured my calves and did a Pinterest search for some leather boots! Last year I was too fat for boots that didn't have the expanding elastic panel and couldn't find any genuine leather boots that I could afford so I started a style board of my wish list. Here it is: Pinterest Then I got paid for a freelance job ...