Traveling during the Holidays

I am a premature packer. My husband gives me a hard time about it but I take pride in my packing abilities. I actually enjoy it! With the holidays...here, my packing season has begun. I normally take up my entire bed when I pack (the photo above is just for show, haha). I make stacks with my clothes based on the day and activities for the day (for example: Thursday - Thanksgiving Dinner, comfortable army green dress with grey tight. Friday - 6am shopping at outlets, sweatpants and comfortable shoes!).
If you're traveling across the country or across the street this Thanksgiving Thursday, be safe, be happy, and most of all be thankful :) Happy Thanksgiving!

Dresser Top Make-Over

If you're anything like me...you probably leave the top of your dresser looking like a bomb exploded on it in the morning. I normally have make-up, jewelry and bobby-pins scattered all over the place only to come home that evening wondering, "what was I doing this morning?" Well I've come up with a solution that seems to be working out quite nicely. I went over to one of my favorite places, The Container Store , and searched to see what they might have to help. I finally decided on the above wooden bathroom accessories to house my make-up and jewelry. Now when I'm doing my make-up in the morning (not lucky enough to have a lovely vanity bathroom yet) I grab my make-up brushes from their "toothbrush holder" and drop them right back in when I'm done. I grab my bronzer and blush from the wide box and place them back nicely. It's helped my morning routine run a little smoother....now if I could just get out of the bed without snoozing 3 times, I'll be in great shape!

Do I really need a reason to shop?

I recently started a new job...YAY! In my previous job, my work dress code consisted of jeans, jeans, and more jeans. I would wake up and figure out what jeans I wanted to wear and then decide if I wanted to dress them up or down. The process was pretty simple. Now, I work in a business casual environment and after just two days at my new job I'm struggling to figure out what to wear Monday. I love a good reason to go shopping (I'm sure my husband isn't a fan of that philosophy), but I feel like that's the easy way out. So this weekend I'm asking for your advice on how I can spice up some items I already have in my wardrobe. I already have some ideas but I'd love to hear all suggests! Thanks and have a great weekend everyone :)