• Budget Thursday: Karmen Pump

    If you’ve been on the main site, you’ll know that I’ve been recommending the Karmen pump for years, in part because the readers have been recommending it for years. Payless filed for bankruptcy in April and has closed many stores (check on yours here), so if you like this shoe or if you haven’t tried it yet and need a very affordable pump (with a…

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  • Date Nights for the Win!

    Here’s a fun topic for today: how often do you get date nights with your spouse? Is it a regular event or an “as available” kind of thing? How fancy do you get for your date nights? Do you have any tips for new working moms about date nights? For my $.02: We try to do a…

  • Accessory Tuesday: Pinstripe Diamond Locket Necklace

    There are a lot of affordable lockets out there, especially if you look on Etsy for a one-of-a-kind, or check out thrift stores, and so on. If you’re the kind of person who likes new jewelry and you want to wear a picture of a parent, grandparent, child, or a wedding photo, etc., you must know about Monica…

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    Maternity Monday: Wrap Dress

    We’ve featured some of Seraphine’s beautiful maternity dresses before, but I didn’t know that Seraphine is available at Macy’s — that’s new to me! This dress is lovely and it’s $89 with an offer to buy one, get the second 50% off. It’s available in sizes 2-10 and is machine washable. Seraphine’s site has what looks like the…