• Cosplay - My Life

    Rocking those Leeloo Dallas Orange Suspenders 20 Years Later

    August 15, 2019 - By 

    A lot of my “over-40” cosplay choices are not quite the same as the characters I chose in my 20’s. Add in the post-baby bod issues and an emphasis on family-friendly choices that cover most of my bits and that cancels out most the costumes from my 30’s as well. But some costumes I just can’t get rid of until I feel I got them just right, and that’s the case with Leeloo and her orange suspenders. It started twenty years ago, when I was 23 and in college at the University of Florida. Halloween was approaching and there was…

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    Mom Life - My Life

    Lululemon Made Me Feel Fat – And Then They Changed My Mind

    June 28, 2018 - By 

    This article was originally posted 6/28/18. Within about five hours I got a phone call from the manager of our local Lululemon store. She assured me their leggings should NOT be doing what I describe here, and invited me to come back and be properly fitted. So I did, and Wow. So impressed with both the company’s customer service and the product. You can click here to read my follow-up, but first, here’s the original post that led to my recent Lululemon education: Let’s start this by saying I don’t actually consider myself “fat.” I acknowledge that I do actually…