Category: Stuff I Would Buy if I Could

This would be more urgent if I were famous.

My Sister-In-Law Maegan is a very smart girl. She taught me that if you want something really fancy for your birthday, you tell everyone close that you want gift cards to the same place (say, Bloomies) and voila! Budget for that new Marc Jacobs bag! Well, guess what?  It TOTALLY works. (Especially when Maegan and her Mama – aka MeMa… Read more →

Purgeday Thursday: Out with the old, in with the new(ish)

You want to talk about a woman who knows how to get LA purging? That adorable {and remarkably collected} doyenne up there is a serious bad ass.  Her name is Kristin Nelson and she runs this thing called LA KIDS CONSIGNMENT that started with a few Moms doing a clothes swap in her driveway has become such a massive hit… Read more →

Who doesn’t love free stuff?

Look!   The818.com is having it’s first ever blog giveaway!  It’s kind of exciting isn’t it? “dalla nonna’s signature piece, the calendar necklacetm, exemplifies dalla nonna’s blend of tradition and trend. derived from an old tie pin, each piece is has dimensions of about 1″ x 3/4″), suspended on an 18″ chain and accented with a sapphire in a color chosen… Read more →

Crap. I’m up against a bunch of crazies.

So, I’d heard a while back (when I first started obsessively stalking baby furniture deals online) that overstock.com had sold the Netto Cub Sleeper (1.0, not 2.0, which is the one I dream about at night) and changer for the insanely low price of $180 and $130 respectively.    Considering that the modern lines at Target and Walmart are between two… Read more →