September Must-haves or Must-do’s.

September 11, 2009 at 1:38 pm (Candace Bushnell, Coach, Dave Ramsey, fashion, friendship, Gossip Girl, Jennifer Weiner, Kindle, Lauren Conrad, Planners, Soho, Wedding)

1. Birthday cake. Well, that is if you’re me and your bday is in September – or if you happen to be near the Christensen house because my mom make’s THE best birthday cake in the world. Too bad Josh doesn’t like chocolate, huh Candy? : ] Oh well, more for us. If it’s not your birthday in September, you can eat some in honor of me.
2. Gossip Girl Season 3 party – check. Thanks to some other addicts I helped get started – we’re getting together to celebrate the return of Chuck Bass to the screen on September 14th. Ow ow.

3. Attend a best friends wedding. Also, done & done already in the month of Sept for this girl. Congrats to Alyssa & Rob.

4. Kindle 2. Mine’s on it’s way and I’m SO excited. Therefore the Kindle 2 makes my must have’s or must-do’s for September 2009. First book I’m going to buy? The September bookclub book – ‘Girl with a Dragon Tattoo’. Hurry Kindle, please hurry.
5. Chic-lit. I’ve declared September my month for Chic-lit. So go to Borders and pick yourself out a new Shopoholic book, read some Jennifer Weiner, or join me in reading some Candace Bushnell. Oh wait, and I already read Lauren Conrad’s book to kick the month off.

6. Attend Fashion Week in Tampa. Well, you don’t have too but I sure want too. September 23rd-25th.

7. Company. I love to have company come to stay with me. Maybe growing up in a household where we constantly had people staying over is to thank for this. This month my friend Sarah is coming from Jacksonville to spend my b-day weekend with me. I can’t wait to show her around SoHo!

8. New Knowledge. When I think of September I think of the start of school. Well for those of us out of school why shouldn’t we still consider September a great month to start learning something new? This month for me, I’m tackling Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University with my church (Grace Family) and a few girlfriends. Perhaps my Kindle will be my last splurge for a while once Dave gets a hold of me!
9. New planner inserts. Time to start thinking about 2010. Hard to believe, I know. I’ve got mine, thanks to Candy and Coach.

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The Power’s in the Purse.

March 31, 2009 at 8:09 pm (Abro, American express, Coach, Florida, Italian leather, Juicy Couture, Lacoste, Mary Kay, Orbit, Power., twenty-somethings, UF)

American Express’s slogan is, “What’s in YOUR wallet”? Move over American Express because what’s in my PURSE will knock your over-priced self-righteous socks off. Sorry, never been a fan of AE – I think they’re snooty.

On my way to work after being up a solid 2 hours already with a bagel in tote (I woke up hungry this morning, not sure why) I was analyzing my massive bag-of-the-day and thinking to myself that I could probably rule the world with the contents of my Italian leather Abro bag. Which brought my back to an article I read in a magazine sometime in the recent past in which they asked 10 or so twenty-something ladies to empty out their bags and photograph the contents. It was a funny experiment of sorts to see what inside ones handbag and so I will do so for you….

- My Coach planner. I live and die by my color coded scedule kept in my sacred planner. Best investiment I’ve made yet perhaps. And I recommend everyone get one – the refills are only like 14 bucks a year. Fab.
- My favorite umbrella ever – my Lacoste gator umbrella that UF fans always envy. It rains ALOT in Florida & one should never be caught unprepared.
- Brush & comb to keep my mane under control.
- Coach sunglasses (I collect sunglasses, but I always keep at least one pair in each bag)
- Juicy Couture parfume. My favorite scent.
- Extra pen
- Extra hair rubber band
- Mary Kay lip gloss
- A jump drive (techie of me, right?)
- The Time Travelers Wife – I love to keep a good book in my bag. That way I never have to waste time. Time is too precious to waste, don’t you think?
- Pack of Orbit gum Sweet Mint flavor
- Keys – car, house, work, bosses place, etc attached to a MK id holder with all my essentials – cards, clubs, ids, etc.
- Verizon Voyager cell phone (not pictured as it was taking these fine pics)…my lifeline.
- And lastly, packing tape. This may seem odd. However, I use it for a demo I do when I public speak (which is fairly often), so there’s frequently a roll of this in my bag.

Done.

A girl’s purse is often her source of power, or so a guy once told me while refusing to fish something out of mine for me. According to that theory and the size of my bag plus the extent of the content, I’m ready to rule the world.

Done & Done.

Love,
B

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