I’m obsessed with this GLITZ & GLAM trend that is going around… obsessed. with. it. I want to show you how you can “wear” it without wearing it… and how I scored a really (really) great deal today at TJMaxx! $29.99!

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Each year my parents take our whole family to the Rockettes. It’s become a tradition for the last 8 years. The day goes a little something like this… We all show up at my parents house to have breakfast and fun! We all open a very special gift from my parents… We all put that gift on (usually jammies!)… Then [...]

Taking Down the Christmas Lights in May Oh, yes. That was us this past weekend. We’re totally one of those family’s on the street. You know, the ones that everyone talks about and wondering why (the heck) it’s MAY and the lights are still up. Honest to God, I just took down our wreath about a month ago. Every single [...]

I hate to say it, but I’ve been seeing them a lot lately… and actually, not so much on people, but in the stores. You know what I’m talking about, “ugly” Holiday sweaters with bells, lights, ornaments, snowflakes and anything else Holiday-ish that can fit on a sweater. Everyone has their own “ugly” defining factor when it comes to Holiday [...]

As soon as Halloween was over, I had every single black/orange pail-bat-spider-ghost-pumpkin down by midnight on November 1st. It was (in my mind) officially time to get ready for the Holidays! I developed a love for decorating from my Nana and my mother. Every season brought decorations, with Christmas time being the most decorated time of all. ‘Til this day [...]

Last year we were newbies. This year. Oh, no. We were prepared. We had M&Ms on hand. Milk in sippy cups and bottles. Michael Jackson playing “Can’t Stop Till You Get Enough.” And the promise/bribe/threat that Santa was watching. With 3 photo ops… we got it. We took these at home with our camera on a tripod.  After each photo, [...]

A perfect evening… Walking with Jane and her two beautiful dogs through my little New England town, nodding to passersby as they dash into shops open late for the holiday season and waving to friends through restaurant and cafe windows… then turning the corner onto my street to be greeted by my home. Home, with its twinkling lights that melt [...]

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is something that should be on everyone’s wish list.  The Rockettes are one of the most amazing sights to see during the holiday season. I don’t know any other way to put it… but it just GETS you in the spirit. I went with my (whole) family to see the Rockettes on November 7th.  We [...]

I am having a rather feisty debate with a very good friend about the concept of “The Wish List”… and I need your help.  Here’s the deal… My friend gives her husband, her children, her mom and her family a LIST of things that she WISHES for as holiday gifts.  She has been doing this for as long as I’ve [...]