Who would have thought that the best lip balm could be purchased at the Gap?  I certainly didn't.  I got my first tube about a year ago when I needed to bump up the total of my purchase in order to fulfill the minimum for a coupon I wanted to use.  I grabbed one of these just because it was one of the cheapest items in the store, but it turned out to be the best lip balm I ha...

I finally got on the iPod bandwagon a few months ago and purchased the lime green 4g Nano.  This little gadget has transformed my work day!  I love listening to podcasts, so now I make sure I have at least 3 hrs worth loaded into my iPod when I go to work each day.  It really helps the afternoon fly by!  I love listening to music too.  It can hold enough songs for me to...

I love this small-time bath & body company I discovered on a beauty forum about a year and a half ago.  It's called Bathed & Infused (www.bathedandinfused.com).  They are a very small but growing company based out of Colorado.  Their products are wonderful, fully-customizable to their 500+ scents, and the customer service is top notch!  They even have a points-ba...

Originally, I was excited about the thought of staying in a 100 year old hotel.  It sounded romantic and charming.  I love history too, so the idea just fascinated me.  Unfortunately, this beautiful building has not been kept up as it should.It wasn't all bad.  The grounds are really beautiful and the historic details in this hotel, especially the ballrooms, ar...

This little hand-held vacuum is great, not only because it looks great sitting out on our kitchen counter, but also because it's handy and works great!  Emptying the filter is a snap.  You just remove the top part and dump it.  It isn't the most powerful vacuum I have ever used, but it certainly does the job.  With two cats that are messy eaters, it's great for q...

I'm the type that doesn't like to pay extra for something like a cellular phone.  I'll just take the best freebie upgrade deal that Cingular/AT&T is offering at the time.  Last time I upgraded, it was to the LG C2000.  This is my first ever flip phone and I don't think I will ever be going back to the bar-style phones again.  The flip phone design and siz...

I'm somewhat picky about my perfumes.  I actually bought this as a birthday gift to my mom and she loves it.  But as she fell in love with it and started using it on a daily basis, I fell in love with it too.  So my sister ended up buying a bottle for me for MY birthday a few months later.I still love the perfume, although it's quite different from the fragrance...

I'm not a huge gamer, but I LOVE this game!  The plot is completely absurd, but that is part of the charm.  And the actual play format is so simple, anyone can learn and catch on very quickly.  Its simplicity is part of what makes the game so addicting!Basically you are a little alien-type creature who's father happens to be the slightly insane King of All Cosmos.&nb...

It's the weirdest combination...characters from the Final Fantasy RPG video game series, and classic Disney characters...but somehow it works!  This game is incredible.  It has everything you love about Final Fantasy: the immersive story, the incredible graphics, and even the somewhat hokey dialogue.  PLUS it has the charming addition of endearing Disney characters like Micke...

The first thing that attracted me to American Cream was the smell.  It smells like the most delicious vanilla milkshake ever, and what's even better is that you will catch whiffs of it in your own hair until your next shower.  I kept using it because of what it does to my hair.  It conditions beautifully and naturally without weighing my hair down.  It leaves my hai...

I'm hit or miss when it comes to Yankee's fragrances, but admittedly, I love the fall line.  The new fragrances they have come out with this fall are no exception.  One in particular has become  my all-time favorite scent EVER.  It's Coconut Cookie Bar and I cannot get enough of it!I purchase my Yankee scents in tart form because I like to change up scents on a r...

My husband and I spent the weekend at Walt Disney World recently, and prior to the trip, I knew I needed a new bag to take with me to the parks.  I had narrowed it down to two different Vera Bradley bags...the backsack and the hipster.  One day my husband and I were shopping and I showed him both to get his opinion.  He liked the hipster better, and thought the backsack might be ...

I bought my husband this knife as a Christmas present last year and he LOVES it.  It cuts through everything better than any other knife we have.  I love using it for chopping lots of vegetables because it goes through everything so easily and cleanly.  I always feel a little bit like a professional chef when I'm using it!I like that it's not too big or too small.  I...

I love C. O. Bigelow's Mentha Liptints!  I have two of them, the nude/pinkish shade and one that is just slightly darker.  I love both!  If you are a fan of mint, this is definitely the lipgloss for you.  It provides lots of shine with a hint of natural-looking color, plus an intense burst of mint which will make your lips tingle!  You can even dab a bit on your ton...

Scattergories is my ALL-TIME FAVORITE board game.  It is great for late night get-togethers with friends, when everyone is in the mood for a good time.  Everytime we break this game out at parties, it is inevitable that we will end up laughing so hard we cry.The basics of the game:  Someone rolls a very large many-sided die with various letters on it.  For each round, e...