Category: Lifestyle

{Look Up} Check Out This Powerful Video That EVERYONE Needs to See

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“I have 422 friends… yet I’m lonely”, starts the film to the online generation performed and directed by spoken word artist, Gary Turk. I have gone through a couple of drafts for this post, thinking about how to write my thoughts on this and I must say I’m speechless.  We as a culture have become slaves to the technology we mastered.  As a result, Turk maintains we have become a “generation of idiots; smart phones and dumb people.  When was the last time you calculated a tip without using a tip calculator app? I am that girl who pulls out her phone when there is a lull in conversation. I have friends who stop beautiful and organic moments to document it.  As a culture, are our attention spans shortening, are we losing basic communication skills, or are we that in need of attention or validation?  I’m not going to leave my technology at home, but I do pledge to #lookup more often.

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It is sort of oxymoronic to ask you to share via social media, but that is how we communicate.

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{Shop Smart} 3 Killer Ways to Get the Best Deal from Flash Sale Sites

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A few years ago, there was only a handful of deal-of-the-day sites. Today, however, it’s hard not to feel inundated with marketing campaigns targeted to make you spend more money. Who doesn’t love a good deal? A great purchase saves you money. It’s something you can afford, something you will use and something of great quality. Some of my favorite places to shop for everything from fashion, home decor and travel stuff has got be Beyond the Rack, RueLaLa, and One Kings Lane. For me, I get double the pleasure from these sites because I love to shop and I love to save. Doing both, spending and saving, is possible when you keep these tips in mind. Otherwise, you risk spending more for a deal than you realized.

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52 Week Challenge

{Week 16 Update} 52 Week Money Challenge

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52 Week ChallengeHello Lovelies and Happy Friday! We are coming to the end of week 16 of the year. So far, I have saved an extra $370.00 as of this morning when I crossed off number 11 from the Bingo Money Saving Sheet. I know many people make grand financial goals in the beginning of the year in the form of New Year’s Resolutions. The intentions are good but somewhere along the lines, people justify giving up on their resolutions because they did not make them a part of their routine. I am here to urge you if you never tried this or even if you did and stopped along the way to start the 52 Week Money Challenge (Bingo Style). You don’t have to wait until next year to start because the beauty of this challenge is that you can start anytime.  If you want my Bingo Sheet, send me an email!

Happy Saving!

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{Fashion Cents} Alexander Wang for H&M

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ALEXANDER WANG

BlF3fxfIcAAPEu6I’m sure you have heard by now that New York based fashion designer, Alexander Wang, will be doing a line for H&M.  The announcement was made two days ago at Cochella Music Festival and I know fashionistas everywhere are counting down until November 6, 2014 when the full collection will be available in 250 H&M stores worldwide and online.  I think it’s cool how major designers are teaming up with brands like H&M and Target to make designer labels affordable.  Wang explains in an statement for H&M, “This will be a great way for a wider audience to experience elements of the Alexander Wang brand and lifestyle.”  This is the first time that an American designer teams up with H&M, and the Alexander Wang x H&M collection will feature apparel and accessories for both men and women.  It think someone was using their “fashion cents” when they chose Wang!

Which Designer Would You LOVE to see at H&M?

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Wise Words- Create Happiness Photo Credit: Raw of Beauty {dot}com

This is a lesson that I learned the hard way in my early twenties. I was so busy working to meet a certain status and lifestyle that I was too busy working to enjoy it; thus missing out on that limbo period where crazy “in my twenties” stories are made.  Since then I have learned that time is one of the most valuable “things” to have.  Time is a currency that no one can really buy more of.  When I get to the end of my life, I want to know that I have actually LIVED instead of simply existing.

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