A little decoration needed

The last few days I’ve noticed how naked I feel without a bracelet on. In the summertime I wear a gold Egyptian Hyroglphic braclet my great aunt gave me. It’s absolutely gorgeous, but doesn’t feel right in the winter. (Gold is really a summertime metal if you ask me.) I’m in dire need a bracelet for the less the other 7 months of the year.

I have several credentials for a bracelet:

1. It must be delicate. Bangels are great fun if only worn a couple of hours. (And don’t get me wrong– I LOVE a charm bracelet and all it’s precious little treasures, but that jingling could drive a girl crazy.)
2. It must not have sharp edges that snag clothing, brand new Pottery Barn bedding (touchy subject) or make friends bleed when accidentally bumping into them.
3. It should be casual enough to wear with jeans and a sweater and pretty enough to wear with the LBD.

 

I love this Elsa Peretti Color by the Yard bracelet. It’s silver with an aquamarine stone and it meraculously fits all my credentials.

It’s priced well at $105 from Tiffanys.

 

My next choice is the Donut Link Bracelet. I think this has a classical look of a bangle without the stiffness. $250, also from Tiffanys.

My final choice is the Mikimoto tin cup bracelet from the Akoya collection. Super gorgeous. Super delicate.(Tiffany makes a girl feel special but Mikimoto is just stunning, no way around it.)

$550 from Saks.com

My only concern is that I have the matching necklace. would that be too cheesy?

I would greatly appreciate any and all opinions. Picking jewelry is always a big decision.

What kind of bracelets do you wear? Do you keep the same one on or switch it up?

 

Champagne Season!

With the holiday season quickly approaching, To Do lists triple in size. One check point that makes its appearance across the charts is entertaining (See Example Below).

Buy Presents

Test New Recipes

Throw Christmas/ New Year’s/ Hanukkah Party

I love entertaining guests. Most women do. Good food, good music and
good– wait for it– drinks!

What would the holidays be without champagne?? Do people really ring in the New Year’s with Beer? (“Shiver”) A great gift to kick off the holiday season is a set of champagne saucers.

FYI- It’s rumored that champagne saucers were created from a mold of Marie Antoinette’s…  (How do I put this politely?)… best assets.

Along with it, though.

My favorite champagne saucers out now are the Starry Champagne Glasses from Anthropolgie.

They are absolutely adorable.

The gold rim with tiny gold stars and bubbles sprinkled around make this the ultimate champagne glass.

Any girl would shriek for a set of these. (A good sized set would be somewhere between 8-12– just depending on how many friends you usually have over.)  $14 a glass is a great price for such unique glassware, too!

Enjoy the Champagne Holiday Season!

Put Your Money Somewhere Useful

Lauren Merkin is known for her high quality, everyday bags. The Tile Embossed Lamb wallet is no exception.

It is so soft too! The embossing gives the wallet a great texture. This wallet is perfect for the girl who isn’t into labels being splashed all over an item but still loves quality products.

It’s the perfect size to fit into any purse at 4×8″ (a little longer than a standard photo.) Two cash slots (who carries cash anymore?), a zippered change compartment and nine card slots will hold anything and everything. (Anything and everything a normal person would try to fit in a wallet anyways.)

Best part? Lauren Merkin will donate 50% of every wallet purchased to the Young Survival Coalition. (The YSC is an organization dedicated to all issues that affect young woman and breast cancer.)

$175 at Lauren Merkin.

Buy at Saks, Do good.

Shop at Saks

There are several reasons you should shop at Saks this weekend.

1. It’s Friends and Family Weekend. 25% off all purchases with coupon below.
2. Saks is donating 2% of every purchase up to $250,000 to local charities.
3. And every girl loves a gift from Saks.

Baby it’s cold outside!

It’s 56 degrees today!! And I’m in the hot south!! Personally, I prefer cold weather once a year, for one week, in Colorado.  However, I don’t always get what I want.

This fall, one of the main things on my fall wish list is the Tory Burch Colin Vest.

This puffer vest is ideal for fall. The quilting provides extra warmth without looking too puffy.  (Your significant other isn’t a snowman, and you don’t want her to loon like one, right?)

I’m sure you’ve seen your 7 year old niece running around in something similar, but the buttons on this vest set it apart from others and  make it “grown up” approved.  The gold tone snap buttons have the Tory Burch logo stamped on the front.

The best part about this vest? 15% of the proceeds go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. At $295 that’s almost $45 of the purchase going to the foundation.

Save the TaTa’s, one good hair day at a time.

It’s October! The leaves are falling, the air is crisp and love is in the air.

In order to show our love this month, all our posts will be focused on products benefiting Breast Cancer Awareness. (After all, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.)

My first product is one that I’m dying for! It’s the Hana Professional 1″ Flat Iron- Breast Cancer Awareness Edition.

This flat iron does more than just straighten hair: it can create curls and waves too. (Which means that this one tool can replace all those other tools she has laying across her bathroom counter and vanity.)

The Hana flat iron heats up between 140-450 degrees farenheit!  It’s great for all hair types– so you don’t have to worry about figuring out if your girlfriend has course or fine hair.

It also has a two year warranty (Good if the lucky lady is anything like me– ole butterfingers over here.) It comes with a heat proof silicone mat (No burn marks on the antique wooden vanity) and travel pouch sweetly packaged in tin case.

The straightener is $124.99 for Misikko. $25 from every purchase is donated to Susan G Komen.

Carry on..

No seriously.. It’s a carry-on.

The Juicy Couture Retro Luggage is the perfect present for traveling gal. (I should know– my parents just bought it for my birthday present!)

While it is girly it is not obnoxious. It is pale pink with brown leather handles and a brown and white stripe around the sides.

The bag is very durable. It has a pullout handle so it can be wheeled around behind you.

With heavy-duty silver hardware this bag is truely a showstopper. It is a smaller piece of luggage, but it’s the perfect size for a carry on or weekend trip. (Mine is getting plenty of use this month between visiting my brothers, going to New Orleans and several Auburn games– in case you were wondering.)

She’ll be more than glad to haul her own bag through the airport.

Revolve Clothing for $550.00

All wrapped up

With fall quickly (and even quicker in my cold office) approaching I am dying to get some cold weather accessories.

I know how much guys love those late night football games that get so cold a girl might freeze her little hinney off! In steps the loved gold bag tied shut with a matching gold ribbon. (Burberry, duh.) The perfect gift for the fall is the Burberry Merino Wool Fringed Serape.

I am obsessed. It’s the perfect snugly wrap for cold weather!  It’s pretty big, at 51″x55″.

I know what you are thinking. (Because I think my boyfriend would be thinking the same thing.) Probably something along the lines of “I don’t want my girlfriend wearing a blanket!”

The beauty of this wrap is that you can pair it with tight jeans without looking like you are trying to show off the goods.
<—-PS. Does she look frumpy? Don’t think so.

This Burberry wrap will make the perfect present for her (she’ll love it) and for you (you won’t have to leave the game early because she’s too cold!)

$325 from Saks

Toughen up!

Chances are, your girlfriend, wife, daughter or sister has an iPhone. If not, close out this window, drive to the nearest Apple or ATT store and BUY HER ONE. The iPhone has changed my life, and I feel handicapped when it dies or when I’m walking the dog and leave it upstairs. Bottom line it’s a must have.

However, this post is not about the iPhone. I have dedicated this post to iPhone accessories– specifically, the case!

For starters, everyone knows that girls are clumsy. It’s just a fact of life– have you read Twilight? Bella is so clumsy that she— Nevermind… this could go on forever. Any way, the accessory that no iPhone can go without is a case! The case plays the important role of “Protector”. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve dropped my phone, probably 50. However, I was smart and had a case on it. I have several friends who have been not so smart and now have busted screens–Hello! iPhones are expensive to replace!

The case I’m currently using is the pink Slider case. It’s surprising how much thought goes into these little cases. It has rubber interior walls for added shock protection and has a removable bottom for easy docking. $34.99 from apple.com

The woman in your life might not be a pink kind of gal. Not everyone likes loud accessories. This is my new favorite case. It hugs around the sides of the iPhone just enough to keep it safe if dopped. It is LITTERALLY undetectable. Also $34.99from apple.com.

Next on the list of fun cases, is the Juicy Couture candy colored jelly cases. I’ve used the jelly case before and found it to be very bouncy. The colors are adorable and the set is $58.00 from juicycouture.com which is pretty cheap considering you get three in a set.

A case makes a nice gift and it’s something useful unlike that electronic head scratch-er you got her a couple of years ago.

Thoughts come cheap.

My brother needed help picking out a gift for a friend that was overseas this past week. He couldn’t really decide what to get her so he called in a professional: ME! (That’s me.)

He just wanted to send her a little gift to brighten her day. So we brainstormed about what this young lady might like. Finally we decided that she probably needed some pj’s, since she’s essentially at an extended slumber party, if you think about it like that.

Off to Target we went! We picked out an adorable pair of Xhileration boxer shorts, which were a STEAL at $5.00! They came in about 10 colors, I picked out a pink and yellow stripe. Actually, I liked them so much I bought a pair, too! We got her a white and pink camisole to go along with it.

The PJ’s were all set to go! I just felt like it needed a little extra something to go along with it! So I picked out a bottle of Essie nail polish ($8.00) to match the shorts. (Note- I understand that this is a silly thing for a guy to give a girl, but she absolutely loved it and that it was silly in a cute way.)

And BAM! There is a thoughtful little gift for under $20.00!