The following is a reprint of a previously published post. I bought no wrapping paper again this year, and my packages didn’t suffer for it. I love the recycled gift wrap method. These are some of my wrapped holiday gifts. A lot of them are for kids, so they’re not as elegant as they sometimes […]
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve republished posts I wrote last year about compact-y holiday gift ideas: experiential gifts, handmade gifts, and super-frugal gifts. I thought I’d tell you about some of the gifts I’ve been giving lately. The memory book pictured above is a labor of love for my parents from my brothers […]
The following is a reprint of a previously published post, and finishes up my 3-part series on Compact-y gifts for the holidays. I’m working on some new posts about holiday gift giving ideas to share with you next week. Welcome to part 3 of a series on non-consumer holiday gift ideas. Today I’ll talk about […]
The following is a reprint of a previously published post. I’ll have more posts about compact-friendly holiday gifts over the next few weeks. This is the first segment of a series I’ll be doing this week about non-consumer holiday gift giving. Today I’ll talk about “experiential” gifts, tomorrow I’ll have ideas for handmade gifts, and […]
Gorgeous! Here I am testing out one of the Frugal Beauty Treatments I want to share with you. Because just because you don’t want to spend spa-level money doesn’t mean you can’t have a spa-level experience. I’m also showing off the evidence of my recent shoulder surgery — bandages and rashes across my collarbone. Sexy! […]
The following is a reprint of a previously published post. That’s a photo of me taken last summer in London. Yes, it’s freezing. It’s cold in London in the summer. But it was a fantastic trip! We went there for the theater, the museums, the Indian food, the history, and walking the streets. We didn’t […]