Appreciation

The lovely Jean, of Dross into Gold, has given me a Blogger Appreciation Award:

For which I am, well, very appreciative.  Honestly, it's always such a pleasant surprise when I get one of these.


In order to accept the award, I must:
1.  Thank the person who nominated me by linking his/her blog:  Thank you, Jean! 
2.  Answer the four questions below.
3.  Award the Blogger Appreciation Award to fellow bloggers.

4.  Let those bloggers know that you have nominated them.

Questions:

1. How long have you been blogging?

Almost a year and a half now.  I started in January 2011 after about six months of hemming and hawing.

2. Why did you start blogging?

For a couple reasons, actually.  One, because it�s hard for me to visualize how a trend would look on my shape when I see it on a dissimilar shape.  It�s like shoes.  They look so cute in a size 5 �, but bring them out in my size 10 and Borrowers run out from under the Nordstrom couches to try and appropriate them as boats.  I figured if I had these problems, other giants tall women might feel the same. 

Two, because I�ve always sort of thought I�d like to be a writer.  But, I know it�s like anything else in that you have to practice.  I wasn�t doing a very good job of keeping a journal and thought blogging would be a good way to practice writing, see if I actually liked it and see what my �voice� sounded like.

3. What type of blogs do you like to follow/read?

Mostly, but not exclusively, personal style blogs.  I don�t really read �fashion� blogs because while I try to stay aware of the trends, I don�t consider myself a particularly trendy person and I don�t try to be.

4. What is the one thing you�d like to improve on as a blogger?

My writing.  I think I probably write too much.  But, I talk too much too, so I think that may just be me.  Still, I�d like to be more succinct at times.  Just at times though; basically nattering on about nothing is sort of my thing.

My Nominees:

Chioma at Chocolatte�s Evolutions of Style

Dawn at Suitcase Vignettes

Krista at Peetee�s Palace

Jessica at A Day In The Life of One Girl

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend!

Gracey