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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Hello there! It’s Tuesday so that means it’s time to talk fashion with Marsha and me.

I share clothes I really wear, and I snap one quick (sometimes too quick) photo before I go out the door. If I am just trying something on, I try to tell you that.

I love clothes and shoes and I always have! I love to dress myself and others! I love to talk clothing! I also love to write! As I child I wrote songs and in 7th grade I fell in love with my school newspaper and wrote for the junior high and high school newspapers from 7th-12th grade. I even wrote for the college newspaper for one year. Are you still doing any of your childhood hobbies?

The photos you will see here today feature clothing worn in 40-90 degrees! How about that?

I know. I know. Everyone is sick of my J.Crew Factory blouse. She has earned her keep! I wore this to brunch on Wednesday with my friends Heather and Heather and Faye when it was so hot, but it started pouring rain and storming while we were eating. Don’t wear wide leg jeans in the rain, don’t wear white, and don’t wear flats. I broke all the rules.

I have on my darker Halara wide leg pull on jeans and my new Amazon flats.

Another view in a boutique mirror…

The next day I was going to Ghoul’s Night Out which was a fun event at a local shopping center where they had festive drinks, samples, and deals going on. I thought the rain was over, but I ended up wet with flat hair. I went with my friend Jessica who is always fun to be around. We got our auras read!

I wore my charcoal wide legged Halaras, my Old Navy witches hat tee, my Amazon scallop cardigan from last year, and my New Balance 471s.

Friday for shopping with my sister and niece, I wore wide leg jeans, the Amazon flats again, and an old boutique blouse in fall colors.

I switched to sneakers after the first part of the day. I wore my New Balance 471s again.

Molly and Lena and I went to a big consignment store but only Lena had any luck. We all tried things on but made smart decisions. Then, we all scored at Aerie!

I bought one clearance sweatshirt and a Grandpa cardigan that was in my online cart from a recommendation from The Big Boo Cast.

The clearance sweatshirt:

The Grandpa cardigan with EO as a photo bomber:

Saturday was so cold! I just ran to Kroger and wore my Quince pants from last year – so soft, New Balances, chambray Old Navy, and my barn jacket from J.Crew Factory.

Then, I changed to this favorite Walmart Free Assembly jacket that I just love (a few years old) and my consignment NY ballcap (new with tags) for a walk.

Sunday morning, I had a coffee date with my friend Victoria. It was so, so cold and I actually wore the Grandpa cardigan out. I think it’s going to be more like a coat for me. I don’t see myself wearing it indoors for long, you know? I have my brown Matilda Janes on and on my feet are my faux Birkenstock clogs from last year.

Sunday was an outdoor punkin’ chunkin’ event. It was a breast cancer research fundraiser so I wore my consignment pink pants. It was going to be 65 and sunny so I thought layers would be good. I never did take off any layers, though. I wore the NB shoes again, my JCF blouse again, my beloved Target cardigan from last year and my newish Amazon chunky bead necklace.

Whew! I had a lot to share this week!

Observation: I have forgotten how it feels to be cold. I don’t know how to dress!

I plan to try to wear fall/winter things as appropriate and weed out what I don’t want to wear, what looks dated, or what no longer feels like me.

Do you have any favorites that I have shared today?

I really don’t need/want to shop for a bit! Why are fall things so tempting? Help!

Hope you will join us here!

Amy

28 thoughts on “Fashion Files”

  1. None of the schools I attended had their own newspaper or I’m sure I would have been part of that. The only childhood hobby I still do is painting/drawing, You have lots of cute outfits this week. Our weather swings aren’t quite so wild anymore with temps hovering between 30 & 60 (and really only 30 at night and in the very early morning) but yeah it was a shock to the system to have really cold weather again. But I did pretty great dressing for Evan’s parents’ weekend and really only started feeling cold after lunch when the wind picked up and the temperatures dropped but that worked out well as we pretty much hung out indoors and then headed home by then. I don’t want to buy any new things either but fall things really do tempt me. I just LOVE sweaters and even though I literally have no more room in my closet for any, I can’t seem to stop checking them out…

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    1. It was so much fun! I loved it! My mom was an art teacher but I never took to painting and drawing. It is a shock! That’s good that you were appropriately dressed for the events. I know – the sweaters this year are really tempting me.

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  2. I was on the school newspaper in junior high – in fact I wrote the advice column! I was “Dear Roxy” and no one knew who I was!
    You scored well at Aerie! I haven’t gone in there in a while but when I do I want all the comfy clothes. I think you have found your retirement style!
    xo,
    Kellyann

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    1. We have so much in common! I have some problems for Dear Roxy if she wants to come out of retirement! I did! I am still struggling with when to get dressed. Lol.

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  3. I enjoyed writing and reading as a child and still do. Those are the only hobbies/interests that I had as a child that I still have today. Your outfits are all all cute! I really like the cream colored sweater (your last photo). I am not ready for the cold weather but I’m getting there I guess. The biggest shock is my early morning runs. Last week during the weekdays, it was warm enough to wear shorts and a tee shirt for a run. That changed in the past few days.

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    1. Did you bake as a child? I enjoyed that, too, but my mom didn’t like me in the kitchen. Thank you! I love that sweater so much and wore it a bunch last year. It’s got to be so shocking to get out and run that early but it’s also a great time of year to run.

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  4. I love all the outfits from your week! And you got some great things recently; I like them all. This is a true statement about the weather messing us up with dressing. I spent some time in my closet last night for today’s post, and let’s just say that I don’t love a lot of what I tried on in there. It’s partly just my body; I need to lose weight. Ugh! Why is this so hard?!

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    1. Thank you! Thank you! It is so hard. Things shift from year to year or else my taste changes. It is hard. I don’t want anything to feel tight or uncomfortable. I am very unhappy when that happens.

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  7. I really enjoy your fashion posts. I am not that into fashion but do like seeing what other people wear.
    Oops to not having a good outfit for the rain. I hate soggy jean bottoms. I love the outfit you wore to Ghoul’s Night Out. Fab buys! It is sweatshirt and cardigan weather here for sure!

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  9. Oh, I HATE being cold – I had to play tennis Saturday and it was COLD. I’m checking the temperature in the morning and if it’s in the 40’s I’m not taking the dog out until it’s warmer and if I have time – ha! Yes, I have many childhood/HS hobbies that I still hang on to. . .also wish I would have been introduced to some things back then (like editing and photography) that I enjoy now 🙂
    SOMEDAY I’ll join Fashion Files – I’m just not someone who has ever paid attention to what I wear until you came along and started encouraging me to do so – ha! I’m trying to really pay attention to what “feels good” or makes me “feel good” when I wear it. Sometimes, though, I see a picture of myself and then don’t think it looks as good as it feels – does that make sense? I know you get tired of your wardrobe but I rarely do – especially my light summer clothes. I’ve been dragging my feet getting out my winter stuff 😦

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    1. I would rather be cold than hot but I find my tolerance for cold is less these days.
      Maybe use this time off to develop your fall/winter style and see how things make you feel? Even group things in your closet together that you plan to wear together?
      That does make sense. I will feel really confident in something and be like – wow, I looked bad! I do get tired of each season’s things by the end of the season but maybe it’s because I have a lot of patterns and not as many neutrals?

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  10. Hi Amy!
    Those pants you wore with the yellow colorful top look really good! I’m so jelly of your social life. I wish I had more girlfriends!
    Cheers!
    Missy

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    1. Thank you so much! I really don’t have that much of a social life! I would just start with one person you would like to get to know better. It’s hard, though, as an adult.

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  11. Our weather is similar right now: 40 degrees when we get up and walk to the school and then mid 70s in the afternoon. So I am wearing in fall layers: denim and a pretty flowy top with a layer like a plaid oversized jacket. I will be rotating my jackets in so that I know if I need to get rid of any. Oh, I just thrifted my first pair of Halara denim, wide leg. In the wash now, but planning to rotate all of my denim next week!
    http://www.chezmireillefashiontravelmom.com

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  13. I think your fall color top is the best, followed by the grandpa sweater (is that a thing). I am always cold in the winter so I would probably wear that sweater with a couple of layers underneath it! Isn’t it weird how we went from AC to heat? I love to create and did when I was a kid so I guess that’s something I still love. I also liked to write but only on my terms. I hated having to write a specific kind of paper! I still like to write as you can tell from my comments and my blog! Thanks for being my pal on Fashion Files!

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    1. My niece died laughing that the Aerie receipt said “grandpa cardigan”. It’s a thing! I am usually hot rather than cold. I hated some writing assignments but knew some were good for me.
      Thank you for asking me! It’s been lots of fun!

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  14. Love the Sunday morning outfit …the cardigan is so good.
    Hadley saw me in my Walmart pjs, and one evening she went to Walmart and got pjs too…& she came home with a Free Assembly quarter zip that was maybe $15? She said, “mom , this would be $50 or more at Aerie!” 🤣 she’s a working girl who is becoming practical with her purchases…lol

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    1. Thank you! The receipt from Aerie literally says “grandpa cardigan” and my niece laughed at that.
      That is so nice to hear about Hadley and that brand Free Assembly is good! I’m very pleased with my things of that brand.

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