Month: October 2017

What to Wear Wednesdays: High And Wide

What to Wear Wednesdays: High And Wide

What’s better than one way to wear pants? Two! There’s nothing better than wardrobe versatility. I especially love if I can wear items year round. Appropriate layering and a change up of accessories can dramatically alter a look and get you more bang for your buck!

Tiny Tot Tuesdays: Little Lady In Leather

Tiny Tot Tuesdays: Little Lady In Leather

Fall is here! And it’s time to break out the leather! Well, faux leather to be exact. This jacket is last year’s Target line. The dress and shoes are from Meijer. Holup, don’t laugh or sleep on Meijer, let me explain what happened here!

How To Avoid The Common Money Mistakes Moms Make

How To Avoid The Common Money Mistakes Moms Make

(Isaac with his first piggy bank at 2 weeks old.) In this space I typically talk about my tits and such, but today I want to talk about money since I’m a financial coach in real life. Having been in financial services for the past 16 years, I’ve seen women make easily preventable mistakes with…

Tired Mommy Diagnosis: “Ya Doing Too Much” Syndrome

Tired Mommy Diagnosis: “Ya Doing Too Much” Syndrome

Do you ever have days when you feel like you are going to mentally explode?  Where the to-do list is so daunting you become paralyzed with inaction? You may not be able to place your finger on the exact term to describe it but I have found one: YaDoinTooMuch Syndrome. It disproportionately affects moms because…

Tiny Tot Tuesdays: Fun With Shades

Tiny Tot Tuesdays: Fun With Shades

If I’m ever missing a pair of shades, they are most likely in the possession of this little diva right here! She is literally my mini me and likes all the same accessories I like. Her fall dress is perfect for the changing of the seasons since it has 3/4 length sleeves. It’s Target’s most…

What to Wear Wednesdays: Mad About Saffron

What to Wear Wednesdays: Mad About Saffron

I remember when a Gap commercial came out in the late 90s, set to the tune of Donovan’s Mellow Yellow. It was such a catchy tune but more importantly it featured one of my favorite shades of yellow, Saffron. In today’s look I’m soaked in Saffron!! Since the Chicago weather is looking more like summer than fall,…

Swoon Alert: New Cartoon Focuses On Black Dad Doing His Baby Girl’s Hair
| |

Swoon Alert: New Cartoon Focuses On Black Dad Doing His Baby Girl’s Hair

        This story first appeared in Forbes and is reprinted with permission of the author. The concept behind a Pixar-style animated short about a 4-year-old named Zuri and her dad, Stephen, is so popular that the internet funded a $284,000 Kickstarter campaign helmed by NFL wide receiver-turned-filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry. In fact, “Hair Love”–the…