Category: Fashion/Shopping

  • Nordstrom Uses Web to Locate Items and Increase Sales

    Nordstrom Uses Web to Locate Items and Increase Sales – NYTimes.com I love Nordstrom and its customer focused philosophy. And it shows that by focusing on what the customer actually wants, not what you THINK they want is a win/win situation. Wal-Mart hoped that deeper cuts in its standard rollbacks would be a draw, but…

  • Fall Fashion – What Do Young Fashionistas Want?

    Fall Fashion – What Do Young Fashionistas Want? – NYTimes.com. I love reading about fashion trends. Here’s an interesting article in the NYT about Millennials and their take on fashion this fall….what are your thoughts? There is plenty of research about the so-called Millennials — people ages 18 to 29 — to suggest you can’t…

  • Reflections on Letting Yourself Go

    Sometimes when I am driving to work or out doing an errand – I will randomly notice other women that look to be close to may age. Some of them look great – while others, well they don’t look their best. In some cases, it looks like they have given up any sense of self.…

  • Summer suit season is here!

    Summer suit season is here!

    Friday means Rest Day! I appreciate this day so much – get a few extra Zzzz’s, get up and don’t have to rush with the kids, and let my body rest. Makes me very happy – I am planning on getting up early to go for a run before the heat of the day comes…

  • PSA: Anthropologie Sale

    I love the store Anthropologie. But man, it’s expensive. So I love a good sale. A blog I read: Anthroholic is a great resource for all things Anthropologie – sale info, outfit reviews, outfit suggestions, community, and support. Anthroholic is Kim – a bonafide Anthro addict and I am glad she is one. Here is…

  • Top Perfumes Contain Hazardous Secret Chemicals

    Top Perfumes Contain Hazardous Secret Chemicals, Report Finds Failing to name the chemicals in a fragrance is legal under the Federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act of 1973. Though that law requires companies to list cosmetics ingredients on product labels, it explicitly exempts requiring breaking out the specific components of a perfume or cologne. Instead,…

  • Reuse, Recycle & Reduce: Kids Konserve

    I recently read about this product: Kids Konserve: A Common Theme … Helping The Environment. Sounds like a great company with a very good mission. I am always looking for ways to reduce our families footprint. I’m not perfect but where I can, I do.  I am sure we all have ways we are trying…

  • Over-Tweezing: a possible epidemic?

    BrowBeat: Confessions of an Over-Tweezed Teen: Beauty Blogger: Beauty: teenvogue.com. While this article focuses on teenage males and eyebrow maintenance, I thought it would be worthwhile to broaden the scope of the discussion a bit. First a few observations to share. A few years ago I returned to the good ole jersey shore to spend…

  • Adidas: Sleek, Stylish and Super Sporty

    This spring, fitness based fashion is all about color and function with vibrant hues, moisture-wicking technology, slimming silhouettes and comfortable fabrics you’ll want to wear all over – not just to work on your fitness! Did you know that one of the newest trends is to have the hottest designers team up with sports apparel…

  • Great Deals for some spring updating…

    The Gap is offering a Give and Get offer this weekend!  One of the ladies from my boot camp family, Susie, is the store manager over at Tyson’s Gap. Head over there this weekend to take advantage of the great deals! You will get 30% off during their Friends & Family event. get the coupon…