top of page





Search


Where Bloggers Live: My Last 10 Library Books I Read (and 5 I Did Not Finish)
Welcome back to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live! I am lucky to have joined a terrific group of bloggers who give a peek into the places and spaces where they spend their time. Today's topic is The Tabs That Never Close: My Essential Websites...and for a similar topic in 2023, I wrote about my favorite weather website, which I used routinely for years. (Now that I am not working, I find that I spend less time tracking the weather forecast, and I find myself just lo
sallyinstpaul
Aug 14
Â
Â


Goodbye Navy Pencil Skirt
Today I'm continuing with my summer closet edit... -Grey tipped blazer post is here; -Navy short-sleeved jacket post is here; -Light blue Henley t-shirt post is here; -Slate blue skirt post is here. The fifth item leaving my closet is this navy pencil skirt from Walmart that I purchased 8 years ago for $10.50 (on sale). Just like with the slate blue skirt, I last wore this skirt in 2024 because in the summer of 2025, when I'd just left my job, I didn't feel like wearing skirt
sallyinstpaul
Aug 7
Â
Â


Where Bloggers Live: 10 Daily MVPs - Things in My Home That Get Me Through the Day
Welcome back to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live! I am lucky to have joined a terrific group of bloggers who give a peek into the places and spaces where they spend their time. Today's topic is...Daily MVPs - things in my home that get me through the day. For once, I'm not going to overthink this! I just started making a list and stopped when I got to 10. Well, actually 12 because the most important two are: Mr. in St Paul Rabbits, all of them in the world Here a
sallyinstpaul
Jul 10
Â
Â


Where Bloggers Live: Pets/Animals Who Rule My Heart
Welcome back to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live! I am lucky to have joined a terrific group of bloggers who give a peek into the places and spaces where they spend their time. Today's topic is...Pets/animals who rule my heart, and I could have dedicated this entire post to my top 2 pets/animals..but instead I am going to flush it out to my top 10. First the top 2, then the remaining 8 in alphabetic order because it wasn't really possible to rank them all the way
sallyinstpaul
Jun 12
Â
Â


8 Black and White Skirt Outfit Ideas for Summer
Jodie and her crew recently styled black and white skirts 3 different ways, and it made me wonder how I have worn black and white skirts in the summer. I found 8 OOTD in my archives to share with you today to keep this summer outfit inspiration with this item going. (And I see no reason that these ideas wouldn't work with black and white pants, shorts, skorts, etc.!) First, a short introduction to the black and white skirt you'll see in most of my outfits...or a re-introduct
sallyinstpaul
Jun 8
Â
Â


A Black and White Summer Print Mix Outfit with the Thrifty Six: Hemlines
I have been welcomed into a wonderful group of fashion and lifestyle bloggers that focuses on styling preloved clothing and accessories in themed monthly posts (third Monday of the month). I hope that this showcase of secondhand items and outfits provides some shopping and style inspiration for anyone who is interested in creating great looks in a way that is sustainable for our planet and our pocketbooks. Today's topic is my choice of Hemlines...I thought that the Necklines
sallyinstpaul
May 18
Â
Â


Where Bloggers Live: Spring Visit to the Como Zoo in St Paul Minnesota
Welcome back to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live! I am lucky to have joined a terrific group of bloggers who give a peek into the places and spaces where they spend their time. Today's topic is...My Favorite Things about Being Me...and one of my favorite things about my life right now is having the time for small local weekday outings that pack a lot of punch. To celebrate the arrival of true spring weather in the Twin Cities, my husband took the day off work so we
sallyinstpaul
May 8
Â
Â


Where Bloggers Live: Life's Little Miracles, aka Bunnies
Apologies to my WBL friends that my post is late! Between Internet outages and dealing with (minor) illness, I've fallen behind on everything. But I couldn't let this month's theme go un-blogged, so I'm hoping late is better than never! Welcome back to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live! I am lucky to have joined a terrific group of bloggers who give a peek into the places and spaces where they spend their time. Today's topic is...Life's Little Miracles, and this is
sallyinstpaul
Mar 18
Â
Â
bottom of page