Shopping for fall clothes while it is still 80 plus degrees outside can sometimes be a real buzz killer unless you are headed out the door with an overjoyed Fashionista like my daughter. She gives shopping its own life that is expertly orchestrated in a symphonic fashion by her.

I am only allowed to follow.

Last Saturday began early for me as I was applying my new fall cosmetics in preparation for a day of shopping for my new fall Clothes. I created a vision in my head of the garments that would be returning home with me and rewarded with earning a supreme prime location in my closet. Oh! the excitement that is stirring in me when all of a sudden my daughter tells me that she needs a White Dress for her Sorority Initiation Ceremony. Are you kidding? White Dress? Fall? is my only response as I realize that this day will not live out my selfish vision. Oh well, it will come another day as it doesn’t matter that much when I can spend the time with my daughter. We will shop the sale racks for the little white dress as well as check out the hottest fall clothing trends for my Fashionista daughter Alexis, the college freshman.

FUN! FUN! FUN! Would be all I have to say when I shop with my over enthused new clothes junkie, shoe addict, never enough purses, “I proclaim my own style” daughter. Yes! It’s true that the apple does not fall far from the tree when it comes to this one.

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You can smell fall in the air as the comforting familiar crisp aroma is always the prelude for changes to come with the autumn season just around the corner. I enjoy the anticipation of the arrival of the new season especially when I walk out my back door on a cool September morning and view the blazing color displayed in my fall garden. This sight stands so vivid in my head and leads me to the exciting aspect of how my clothes and closet will change too. Oh! Just thinking about my upcoming clothing purchases fills me with joy. I am such a lucky girl to be living in the Midwest where I completely benefit from all aspects of the changing Seasons …and Yes!

Shopping for new additions to my fall wardrobe is on my mind today.

Now is the time to do a little homework before I head to the mall. First on the list is always choosing which color I will be adding to my fall closet. It is my personal practice to only add one new fashion color each season to my wardrobe. Let me assure you that this type of wardrobe planning will benefit you for years to come and cut down on shopping time as well as bad purchases that you thought were wonderful just 30 short days ago.

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Do you have a Son or Daughter heading off to college this fall? I do and if you randomly ran across this article I must share that my baby girl, Alexis is a freshman at the University of Missouri in Columbia this fall. Many of my friends have children her same age and one of them sent me the most amazing article pertaining to children that were born in 1990 and will be our future College graduating class of 2012 that is assuming they actually graduate in four years. The article was a real eye opener for someone my age considering that the majority of the poled young adults thought Watergate for example involves something to do with water.

Naturally, it made me feel rather prehistoric until I realized it confirmed that I still know quite a bit more that my daughter…WHEW! I will only share a few of my top picks on the list as one in particular hit home for me in a huge way considering Alexis had some editorial control over the pages of her yearbook allowing her the freedom of expression in a unique fashion on one page.

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There is an interesting little known phenomenon coming straight out of Columbia Missouri, directly from the University of Missouri also known as Mizzou. All you need to do is walk around the campus (or off for that matter) to realize that many girls seem to be wearing a similar hairstyle. This new hairstyle was most likely developed from humble beginnings such as a few sorority sisters in search of a new look to call there own. It is likely that those girls went out one evening and the response was overwhelming with rave reviews. You can only imagine the envy developing by all the other girls sporting plastered down, flat, flat ironed, boring & tired looking hair. Thus a trend begins! Recently, a few named the ever so popular look the “Mizzou Do”. Oh! I must not forget that if you choose to pull the “Mizzou Do” into a ponytail it is then called the “Missoura Puff”.

This summer the “Mizzou Do” is gaining popularity outside of Columbia Missouri as those trend setting girls return back to their respective towns for the summer break & FUN! As recent as Tuesday evening a few girls gathered in St. Louis for a little “Mizzou Do Bathroom Party”. This was not just any party but one where you go to socialize with friends armed with your
Big Sexy Flip It Over,
Big Sexy Spray and Play Harder,
Multiple Teasing Combs, beloved Bobbie Pins and a Camera. As I am certain you can imagine this hot new do requires a pro to teach the technique. Why? Because these young ladies are not necessarily familiar with the fine art of teasing hair which happens to be the fundamental base of the new “Mizzou Do” hairstyle. It is was said by a couple of the young ladies that teasing with a large hair pic will offer you huge volume although if you choose a smaller comb you may want to tease all the way from the beginning of your hair shaft to the full length of your hair to not only give you volume but to assist in keeping your Bobbie Pins in place.

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Big news related to a study on dieting that you will in fact double your weight loss by keeping a food diary as well as just a few additional added tasks. Fairly simple concept that is quite obvious to me as to why you would achieve a much increased better weight loss.

Accountability raises the bar when addressing success with weight loss and for that matter most tasks. You merely need to read about the most successful programs for dieting and up pops Weight Watchers every time. Makes complete sense to me that when someone has to weigh in weekly and then attend a meeting in a crowded room with everyone trying to achieve the same objective that the natural conversation is something like; How much weight did you lose this week? Yikes! Such accountability… You cannot deny that it is a huge piece of the widly chosen program for weight loss called Weight Watchers .

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