Thank Goodness for Target!

I got the perfect brown purse for Christmas (picture to come later), but that being said I am on the hunt for a good black work purse. The perfect purse needs to be classy and unique, normally Target purses don't fit that mold,but the Mulberry for Target line has some great black bags. Here are some of my affordabley awesome favorites.

I'm hoping that there will still be some when I go to Target this week.  And keep on the look out for an up coming post featuring my brand new Banana Republic Christmas purse. Happy Tuesday

New Year, New Layout!

Don't worry the new layout is not permanent! I'm experimenting with new layouts until I find one that I really like and that allows the text to show up clearly. But I digress, Happy New Year!! I'm not a resolution maker, but it seems to be the unspoken blog rule that I have to post some sort of resolution today, so I decided to take a page out of Charlie Brown's book and post his:

"Keep the ball low, don't leave your crayons in the sun, use dental floss every day, don't spill the shoe polish, always knock before entering, don't let the ants get in the sugar, never volunteer to be a program chairman, always get your first serve in, and feed your dog whenever he's hungry."

According to Charlie if you do these you'll have a happy life and a fat dog.  The one thing that I am determined to do this year is to write more letters, so I'm going to invest in some personalized note cards.  Here is one of the options: (obviously personalized, for those of us who's name is not Mallory!)

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I love how simple and classic the card looks! Hope you had a great New Years

Planning a Progressive Party

For New Years my friends and I decided to have a Progressive Dinner Party.  This is a party where the appetizer is held at one home, then everyone travels to another home for dinner, and a third home for dessert! I am helping to make one of the appetizers.  The other couple making appetizers is going to make a bruschetta, so to continue the Italian theme I am going to make mini calzones.

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It's a pretty simple recipe, you buy a package of Pillsbury Grands Buttermilk Biscuits, a jar of marinara sauce (I prefer Barilla Sweet Pepper, or Barilla Spicy Marinara), pizza cheese, and whatever pizza toppings you prefer. 

Cut the biscuits in half like a hamburger bun, so that they are twice as thin as they were originally. Then place the sauce and cheese and toppings on like you would if it were a normal pizza, fold in half and bake until golden brown.  They are tasting and unique!! A great progressive party treat! 

Have a fabulous end to 2010! I'll talk to you next year!

A Glimpse of Christmas

I hope that all of you had a great Christmas! I thought I would start to share some of my amazing gifts with you. Unfortunately, I won't be able to post all of them today because I'm exhausted from a great day of skiing! So here are two for starters. I would highly recommend both of these books, the advice is fashionable and practical and could fit into any budget!

1. Nina Garcia's Look Book
2. The One Hundred, by Nina Garcia

Sorry for the lack of pictures, I'm using the iPad again and the image thing is not cooperating!

Happy Wednesday, go do something spontaneous to celebrate.

Good Cheer Goodies!

One of my favorite things to do during the Christmas season is to make Christmas treats with my mom and share them with our friends and family! Our traditional menu includes sugar cookies, gingerbread houses, and truffles.  This year we added a new treat to the list: Nutter Butter Reindeer. 

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These were super easy to make.  Just dip the cookie in chocolate, then stick on white chocolate M&Ms for eyes, a red hot for a nose, then dip the end of the pretzel in chocolate and stick them on as antlers!

Here are some pictures of the rest of my holiday favorites (unfortunately these were not made by me, but I hope they provide inspiration to you!).

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 Happy baking!

Sparkle and Shine, It's Holiday Time!!

Christmas is coming way too quickly for me! I should be finishing up my Christmas shopping but unfortunately I've spent most of my time catching up with friends and trying to get back into the routine of being home.  I did find some holiday sparkle during one of my recent shopping escapades.  Here they are!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Essie and Mini Essies!

Bow Ring!

And We're Back

It's been awhile, but I figured that studying for finals and moving home took top priority over posting. Never fear though, now that I'm back the posts should be more regular, especially with the help of my new favorite toy! This past week my dad acquired a brand new Apple iPad. While I originally had my doubts about the thing, it's actually pretty cool. Here is my personal pro and cons list:

Pros
Great screen quality. The screen might even be better than my computers! It makes it easier to see the real color of products when you are shopping online, which is usually a problem when shopping on a normal computer.

The Internet works really fast, much faster than my Blackberry. I know that the iPad is on wireless and the Blackberry is on the wireless network, but it still cleans my phones clock.

Design, what we you expecting this is a fashion blog, the design looks really sleek and modern. I have to admit I'm not the biggest Mac fan but they rally did a good job with this one, it's sleek and fits welling most of my day purses.


Marc by Marc Jacobs makes an awesome iPad case (seriously who doesn't love a reason to buy ore Marc Jacobs).

Cons
Typing is kind of difficult to get used to. If you're trying to type vertically the keys are just small enough to make it difficult to hit the right letters if you try and type on it like a normal computer, which made me try to type on it like my Blackberry and just use my thumbs. Unfortunately my hands were too small to do this effectively. If you flip it horizontally it's easier to type normally like a computer but it's kind of difficult because you can't rest your fingers on the keyboard without it resulting in something that looks like this afjdfk
Jadaldkjnffaljsnkd... I suppose that you could buy an external keyboard, but at that point you should probably invest in a laptop.

You can't edit the font type or color for your blog posts... Which is the reason that this post is not in my normal arial grey!

A little heavy. It doesn't seem too heavy at first but when you've been rummaging arou d the blogosphere for a couple of hours you're wrists start feeling the weight. Or you could put it on the table and look down all the time, but then you have to answer to your chiropractor when you start looking like a hunched over old lady!!

Overall the iPad is pretty cool, I'm not sure yet whether or not I. Recommend it but I'll get back to you soon! Until the here are some great accessories.

Marc by Marc Jacobs iPad Case

 

Happy Monday!