Happy 3rd birthday to all of us (readers and writer alike)! As a child, I always wanted to journal. I thought the idea of leaving behind a piece of me for generations down the line to read sounded romantic and mysterious. I also thought reading my thoughts from five, ten, even twenty years prior sounded fun–like a chance to travel in a time machine. There was only one teensy problem. I sucked at journaling. I would write dutifully, taking care to use my best penmanship, for two days. Maybe three. Then, much like every other whim to suffer my fickle heart, I dropped it like a hot rock. That’s why I balked when Nicole emailed me a little over three years ago and said she was giving me a blog for my birthday. I wanted one, but I just didn’t think I would stick with it. As usual, my gift for reading people and predicting behavior extends to everyone but myself.
Let’s hope that last sentence is true, and that the present I have for one of you is something you will like. I’m a pretty good present buyer, but you never know. Fingers crossed.
Okay. Last year I decided 37 would be the year I stopped waiting for the return of my former glory size. I realized (finally) how silly it was to wait until I was “perfect” to dress stylishly. That realization created a new problem: I wasn’t sure how to dress to flatter my new shape. To make a long story short, a small portion of my weight gain during 1999-2000 was the result of a medical condition. That medical condition completely changed the shape of my body. I used to have a pear shape with, quite frankly, the most perfect little boobies you ever did see. Not too big, not too small, just right 34b+. Then, all hell broke loose. Now? Not 34b+. At all. Plus, a belly! And a c-section belly (times 2) at that! My new shape was, in many ways, the opposite of what I was used to. I was befuddled, I tell you.
I decided to treat myself to a Customized Lookbook and Shopping session with Reachel Bagley of Cardigan Empire. I read her blog long enough to know I shared her philosophy on fashion. Embrace your figure (thin, overweight, or in between, almost everyone has issues), dress with confidence, and don’t save feeling beautiful for special occasions. It also didn’t hurt that she believes in dressing modestly (not prudish, just no midriffs or g-strings on display), is a stylist for Anthropologie, and breaks things down step by step for people like me who do so like their rules and compartments until they get the swing of things.
When Reachel realized I had a blog, she offered me the lookbook and shopping session as a gift plus one lookbook to giveaway. I was extremely grateful, but I had to decline. I had a feeling I would love my lookbook and shopping session, and I was afraid you might think I was pulling the wool over your eyes if I gushed about something I received for free.
I was right. I love my lookbook and refer to it regularly. It was the best money I spent on myself during all of last year, with the exception of regularly coloring my gray hair. Priorities, people.
I was worried Reachel wasn’t going to tell me anything new, but I was wrong. (Of course I was. I have no perspective when it comes to myself.) I thought I had to avoid empire waists like the plague, but that was with my old figure. My new figure is all about the empire. So, for my sister in-law’s wedding in Florida, I wore exactly that.
I also thought that because I am pale, I should stay away from bright colors. I was right…sort of. Overly saturated colors don’t suit me best, and neither do pastels. This was a disappointment. My reunion was coming and I didn’t want to wear black. Reachel promised me that a bright color, like cobalt blue, would work great and would not make me look like a ghost. I don’t know. Something about hue or tone or something.
She was right. (Disclosure–I am wearing self tanner!)
Now I understand my shape better, wear colors that make pasty look pretty, and happily emptied out most of my closet. The only thing I need now is the money to fund a shopping spree. I’ll be sure to make that one of my wishes this year.
In the meantime, Reachel is giving away to one reader a customized Lookbook. I hope you love it as much as I love mine. Just comment on this post and share with us your favorite color. I’ll accept comments on this post until the end of national birthday week. (Sunday, December 5.)
p.s. Thank you, really, to those of you who stop by and are so consistently supportive. You don’t know the impact you have had on me.
p.s.s. I was wrong when I thought as a child that reading something from five, ten, or twenty years ago would be fun. I read posts from five months ago and want to pop my eyes out with hot pokers. I wonder what possesses me to write half the posts I publish. Sheesh!
Update: I used random.org to pick the winner. Congratulations to Erika from Nico Designs! Please email me by Friday so I can forward your information to Reachel.
Happy Blog Birthday! My favorite color is yellow, golden sunny yellow. Orange is a close second. :-)
hey Jules! Happy blog birthday! Can’t believe it’s been 3 years already :)
We’re so blessed for having your thoughts and adventures shared this way
Here’s me raising the virtual glass, wishing that the blog celebrates many more birthdays!
Ah, my favourite colour? Red…always red.
Love,
Joy x
Happy 3rd blog Birthday! Hip, hip, hooray for Pancakes and French Fries!
About journaling, I did the same thing, perfect penmanship in my “Dear Diary”, for a few days and then it sat moldering at back of my bureau drawer. Ha.
My favorite color is yellow!
Keep writing Jules, I enjoy your wit, humor and style!
Peace,
Donna
P.S. If it’s too painful to look back at older posts, then don’t. Wait, in 10 years you’ll get such a hoot out of re-reading your amazing blog.
Happy Blog Birthday! And Happy Birthday to You, Jules! What a great prize. My favorite color is blue, and I could so use a new look!
Happy 3rd Birthday! I found your blog earlier this year and have enjoyed reading about your adventures. My favorite color is blue :)
Elizabeth
Happy Blog Birthday!
I’m for green all the way…
Does black count? Seriously, it’s the only color I wear pretty much since baby number 3. Things aren’t as they used to be. or something. I add some grey in for excitement.
Happy Birthday! And happy blogging anniversary!
I LOVE reading your blog and check for updates every day! You make me laugh. My absolute favourite picture of you, is the one you took for Leslie/Lesley/Lesly. That is a stunning photo!!
I just had to get that off my chest, but I digress.
My favourite colour is fuchsia ~ never red. Fuchsia.
PS, when I looked back to check the spelling of Lesly, I couldn’t post without adding that the picture of your son kissing you on your front yard picnic may trump “beautiful hair” photo. As a stay at home Mom (kids now 21,19 and 18) I call those moments the “pay cheque”. We don’t get paid in dollars per se, but THAT is a definite pay cheque!
Happy Birthday!
Well then, a very Happy Birthday to you both!!! I’m quite happy you gave in … as I do so love reading your blog, sipping some java … I also love me a reason to celebrate!
And for the record, I feel your pain on the pasty skin. With winter in full swing, I’ll soon need to be wary of whitewashed walls … for I tend to complely blend in. Sigh.
Oh right, favorite color …this past year I’ve been smitten … SMITTEN I tell you … with orange. More specifically pumpkin … with maybe a hint of cinnamon…. love it.
I am so indecisive about my favorite color….all shades of blue would be my current favorite. Congrats on 3 years! I am glad that I found you.
Happy Blog Birthday! I was late to the PFF party but am always glad to find an entry in my mailbox. My favorite color is green. And I hardly ever wear it.
Aw, I bet when you give yourself a bit of distance, reading the old posts will be fun. Five months just isn’t very long, is all! In ten years, they will be a treasure.
Anyway – on to the giveaway!! I, too, am a soft smushy buxom kinda gal, but I’ve been that way almost my whole life, so I don’t really have anything to get used to there. As for favorite color – how can you choose just one?! If I look to my closet for guidance, it tells me that my favorite neutral is grey, and my favorite colors are teal and purple (dark purple usually, eggplant or a few hairs lighter than that, but not lavenders – no pastels for me!).
Happy Birthday Jules! I’m glad the “birthday week” concept isn’t mine alone : )
Today my favorite color is green, but because I’m a gemini I always keep my options open to more than one favorite.
I don’t know if I have a favorite color, but I will steal my new sister-in-law’s and say GREEN! It makes me feel fresh and new and happy, so I suppose we can share a color.
I, too, wanted to find a new style to fit my new-er post-childbirth figure, and I found a website that promised to choose the best clothes for me. You put in all your measurements (and I mean ALL because there are about 25 of them), and then some of your preferences for clothing brands, and it spits out the best clothes for you. I ordered three pairs of jeans, five shirts, and a purse. Only one pair of jeans worked, and the purse, of course. So I am skeptical, but ready to try again!
Jules-
You’ve made me laugh and cry. Congratulations on three years!
My favorite color is green!
Best,
Nicole
Congratulations on making 3 years! I so look forward to your blog :)
My favorite color is baby blue.
Holy cow, it would be awesome to win this giveaway!
Congratulations on three years. Even though reading old writings is cringe-worthy for me, too, I like to do it. It keeps me humble, I think. Almost!
Green is my most favorite color, ever. If everything in the whole world were green, I would call it heaven.
What a fantastic giveaway (and it’s completely fitting, as yours is a fantastic blog)! I’m a bit new to the PFF game, but am absolutely loving it. In fact, your blog inspired me to blog (but don’t look at mine – it’s the ugliest blog ever…I swear you only inspired the act of blogging and not the look of my blog! Anyone giving away lookbooks for blogs??). Fun, completely frivolous creative outlet – and I had no idea how much I needed or would enjoy it. So, thanks for the inspiration!
Anyhoo, my favorite color is orange, and my fingers are crossed for a lookbook win!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
Happy birthday Jules (and happy birthday to you as well, Blog)! I look forward to hearing from both of you every day!
My favorite color is green- emerald and apple (but never together, thank-you-very-much)
I have also had the feeling of “waiting until this size” to start dressing better. Thank you for showing me this!
My favorite color is a burnt orange…today anyway ;)
I totally was/am that way with diaries too. I’ve got countless journals sitting around my home (which is more pathetic: the fact that only a few pages are filled out in each, or the fact that I keep every.single.one.?). And re-reading my old blog posts just makes me cringe. How come what I thought sounded genius months later sounds atrocious? I hope it’s my Anne-like imagination. Fingers crossed.
Happy blog and real birthday~ here’s to new adventures this year! (Oh, and my favorite color is always just about any shade of green.)
Happy birthday and blogday! My fav color is red!
I love your attitude about embracing yourself where you are right now. I’m working on that myself. After 4 babies I will never again be the same shape or size I was in high school. And that is totally ok, good, and probably even great.
I’ve only recently found your blog and I love it. I think you’re so honest, funny and real. Thank you and Happy Birthday!
My favourite colour is light purple.
I totally enjoy reading your blog and connect with the embracing yourself – especially after 2 c sections – that’s me too.
My favorite color is pink – soft or hot.
I think I like versions of lime green, not flourescent but kind of muted. I also love wedgewood blue but more for decorating than for wearing. I have to wear all black scrubs to work and, as pitiful as it sounds, I often end up in all black when I am off. Is your polka-dot dress from Boden? I love everything in that catalog beyond words and am sad that my boys are mostly too big to go for the miniBoden wear. Anyway, that dress looks like Boden and I think you have great style:)
You are fantastic, Jules. Your blog is honest and inspirational. And you are beautiful. Happy birthday!
My favorite color is green.
Due to have my second baby any day now… And freaking out worse than before! Favorite color is red, though I’m not sure I’m her favorite… xx
Happy blog birthday! My favorite color is deep blue-green.
Happy blog bday!
My favorite color is purple. None of that pale namby-pamby lavender though, its gotta be deep, rich, saturated violet.
Happy blog birthday – and happy real one, too! I am so glad I stumbled across your little corner of the internet, you are such an encourager!
I journeled fairly consistently from the time I was 14 until I was 18, when I ran out of pages in the journal my mother had given me. I haven’t really been consistent since then, and when I read back the old journal pages… I AM SO GLAD. I was a whiner!
My favorite color (being from the bluegrass state, it almost goes without saying) is blue… :)
Happy Birthday, to you and the blog! Thanks for sharing so much of yourself–it’s one of my favorite daily reads.
My favorite color is yellow, but I don’t think I can wear it. Maybe I am wrong?
Favorite color is probably grey, or a burnt red/orange. It changes all the time.
Cheers!
Happy Birthday! This is a beautiful post and one I can definitely identify with…I always look forward to your new updates in my Google Reader! You are a friend in my head as I heard someone once say. I wish you many more years of blessings! Your writing is lovely. I never know if you’ll make me laugh at loud or shed a tear. But I always look forward to checking in…
BTW – my fave color changes a lot. I tend to wear a lot of dark colors but I love bright orange and lime green (BUT NOT TOGETHER! :)
Happy Birthday Jules! My oldest nephew, Drew, shares it with you! He’s eight. So you have a few years on him :-). I love the color blue – a specific gray-blue to be exact. It’s the color of the skies most days here in Seattle. Just love it. Hope your family makes your day special!! Thanks for always brightening my day with your words.
Happy birthday! I love your blog and am happy for all your posts.
My favorite color has always been read, but recently i’ve been cheating on it with tiffany blue.
Congrats on 3 years!! I love reading your blog!
My favorite color is green.
Happy birthday!
My favorite color is red. However, I have strong feelings for green and purple, as well.
I totally understand what you are saying about trying to figure out what looks good. I am trying to do the same and am not having an easy time of it… We really have no idea what we actually look like, do we?
Happy birthday to you! What a great idea and a wonderful gift to give to yourself. The knowledge about how to dress, rather than just guessing? A miracle!
I’d love it. My favorite color is purple, I think, though it’s so hard to choose.
Congrats on the birthday!! I love your style and had no idea that you had a little help in getting it. So happy to hear that I have hopes of getting it too!!
My favorite color is olive green. Love it!!
Happy Blog Birthday, Jules! This is such an amazing giveaway – I could definitely use all of it (embracing my figure, and of course the Lookbook). And my favorite color is green!
Congrats on three years! I love reading the updates. I’m loving grey right now, but I know it doesn’t look good on me- LOVING it on others. Happy Holidays!
Happy birthday week!
My favorite color is green. I use it everywhere…not just for clothing!
Thank YOU for starting this blog! :) And I so know what you mean about writing a blog and coming back to it and cringing–I do it myself (not just blog posts, but with papers I write, too!).
My favorite color is sharp red (not bold red!).
Happy Birthday! What a great giveaway! My favorite color is yellow( and green, I have two favs) After having my first baby (MAX!) and realizing my body is now different, it would be great to win a lookbook so I can try and dress for my best self as a I start a new job and chapter in my life.
I’m so excited to spend my National Birthday week in your company. I hope you have a fantastic birthday and get to eat yummy cake! (Isn’t that what birthdays are all about?)
As far as favorite color, I don’t know how to chose just one. I love color. All colors. I like to wear blue and black. But, my living room is deep pumpkin orange and I am in love with that room. My favorite trench coat is red. Pink makes me swoon. Grey makes me feel safe. Sigh, I could never chose just one! They are all just too pretty.
Happy Birthday!
My favorite color evolves, and lately, it is plum.
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!!! and to your blog!!! I regularly state that my favorite color is blue, but at this point in my life (just turned 35) I’m at a complete loss. I agree with that whole embracing your shape and all but, c-sections (2) were not too nice to my let’s say roundish figure, I need help…
Happy Birthday!!
It was nice to see that I am not the only one suffering from the what do I wear when I don’t look like I did before babies and my boobs are giant misshaped melons on top of a soft roll.
I tend to always wear black but love dark purple or blue.
I love grassy greens, but never really wear them. I find myself typically wearing taupe, gray, and white right now. Boring!
OOOH This sounds so awesome! I have n idea how to dress myself after a baby and a metabolism change.
oh and my favorite color at the moment is mustard.
Happy blog birthday! I’m a fairly new reader of your blog, but I do enjoy it. As for a favorite color…I would say my favorite color to wear is pale yellow, even though I rarely wear it. I really do favor obnoxious shades of green though.
Happy Birthday, Jules! And Happy Birthday, Pancakes and French Fries (to this date, it is still my favorite blog name and I love the story behind the name and if the name wasn’t enough, you got me hook, line and sinker with “phenomenally indecisive since 1972”–perfection!). What a great gift Nicole gave, not only to you but to all of your readers!
I had to chuckle at this line “I used to have a pear shape with, quite frankly, the most perfect little boobies you ever did see.”. Your former body shape is very similar to my current one (pear shape, 34b+ boobies) and well, I’ve had this body my entire adult life and I’m still learning how to dress it–it’s hard trying to minimize the hips/thighs yet trying to balance my small upper body (lets just say that my upper half is exactly half the size of my lower half–maybe that’s why I have exactly two dresses in my closet, ha!). I’m excited to learn about Cardigan Empire (will be checking it out as soon as I’m done writing this comment) and the lookbooks. You look fabulous in both dresses you’re wearing!
My favorite color to wear is turquoise (or any jewel tone for that matter). Turquoise has a way of making my hazel eyes (which normally are more on the brown side) appear green and I just love that!
Congratulations & happy birthday!
My favorite color has always been foresty green. Though lately I’m very drawn to oranges & yellows – just not in clothing. A lookbook sounds interesting. Now I’m off to check out Cardigan Empire!
I found your blog through Cardigan Empire, and I look forward to spending a lot of time reading back through your old posts with no danger to my eyes from hot pokers! I too, have started countless journals with absolutely no success. My favorite color is green or blue, or green & blue together!
Congratulations on three years! My favourite colour is deep purple.
Happy Blog Birthday! I’m new to your blog (c/o Nicole’s blog) and I really enjoy reading your clever and thoughtful entries.
My favorite color right now is teal blue. I hope it suits my coloring, because I’m wearing a lot of it!
Hard to pick a favorite color…I have a trio of yellow/orange/red.
I like your writing from five months ago. :-)
I very much connected with this post. From the desire to journal but lack of sticktoitness to the not waiting for the perfect body and how to dress my new body… it all just clicks with me. Thanks for the inspiration, I was feeling very down on myself today and I needed something like this to kick me out of it a bit.
My favorite color changes all the time, but for now I think it is yellow.
Oh and happy blog birthday! I’m very glad you’ve been able to stick with it!
Happy blog birthday! That lookbook is obviously working for you…you look gorgeous in these pictures! My favorite color is a bright sunny yellow! Thanks for the chance to win my own lookbook – I just turned 25, and I am still trying to learn how to dress like a college graduate instead of a college student :)
Happy Blog Birthday, and…Birth (?) Birthday, not necessarily in that order. Your blog inspires me and makes me smile. I thank you for that. I want to say my current favorite color is purple but I seem to be buying a lot of gray lately.
How much fun is that?! My favorite color is exactly that cobalt blue you’ve got on. My coloring is similar to yours, even.
Wow, this is an awesome giveaway! Hard to pick one color – but I’d say blue.
Happy Blog Birthday!
Happy Birthday to you, Jules, and Happy Birthday to you, Pancakes!
Since I don’t know you in person, Jules, I can’t separate the two. But I can tell you that this is the first blog that I’ve ever read regularly, or commented on, or looked anxiously for a new post from (and yes I know that doesn’t work grammatically). You and your blog are a pleasure.
Best wishes for a happy day and an excellent year – both personally and for the blog!
I think my favorite color is eggplant. It is as I’m writing this now, anyway.
Happy happy birthday! My favourite colour is red. Bright, fiery red. But I’m often not sure what to do with this colour!
I hope you have a very merry happy birthday today, Jules! And congrats on three years. I am so glad I found your blog.
My favorite color? Gosh, it really does depend on context. Grey is my favorite color, if I have to choose just one. See, you’re not the only indecisive one around here.
Thank you for offering such a great give away!
What a great idea! I wish I had more guidelines about what looks good on me. My favorite color is grey.
Happy Birthday, friend! :) And thank you for doing this giveaway! I’ve always wanted someone to help me with clothes, as I’ve always had a frustrating figure, even when I was much thinner.
So my favorite color is green. . .more on the side of olive. :)
congratulations on three years – I love stopping by your blog – your writing style and humor are right up my alley :) I’m sure you will LOVE having these posts to look back on later!! favorite color is probably green – though I don’t really get away with WEARING it too much . . .
thanks for the chance at a great prize!!
I love your blog. On the other side of the world it’s my breakfast reading. I love so many colors, my favorites are aqua and red, yet I mostly wear black! Happy birthday.
Happy birthday to both you and your blog! I followed you here from the Bright Side, and it’s one of my consistently pleasant blogs to read on my RSS. Thanks for all of the material you put out into the world!
I need desperately to break my habit of buying things simply because they are long enough for me! I am a tall (6’1″) lady and every time a tall lady ends up on What Not To Wear and they’re all “oh, just bring that to a tailor and they can add length with festive trims!” I want to stab someone. Maybe what I’m really looking for is a comprehensive list of places that I can check for things that will fit me. So many cute sites, so few skirts that will be long enough! Anyhow, my favorite color is teal!
Feliz Cumple Jules!
I am all over this giveaway. So awesome. My favorite color is fuschia. When I turned 30 I declared it the color of the decade, because I am the queen of all “important” decisions.
My favorite color is orange. My favorite combo is orange and pink. My poor daughter suffers for it daily :-)
I would LOOOOOOOOOVE to win this. What a fabulous idea. I could soooooooo use this. I too am a victim of “oh, I’ll just get this in between til I get back to my “normal” size” syndrome. UGH. Face it girlfriend, I’m NOT getting there. I would love to embrace and embellish this new (3 years ago) body.
“Well, my favorite color is light tan. My favorite animal is puppies.” sorry, i think Nacho Libre is funnier than most people. :) Jules, I LOVE your blog! and I love cardigans (i really do) so I will now have to visit cardigan empire. Um, my favorite color….I like green for my boys. I tend toward jewel tones for my self but I mostly wear jeans and a black t shirt; it’s my stay at home mom uniform.
Happy blog birthday. I’m a red girl!
Happy birthday, Jules! And I know what you mean about looking at old posts. I do the same thing. But you’re doing a great job here, and it gets better all the time.
Happy Third Birthday Pancakes and French Fries – looking forward to many more.
Purple, purple purple!
Happyyy Birthday! My favourite colour is turquoise/teal…I also love purple and yellow!
Can a lookbook help me figure out what to wear in the frozen tundra of Telluride? I am so tired of Sorels, jeans, and fleece! I just want to look cute but also stay warm.
Red!
Help!
Happy Blog Birthday. I started following your blog just a few months ago, but I really enjoy your perspective and sense of humor.
I’d say my favorite color is blue.
Happy Bloggie Birthday…and Happy Real Birthday!!!!
If I didn’t know that you had a kid in elementary school, I would seriously question your age- you always look so gorgeous and youthful in your photos, I cannot believe you’re a day over 30!
My favorite color is camel. I have blue eyes, pale skin and I used to have fire-engine red hair, so camel warmed up my skin tone. Now that my hair has gone back to brown (I would like to claim I’m a brunette, but really it’s just ugly mousy brown with touches of grey and I can’t afford to get it colored!), I don’t wear camel at all…it just doesn’t look right anymore. I miss it.
Happy Blog Birthday! This is my first comment, but I am a frequent reader.
I NEED that lookbook badly — I’m 33, recently relocated to a new state and in desperate need of a style makeover. I USED to be so stylish.
And I wear black almost all the time but secretly my favorite color is pink– I just don’t know how to wear it as an adult.
Happy BlogBirthday! I would love a look book – who wouldn’t?!? My favorite color is blue. All shades of blue. :)
Happy Blog-Birthday! My favorite colors are green, green & green. Also green.
thx!
I keep reading P&FF because you always make me laugh out loud. The best comic relief in my day! Esp. the parts about your boys driving you crazy- you weave stories with unbeatable cleverness and heart. And my favorite color is pink. Ok, orange. No, pink. Gah! Can I choose 2? I love both!
Happy Birthday! Thank you for always telling it like it is. Your humor and honesty bring joy to my day.
My favorite color to wear is aqua blue. My whole closet is made up of green, blue, purple, black and grey. I think I was fashionable when I used to dress up every day for work, but casual clothes for chasing toddlers have me stumped. I could use some help from a stylist. Thank you!
Happy birthday! My favorite color is kelly green.
purple and gray! I am in love with gray
Such a smart splurge! Just shelling out for a way above average haircut has made me feel a million times better about myself in the last week. Sometimes I get too cheap for my own good.
That royal blue looks gorgeous on you! No favorite color here.
Oh, and journals? I was an obsessive journaler from 12 – 15, but when I went back to look at them a few years ago I hated all my entries so much that I ended up shredding many of them. Seriously, no one wants to revisit their 13 year old self, and no grandchildren should ever have to see it either.
I have been reading your blog for six months now and I really look forward to your posts. You are a gifted writer and storyteller!
Favorite color? Hmm, I don’t know. I wear blue a lot.
Favorite color? Hmmm. That would have to be black&white…..if it was a color.
Congrats on 3 years of blogging!
The Lookbook sounds phenomenal and would certainly change most people’s perception of what they should wear.
My favourite colour is red!
Cathy
Ohhh, a rich emerald green makes everything better.
Congrats on the blog birthday! I came for the Windows 7 giveaway and stayed for tales of Bob :)
I have loved every minute of your blog and I’m so thankful that you share your wit and wisdom here.
I”ve always had a hard time honing in on my favorite color but my favorite color to wear is apparently navy blue and I”m always attracted to pretty springy greens.
Jules, you totally inspire me with your ability to play up your best features. Now that I’m a new mom I’m trying to embrace my new body as well (C-section scar and all). I cannot tell you how much I want to win. (Quitting work has made it really hard for me to spend money on myself). I guess if I have to be totally honest I’ll confess my favorite color is brown. I love reds, greens, oranges, pinks and yellows too, but I use brown all the time everywhere. Black I just can’t do and blue challenges me a little. Thanks for all the inspiration.
Neat giveaway! Would love to see what kind of advice she’d have for me ;-) My favorite color is purple (but not lavender!)
Happy 3rd Blog Birthday!!
Turquoise!! My favorite color ever. :)
Happy birthday and blog birthday! So close to mine (on Thursday)! I only recently found your blog but I’ve been loving it, especially some of the old posts (I laughed so much at the glitter stories); this is the first time I’ve been brave enough to comment, though.
Anyway congratulations on three years of blogging and on finding a look that suits you!
Oh! And my favorite color is green, or maybe gray.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Julesy!
I like yellow and green and blue and red. All of ’em. :)
Three years old! Woot-woot!
I have been skeptical of look-books but you make it sound so perfect. I am willing to give it a try now. Congrats on it’s success! :) I love the blue dress you chose- it compliments your dark locks. I always seem to find comfort in blues and perhaps this is because of my brunette locks.
Happy (Bloggy) Birthday!
Favorite color? Chocolate brown, olive green, brick red, or any other fall hued goodness. Maybe it comes from being born in the mid 70’s?
Happy b-day!
my favorite color is definitely fuchsia. bright, bold sophisticated pink.
I love red – especially red shoes. I think I watched the” Wizard of Oz” too many times as a child. Love your blog – “Happy Birthday!”
Um…you have a really cute blog. I love how you so honestly wrote this post, too. I love Cardigan Empire, and would love to win this giveaway. It’s also my birthday this week! :)
Love your blog! And your transparency. May your blog have MANY more birthdays!
Favorite color? Peacock blue.
FUN! My favorite color is blue – pretty much every shade.
I would love this!
Shades of jewel toned purple are my favorite.
Well, I think my name says it all :) I’m a sucker for anything teal. Or any shade of bluey-greeny loveliness.
P.S. That post about the mushroom brush was amazing. I’m seriously still thinking about it on a daily basis. You are my hero.
I have been wondering if her look books were helpful. Orange is my favorite and I LOVE wearing it.
happy birthday Jules! I heart empire waists! and purple! everything is purple!
My fav colors are purple and brown :)
I am fashion challenged. My favorite color is teal.
A very happy birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you and your wonderful blog! I found my old journal from 5th grade(apparently the only year I actually wrote in one). I gave it to my daughter last year when she was that age. I think it helped her realize all that pre- teen angst eventually does end, and it certainly showed her what a dork I was at that age! Anyway, yellow is my favorite color. Enjoy your birthday!
Happy third birthday! Does this mean you are going to start throwing tantrums, like my three year old does?
Thanks for sharing Cardigan Empire with us! I’m a recovering Anthropologie employee myself and I say that because life without that discount is ROUGH.
Fave color to wear is coral. Although, I never buy anything that color!
xo from Seattle.
I love the Lookbook idea! My favorite color is green.
Happy blog-birthday (bl-irthday?)! My favorite color (like the color in your website’s background) is yellow. Bright, cheery yellow.
You’re blog is one of my favorite to read, I love your writing style and sense of humor. Happy Birthday!! My favorite color has to be green… all different shades, I just love them all!
*sigh* I am right there with you. I have no idea how to dress right now. I am currently 10 months post-partum from my second child, and trying to eating right/exercising, but I have not lost a single pound. My clothes are fitting better though, so I guess that means my body is changing, just not as much as I would like. I just turned 30, and I feel *blah.* My favorite color as a color all by itself is pink. Always has been. But my favorite decorating color is gray. So soothing and goes with everything!
I love your blog, it’s in my bookmarks. Happy 3rd birthday! My favourite color is red.
Happy Birthday Jules! Hope you had a fabulous day.
If I had to pick one color it would be green.
xo
Lol, “I read posts from five months ago and want to pop my eyes out with hot pokers”..lol, you are the best Happy Birthday to you and the blog!!!!
xx,
Miss B.
What an impossible question! I think orange. Today. :)
Happy Birthday! My favorite color is blue.
Hope you had a wonderfully Happy Birthday! My favorite color is actually cobalt blue, the exact same color as your reunion dress!
Oh oh! I completely identify with this post- I too have experienced a drastic change in overall body shape due to a medical condition, and the births of two babies. There are days I wonder where my waist went and when exactly my legs did THAT? But, it is what it is. Unfortunately, this acceptance has come at a time when we are a single income family, and the WalMart clearance rack doesn’t have anything that remotely flatters my fuller, rounder, but much loved shape :) I’m so glad you did this for yourself!
Happy birthday, on a blog I truly enjoy visiting over my coffee, in the quite of the morning before the kids wake and the day is no longer mine :)
Oh I would love love LOVE to win this for my sister. Currently she lives by the code of Jennifer Aniston: White fitted tee, small necklace, lightweight khaki pants and sandals. She has no idea what a stunning and foxy lady she is with a great figure. I think after three kids, she just forgot!
Favorite color? Grey. At least now.
lol @ “hot pokers”…
happy blog birthday! My favorite color is blue, but 80% of my clothes are black- I could obviously use the help :)
Happy Birthday to you and your blog. I’ve enjoyed reading it for awhile now and I’m pretty sure we cringe when reading old writing, even if it’s just a few months. Just maintain your sense of humor and it all becomes funny, even the diary from when you were 16. trust me I read mine and all I could do was laugh.
My favorite color is blue, but to wear it would be black(not a real color I know) and cream.
Happy Birthday. How wonderful for you and your blog! Many returns of the day to the pair of you.
This giveaway sounds like what I need. I’m one of those people you see on Ambush Make-over…close to being a lost cause! I remember being quite the fashion plate in high school, but I’ve totally lost my footing and resort to lazy, albeit comfortable, clothing. Thank you for turning me on to Ms. Bagley!
Happy Birthday and Happy Birthday blog! I stumbled on your site about 6 months ago and have enjoyed every post. I also read Cardigan Empire and enjoy her blog as well. Even if I don’t win the giveaway I may have to look into purchasing her look book. What I really need is an awesome hairstylist to show me how to handle my curly temperamental hair!
Belated Happy Blog Birthday (now there is a card niche that hasn’t been filled)! Three years is a long time to keep this up. I am happy to still be at it after two months.
Does denim count as a favorite color? If it does then that would be it. At least for my bottom half. Otherwise I like grey (or gray).
Happy Blog Birthday, Jules. I started my blog about 3 years ago. Too bad I haven’t put forth the effort you have – yours is terrific. My favorite color is black. Not really, but I do suspect that it hides things well. It is well known by my family and friends that I dress like a 27 year old going on 67. Is it tragic that I’m a frumpy twenty something? Makeup, hair, clothing, none of that. The last time I bought new clothes for myself was to buy larger maternity clothing when I found out I was pregnant again (just about 8 months pregnant now, lol). The last time before that was just about 10 years ago when I was 18. Nothing. Fits. Nothing. It is odd to wear a size 16 in jeans, but have nothing in my closet but 1 pair of size 16’s and the rest are size 6’s. I need help.
My favorite colors rotate between green and red. Right now I’m in a red phase. Your closet looks great – I may be inspired to re-organize… (or maybe to have a cup of coffee and read through your archives!)
I like her blog too! My foavrite color to wear is pink. I look good in shades of pink.
Happy blog birthday!
I looooove green. I guess it goes well with my bright red hair, but it’s so crisp and fresh. Makes you feel a little bit more calm and joyous. :-)
Happy birthday, babe.
Favorite color is red – and I NEED somebody to dress me!
Happy blogiversary!
My fav color is red.
Happy Birthday! Oh, I would say greens and blues are my favorite colors. A personalized lookbook seems like it would be worth it’s weight in gold!
Happy Blog Birthday! We are all glad you were given a blog for your birthday. Love your little home in the big wide internets.
Favorite color? I always answered “plaid” when I was younger. But it’s not really true. I am a green girl, through and through. Maybe it is because of my name?
Many happy returns of the day, may the coming year be blessed with all good, physically, spiritually and materially!
And it’s always purple!!
Happy Blog Birthday!
Although green is my favorite, I probably wear more blue and red. Curious. No pastels please. Probably too much black.
I too could use someone to tell me what to wear.
Fingers crossed.
Ha! The main reason I stopped writing in my journal is because I hated reading my past entries-I sounded so dumb. But of course I sound that way to everyone else all the time, so I suppose it’s the perfect way to build self-perspective…ick.
I love the classic-ness of navy with candy apple red accessories.
My favorite color is green, although I don’t wear much of it. My wardrobe tends to contain a lot of black.
Hi! What a great giveaway- I feel the same way you do, that I don’t want to dress stylishly until I lose some weight- but why- don’t I deserve to look good at any weight? Also, doesn’t my wonderful hubby deserve better? I’ve been working on it, but this would be a great help. My favorite color is Plum. BTW- Happy Birthday yesterday- it was my b-day too! I just keep repeating the “Age ain’t nothin’ but a number” Not so sure it’s working. :-)
Happy Blogoversary!!! I used to love yellow growing up, but I’m not loving it as much anymore. I find myself wearing a lot of blacks and browns in the past few years. I definitely need to be spruced up.
wow. that sounds like the best service. my favourite colour is turquoise.
I love sage green and brown. Happy Blog Birthday! Oh, and I’ve been keeping a journal for more than 20 years. BEST. thing. I. ever. did.
EJ, http://www.thesearemyreasons.blogspot.com
Happy blog birthday! I’m loving mustard yellow right now!
Yellow all the way. Followed by green. (All yellows, all greens.)
Happy Anniversary to your bloggity blog. I’m glad you’re here.
xoxo.
Happy Blog Birthday! I have been stalking Cardigan Empire for two years and must have a look book of my own. If I don’t win, I will order one for myself for Christmas. You sold me. My favorite color to wear is blue.
My favorite color is purple, and I’m finding myself drawn to that color lately when it comes to picking what to wear as well!
I usually wear black, but I love the color blue.
Unfortunately I’m in the “before” frame of mind. I have two little kids (and now one on the way) so I spend way more time with their outfits and getting them ready. By the time I get dressed, I pull on something comfy but not necessarily cute and off we go. I would love to dress more stylishly but I’m not confident in my fashion sense to commit to an outfit I don’t know will look good once I’m home!
So, I would love to win this look book… Excellent giveaway.
(And I would totally wear the cobalt blue dress!)
Happy Blog Anniversary!
My favorite color is orange! Happy birthday to you and the blog. I enjoy reading it after a long day with middle-schoolers. :)
Blue looks the best on me. (I Think) !!
I love that green and white dress! So cute!
My favorite color is green – bright green! It always has been, and always will be!
Though I’m also a fan of purple, lately :)
Happy blog birthday!
You look fabulous! The giveaway sounds like a lovely early Christmas gift!
I just found your blog, and have been enjoying reading through past entries; you have a unique writing style and point of view!
My favorite color is green, although it really isn’t that great of a color for me to *wear*
Happy Birthday!
i also just found your blog, but have loved the little bit i’ve read so far. i love the dresses you wore to wedding and reunion, too. my favorite color is definitely green
Though most people tend to think it is juvenille, I really do adore pink.
I would kill for your hair and skin, such a gorgeous contrast! Green is my fave color without hesitation.
Jules you are one of the most stylish people I know! Don’t sell yourself short girl!
My favorite color is orange. Which I used to look good in. Alas, having children changed my skin tone and texture (who knew?) and it doesn’t suit me so well anymore :(
Happy Bloggy B-Day! I agree, I look back at things I wrote and wonder who wrote those things, oh well, life is a journey right? And my favorite color is RED!
You have such a fun voice to your writing. Congrats on three years! My favorite color is COLOR. Monochrome can look very nice and tranquil but I think colors look the best and are the most alluring to me when they are surrounded by more and different colors.
My favorite color changes with my mood and what its for. There is always one thing thats the same, whatever color I love for that day its always bright. I have never loved black, white or gray.
Oh I would LOVE a lookbook! I was just in Anthropologie today and decided that I love their golden tones, but I’m not sure I can wear them…
Happy Birthday! My favorite color is bright sunny yellow, but i also love blue. I tend to wear a lot of blacks and will be living out of a suitcase for a very long amount of time soon so a lookbook that helps me find some new clothes that would look great and i’d always feel confident in would be wonderful!
Happy Blog Birthday! My favorite color to wear is a rich, bright pink. I would loooove to get that look book to revamp my wardrobe!
Happy blogaversary to you!
I dream of one day having my very own CE lookbook!! I’m a little scared she’ll tell me yellow is all wrong for me though!
I am new to your blog, but I love your point of view and inspiration. I had a look book done 2 years ago just after Reachel started to offer them. It was priceless and sits on my bathroom counter as I write this. Like you, she gave me a new perspective after my c-sections and weight gain due to medical conditions (PCOS and diabetes). I learned to dress my body and my personality. :) Well, I recently lost 40+ pounds in an attempt to get rid of the diabetes (not happening yet) and need a new look book. Oh, after my look book session, my favorite color is green (kelly or emerald) , before it was periwinkle blue (which wasn’t a good choice!)
All the best!
Happy Birthday! I am in dire need of a style intervention so I love, love, love this. And the color kelly green. Hope you had an excellent birthday.
Happy Birthday!
You look lovely and I would be so grateful for help with my wardrobe. My favorite color is gray.
<3
What a sweet gift to share on your birthday!! I have always wanted one of Reachel’s look books, even though I’m probably much too poor to afford anything inside of it.
And although I love many colors, I do love green the most.
What a great gift – thanks for the opportunity to win it! I’m in the midst of an extensive fitness program (1/4 of the way to a 100-lb. loss), and I’d love to do this for myself at the end of it, because I won’t have a clue how to dress myself!
I love green. It sings to me.
Happy Birthdays!
Is leopard print a color? :D
I’m a regular lurker who is very fond of the color green (and is typing this with a cat and the laptop on my lap). I love the idea of a Lookbook, and would definately benefit from it. I’m ready to move beyond polar fleece jackets and black or tan jeans as my uniform.
Oooohhh I hope I win. I can really relate to this post, with very similar feelings as you shared. Just like you, here I am two C-sections later, also dealing with a medical condition: I am pounds heavier and trying to embrace and love my “new” body. When I was so sick during my last pregnancy but made it through and delivered a healthy baby to boot I promised myself I would never critisize my strong, amazing body. It had been through hell and back, and survived. I made it! My body a bit damaged, but still strong.
I’m doing my best to live up to that promise I made to myself.
Aqua. That is my favorite color. But I need Mrs.Empire to tell me if my pasty white skin and dark hair can pull it off.
I have no idea how to dress myself…I totally relate to much of what you said but I still have no idea what to do with myself!
My favorite color: that perfect vintage aqua/teal on old school Pyrex…
I am in definite need of a look book! I am starting a new office job (office environments are new to me!) in a few weeks and this would help so much.
Love the blue dress by the way :)
Happy Blog Birthday!
I would love a look book! I can relate to your story. Two 9lb babies in the last 3 years has left me with a figure (and tummy) that renders the question “are you pregnant” more than any woman who has just had a baby should ever hear. My baby is 7 months old and I would love to know how to dress so this question can be eliminated from my life forever (or at least until I am pregnant again)!
Love the color green!
You look AMAZING in that blue dress, holy moly! And great red lipstick, too!
Anyways, my favorite color is green, although I love wearing deep purple.
My favorite color of all time is cobalt blue, but sometimes I wish my fave was periwinkle, just b/c it sounds sweet….
Happy Blog B-day to you! Stumbled upon your blog the other day, and am quite excited about this LookBook giveaway…I just might have to buy one if I don’t win!
Cheers!
I stumbled upon your blog a couple of months ago. Quite the reserved person that I am, I’ve finally reached out and subscribed to your posts. The wit, the humour, the beautiful prose and honest pictorial renditions that give life to your stories have compelled me to keep reading your blog.
Now it’s my turn to tell you something about myself: I started wearing black in high school when black was a non-colour and it propelled me to high fashion status. Later, in architecture school, black was synonymous with art and mystery and too cool. Twenty years later black is still my default outfit and I don’t know how to get out of this rut. I need a new look. I need a new black. Now grey….. grey I love. But does it mean I’m too chicken?
Happy 3rd. Rich blessings to you and your family.
Happy Bloggiversary/Birthday! Lookbook – never heard of such a thing. I’m at a stage where I’m happy if something “fits”, because I don’t think anything every actually looks good, but I’d love to have Reachel prove me wrong. Favorite color by looking at my closet would appear to be black, but really it’s blue…not cobalt, but not baby blue. Maybe a dusty blue, like the country-chic decor of the ’80s. But without the accompanying pink. Or hearts.
Just found your blog via “Cardigan Empire” – LOVE IT!! Happy 3rd year – here’s to many more!
My favorite color…. red… no, blue…. no, purple… a simple question, but alas I simply don’t KNOW my favorite color. I can tell you what it was pre-children. Post-children it seems I can only tell you theirs (Isabel = red; Ava = pink). This is why I am hoping to get a Lookbook. :)
Thanks for the opportunity; thanks for the blog!
My favorite color is dark blue, I use it a lot when I write and a lot of my accessories are dark blue, but for clothes, I like wearing a lot of greens and purples and, lately, a bit of red as well. And black, but never white because I’m too messy and I like walking around with colored pens in my hands and drinking big cups of coffee that threaten to spill over, to wear white. :D
My favorite color is turquoise! I love to wear it. I feel bright and happy in it! I hope it makes me look good. It looks good on my identical twin sister–so it probably looks good on me too right? I was told once that I should never wear black—ever!!! Not even black shoes!!! I’m wondering if this is true.
Happy blog birthday! I discovered your blog about 4 months ago and just love it! Like you, I am guilty of having the best intentions to write in a journal and always start with gusto (being sure of course to use my best handwriting) but I can never sustain it past a week or so.
This is a great giveaway. My favorite color is blue because it’s calming and I always feel more confident wearing blue.
I just discovered your blog via Cardigan Empire and am so happy I did! My favorite color is green.
Happy blog birthday:)
I can so indentify with the statement “I realized (finally) how silly it was to wait until I was ๏ฟฝperfect๏ฟฝ to dress stylishly.” That just dawned on me to recently and now I sigh at all the mistakes that hang in my closet (only for a short time longer… I see a donation receipt in my near future)
Happy 3rd Blog Birthday, wishing you many happy years writing!
Favorite color is red.
ONE favorite color? Really? I have to pick just one?… (sigh) Fine. I’ll try. Love, love, loving the cobalt blue! I have a few shirts in that color and always get comments on them when worn. I am in search of the perfect pair of red pumps. Adore the color red, but in smaller doses. I also love yellow and orange… more for decorating or jewelry pieces, but still amazing. I’m just going to say blue is my favorite, to make it easy. Almost every shade of it. Blue. Final answer.
Happy Blog Birthday…my previous comment disappeared into the abyss…
so sorry if it is a duplicate
I can so relate to the statement ” realized (finally) how silly it was to wait until I was ๏ฟฝperfect๏ฟฝ to dress stylishly. ” This recently dawned on me recently too. I sigh though because of the mistakes i have hanging in my closet. Not for much longer… I see a tax donation recepit in my near future.
Favorite color is Red.
My fav color is and has always been – purple!
So glad I came across your blog. You write beautifully – but I can’t be drinking while I read – you slip in some great one liners and spewing coffee/soda isn’t attractive nor ladylike!
OH dear. I would soooo LOVE a look book.
My favorite color- deep, gorgeous, ruby red.
Can’t wait to explore your blog!
My favourite colour has to be colbalt blue. It’s one saturated colour that I LOVE to wear. Second is ruby red. You’d think that I would be a “primary colour girl” but I can’t stand yellow!
Jules, your blog posts are always great, I wish I had as much courage as you do, keeping up a fantastic blog, doing what you REALLY want to do with your life, and keeping a happy family. I’ve got the third point figured out, but the others remain a mystery to me :)
oh, and excuse all the “ou”s in my words, I’m a Canadain! eh?
I just adore the color turquoise, although not wear… and my shape has changed too but I would love to feel beautiful again!!
I love to wear emerald green. It just makes me happy and I feel pretty when I wear it. Happy Blog Birthday!
I’m both a victor & victim of the color black. When I’m feeling self-conscience it’s my go-to shield, though lately I’ve been forcing myself to pick a brighter color when I feel that way. I find that forcing my way out is the only way. Being a fair skinned, green-eyed, blondie, black isn’t supposed to be my favorite. I guess, using the force on myself, I’ll say my favorite color is purple.
There. That wasn’t so hard. :-)
I kinda like hanging out with purple me.
Thanks for your inspiration! Happy Birthday!
Happy Blog Birthday! My favorite colors are red and turquoise. Oh and green too!
Happy, happy blog birthday! I love your humor and ability to see the good and bad and make light of them. My favorite color is navy blue…I know, so boring and conservative!
Happy blog birthday. How lucky you are to get a look book. I’ve been stalking cardigan empire for some time now and, like you, love her style. My current favorite color is red.
Favorite color is too difficult a question…I most frequently wear black and grey, but most frequently buy “hooker cherry red” and turquoise, especially when it comes to home goods. I also compulsively attempt to wear ballet pink, under the misguided assumption that the universe has realigned itself since the last time I attempted to wear it and it will now look awesome on me. False.
Happy Blog Birthday. I’m so glad I get to read you everyday.
I recently read my journal from middle/high school – I think I cringed at every page. I can happily say that I am (1) no longer in love with a different boy every week, and (2) have a much better grasp on what sarcasm is, and no longer feel the obligation to write out “but I’m being sarcastic”. ick. Mastering sarcasm, however, has yet to translate into an innate sense of style. My favorite color is blue, especially navy blues or grey blues at the moment.
Happy Blog Birthday!
Congratulations on your birthday… both for you and your blog! I have enjoyed reading from time to time… I enjoy your honesty and sense of humor. I think it’s fantastic that you have your very own Look Book. I think we should all have one. It’s like decorating, it’s easier when it’s not our own room or closet. Expert advice takes us out of our comfort zones and propels us to better things. (And yes, I would love a Look Book too!)
Oh, by the way… my favorite colors tend to be neutrals- right now I’m totally into gray. (And I really love anything with a fabulous pair of jeans.)
Enjoy your birthday week! Blessings for a wonderful year too!
Orange!!! but it is difficult to pick just one color. Red, green, brown, purple, teal all top the list as well.
I love my rules and would love this giveaway!!!
my favorite color is cherry red.
this week.
i would looove a lookbook!
Happy 3rd Birthday to one of my favorite blogs! I just started reading but I enjoyed looking through the archives when I was up all night with my baby!
BLACK is my favorite color. So classy and beautiful. I also really like gray right now.
And my wardrobe…….geesh…..we will just say I need a look book. End of story. : )
happy blog birthday!
I would be over-the-moon-happy for a “look book”….
My favorite color is….the rainbow…every color….
…but sadly, i often think i look best in black.
Love your blog! Love Racheal! My favorite color is turquoise.
Happy 3rd Blog Birthday!
I think everyone needs to look and feel beautiful!
My favorite color is green. I have a green SUV, green furniture, a green mouse, a green stapler…you get the idea. However, ever since I went to mortuary school, and now with my work with grieving children, I wear black almost all of the time.
Oh my goodness, I would LOVE some help! I am constantly dismayed when I try to go shopping and it seems like no one is carrying anything but what I call “hobo fashion.” And my attempts to have clothes made have resulted in the seamstress going AWOL with my half-finished tops.
My favorite colors are turquoise, red, royal blue, and spring green, but I mostly wear black and gray.
Well, now I’m totally going to have to do that consultation thing. I hope you are getting some kind of commission. Congrats on your blogiversary!
Favorite color? It evolves. Through high school it was purple, everthing purple, mostly pastel purple. In honor of my favorite aunt whose favorite color was – purple. By college I realized that I looked horrible in purple, particularly pastels. New favorite was green. It went with my eyes. Everyone said so. Now my favorite color is blue. No good reason, just blue. But I always wear black.
Happy 3rd!!! I am with you and loved to wear all black! or gray or very navy blue. I am a conservative accountant after all! but when inspiration strikes and by some chance i wear a bright color, my face doesnt lookas washed out and tired as usual…something to keep in mind i guess….
Happy Birthday! I hope I’m not too late for the give away. I could definitely use a look book. My favorite color (these days) is orange.
Awww. Happy Birthday Pancakes and French Fries (and my inspiration to start a blog myself! Did you know that Jules? Did you know you inspired me? Not that my blog is something that is “all that” but hey, it’s mine! And I love to write!)
I’m sad I missed out on entering this giveaway. I never enter giveaways…but I would’ve this one. :/ I need to know how to dress this, ummm, freak of nature I call a body. Ok, it’s not THAT bad, but it’s not THAT good either. ;)