Dress me: Retirement party chic

As much as I love fashion, I am very indecisive at times about what to wear to certain events. In those situations, I turn to my friends and then Twitter and/or this blog for your feedback as well. Brace yourself, it’s that time again. This weekend, I will be attending a retirement party, so I thought a new, fancy dress […]

Things I love right now

Right now, I’m not spending crazy, but let’s just say…I’m enjoying not funneling all funds in to a trip fund again just yet 🙂 So now that I’m helping Chicago’s economy by doing a little spending, I’m making a little list of things I’m loving right now. Target’s Grocery – Okay this is a little lame but I’m obsessed with […]

Two stories about karma

As much as I may want to deny it, karma exists. I’ve seen two examples of this recently and I thought I’d share both. One is funny and one is kind of sweet. Funny Karma About a month ago, my friend dropped me off at home after dinner and we ended up sitting in her car chatting for a bit. […]

Revamping the Memorial Day plans

On Friday, I made a list of things I hoped to do during Memorial Day, because I’m a planner and need some kind of list of what I’d like to do, even if I achieve nothing. Yeah, it was one of those weekend when the best laid Memorial Day plans went awry, but in a good way! I got my […]

Looking forward to a long weekend

Yesterday was Thursday but I was playing Rebecca Black’s song “Friday” in my head because that’s what it was for me. FRIDAY. My company closed our office today so I get a four-day weekend, and let me tell you something, I need it. Yes, it’s officially my Memorial Day weekend and I will be staycationing it in Chicago because, well […]