01. gh0stparties. Many of you probably know gh0stparies, or Kate, from her lovely YouTube channel. But, if I'm being honest, I think I like her Instagram even more. Not only does she share lovely pictures of her makeup-- both on and off of her face-- she shares pictures of her home. Little knick knacks, storage solutions and her office space provide me with...

After doing away with beauty subscription services for quite a while, I decided that I would hop back on the Ipsy train. For those who don't know, Ipsy is a subscription service where, for $10 a month, you receive a makeup bag full of 4-5 deluxe samples or full-sized beauty products. It's a great way to try out new products and build up...

FOR WHEN YOU NEED TO GET THINGS DONE... 1                                 /                                  2 FOR WHEN YOU NEED SOME ENCOURAGEMENT... 1                          ...

SIPPING... a nice cold glass of water flavored with Black Cherry MiO Energy. I'm making an effort to drink more water, and this caffeinated enhancer helps give me a little boost when I need it. WATCHING... Pretty Little Liars, Chasing Life and Young & Hungry. What can I say? These are my summer television loves at the moment. LISTENING... to the songs of my youth, also known as...

Over at Two Thirds Hazel, Erin has thought up another installment of the Blogmopolitan quiz for all of us bloggers. It is a great way to get to know the bloggers you follow and, if you go here, you can see all of the other wonderful bloggers who have taken this quiz and find some new ones to follow! Or you can just...

A couple of years ago I joined Influenster, which describes itself as "a community of trendsetters, social media masterminds, and educated consumers who live to give opinions of products and experiences." Through them, I've received a number of VoxBoxes filled with complimentary goodies for me to try out and review. This month I qualified for the Aveeno Positively Radiant VoxBox and received a...

I'm going to get this one out of the way first, and apologize for ruining your makeup (if you're wearing any). This story about one dog's final day will absolutely break your heart and make you want to hug your pets tonight-- no matter how much they squirm. Image Credit: Carol Rosetti Artist Carol Rosetti has penned (penciled?) a colorful, beautiful series of...

It is an absolutely lovely day today, so I have decided to spend it sitting on my front porch doing some working and some writing. It is 76°F with blue skies and fluffy white clouds rolling through-- seriously, I couldn't ask for a more perfect day in the middle of July. My cat LuLu is playing (or, now, having a lie down) in...

One of my favorite things about summer is sitting out on my front porch with a cup of coffee beside me (or glass of unsweet tea, depending on the temperature!) and a good book in my hands. Of course, I still don't have time to read all of the books I'm interested in-- or the money-- but I've been lucky enough to read...

Lately I have been absolutely obsessed with the idea of renovating my house-- err, my parents' house, as I live with them. No worries, it's a working arrangement... most of the time. So as anyone would do, I have been scouring Pinterest for inspiration. Seriously, this and that Kim Kardashian game have been taking up an embarrassing amount of my free time. But...

Allow me to introduce you to my precious little fur baby, LuLu Mae. While she was originally named after the always classy and sophisticated Audrey Hepburn-- her character in Breakfast at Tiffanys was named LuLu Mae before she changed her name to Holly Golightly-- she now goes by some, er, less than classy nicknames: Fluffy Butt, Stinky, and Fluffers to name a few....

The season premiere of True Blood was a couple of Sundays ago and, to be honest, it was incredibly boring. Why is Alcide still around? Why do am I watching townspeople making stakes out of furniture for forty minutes? Everyone is blaming Sookie for the new zombie-vamp problem? If zombie-vamps are going to happen, they are just going to happen. But this is the very...