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White is one of my favorite colors for clothes, especially during the winter when it’s cold and snowy out. I love winter white down jackets, cozy white fur boots, soft leather handbags and shoes, and warm variations of white, such as shades of ivory, shimmery pearl, ecru, and creamy off-white. I put together a look […]
Love, Love, Love wearing a wintery white this time of the year, I totally have that scarf too 🙂
I adore all shades of white but every shade/tone looks horrible on me. Just doesn’t worl for my complexion. I use it a lot through out my home instead.
It’s such a classy color, and I absolutely love it. I just make sure when I wear it NEVER to eat Italian dishes.
Maybe once the kids are older I could pull something like that off. Right now, no way!
I love winter white on others. I spent so many years in white nursing scrubs that I personally refuse to wear white. At all. It was all my mother could do to get me to agree to a white wedding dress. LOL.
love love that sweater with some leggins and boots Oh yes tht would be me
****love*** of course in Miami winter white is practically a given. Sans the winter part ya know?
I’m also a winter white fan. I adore that sweater dress & that plushy looking hat!
I have that scarf or something very similar. That sweater dress is adorable *Want*. Great article on how to wear them winter whites!!!
Those are great tips! All of those products are beautiful.
I love the look of winter white! It’s much more flattering to my color than bright white. Another plus is it doesn’t show my dog’s hair!
I LOVE winter white. In fact, I wear winter white in the winter more than I wear white in the summer, I think.
I dont think im brave enough to wear it lol
I love those earmuffs!! I try not to wear white anytime of the year because I will spill something on it and then stain it. I shun white. But I wish I didn’t have too lol.
I’m not sure I could pull it off, but I love white in the winter. The season is dark and depressing as it is – why join it? lol
I love it! I never liked the Labour Day rule.
I’m in love with that Michael Kors bag!
You totally inspired me! I wore cream jeans with a cream, black and brown leopard top and it looked great. I also featured you in my Links I Loved this week on Daughter-in-Law Diaries!
Regifting. It’s a controversial etiquette issue. Is it ever ok to regift, and if so, what are the rules of when and how to regift? I’ve heard the argument that it’s a economical way to give gifts for expensive holidays and celebrations in this economy, and it is ridiculous to throw away something perfectly useful […]
Laughing at your tacky examples. LOL. There are definite ways to regift, and ways to NOT do it. Thanks for the Monday Morning smiles!
I’ve always had a problem with re-gifting so I usually just donate the stuff that doesn’t work for us.
I don’t see a problem with re-gifting but you provided some great tips. That’s be horrible if someone said “hey didn’t XXX give you that?”! lol. I think I would die
Great tips! I personally have no problem with re-gifting… either as the re-gifter or as the recipient of a re-gift. That’s recycling, and much better than throwing something back in a closet or drawer and never using it, or worse throwing it away to fill up our landfills. Just as long as it’s done with some thought and care, of course. 🙂
I have been known to regift toys my son used to get. He was never into toys.
I totally agree with you. If you receive something that maybe you don’t need, I think it is totally ok to give to someone you know will use it. I wouldn’t necessarily tell someone it is a regift, if it is something nice and appropriate as a gift for that person, I say go ahead and regift it.
I’m kind of amazed at how people are so not slick with their regifting!
GREAT examples! I’m actually regifting some bath & body stuff because I don’t like the fragrance. I’m giving it to my charity child who asked for bath & body stuff!
There truly is an art to regifting and you certainly covered it all. Thanks for the smile.
OHHhh Those are tacky. You’re so right. Promise, I won’t do any. Pinky swear.
LMAO at your tacky examples, hahaha! But, some great tips too!
Great advice! I’d also add that if you don’t follow these tips you’re likely to get yourself in a sticky situation. When I was 18 or 19 I received a gift from a friend, waited a couple of years and didn’t have anything to give her as a gift and accidentally regifted the same item back to her. I was so embarrassed until she admitted she had regifted the item to me from someone else!
Instead of regifting, I usually just donate any unwanted items. I don’t have anything against regifting, I just can’t stand having items that are useless to make taking up space so I get rid of them ASAP.
Looking for gift ideas for your husband or dad? Here are some unique ideas for men that are big hits and will make him realize just how much he means to you. Great Gift Ideas For Men 1. Get him an adventure. If he always wanted to skydive or race around a real racetrack, organize […]
My husband wants tickets to the next race.
Your idea about giving a brag book is really good. Men like to feel appreciated so that’s an excellent gift idea.
Great ideas! I got something special for my hubby. And I like #2. 🙂
Great ideas. How did you get your “Pin” buttons? I need to redo my buttons so bad….
Love that there’s one for the guys.
Great ideas! Since hubs’ birthday is in January, I’m doing one combo gift. A nighttime Lake dinner cruise 🙂
Great tips! I’d love to buy my husband tickets to a football game (partially selfish because we’d both really enjoy it)!
What great deas, my favorite is the tickets to something he loves. I think Disneyland is in the works
There is a tutorial for it that I googled (I stumbled it too, I’ll try to find it for you)
These are wonderful gift ideas for Dad!! Thanks for sharing them 🙂
These are some really nice ideas, I am always at a loss sometimes.
my hubby think big dollar items. I am not sure yet what it will be
I did 3 already!!! They had a Star Wars One Man Comedy Show in NYC… I bought tickets for it… and went with him. I’m not a big Star Wars fan so I didn’t get most of it, but he had a blast and that is what counts. Then when we came out of the show there were Storm Troopers and Darth Vadar outside and he was in heaven! We had to walk through Times Square to get to the theater from where we parked, which he’s never been too. He was amazed about the whole scene of that area. It was so nice to be able to SURPRISE HIM because he didn’t know what we were going to see.. and let him experience something he’s never done before.
Sorry for basically the blog post on your post from me hehe.
I’m getting my hubby a GPS to go Geocaching!
That is AWESOME! My husband loves Star Wars (and Star Trek too) so he’d love that…one day I have to take him to a ComicCon.
Love the quote and the photo!
Great ideas! I have been saving up for scuba lessons for my husband (for his birthday). But fir Christmas I am putting together A Date Binder with 12 preplanned dates for each month of 2012. He loves gifts that are intentional and geared toward our relationship.
Hubby loves Jerseys. Finally bought one last week. He was so happy 🙂
Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. ~Charles Richards Every man dies. Not every man really lives. ~Braveheart As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do. ~Zachary Scott And in the end, it’s […]
These are really great quotes that make you think!
Love that quote from Martin Lawrence.
I love reading these sort of quotes! Awesome for this time of year!
Those are really great quotes Penelope!
This is one of my most favorite posts…EVER!
Amazing quotes.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the one on the photo!
love some of those – what a great way to uplift the day
Love all these.
The smell of cinnamon is one of my favorite, favorite things about the season. I also love the snow, but of course, I don’t get that here. 🙁
I like Pumpkin Pie and being with the family.
Decorating the tree together as a family.
Drinking hot cocoa in my favorite spot in my house.
Christmas break – my son is home every day and I don’t have to get up so early.
Smells of yummy baked goods permeating the house.
Fires built in our wood burning fireplace.
That’s a few of my favorite home comforts!
I love decorating too and drinking eggnog
Oh great deal! I am a lover of cinnamon and apples, the smell of pine and fresh baked goods in the oven. You can’t go wrong with that warm toasty fire either:)
My heated blanket LOL! My husband always gets it out once the weather gets below 60 😉
Love your favorite holiday comforts, especially the last one.
I love the decorations, the lights and just the feel good attitude.
We always need a Christmas tree! Toasty fires are always nice too.
I agree with everything you said except the snow. Mostly because we don’t have snow here. I do enjoy being outside on the holidays though. And I love the smells of fresh baked goodies coming from the oven and the look on my daughter’s face when she sees Christmas decorations!
Definitely the toasty fires in the fireplace, warm blankets, good food and pleasant scented candles!!!
cuddling up a warm blanket and a cup of hot chocolate
We make chex mix every Christmas – that’s a big one for us.
I love being with my family, all the yummy Holiday treats, and of course Christmas lights!
I love the Christmas lights. I could just sit in the dark and stare at the tree the whole night 🙂
I love a crackling fire … Wish our fireplace was in working order!
I always think of fires too, but we don’t have a fireplace. It must be the influence from the movies, lol.
I’m with you on almost all of those! I especially love looking at Christmas lights, reading Christmas books, and doing crafts with the kids.