I really love this bag from Banana Republic. The tone of the brown leather looks very upscale and I really love the decorative accents. In my opinion, one of the signs a bag is well designed is the restraint in the accents. I think when bags have too many zippers, too much metal, or lots…
I have very sensitive skin that burns really easily. Even in my teen years when tanning was all the rage, I still could not tolerate the pain of sunburned skin and was the only one sitting under an umbrella all day. I recently picked up this product, which seems to be marketed to use over…
When I heard that T.J.Maxx had an online shopping presence, I was skeptical. Most of the fun of shopping there is the thrill of the hunt, which isn’t as fun when just using the scroll bar. However, my husband ordered a few things from there so I took a look. OK, so I was right…
My left wrist feels naked without my ugly black hair elastic around it. My mom, who has always had short hair, used to say, “You always have that ‘schmatta’ (Yiddish for a tattered rag) around your wrist.” I’ve tried keeping hair elastics in my bag, in my pocket, etc., but nowhere is more convenient than…
From the time I graduated college to the time my husband and I bought our current place, I moved eight times, no exaggeration. I don’t think I spent more than two years in one location, no matter how much I loved the apartment. After we bought our place, one of the first things I did…
