Sesame Street Wooden Alpha Blocks
Has their been a generation of children who DIDN’T love wooden blocks?? And if they have faces that your little guys will recognize… even better! This collection should keep their attention long enough for you to enjoy a second cup of coffee!!

I don’t know anyone who really likes mornings and the sound of the alarm ringing is never a welcome sound. Well, lets just make that ring a little more annoying. With this clock, you get one chance to turn it off and then it jumps off the nightstand and you have to go after it, to shut it off.
I have a feeling that more than one of these clocks have gone through windows. But it would make a great gift for that special someone in your life… a teen maybe, or perhaps a the perfect Mothers or Father’s day present …read more

I discovered Lush several years ago in Vancouver, British Columbia. We were visiting my in-laws and since I had a mother-in-law who could shop me under the table, she introduced me to some amazing products. So,  I have her to thank for my love of all things… Lush!!
But it seems that there are a lot of women just like her. I found a (too tiny) Lush store at The Eaton’s Center and while Britt people-watched, I gathered up a few goodies and stood in line to pay for them. The woman ahead of me loved their soaps and her total …read more

Now here is something that would be very cool for Mother’s Day or a special treat for yourself. All you have to do is fill in the form here and you are automatically entered into Neiman Marcus’s Summer Shopping Spree.
Go and fill out that form and then start day dreaming about how much fun you could have this summer!!
*And it won’t cost you a penny! That’s my kind of shopping!

“When members of the Red Hat Society get together, it’s like a massive tea party for women over 50.With every participant wearing a creative combination of red and purple from head to toe, it’s also a bit like a fashion show.
Around 200 Red Hatters from Illinois and surrounding states descended on Lake Storey Pavilion on Wednesday to celebrate National Red Hat Day with a luncheon and “shopping emporium” organized by the local Haw Creek Hatters and Merry Hearts.
“Shopping is the national sport of the Red Hat Society. Shopping and food,” said Peg Bivens, 53, …read more

According to my landscape design/shopaholic daughter, it won’t be long before every backyard has one of these. The latest push is to create a cottage feel to your backyard… just in case you don’t have a cottage of your own. (Like Me!!)
Now if I can find a way to get a lake in my back yard too, I won’t need the cottage now will I??

*More about the fire pit

“If the shoe fits, wear it”
Proverb
I definitely think that my mother-in-law knew about this proverb. I have never seen anyone with soooo many shoes.
*Jimmy Choo gold disk ‘Gracie’ sandals
*Part of today’s Fashion Friday

Being the shopaholic that you are lol, I’m sure that you have considered writing a book about the subject. But, what kind of book would grab the attention of the publishers?? Is there a topic that hasn’t been written about?? Well, it seems that someone came up with an idea and hit the jackpot!
“The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification” was named the winner Friday of the Bookseller/Diagram Prize for oddest book title.
The book, written by Buffalo, N.Y.-based artist Julian Montague and published by Harry N. Abrams, offers a mock-scientific taxonomy of the …read more

Just got back from my pal Omni’s  blog… entitled “Everything Under the Sun” and the topic she is writing about today is the freebies that has been showing up in her mailbox. Yes, even us shopaholics like to get stuff for free and it looks as if Omni has lucked out!! I had no idea that companies were sending out this kind of stuff!
Go and take a look. You just might find yourself with a brand new hobby!

I prefer this kind of blush over the powdered varieties… it just looks more natural. I rub the color onto my fingertips and then apply to my cheeks and sort of blot it into place. Suddenly I look healthy!!
Did I ever mention the fact that I am about as pale as is possible for a brunette??
*Stila Color Push Ups All Over Color 06 Rose Flash