Dec 23, 2011  •  In Beauty, Blogging, Giveaways, Personal

A Holiday Break and Another BB Cream Giveaway!

I have decided to take a holiday break from blogging. 🙂 So barring unforeseen circumstances, this will be my last entry until 2012. I won’t be completely offline though. You can still find me sporadically posting stuff on my Facebook Page, Pinterest, and Twitter. But because I didn’t want to keep you guys completely hanging for over […]

Dec 18, 2011  •  In Blogging, Funny, Web

12 Meme Days

Considering that the 12 Days of Christmas now costs over $100,000, this version is a more affordable — and certainly more humorous — option. Merry Rage-mas and Happy Meme-days! Via Rage Comics. P.S. — Geek in Heels is today’s featured blog at BlogAd’s gift-a-day holiday calender! For a limited time, get 30% off the purchase […]

Nov 30, 2011  •  In Blogging, Guest Posts

Guest Post: On Writing

Writer’s block. Lack of inspiration. They are the bane of any blogger’s existence, and I must confess that they occasionally make me want to just throw in the towel too. Today, Katie writes about how she finds inspiration and even gives us a few choice quotes that may help other bloggers tackle writer’s block as […]

Nov 26, 2011  •  In Art/Design, Blogging, Personal

anniegurumi: My SIL’s New Blog!

As previously mentioned on this blog, J’s brother and his wife recently moved from living just 20 blocks away to all the way to the other side of the world…to Shanghai, China. Ever since I became a mother, I came to value my family more and more, and my BIL and SIL are no exception. […]

Nov 24, 2011  •  In Blogging, Personal

Gobble, Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday for the 3 F’s: family, food, and football. What more can a girl ask for? 😉 (image source) Guest posts will resume tomorrow, and I hope to be back to my regular blogging schedule within a week. In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek at a project I’ve […]

Oct 31, 2011  •  In Aerin, Baby, Blogging, Claire, Personal

Happy Halloween!

Psst! I’m guest blogging over at She Likes Ruffles, He Likes Truffles today! Head on over and say hi! And be sure to check out rest of Katie’s blog, which is always filled with great anecdotes and eye candy in the way of food, fashion, and life in sunny Florida! Happy Halloween, everyone! Seeing as I’m about […]

Oct 3, 2011  •  In Blogging, Funny, Geek, Giveaways, Personal, Reviews, Shopping, Web

Giveaway: Win a Halloween Costume from HalloweenCostumes.com!

This giveaway has closed. Congratulations to Kelly Stadium, who entered by commenting! Please stay tuned for more giveaways in the future! It’s October! The weather has cooled down, the leaves are changing colors, Starbucks is serving Pumpkin Spice Lattes again… …and we are nearing one of America’s favorite holidays. That’s right — Halloween is coming […]

Sep 22, 2011  •  In Blogging, Personal

On Being Happy

Whenever I have some extra time to spare (or when I am suffering from insomnia once again), I like to go through the archives of this blog. And going through some of the more controversial posts from the past year, one question that popped into my head was: when exactly did I get the reputation […]

Sep 16, 2011  •  In Blogging, Personal, Web

On Blogging and Commenting

A few of my readers — especially first-time parents — have recently asked me how I manage to find the time to blog. My answer? Schedule, schedule, schedule! Don’t get me wrong — I do not have a block of time I set aside every day to blog, because let’s face it: setting and sticking […]

Aug 31, 2011  •  In Blogging, Personal

So They *Do* Come in Threes…

I have received three pieces of bad news since the early hours of the morning, one of which involves a death in the family. I have spent the majority of the morning crying or cleaning (my brand of therapy)…luckily, Claire has been in a good mood and has allowed me to leave her alone for […]