One of our family’s fondest holiday traditions is opening our stockings on Christmas Eve. We originally started this years ago to help placate the overexcited kiddies, to help tide them over until the Big Event of Christmas morning. Even now… Continue Reading
I ducked into a big mall a few days before Thanksgiving, hoping to beat the holiday craziness as I picked up a little gift item or two and made some returns. As I left Nordstrom and turned the corner, I… Continue Reading
Ah, it’s Cyber Monday. Since the media has been reporting that Black Friday sales here in the U.S. are slightly down from last year, it’ll be interesting to see how the retail world fares this Cyber Monday. I don’t tend… Continue Reading
Hooray! A new place to buy the things we love! And just in time for the holidays, too. As I was poking around the Neiman Marcus Web site the other day, doing a search for something else, what should pop… Continue Reading
I think we all probably do it from time to time. We see a great buy online on something, or decide to splurge on a favorite scent or product, and we put it in our shopping cart. Now whether we… Continue Reading
Browsing department stores can be a bit on the depressing side, especially when there are no worthwhile new fragrances to sniff and all you can see for miles are celebuscents. But I had a happy surprise last week when I… Continue Reading
Yes, it’s the season. A very generous friend gave me an iPad Mini for Chrismukkah and so I decided that it needed a case. In my case, I decided the case I wanted was a Lilly Pulitzer one in one… Continue Reading