Archive for December, 2010

SHUT UP! Stacy, Clinton & What Not to Wear Come to D.C.

12.23.10

Gang. I am such a fan of "What Not to Wear" on TLC.  I'm sure about 850,000 other women feel the same way, but I totally feel like I could hang out with Stacy and Clinton - they are hilarious, stylish and know how to have fun. So when my ...

Posted in bloggy events, bloggy love, bloggy stuff, fashion, girlfriends, material girls, things we love, why I blog | 12 Comments »

Holiday Gift Guide Winners!!

12.22.10

I'm excited to announce the winners of the Mamalaw 2010 Holiday Giveaway Event!  I had my hubby give me 18 numbers between 1 and 41 (the number of commenters to the post) and here are the results: LUCKY NUMBERS: 7, 9,  14, 20, 34, 35, 6, 11, 3, 40, 22, 19, 29, ...

Posted in contests, giveaways, holidays, sponsored post | 5 Comments »

Holiday Shopping Just Got Strange

12.22.10

This just seems creepy. Look kids! Your very own Cadillac high-tops!

Posted in funny story, holidays, shopping | 5 Comments »

Wordless Wednesday

12.15.10

2007 2008   2009 2010 (??) Ten days until Christmas and I have yet to take the Christmas picture for our 2010 Holiday Card. Nice.  

Posted in #GIT, Christmas, holidays | 2 Comments »

lavish! Un-conference: Days 2 &3

12.13.10

Ok, so I literally never got up.  That doggone bed was so fabulous that I slept right through my alarm and my eyes flew open at 7:57am.  I was upset because the Opening Remarks were to take place at 8am and I didn't want to miss a second of this ...

Posted in bloggy events, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »

Scene + Heard: Telling me ’bout myself

12.13.10

Scene: At Ikea having dinner after an afternoon of shopping.  Princess and I had a pretty good day (i.e. no outbursts), so per her request I bought a slice of double loaded chocolate cake for dessert. Me: (Looking at princess while laughing a little) You have chocolate teeth and a chocolate ...

Posted in child development, funny things kids say | 1 Comment »

lavish! un-conference: Day 1

12.10.10

I arrived in Atlanta today for the lavish! un-conference and I am thoroughly enjoying myself.  First off, the hotel where the conference is being held is nothing less than I would expect of The Broke Socialite, the un-conference's organizer.  It's chic, gorgeous, luxurious and trendy all at the same time. ...

Posted in bloggy events, bloggy love, why I blog | 1 Comment »

New York at Christmas

12.7.10

Lately I've really been trying to prioritize my life in terms of putting the really important things first: family, friends, my health to name a few.  I was sharing this sentiment with a girlfriend of mine last week and lamented that I hadn't yet seen my close girlfriend's baby (and ...

Posted in #GIT, family, family moments, Family Vacations, girlfriends, holidays, reflection, relationships, weekend wrap-up | 3 Comments »

Some encouraging words…

12.7.10

A friend forwarded me one of those freaking chain emails that we all hate and I was tempted to press "delete" after looking at the subject line, but something encouraged me to read this one - even if it meant stopping right before the closing "please forward to 7oo million friends and ...

Posted in advice, reflection | 1 Comment »

Special Delivery!

12.6.10

What could it be???

Posted in Con Agra Foods, sponsored post | No Comments »