On Wednesday night, Mr. M and I dragged ourselves out of our pj’s and made the trek to the Blue Light in Sac-Town. We used to be hip, but sadly we’re old now and get grumpy past nine. Plus we don’t really know our way around the socially awesome spots yet and really haven’t tried [...]
My new office has afforded me with a critical luxury: hot water. And with that magically warm substance comes the delight of having morning and afternoon tea.
Despite my see-through pale skin, I really haven’t retained any strong signs of my British heritage, but my grandmother would be utterly proud of my affinity for tea.
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So last week’s bargain was a great deal on ski boots. This week, I decided to venture out and see if I could find some skis to match. I’d had my eye on the LUV series by K2, an all-women’s line of skis that honor both Title [...]
The highly anticipated “first day of work” is tomorrow, and I honestly admit that it’s given me a bit of a nudge to get myself back into tip-top condition. While I’m still desperately in need of a haircut (I’m searching for a hairstylist who won’t “skunk” my hair…in reference to the half blonde/half black hair [...]
(BotW: Bargain of the Week … a Friday feature I plan to highlight weekly… yee haw!)
In celebration of my recent job acquisition and upcoming trips to the snow, I nabbed myself some ski boots from REI. This is my first official “ski gear” purchase (i.e. boots/skis/poles) ever… despite being a frequent fan of the [...]
My mom bought me a small wooden plaque with this quote over 15 years ago and I’d love to hang it in my room and/or office:
$30 on etsy
With a new job comes the need to organize my life in a better way… and while I do enjoy having my PDA, I also love doodling random things in a paper planner. So I’ve been trying to decide what type of planner to get.
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I really like the Pantone color calendar by [...]
Mr. M and I signed & initialed our way to a house bid yesterday… and now the waiting game begins. The house was purchased as a flipper in late 2006, right at the time that the market began to really sink. So instead of making an instant profit (the first listing was [...]
In an effort to kick-start my 2008 crafting schedule, I signed up for the WeddingBee Valentine’s Swap. I sent out 12 Valentine’s to various readers and my fellow bees and all of them were a little bit different.
To start off, I bought some fun pink scrapbook paper at the [...]
I show my love with cupcakes…and Mr. M loves red velvet cupcakes more than any others. When I finally get the counter room to use my fancy KitchenAid mixer, I’ll be sure to try out the authentic Magnolia’s Bakery recipe (as shown below). For now though, I’ll stick to my old standard from the
Minus the time I’ve spent in various internships, I’ve yet to spend a significant time working in a professional office atmosphere, and therefore truly lack a business wardrobe. I’ve got my swanky interview suits along with a handful of separates, but very few actual staples to create a decent work collection. This all needs to [...]
We’re shopping for houses. And I must say it’s all a daunting and scary process. I start at my new job in exactly one week from today, and with that comes the income for our major purchase. We’ve definitely found some major contenders, but in the current down real estate market, most [...]
