We did it! We made it back to New Jersey to spend the holidays with my family with (relatively) little stress. Callie as a champ and I managed to keep my cool even after we missed our initial flight by 10 minutes due to horrendous lines at Midway for me to check my bag + pay for Callie's…
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// Pondering her journey across the sky Next Saturday, Callie will be officially hitting the skies as we tackle our first flight ever and head back to New Jersey for the holidays. We've been practicing our whole travel bag routine and I think after lots of treats and a very grumpy dog, we've gotten the whole going in without…
Meet my new favorite thing, the staycation. Spending the night in a hotel in my own city is something I had never done before but it was truly the perfect midweek escape. I was lucky enough to spend a night recently at one of the city's newest hotels, the Thompson Chicago - right off of Oak Street it's in the…
With the fun of the holiday season also seems to come a heck of a lot of work. With all of the shopping, decorating, cooking and baking, cleaning often falls last on your to do list but is one of the most important steps when it comes to entertaining. There's nothing worse than being caught off guard by…
// via Glitter Guide Black Friday really isn't my thing - the idea of shopping in the middle of the night, waiting in long lines in the cold and dealing with unruly, aggressive people sounds like a complete nightmare in my opinion. Cyber Monday, on the other hand, I can totally get on board with. Some of the…