I love gorgeous nails and unique, glamorous manicures. The photos that follow are my all time favorite nails (and if you notice a trend, you are right…I love black nails) Would love this with different colors underneath, but the manicure idea is fabulous…plan to try this look on my own nails soon: This is just […]

This post brought to you by Mars candy. All opinions are 100% mine. It’s that time of year again, the time where, for one day, adults get to act like kids, dressing up in costumes and gorging on treats. Every year I’m invited to a few different Halloween parties, and it’s definitely fun to see […]
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Your M&M Blondies look great! I could go for one right now.
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Ooh fun – the m&m blondies look delicious!
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Those sound good right now. I want to make cookies this weekend.
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Yum!
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Mmm, looks delicious!
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Mmmmm! These look so good!
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Love the cookies I always have good intentions but I can never decorate them nicely.
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I love baking too! There are so many cute and tasty treats to try!
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Those look like yummy creepy treats!
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Those blondies look delish!!
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YUM. anything with snickers has my vote 🙂
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These are such genius ideas! There are so many great ways to mix treats for even better results!
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Looks fun and yummy!
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how fun. Kids just love all those treats and fun decorations
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These all look and sound so yummy! I know my hubby would love them! 🙂
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MMM those blondies look so good right now! I love Halloween such a spooky fun time:)
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Your blondies look awesome!
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mmm you had me at candy! I love Mars candy too but I ended up buying Skittles for our trick or treaters this year because it was on sale at out local grocery store, buy one get one free.
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Everything looks delicious!
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Those look so good!
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these are all too cute! Confession: I’ve never had a blondie before!
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I love me some Milky Way bars! I like their extra caramel-y one too. Your blondies look delicious. I’m not sure I’ve ever made those!
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The cookies are so dang cute! I really like the skeleton 🙂
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Those brownies look so so good, but I think I better avoid temptation LOL.
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These look great; hope you have a Happy Halloween! I just found your blog and I’m in NYC too and an IIN alum!

Holiday shopping for everyone else is great, but it’s even more fun when you can do a little shopping for yourself. One of my favorite gift ideas this year is one that saves pretty much everyone time, effort, and money, because we all have to vacuum/clean our floors, or hire someone to. At least, we […]
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It is so futuristic! I couldn’t have one though as my son and dog would freak out.
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Sadly, mine stopped working for some odd reason. It was awesome while it lasted! 🙁
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This thing is soo cool!
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Oh I have one of these coming and can not wait. I’m trying to find things to help keep things cleaner in between cleaning.
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Umm I so need one of these! My dog sheds so bad I vacuum twice a day.
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Oh my gosh, you do need one! I’d hate to vacuum that often, eek 🙁
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My sons like it 😉 Little man follows it around. I don’t know how a dog would react since I don’t have one, but so far everyone human has been mesmerized, lol.
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Oh no, did you see about having it repaired?
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No, but I guess should.
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Wow, such a futuristic vacuum. I’ve never seen one of those before.
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That’s a cool vacuum!
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Wow this is so cool!! I could definitely use the housework help! 🙂
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I want one!
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Wow! I would love this for my house – especially since I have 2 dogs!
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This is one thing that I definitely have on my wish list. I have tile floors and this would come in so handy every day. Gonna put it on my list for Santa!
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I need this for my home. Great review!
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This is really cool! I have to look into it!
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I have GOT to get one of these things!!
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That is so cool! I would love that for my carpeted upstairs.
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These things are amazing. I saw them at BlogHer and definitely want one!
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I’ve wanted the NEATO, seems like it’s a great little robot
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I totally need one of those!
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That is where I saw it first and I thought they would be amazingly helpful, but actually seeing them in action (not just in a show room floor box, but in the home with furniture and corners and angles)- they are even more amazing, they just get everywhere and are strong. If I were getting married, this would be the first thing I’d register for (well, this and a cappuccino maker, because you know how I am about my morning caffeine)
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This is so cool! My dogs would freak out though and with all the animal hair, it would probably have to run all the time.
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Love my neato vacuum (I’ve affectionately named her Rosie).
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This would save me so much time – I need to look into one of these and clean while I sleep!
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Now that is an awesome idea! And wake up to a clean house 😉
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I want one so badly!! How much does it retail for?
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$429 but they sometimes have great promotions (they had one for bloggers that ended in August…maybe they’ll revive it)
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That is so cool. I want it and a robotic toy picker upper.
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It moves nice and slowly so it does seem like it cleans thoroughly. I like this!
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We also have this and have different types of floors throughout the house. I’ve found it does great most of the time, but it’s horrible around the baseboards and anywhere it has to get close to furniture or something. Have you noticed that?
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Is yours squared in the front, or round? I didnt notice a problem (the square shape got into corners, if not on the first pass it would always come back) but an old iRoomba I used to have was round and NEVER got into corners. So far with the furniture it’s been very good too, but it doesnt get under the beds unless I lift the dust ruffles (it senses the dust ruffle as an obstacle with the sensors). When it comes to baseboard, on the first pass it might bump against it as it sensed where it was, then it would pass a second time and glide alongside it perfectly parallel, no bumping and no space, so I think this model is an improved one that is very accurate (and considering how little I want to vacuum, I hope it works well for a long time)
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It’s the exact same model as yours with the square front. I wonder if something is wrong with mine?

Colored pants are hot, but can be a difficult fashion to style properly, so how do you do wear colored pants in a way that makes you look great? Colored pants are very attention getting so it’s easy to overdo with too many colors. If you are pairing it with a patterned top, choose one […]
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I love the idea of bright bottoms. I don’t think I could pull it off but I like it on other people.
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I’ve tried to pull off this look but don’t think it works on me 🙁
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I love the black coat!
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I absolutely love the first look!
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How I wish I could pull an outfit together like those!
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I love colored pants when I see them put together…I keep saying I need to get some and never do.
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I love your picks! I’m so basic and stick with denim or khaki but these add a fun pop of color and style to everyday outfits.
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That black and white sweater looks so comfy! I’m not big into colored pants, they remind me too much of the styles back when I was in junior high, LOL!
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I have a turquoise pair I usually only wear in the spring. I need to give them a go in the winter with a brown sweater or something.

We just closed on our new home last month, and we are deep in the midst of renovations now, lots of renovations, a total overhaul. We are DIY types, so we are doing some of the alterations ourselves. I’ve found useful information on HouseLogic.com in the past for my condo, so of course now that […]
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I’m always looking for new ways to boost my house’s curb appeal and have a few ideas that we’ve used for selling all of our house, I am going to enter!
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We are doing major renovation to our home as well. We moved in just over 3 years ago, it seems to be never ending unless your rich. We have done everything ourselves. Upstairs bath is next with a full gut then refinishing hardwood. Cute house Penelope and thanks for the contest info we could use that money if we won!
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I’m wanting to do some updating, so I’ll definitely enter!
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We’re thinking about buying a new house and I’m not looking forward to renovating.
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There are so many things I would like to do to my house, this would help so much!
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I can’t wait until I have the chance to boost my own home one day. Love your house so cute.
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Would love to win a backyard makeover!
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Doing things yourself can save so much money! I love a good challenge and the satisfaction of doing something myself and acquiring a new skill. What a blessing $20k would be.



love the polka dot!
I love getting a french manicure with black tips. I think it is cute but the hubby prefers the white tips. I get them black anyway. 🙂
They’re all very pretty!
I love the louboutin and Chanel nails!
I love the black nails with the colors underneath- I wish I could get away with painted nails, they just chip so fast! Thanks for sharing
I really want to try some matte polish one day.
I was just browsing Pinterest last week looking for Halloween manicure ideas. I remember seeing the Louboutin nails — LOVE those.
I love the black french tips.
Those are all pretty. I especially like the second design. I rarely do my nails or get them done because I’m horrible at the upkeep.
I love all these! Especially the silver!
Wow those are so fun. I doubt I could pull it off on my own though.
Those are all so unique – I love them! I never would have thought to do these ideas.
I love the channel nails. I would love to know the price!!!
these nails are stunning
Very sexy, except for those little people living on that one set of nails. That was creepy. Where do they go to the bathroom?
This is my favorite comment ever
those are crazy interesting.
I saw this somewhere before and was an instant believer than manicures are necessary.
My signature nails in the mid 90’s were black lacquer with silver metallic stars set into it.
Love those black nails!!! I’ll have to try something like that.