Some books are just awesome

An awes book to inspire big dreams. Click here to view entire book and pre-order your copy.

Katie...please eat something

The incredible shrinking TomKat.

Hope over fear

It's a good day.

Paper'Bama for Inauguration Day

Came across this from a posting on the Children's Illustration blog. Basically the Toy-a-Day blogger is posting 365 templates for paper toys, one toy a day for a year. From Star Wars characters to Barack Obama and everything else in between. Definitely worth a look.

Online Sample Sales

Have you noticed the trend of having"private" online sale websites? Ones where they feature sales of high end brands on specific dates and times? I've seen so many sites pop up, such as RueLaLa, HauteLook, Gilt, Editors Closet and even Mini Social (for moms, babies and kids clothing). Honestly I don't know how "private" these sales are. I think they just want shoppers to feel special. But if you're having a hard time gaining access to any of those sites and you'd like to check them out, email me and I'll forward you an invite. Then you can feel special too.

Unfortunately, when these sites feature sales of popular brands at low low prices- they sell out very quickly. The least expensive stuff usually goes first- like the Ella Moss sale today. There were quite a few cute tops under $50, but by the time I logged into the sale they were gone. Booooo! I guess you have to be quick to get the goods...or you have to time your baby's naps and feedings around online sales. That just seems wrong.

After all of my perusing of these sales, I've only purchased one pair of Goldsign pants for under $15 (after shipping thanks to a good coupon code). That was just last week and was a major score! In this economy, I can only justify so much online shopping. Thank god online window shopping is free!

Resolutions

I guess my first new years resolution is to make a list of resolutions, so here it is:

1. Take Emmet to the park (or somewhere similar) every day.
2. Read one book a month (I used to do this for a book group in DC, but now I'm out of the habit).
3. Call my out-of-town friends at least once a month.
4. Travel to a foreign country (the goal is to go to a different country every year, we'll see if we can make it happen).
5. Go to deep water (or shallow water) aerobics once a week.
6. Lose the rest of my baby weight (those last 5 pounds will not go away...grrr!)
7. Be a better blogger.
8. Pretend I'm a Top Chef and cook a new recipe once a week.
9. Buy for quality, not quantity.
10. Take a class at SCAD.