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October 2009 - Pretty Real

Deal Alert

Old Navy Stuff and Save! Use your Old Navy, Gap, or Banana Republic card and get 30% off when you spend $75 or more. Ends 11/8/09 Shopbop New markdowns- sale merchandise up to 70% off Express Free Shipping. ONLINE PROMO CODE: 9912500919374339. Valid 10/30 and 10/31. West Elm New sale merchandise up to 60% off Container Store 20% off everything! Free shipping when...

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Geek Chic

While watching America’s Next Top Model (is anyone else seriously annoyed by these short girls?!), Kim Kardashian mentioned the term “Geek Chic.” What an adorable term (albeit popularized by marketing geniuses who want to make pocket protectors cool) that describes an entire fashion subculture.  To that end, it inspired this post. These items are totally geeky yet uber chic-y (sorry, couldn’t resist making that rhyme). Enjoy!...

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Diary of a Tall Fashionista

I also contribute to tallclothingmall.com and tallsnob.com (yes I'm a woman of many talents). I thought I'd share my latest article on taste{full} as well... Diary of a Tall Fashionista Tall Jackets The end of summer is bittersweet; bitter because I’ll miss the sun and the beach and the pool and barbecues and watermelon. It’s also sweet because it’s the beginning of fall...

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Tickled Pink...and Green

Over the summer I helped plan a shower for Meg and have been meaning to blog about it ever since. Grace is Meg's second baby, but first girl so we wanted to throw an intimate feminine shower for her so she could get those adorable girly items she'd need for baby number two! When trying to decide on a theme, we decided to...

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Documenting the "Glow"

Maternity photos - Do you dare?

The prospect of maternity photos can be daunting for a variety of reasons. First of all, though we want to capture the memory of being pregnant, especially for the first time, the idea of what we look like may be better than what we actually look like in a maternity photo (I’m just sayin…). I asked myself, really how committed am I to...

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Apples never looked so good...

While researching maternity photos (more on that later), I discovered a fabulous website that carries women's, girls, preteens, plus, and maternity clothes. Talk about one size fits all; this site truly caters to every woman. I am totally into pretty much anything aesthetically pleasing, so the layout of this site and its adorable name, Shabby Apple, caught my attention immediately. But besides the...

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