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Happy Monday all!

My holiday social life kicked up in high gear last week and ended on a fabulous note.  On Saturday afternoon I had the pleasure of having  lunch with a  group of beautiful and intelligent women.   We came together to see our dear friend who had come back East for the holidays. We discussed everything from “Scandal” (totally obsessed with that show!) to current political issues. I could kick myself for not bringing my camera to get a group shot of these lovely ladies!

Later that evening Tamera, Latasha and I got together for our gift exchange dinner.  This time I didn’t forget my camera and I was able to take some pictures between gift giving and laughs.  Dinner was delicious  and we had an awesome time.    After dinner we wandered the mall and finished our Christmas shopping.

While at Macys Saturday morning I saw this sequin jacket hanging on the rack.   This time last year I would have NEVER thought to buy this this jacket. I would have told myself that I looked like a big disco ball and passed it by.  Now I no longer feel that negative about my body so I snatched up the last 2x.   Once I tried the jacket on, I knew I was going to buy it and wear it to dinner that night.  I’m so glad I bought this jacket because it represents how far I’ve come from the person I used to be.

I want to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Have a wonderful day!

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The beautiful Latasha and Tamera!

Jacket: INC (Macys)

Tank: ASOS Curve

Jeans: Harmony & Havoc (via Macys)

Booties: Kenneth Cole Reaction

Necklace: Target

Casual Friday/Two in One

TGIF everyone!!! Hope you have great plans for the weekend. The weather here in Philly is supposed to be beautiful so I plan to take advantage of it!

In keeping with my promise to dress more colorfully I pulled out my favorite printed maxi dress to wear today. I realized it was too summery to wear (the air is still chilly) and layering a shirt underneath it didn’t look good. While I was taking the dress off, I folded the top half of the dress down to create a skirt! I was quite impressed with my little DIY maxi skirt(wait, does this count as DIY? LOL). I paired my “skirt” with my white cowl neck shirt (seen here), brown belt and cobalt blue blazer. Since the skirt is really long, thong sandals wouldn’t do so I wore my new Kenneth Cole Reaction suede peep toe wedges (which are very comfy btw). To finish off my outfit I added my chunky two toned chain necklace.

Do you have any great DIY ideas to share? Have a wonderful weekend!

Maxi Dress: the Avenue (bought it 2yrs ago)

Blazer: Eloquii

Shirt: H&M

Bracelet: Forever 21

Necklace: Nordstrom Rack

Wedges: Kenneth Cole Reaction