Being Alone During the Holidays

A few times in my life, I’ve had nothing to do for Christmas, or during the holiday season in general. Both of my parents passed away when I was young, and I’ve always felt self-conscious inviting myself over to a friends’ place for Christmas dinner. Throughout the years I’ve done various things to keep me [...]

Being a Sappy Single During the Holidays

It’s during the holidays that, when single, I become a huge sap. Even if I’m happy not being in a relationship, I still find I long for a partnership during the holidays. Readers of this blog already know I’m a romantic at heart, even if recent studies are showing more and more people are favoring [...]

Being Single During the Holidays

While many articles and how-to posts focus on how to cope with being single during the holidays, few discuss what there is to celebrate and embrace. The most obvious is the ability to kiss whomever you’d like under the mistletoe, but what about: Being able to take a holiday wherever and whenever you want (i.e. [...]

What To Give Your Date or Lover for the Holidays

If you are anything like me, as soon as Halloween is over I start thinking about and planning for the holidays. I’m also a huge gift giver, in that I love to find the perfect something for everyone in my life that I care about – which is no small feat! Oftentimes I’ll make something [...]

What Do I Wear There? August Holidays

So the last month of the summer has snuck up on us – the days are getting cooler and the return to school is looming closer. Luckily, there is still plenty of time to celebrate, as August is full of fun–though kind of strange–holidays! As you guys know, each month I feature special holidays and [...]

What Do I Wear There? July Holidays

Though it’s only been a couple of weeks since I wrote about June holidays, I wanted to get a jump start on posting about July holidays to give you all a bit more time to plan for the month ahead! July is a super exciting month, and I was thrilled to find some new, fun [...]

What Do I Wear There? June Holidays

Ever since I first started the “What Do I Wear There?” column, my most-requested topic has easily been “What do I wear for (insert specific holiday here)?”. Therefore, I wanted to create a new monthly feature in which I could give outfit advice for the special days in the month ahead, from those that are [...]

Do you think that a service worker that does wash, dry and fold your laundry should receive a tip?

Mememom asked: If your clother are clean and hung or folded nice wouldn’t you like a job well done. Laundry attendants do not get paid a lot and a tip would help and be apreciated. I receive no commision and get no pay for holidays off or on and no vacation pay but we can [...]