Before we begin, I wanted to remind you that you have a week to join my Six Month Clothes Shopping Fast Challenge. Details can be found HERE and I hope you’ll join us! I’ll be the first to admit that I am a HUGE Trader Joe’s fan. I also find it remarkable that they get SO much free advertising due to the cult following that they’ve managed to secure. I,…
Happy Friday everyone! Sorry this post is a day late. So far in 2020, I’ve been religiously posting every single Tuesday and Thursday and this one took a bit longer to come together than I was expecting. Also, I took a quick, last-minute trip (all for a fun reason!) that I’m sure you’ll get to hear all about soon. Because of this last minute trip, I am having to reevaluate…
Today I had the honor of interviewing two pals who just so happen to be married to each other. I met Rachel on a bus from Austria to Poland when we were both studying abroad and we immediately hit it off. We also became friends with two nuns, but that’s a story for a different time. Jarad and I ran in similar circles in college and I was more than…
Yes, I know it’s May 14. Yes, I know this takes type-a to a whole new level. Hear me out. I adore Christmas and am especially excited about it this year because I bought some more decorations from Walmart on December 26. If you thought I decked the halls last year, just you wait. Given what we’ve been through, I think Christmas will be especially meaningful this year. I think…
Even with some states beginning their opening process, it’s become very evident that us DC-area folks aren’t going anywhere for a while. I’ve gone through all the stages of grief for my old life, and am now (finally) in the stages of acceptance for the current reality, still excited for things to go back to normal-ish, but also realizing that that probably won’t be happening for a while and there’s…
For as excited as I am to see that states are starting to open up, I have to admit that I’m starting to feel a tiny bit of nostalgia for quarantine downtime already. In a weird way, this time has been really beautiful. I’ve treated it as a retreat of sorts and have really seized the opportunity to do things I never “had the time” to do before. I’ve really…
Let’s just say that I’m going a little bonkers. I love love LOVE celebrations of every kind and go all out for just about all of them. By the time you’re reading this, I will most likely be wearing the embroidered blouse I bought in San Antonio, trying to come to terms with the fact that no, I won’t be going to my friend’s annual fiesta this year. From what…
So, I thought of this post idea when COVID started and bounced it off my of extremely talented friend, Elizabeth Mahon via the Marco Polo app. You see, Elizabeth is a friend from college.. kind of. She was a freshman when I was a senior and to say that we hit it off as pals would be an understatement. You know how there are just those rather random people that…
I think I can speak for just about everybody when I say that I’m pretty sick of the #WFH life. I miss my colleagues. I miss afternoon walks to Bitty and Beaus on the Annapolis dock. I miss taking calls while looking out on College Creek. Sigh, I miss it. Unfortunately I think the current reality isn’t going to change for a lot of us. Even when things go back…
Who’s over quarantine and just wants to hug their mama this Mother’s Day? Yeah, me too. I *highly* doubt we’ll be making the trek to Cleveland this year for the big day but that doesn’t mean I won’t be sending her something fun. Today I thought I would share some ideas in case you’re looking for something to send your mom some love. And Mom, if you’re reading this, that’s…