Tagged: Shopping


GenPink Picks: Design with Benefits

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Have you bought a product because you liked the charitable story behind it? This trend has been popular among shoppers for years, and this shopping style isn’t going away soon. Design with Benefits, founded by Tania Garbe, is an online destination that makes stories the focus of their online customer’s design purchases. This company is part of this very special batch of e-commerce websites, companies and start-ups by women that… Read more




Feminine Minimalism – less is more

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Jewelry stores will always carry a stock of expensive, extravagant pieces of jewelry including diamonds and other precious stones, as there will always be the demand for such items. However, it is interesting to note an ever-increasing demand for more minimalistic jewelry. Here are some ways you can save money on jewelry and still look fabulous. Gold versus Diamond Simple gold jewelry can look just as exquisite as more expensive… Read more




Quick Tips for Getting Extra Holiday Cash

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With the holidays fast approaching, everyone is thinking about the impact holiday shopping will have on their wallets. While holiday gifts do tend throw budgets into a tailspin, the good news is there are actually some easy ways to find, sell and earn some extra cash. In fact, some of you may already have that money lying around the house! FIND. Without realizing it, you may have money owed to… Read more




it’s a new day: do you know where your daily deals are?

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Taken using Instagram I have a nightly habit of checking various Daily Deal sites. I don’t usually end up buying any of the items but I think it’s one part curiosity and one part fear of being left out. I mean YOU never know! How are you about discount sites and daily deal apps? Do you have websites you check randomly, are you an email subscriber so you don’t miss… Read more




I Am a Sucker for Advertising: Makeup Edition

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I’ll tell ya one down side of having a degree in graphic design… I am easily drawn into things (aka ads) that have a high “ooohh pretty” factor. The current item that I’m pretty sure I don’t need but looks oh so shiny is Sephora’s Holiday Blockbuster set. What do you think? For me, the picture is much higher on the scale of “likely to make me buy” than the… Read more




shopping adventures and free clothes

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I recently decided to start doing reviews, because a) I have an opinion about almost everything and b) blogging is a great platform for sharing opinions! Also, my friends and fellow bloggess friends are also quite verbose as well. This weekend my friend, Olivia, got to do a review/shopping spree at LOFT. I’m quite jealous! She needs your opinion on which outfit is your fav. As if, speaking your mind… Read more




OMG, y’all I am so excited!

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OMG, y’all (yes I’m from Texas) I am so excited! A couple of weeks ago I was reading one of the many blogs that I follow and they announced that their was a new website to check out that was giving away a free ipod. So of course, I jumped right over to see what it was because a) I’m a big nerd and I love new websites b) I’d… Read more




What’s the Deal?

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A friend sent me the link to a cute site last week and I was looking through the archives of her daily posts and this cute illustration along with her comments gave me an idea for a topic. Joanna wrote “Mom’s Day is Sunday, May 13th. Your mom would’t wait ‘til last minute, and you shouldn’t either!”