I had this great plan for these missives in April.   They were going to correspond nicely with what we’re doing over in The Queen Sweep, offering more tips, stories, and examples to help you make your life beautiful. My mantra for The Queen Sweep is “before you can make magic, you have to scour the cauldron.”  […]

Let’s get deep for a moment, shall we? Today’s missive is going to be different than usual, because there are some big and intense winds blowing through the lives of my friends and clients this week. I’m not sure if it’s astrological, or global warming, or bad clams, but some very big things are going […]

Look at the preciousness that is in my house.  My friend Nikki McArthur is here visiting, and she brought her little bundle of Hutch Mayhem.  We are swooning. Nikki is here to satisfy my baby cravings and laugh at my kitchen incompetence, but also to start work on my website rebrand.  I’m so excited to […]

I found the shades, you guys.  Last week we were talking about spending, and I decided to go for the $16 Target version instead of the $550 Victoria Beckham ones.  You can catch up here, if you want. I was super excited.  Here they are in all their glory! But then I read a post by […]

I never thought I’d even USE a budget, let alone LIKE it. I don’t like being told what to do, see. Not by a row of numbers. Not even BY MYSELF. So I always skipped that chapter in every Suze Orman book. But now I’m a budget FANATIC. I love my budget. I think of […]