Prepping for V-Day

I love Real Simple magazine. It is one of the (many) magazines I get in the mail each month. And lucky me, I am also on their emailing list. So today in my inbox I received a email with cute ideas for Valentine's Day! They have some of the best Valentine's Day card ideas (and for free!)that I thought were cute...

Find an old random key lying around...it can now be a homemade card (You have the key to my heart!)

Kids bring home a sucker from the Valentine's party? (I am a sucker for you!)

Dead AAA batteries found in your junk drawer? (I get a charge outta you!)

Cheesy? Yes. Cute? Yes. (Hallmark ain't got nothing on us!)

Stockings Were Hung...

I was in Pier 1 today looking for a wedding gift, and they have all of their Christmas decor out! I love it! I think Pier 1 always has the cutest holiday stuff, it is always the "fun colors". Not much red, not much green...but a lot of hot pink, lime green and teal. I also thought these stockings were so cute. It is my first Christmas in my new house, so I am excited to stock up on all the fancy decorations!!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! I hope everyone has a fun (and safe) Halloween! I will be passing out candy and then heading out on the town. So if you see me in my Greek Goddess outfit say hello!

Soap Not on a Rope

This may be random, but I came across these really cute bars of soap. I would give them as a hostess gift! Staying overnight at someones house for the holidays? Don't show up empty handed. Show up with these fun bars of soap. Random? Maybe. But unique, fun and everybody can use a bar of soap, right?

Not your Grandmother's Candy Bowl

Target now has all of their Halloween stuff on Clearance! I was thinking that I need a candy jar or bowl for my trick-or-treaters! Since I just moved into a house after years of apartment living, I am expecting a lot of little kiddos ringing my doorbell next Friday night. I found many cute candy bowls in Target's Halloween section. So get yourselves into Target and get ready for Halloween!

"of the Month"

Some co-workers and I were discussing alcohol over dinner. Not sure why, probably because we would have cut off our right pinkie finger if we could have got a bucket of beers or bottle of wine. But, since it was a "working dinner", long into the evening, and we still had a long night ahead of us, we were discussing intead of chugging. One co-worker, from Georgia, told me that one year she gave her friend a "wine of the month club". How awesome of a gift is that? Talk about the gift that keeps on giving!!

So, I started thinking about other "of the month" clubs that I have heard of. Soap of the Month, Candle of the Month, etc. Well, surely there are cool "of the month" clubs out there. So that brings me to the website, club-offers.com. Now this is the gift idea that I have been dreaming about! A lot of shopping done in one swoop! They have the best clubs....Micro brew of the Month, Pizza of the Month and my personal favorite, Dessert of the Month!

That impossible person to buy for....well, here you go! You're welcome! ;)

Halloween "treats"

In anticipation for Halloween, I have been perusing the Halloween aisles in my local Target store and preparing for my trick-or-treaters. So, I randomly googled the most popular Halloween candy, and guess what #1 was? Tootsie Rolls. Isn't that odd? I would have thought it would have been candy corn. Whatever.

Anyway, one of the websites I came across, KeepKidsHealthy.com gave ideas for great Halloween treats, not just candy! (Dentists nation wide are probably applauding.) Anyway, here are some ideas, including: Halloween-themed pencils, temporary tattoos and stickers.

Halloween Costumes for the Kiddos!

If your kids were anything like I was when I was younger, they are all about their Halloween costumes! I was at a wedding over the weekend and I asked one of my best friend's daughter what she was going to be for Halloween. Well, how can you pick just ONE thing to be? She couldn't decide whether to be Belle, Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella. One thing she did know? Her baby brother is going to be a frog!

I was flipping through the Pottery Barn Kids catalog that magically appears in my mailbox every now and again and found many cute costumes for kids. So, ask the kids what they want to be, and if they just happen to say "I want to be a big weiner", then here is the outfit for you!

Christmas Card Labels

It is never too soon to start preparing for Christmas. The girls at work and I were talking about Christmas today and I told them about this webiste I know of that sells the cutest labels. So, what did the girls do, went directly to the site and ordered Christmas labels! I (of course) already have mine, so you better get on it and get prepared, becase you will be licking those Christmas card envelopes quicker than you think!

Colorful Images has much more than just Christmas labels. Need labels for year-round letters? You can find it all here!