Category: Gifts

As a stylist, finding new items for my wardrobe while shopping for others is an occupational hazard. I mean, if I’m shopping for a client, and happen to come across an item or twelve for myself, that’s just God’s way of telling me I need something new. I have the same philosophy when it comes […]

Follow my blog with Bloglovin This group gives me some serious anxiety. It’s so hard to know what they want! Fortunately, most teens are all too happy to share their wishlists with you. However, if you find yourself shopping for an especially tricky teen, or one you don’t know very well, check out this list […]

So I wanted to share with you some of the more questionable gifts I’ve bought for my husband, Kevin, over the years, but I was afraid that might make you dismiss this post entirely, and that would be a mistake, because there are some real gems in here. Not the sparkly kind, of course, because […]

Moms, sisters and other women in our lives often seem like the easiest people on your gift lists. After all, there are so many things you can buy them. And that’s the problem. There are so many things you can buy them. See the best last-minute gifts for women now. The problem is we have […]

It’s the little things, you know, especially this time of year. Whether it’s a carefully chosen hostess gift or a specially selected stocking stuffer, these thoughtful surprises are my favorite kind of gift to give, and to receive. Lola and I enjoy putting together several small items to create one larger gift, because nothing is […]

The only person harder to shop for than my husband is my 11-year-old daughter. Besides a pair of salmon pink Converse hi-tops and a hamster, her list is filled with cryptic landmines like clothes, jewelry, and “that cup with the bath bombs.” And since I’ve stopped buying clothes and jewelry for her without her preapproval (there […]

Okay, you all know that shopping is kind of my thing. So much so, that when friends are shopping and see something about shopping, they instantly think of me. That’s how I first heard this slogan, which brilliantly combines my love of shopping and reluctance to exercise in a few words.   Black Friday shopping, […]

Sometimes, you’ve just gotta go out and get yourself a present. Not that husbands and kids don’t buy awesome gifts. They do. Or at least they try. Pre-kids, my husband was a fabulous gift-giver. He mostly bought me jewelry, or outfits straight off the mannequin from my favorite boutique, or shoes, or bags. All the […]

So, somehow, in the past year, when I wasn’t paying attention, a tween moved in. I don’t know if it was the arrival of the double-digit birthday or the realization that she was completely, positively over American Girl dolls, but my little Lola’s Christmas list started to look a lot like mine… Accessories, clothes, perfume, and, […]

I’ve always considered myself a pretty good gift giver. And then I got married. I made all the rookie mistakes. Buying technology when I don’t know a gadget from a gizmo. Swiping trends straight from the runway and trying to sell my brand new husband on them. Taking a good idea a step too far (i.e. […]