The night before the Sephora VIB Rouge Event September 2016 Holiday Preview we were scrambling to figure out which store near us was having this event and if we would be able to attend last minute. Like many others, when the invite for the event first went out we had issues accessing the link and it wasn’t listed under any store’s events. I took a shot
Mother's Day is just around the corner so I thought it would helpful to all you people with moms if I gave a quick rundown of what not to get her for that day in honor of her. I'm not talking about macaroni necklaces or hand made cards, those are cherished gifts which moms always love. If you are giving her those things you aren't
I'm having a very special giveaway. You can win this beautiful story about a little boy and his last Christmas and how a whole town turned out to make it the best one ever. Click here to watch the trailer of this wonderful movie. The story is moving, sad and inspiring. If you would like to win a copy of The Heart of Christmas please
Halloween is less than a week away. As I write this it is snowing but next week it looks to be perfect trick or treat weather. What follows is some fun statistics about Halloween. Costumes, candy and bobbing for apples are just some of the things we do on All Hallows Eve. According to this infographic candy bars like Snickers, Hershey bars and Milky Ways
Dear God, Please help me get through this holiday season without losing it. And by 'losing it' I mean abandoning my vehicle on I-94 in the middle of rush hour traffic and yelling at anyone who will listen as I scream "the holidays suck". I'm trying to be positive about the holiday season but they started earlier this year and already I am wiped out
I was just thinking to myself yesterday that wow, we're half way through December and I'm feeling pretty good. I'm not sad, not angry, not scared to death to face the end of one more year of my life even though all the changes I promised myself I would make last year haven't happened. I was on top of things. In fact my
Image via Wikipedia That's right, I said it. We're all thinking it in the back of our minds so why not say it? Thanksgiving was pretty much swallowed whole by Christmas. Even before we carved that turkey I got 687 emails about great deals on gifts for Cyber Monday and Black Friday. Not one of them was enough of a deal to make me sell
Image via Wikipedia I am one of those parents who say Because I said so, I say it a lot. I say it more than I thought I ever would which is a lot because when I was young I promised myself that I would never be one of those mothers who said it. Of course I was stupid and childless at the time. I
I was blazing through the season. I put up my lights and started decorating the house for the holidays, I watched animated Christmas specials from the 70's with my six year old, and enjoyed them more than she did. I baked and baked. And then I hit the wall. I don't know what happened except that the reality of the season probably took over. I
You wouldn't know it by looking outside, it really looks like Christmas or at least Thanksgiving but Halloween is just around the corner. I'm one of those moms who waits until the last minute, when there are no good costumes left, to buy my kid their costume. This is one of the many reasons I never get nominated for Mother of the Year. This year
