Today, I accomplished another item on my summer bucket list… 9. purchase fresh produce at the farmer’s market I only picked up a few things because I’m on a budget. At a long-running farm stand about five stoplights from my place, I purchased a pint of tomatoes, a red pepper and a zucchini/green squash. It was…
Month: July 2013
Style Sunday: New Wallet
I recently purchased this new wallet from the Wilson’s Leather outlet… You can see a place for cards. In the middle, there’s file storage… The second the salesperson showed me the labels, I was sold! I love organization. This is not my primary wallet where I store my cash, ID, debit card, two coffeehouse loyalty…
It’s about time for a change.
I want to overhaul my life and I feel like the universe is sending me signs that I should change. My car keeps conking out over the past month or so, even though I only received the car as a gift in October and have since put $1500 into it just to make it go,…
Style Sunday: Minor yet Refreshing Style Updates
I’ve done some minor style updates and beauty treatments recently. Since one of my extras in my summer capsule wardrobe, a black scoop neck tee had a hole in it, I tossed it and replaced it with an older black v-neck tee from Ann Taylor Loft Outlet I had in my reserves. I also added…
Things To Do: Summer 2013 Edition: Update
I would like to check another item off my summer bucket list (that can be found in its entirety here)… 2. date as much as possible Skeeball on the Boardwalk in Ocean City I know the summer isn’t over and I have over six weeks prior to Labor Day to date even more, but I…
Book Review: Ooh La La! French Women’s Secrets to Feeling Beautiful Every Day
I highly recommend Ooh La La! French Women’s Secrets to Feeling Beautiful Every Day by Jamie Cat Callan, who also wrote French Women Don’t Sleep Alone and Bonjour, Happiness! I read it last month and I wanted to promote this important book with a review. This is the account of the author’s personal journey to…
Style Sunday: New Charm for My Charm Bracelet
While in Ocean City, Maryland last Monday and Tuesday, I purchased a new charm for my charm bracelet in order to commemorate the wonderful little trip… Starfish and Seahorse Charm This option was my favorite and we actually did see seahorses in a tank inside the Life-Saving Museum (at the Inlet/end of the boardwalk) that Chris wanted…
Things To Do: Summer 2013 Edition: Update
I checked the following item off my summer bucket list (that can be found in its entirety here)… 7. have a picnic Back on June 20th, the guy I’m dating Chris and I thoroughly enjoyed a picnic for dinner at Lake Waterford Park in Pasadena, Maryland. We decided on a spot in a wooded area near the playground,…
Ocean City, MD
This is a roaming gnome named Seamus in Ocean City during my spring break 2006. (Seamus is a shared roaming gnome among my college friends and I.) As locals say around here about vacationing in Ocean City, Maryland, I’m “goin’ down the ocean.” The guy that I’m dating Chris and I are going today and…