Shopping you way

Fall is quickly coming, which means starting to think about new wardrobes and changes within the house. I don't know about anyone else, but I love summer. Once my birthday hits (mid July) I'm already dreading fall, which means winter is coming. The good news about it is, I put away my summer items and somewhere around late August begin shopping for new fall items for myself and the household.

I recently came upon a site called Become.com I wanted to share with everyone. It is not just a shopping site but a shopping portal that searches some of my favorite sites including Neiman Marcus, Sak's, Nordstrom along with many other online stores. It's not just for clothing either, in example I could search for Asian Bedding and see all the designs from all the top department stores in one place. I can even see how much they're discounted if they're on sale.

Over the summer I wore through a bunch of jeans wearing them fishing (alas, even my good jeans). So I sauntered on over to become and began looking up Elizabeth James jeans. The search function works well with very specific terms.

I also purchased a lot of dresses, all of them too bright and summery for the fall/winter events we have coming up (trust me, there will be many) . Even trying a broad term such as Zebra Print Dress brings up a lot of dresses, from many shops.

Try the site out for yourself, and see if you like it.

brought to you by your friends at www.become.com

Technical

I assure you, We're still here. I've been having some computer issues which have made it harder for me to crop/edit images. I'll be up and posting often again very soon.

MASH Set back in stock

For those of you who've been asking, I checked today and the MASH set is back in stock. No idea on how many they have, but these seem to sellout pretty quick.

Congrats!

Congrats to our winner, #5 to commenter. I'll be contacting the lucky person, he/she has 24 hours to reply - in the event of no reply I shall draw another number.

The winner shall receive a cute and very sturdy round cheese cutting board, and a coupon for free pizza. YUM.

Pictures and stories from the girls night in will be posted soon :)

Giveaway Reminder

Our Giveaway for a great bamboo cheese cutting board ends tomorrow. The amount of entries are super low.
Entry is easy, just comment on the giveaway post with your email address. No follow required.

*Giveaway* RSVP To a Girls Night In

This post brought to you by FRESCHETTA®. All opinions are 100% mine.

 

The days are getting nicer and nicer. I really miss my girls, so I decided (with the help of 

FRESCHETTA® Simply…Inspired™) to host a girls night in. Food, Movies, skincare, and of course MANICURES! We plan on serving cheese, crackers, and pizza. So kick the man out, get a babysitter and join us. I'll be posting pictures of the party.

 

 

To help you host your own party I'll be giving away a mini bamboo Simply Inspired FRESCHETTA® round cheese board. It's very beautiful (I did not want to remove it from it's protective box for a photo: Photo credit thanks to cookingwithkick.blogspot.com/).

The board slides open to reveal mini cheese cutters and fork.It will also come with a coupon for a free! In the meantime "Like" Freschetta on facebook. You can also follow them on twitter.com @FreschettaSI Giveaway is open to those with USA addresses only and shipping USPS (at my cost). This is a very good quality item, perfect for entertaining your own beauty girls night in! Enter below! Giveaway ends Friday May 6th: Winner announced by the following Tueday

 

 

The new pizzas by Freschetta are gourmet alternatives to a delivery service. My personal favorite is Hawaiian. Mmmmm. I really enjoyed this flavor. As quoted "Larger slices of vegetables, signature sauces, a variety of real cheeses and a crispy crust will inspire your taste buds and so much more." Delish! They come in eight distinctive varieties, are high quality, and have a FRESCH-TASTE SEAL™ Packing locks in the vibrant flavors, while using 30% less packaging material.

 

 

There is no requirement to enter, however you can earn 1 bonus entry if you blog about this. Just leave a comment with your email address and where you blogged, if you did.

 

      

 

Winner will be contacted by email. I will cover shipping costs to you. Winner must live in the U.S.A. Thank you to Freschetta Simply Inspired for providing the items needed for the giveaway. Check out their pizzas at http://www.freschettasimplyinspired.com/

$45 at The Body Shop for $20

Do you LOVE The Body Shop?

I do! So today I'm jumping on today's Groupon! $45 Gift certificate to The Body Shop for $20 (or $40 if you redeem after May 30th). Now imagine using the gift certifcate on sale items... I'll totally be stocking up on items for the year.

If you haven't heard of Groupon, well its this cool concept where there is one deal per day (sometimes local, but sometimes nationwide, like todays) Where you usually save around %40-%60. Ive used it before and have been VERY happy every time.

Check out Groupon Here

Free Samples of Ganier for Earth day!

Do you love Ganier? How about if it was "green"
Well both Ganier and Walmart are offering free samples today of the new Pure Clean line.

Tomorrow is Earth day! What will you be doing? I will be planting a seedling tree with my daughter.

Freebie notice

Drugstore.com and beauty.com are giving away a NARS Orgasm Illuminator($10 value) with any $10 purchase. Any purchase over $25 qualified for free shipping.

Summer fashion is upon us

I have yet to pull together my spring/summer wardrobe. A lot has been packed away, illusively hiding somewhere in my other closet. Some of it is old, outdated, and needs updating. This summer, I'm hoping to ramp things up with some little extras.

Usually I wear plain flip flops most of the summer (with my toes nicely manicured, of course). No one really notices my super casual look, or at least, they don't comment. This summer I want to get some embellished flip flops/sandals. I think the ones offered by Michael Kors are perfect!

Since beginning to wear contacts again I've also been sunglasses crazy. I bought a few really nice pairs last year, but have since lost them. I don't know how it is possible to lose so many pairs, but I suppose it happens. Cole Haan makes a pair of really cute sunglasses that I'm gaga over.

There will be fancier events this summer. Probably quite a few considering how large my family is. I will wear heels if absolutely necessary. However, I would rather put on a pair of comfy yet pretty flats. Especially for something like a wedding, where I will be dancing the night away! Stuart Weitzman offers very cute pink flats that would work well with most of my fave dresses.

What are some of the items you'll be splurging on for the summer?

OPI Swatch At Your Quebec & Call

Spring is so close, even though we had that snowstorm on April 1st. Of course, those of us in New England can almost always count on THAT April Fools joke! To boot I'm getting over the worst cold I've ever had. I almost think I had pneumonia. Through all of that I stayed with my mom for a week and helped her pack.

My in laws have been talking about a trip to Canada, so of course, I had to swatch up OPI Nail Lacquer At Your Quebec & Call. It's a bit of a mess because I split/shredded a lot of my nails while helping mom move.



This color, from the O.P.I. Canadian collection, is a beautiful dark green gold. It could work well with a black cocktail dress for a night out, or even with a nice tan in summer. The golden shimmer is so perfect.

Before even starting the application I used Mavala® Scientifique Nail Hardener
which is by far the best I've ever tried. I hadn't used it in the last month, hence all the breakage. If you're against formaldehyde I would not suggest using this, it contains quite a bit. However, it soaks right into the nail and hardens them so amazingly well without any layers of junk.




Anyways, back to the swatch. Like most O.P.I. Polishes, At Your Quebec and Call applied fairly easily. One thing I have noticed, is their shimmer polishes dry MUCH faster than the non shimmers. I was ready to go in 2 minutes. It took 2 coats for full coverage. I think the photos made it look slightly sheer, but that is not the case in real life.



All in all, it is such a lovely color. I would highly suggest it to anyone. Even with my super pink-pale skin it still looks good.

Konad Dupes - MASH Set back in stock!

Wait no longer! The MASH Set of 25 is back in stock. When I wrote about these originally they quickly went out of stock for quite awhile. You can read my original review here.

Most of the plates are good quality exact dupes of Konad. I really really love this set. It is $9.99 + shipping on Amazon. Only 5 of the plates I received were not Konad based.

I have no idea how many they have in stock, but last time they sold out fast after I wrote about it.