My Wish List For This Black Friday…

Clothing Wants: • Taylor Swift's Dolce & Gabbana floral nude dress from her new music video, Blank Space. • Bobble Poncho from Anthropologie • Oscar de la Renta Lame Bow Embroidered Tulle Dress • Glinted Taffeta Midi Dress from Anthropologie Expensive...

A Thanksgiving Menu

image from tuchodi Need ideas for Thanksgiving? Want to know what my family is cooking? Appetizers: • Salad with Strawberry Dressing • Butternut Squash Soup Entrée and Sides: • Turkey and gravy (of course) • stuffing with chaurice sausage • dressing •...

Idina Menzel - Holiday Wishes

Ever wished you could hear Elsa from Frozen sing some of your holiday favorites? Tony-award singer/actress, Idina Menzel did her very best to make that happen this year with the release of Holiday Wishes, a compilation of music produced by Grammy Award-winner...

Thanks…

Yesterday as I was on my way to work, the passenger side ball joint on my car broke … along with the axle, and my car started leaking transmission fluid. (To people who don't speak car talk, like me, the tire fell off of my car while I was on the road.) Apparently,...

Places Worth Traveling To

image from Justin in SD Or so the number of visitors suggest… Having only recently gotten swept up into the world of traveling, I was excited to see Travel & Leisure's list of the World's Most-Visited Tourist Attractions originally posted by Michael W...

Dresses For the Holiday Season

It's that time of year again – the time of year to go dress shopping! And I've already started the looking for you at my local Free People and Anthropologie stores… 1. Free People Teardrop Pixie Dress 2. Free People Petaluma Fit N Flare Slip 3. Free People...

Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions

Breaking out of her comfort zone this past summer, Mary J. Blige traveled overseas to London to become immersed in the culture and music scene following on the heels of such singers as Adele and Amy Winehouse. Her thirteenth studio album, The London Sessions, is slated for release this December with all that she has to offer including strong vocal chords and tons of emotion backed by strong lyrics...

Currently…

Remembering: Last year at this time and how preparing for Christmas was so different from how it is this year… Giggling About: Hannah Hart's videos, especially 28 Things About Being 28 and her venture into Melbourne, Australia. "What's up with...

Holiday Inn Resort – Panama City Beach, FL

image courtesy of TripAdvisor Destination: Panama City Beach, Florida and Port St. Joe/San Blas Date: June 2014 Hotel: Holiday Inn Resort Brand: IHG Status: Gold # of travelers: 2 Hotel & Brand – Making the Decision Justin's family was going down...

Sleep IQ – A Sleep Number Product Review

A few weeks ago I received an assignment from Smiley360 to visit a Sleep Number store, try the mattresses, and speak with a representative about their new technology – Sleep IQ, a product I was completely unfamiliar with until this mission. If you've ever...

Friday Favorites

Image from: Ian Sane • Adobe Color CC – I always wondered what this was until I watched an episode of Phlearn and learned how to use it with my photography. I've already used it with one image and I am so excited about using it again! • NPR's series on color...

Blog Goals

1. Host more giveaways – I've hosted 11 giveaways this year including 3 in the past 30 days. (Want to enter one?) I'd love to continue to try products and write reviews in 2015, but (most especially) I'd like to give away more samples. It's nice being able...

Sheraton – CDG in Paris, France

image from: Taylor Miles Destination: Paris, France Date: May 2014 Hotel: Sheraton Brand: Starwood Status: none (We booked through Travelocity, so it wouldn't have mattered anyway…) # of travelers: 2 (a couple) Hotel & Brand – Making the Decision Long...

Moving On Up…

image courtesy of Cesar R. It's the Monday following Justin's pay day, so it's time for my monthly finance review. Woo! To begin with, we'll start with the good news: we hit an all time net worth high since I began this project. YAY!!! It's only by a little...

Lingering Smells + Giveaway

One of my favorite aspects of the holiday season are all of the lingering smells. It begins in October when you walk into your local grocery store and the smell of cinnamon is in the air. As the months get colder, you find more and more smells taking over people's...

Fall Traditions…

When I first saw day 3's topic I started to wonder if my family had any particular "fall traditions". I decided to jump into this blog post though after viewing Germany vs USA: The Mall. The US has some very different traditions and holidays from other countries,...

Fall Food Favorites

image from: PBerry Here are my 5 fall food favorites: 1. FONDUE. Cheese. ALL of the cheese. But more specifically Gruyere and Emmental. And no, I did not receive any free samples from Switzerland for this review. All opinions are my own. (I'm perfectly...

Augsburg, Germany - Intercity Hotel

image from Werner Kunz Destination: Augsburg (but really we were traveling to Munich) Date: May 2014 Hotel: Intercity Hotel Brand: SHG (someone correct me if I'm wrong) Status: none (Can you get status with this hotel chain?) # of travelers: 4 (2 couples)...

30 Facts For 30 Days

1. It was raining the night I was born. 2. My grandparents gave me my nickname. 3. My parents told me what day my birthday party would be on when I was 3 and I got it stuck in my head that the party day was my actual birth day. It took years to correct that...