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Fashion Friday: Edition while on the plane home from New Hampshire

Fashion

This is where I need to tell you I am going on approximately an hour of sleep. I've been in Portsmouth, NH since Monday for a two-day speaking event and finished up late Wednesday night. The problem is it takes me forever to wind down after an event and so I don't think I fell asleep until 3:30 a.m. early Thursday morning which meant I got a refreshing and restorative ONE HOUR of sleep before my Read More

The Big Boo Cast: Episode 164

Podcast

In this episode we naturally talk about the end of the college football season, including the playoff games. We are super excited about Lane Kiffin going to Ole Miss and I am equally excited about the new season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. We also discuss our love of Chipotle and our favorite orders. So, basically, it's everything you've come to expect from the podcast. Become a Read More

Fashion Friday: Edition the week after Thanksgiving break

Diary, Fashion

So it's finally Friday, which, THANK GOD. I've always felt like the weeks after a week of vacation are the hardest because you've had a taste of the good life and then have to go back to being a responsible person who doesn't stay up until 2:30 a.m. watching The Crown and then googling "Did Queen Elizabeth really go visit her Uncle Edward on his deathbed?" I'll be honest. I like vacation Read More

Fashion Friday: Edition it’s Black Friday and Cyber everything

Diary, Fashion

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving with your friends and family. Personally, I have consumed somewhere in the vicinity of quadruple an acceptable calorie count over the last two days and am going to need to put myself on some sort of program. Today is the beginning (not really because almost everyone started their sales early) of all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale madness. There Read More

Big Boo Cast: Episode 162 Part 2 of the Gift Guide for Men and Women

Podcast

This is the second part of our gift guide and focuses on gifts for men and women. Our goal was to come up with a wide range of price points and ideas so hopefully you'll find at least a couple of good ideas. Become a Patron! You can click here to listen. Or here. You can even listen right here on the blog. And if you're on the Facebook, well, we are, too. We'd love for you to Read More

Fashion Friday: Edition it’s Thanksgiving week

Diary, Fashion

Well based on the fact that I have four packages of cranberries in my fridge right now, it must be Thanksgiving week. And why do I have four packages of cranberries? Because I am stocking up so I can make this cranberry-jalapeno cream cheese dip over the next month or so of holiday celebrations. I discovered it last year right at the end of the Christmas season when cranberries are increasingly Read More

Big Boo Cast: Episode 161 – Holiday Gift Guide Volume 1

Podcast

Well, this is a lot of information so just prepare yourself. But hopefully you will find this gift guide useful and/or informative. In this episode we cover our thoughts on good hostess gifts and gifts for both teen boys and teen girls. And all I'd ask in return is that you leave any good suggestions of your own in the comments. Become a Patron! You can click here to listen. Or here. You Read More

Fashion Friday: Edition it is the middle of November and why do so many people have Christmas decorations up?

Fashion

I seriously looked at the date yesterday and couldn't believe it was November 14. I mean I know it in my head somewhere but how are we halfway through November? I feel like I'm going to look up and it'll be that time of year when I'm still writing 2019 on my checks instead of 2020. And then the bigger question will be, "Who still uses checks?" I'm just going to take it as a sign that life is Read More

Fashion Friday: Edition I am distracted by all the distractions

Diary, Fashion

In what feels like a commentary on my entire week, I've spent the last five hours starting to finish this post and then getting distracted. In fact, in this time period I have baked a strawberry cake, made taco soup, helped Caroline with her hair and had two glasses of wine. All that to say, I was probably a little better five hours ago than I am now. But a cold front has blown through Read More