Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to wrapping presents. But mostly I love having family and friends gathered, and sharing traditions." ~ Ellen Hopkins Designated Wrapper You are gonna think I am cray-cray but bear with me, [...]
Christmas is my favorite holiday because you spend time with family. I love the decorations, the music, and buying gifts for people. Everything about Christmas is the best. Jessica Sanchez One of the reasons I love this time of year so much is the gift giving. I absolutely adore giving gifts. I love shopping for [...]
“I'm a bit grungy - I love wearing boots. But I also love putting on a beautiful white dress and jewels. I have those two alter-egos.” ~ Ellie Goulding Bean Boots If you live in New England, you have probably heard of L.L. Bean. What is more you have probably owned, wanted to own, or [...]
"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open." ~ Jawaharlal Nehru I have been seriously slacking in my blogging and writing in general. Between festivities, hiking and catching up [...]
"Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady." ~ Edith Head Santa had mad styling skills this year. He brought me almost a whole entire outfit! Seriously! From a gorgeous off the shoulder dress to accessories the only thing that was missing was shoes [...]
"Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas." ~ Dale Evans Flying home this year for Christmas, I was unbelievably excited. The closer we got to the mountains, the whiter it got. For the first time in years, it was going to be a white christmas! [...]
"Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values." ~ Thomas S. Monson "Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is [...]
Since the time my sisters abandoned me by going to college and past Rudolph's reigns to me, I have been my Dad's elf. Shopping for my mom from my Dad, because if left to his own devices, he would be shopping the morning of. It is bad enough that some years, in the early days [...]
"Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing." ~ Paul Ryan For the next five days it seems like it is one major shopping event after another. From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, stores and people go crazy as they scoop up the deals. While I love department stores like Nordstroms and Bloomingdales. And we [...]
~There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most." ~May Sarton 'Tis the season for not only cheer, but to spoil your loved ones with gifts. I LOVE giving gifts. Uh What? No seriously. I love it even more then receiving a [...]