My fave fashion blogs…

I am asked all the time if I read any fashion blogs on a regular basis… There are 3 fashion blogs that I can’t start or end my without reading — not to mention the ladies behind these blogs are amazing, talented and inspiring women… !! Fashiontribes.com Fashiongrail.com Stylemom.net

One beautiful evening of 40 Under Forty…

Last night, Audrey was honored as a 40 Under Forty recipient by the Providence Business News as a founder and dynamic force behind Mom Generations. The event was held at the beautiful International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI… and the evening and the event was as gorgeous as gorgeous can be. Barry and [...]

TJMaxx/Marshalls Event in Boston

You know I love TJMaxx and Marshalls. They are my “meccas” for finding amazing designer clothes at such affordable prices. Over the last 7 months, as I have been doing my “365 Days of Fashion Advice for Moms” series, I have really honed in on the AWE-someness of shopping these 2 stores. So… you can [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Sunflowers

A bouquet from Bizzy.

Who needs girls?

I wrote in my previous post that Flo, my mother-in-law, loved boys.  This is the proverbial understatement. But I always suspected that somewhere in her psyche was lurking the mother of a daughter.  I often teased her about this.  “Come on, Mom, you know you would’ve loved a daughter,” I would say to her.  But [...]

Do you have these items?

I’ve chatted before about “staple pieces” — so let me ask you today… do you have some of these staples? 1.) White button down blouse 2.) HEELS (a really good, chic and sexy pair) 3.) LBD, a Little Black Dress 4.) Jeans that fit you like a glove or ones that you just absolutely love [...]

TJMaxx Ambush Makeover at BlogHer

I thought this post would be appropriate today since I’m heading off to Boston today to meet up with some TJMaxx folks and get an inside look at some Fall fashions. While at BlogHer’s Social Luxe Lounge, my good friend Arianne from To Think Is To Create was ambushed by TJMaxx. She got an Accessory [...]

Two years

Two years ago yesterday I lost my beloved dog Bismarck. A few months ago I had unpublished this post about his life – and the sad, sad day of his death – because it goes into so much detail about stuff that’s a little awkward to put out there now. But I’m going to keep [...]

Happy 1st Birthday, Dylan!

Our youngest grandchild, Dylan Joseph, turns ONE today.  It seems impossible that all those moments, all those days, all those seasons have turned into one whole year. Dylan is our 9th grandchild and our 7th grandson.  Yes, there are 2 girls (each 8 years old), and then 7 boys in a row… and the boys [...]

Fashion DO from BlogHer

Jenn Fowler from Frugal Upstate was a HUGE FASHION DO at BlogHer. Coldwater Creek dressed Jenn throughout the weekend and she looked FABULOUS!

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