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Bloggers Weekend in Asheville Days 3 & 4

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 Day 3 was Sunday and Maria was leaving early in the morning since she had a long term substitute teaching job she had to get back to on Monday and also wanted to pop in and see her daughter since she was driving right through the town Abby lives in. Tanya and I really wanted to check out The Biltmore Estate and Marilyn reluctantly agreed (in her defense she has been there before and it is SUUUUPER expensive... like $125! for the day).  That said we ended up spending over 5 hours there and we still didn't see everything. I mean we saw the whole inside of the house and most of the gardens but while we drove over the village and went inside one of the buildings for a wine tasting we didn't see much else of the village and if we hadn't been lagging in all energy we might have been able to spend even more time exploring. I have zero regrets as I just LOVE architecture and hearing about life during the gilded age. I have had this quintessential American Castle on my "must s...
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One Item 3 Ways with Ageless Style

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It's the third Thursday of the month and time for another ageless style challenge. This month I picked one item; 3 ways. The goal was to pick a favorite item from our closet and show how we've styled it 3 different ways.  I just purchased this new jumpsuit and I love it so much! The material is quite different than any I've encountered before so it's super soft. But I really love the neckline (a draped boatneck) and it's been perfect for our not-really- spring-like weather we've been having.  I do need to hem the pants a bit but I wanted to get these photos and this post written before I left for Asheville so I didn't really have time.  Here is how I styled my jumpsuit for date night. I wore my platform sandals, a kerchief around my neck, some dangly earrings in the colors of the scarf and pulled my hair into a quick up do.      I thought I'd really like this outfit with my duster over it and a pair of heeled booties too. This time I used a long neckla...
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Bloggers Weekend in Asheville Days 1 & 2

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This was our 3rd annual bloggers weekend ( year 1 was Nashville here , year 2 was Louisville here ) and we planned to meet in Asheville, North Carolina. I was the only one flying in... and it was not easy finding flights into Asheville! My first day was spent traveling, as was everyone else's. Jenn texted in the morning that she was sick and had to back out. We were all disappointed.  I left for the airport before lunch and landed in Asheville around 6:30 after a long layover in Atlanta. I walked the terminal to get in some extra steps and picked up a really delicious sandwich for a late lunch/ early dinner.   Maria had kindly offered to pick me up and we met up with the other ladies at our AirB&B that Marilyn found us by 7.   Marilyn and Tanya put out quite a spread and Maria added some goodies too. We started up until 11 or so talking and catching up.      The next morning I was up early so I curled up on the couch with my book after getting all ...
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