Fashion – Butterfingers for Breakfast

Home hair highlighting kits: don’t try them at home

Home hair highlighting kits are never a good idea. Remind me next time. Smelly, messy, unpredictable…dangerous. WARNING: DO NOT GET INTO EYES, MAY CAUSE BLINDNESS DIRECTIONS: RINSE UNTIL WATER RUNS CLEAR As I am hanging my head over the shower trying to wash the toxins out of my hair, the water starts dripping down theContinueContinue reading “Home hair highlighting kits: don’t try them at home”

It’s a Conspiracy, Man.

Remember a few months ago when I was bemoaning the fact that I had to buy another pair of sunglasses because my $3 pair from Kohl’s that I bought last year had broken? Yeah. Well, like a good little mom I trotted right over to TJ Maxx (torturous, I know) and found a cute pairContinueContinue reading “It’s a Conspiracy, Man.”

Flip-flap-flops and other wardrobe casualties

Before I begin, I wanted to thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers for my family in Missouri. Not only were they spared from the tornadoes, but they left a day later for vacation in Florida! Thus, my empathy has turned to envy and I will no longer be writing about themContinueContinue reading “Flip-flap-flops and other wardrobe casualties”

The truth about cheap sunglasses

It’s that time of year again. Time to buy another pair of sunglasses. My latest pair of Vera Wang’s from Kohl’s have lost a screw, and left me squinting into the wild blue yonder defenseless against the sun’s blinding light reflecting off of asphalt and silver Toyota Camrys. Was it the poor construction that formulatedContinueContinue reading “The truth about cheap sunglasses”

If I ever had a mojo, I think I’ve lost it

Groove, mojo—whatever you want to call it, I fear I’ve lost it. Perhaps forever, because I am not so sure I will be as lucky as Stella and get mine back. After all, how exactly does one go about getting their mojo back? Does it require highlights, tanning beds, shopping sprees, Botox, and trips toContinueContinue reading “If I ever had a mojo, I think I’ve lost it”

You put your right foot in…

How old is too old for footie-pajamas? This may surprise you, but I ask myself this question a lot. Currently, my boys are 21 months and 7 months, well within the range of appropriate footie-pajama wearing years. But on occasion the question arises in my mind and I wonder at what age I should stopContinueContinue reading “You put your right foot in…”