Gifts for Girlfriends Under $50!

I just finished setting up a budget for my gift giving this year and I am into making the most for my dollar when it comes to gift giving. Grab a couple of these gifts for your girl friends and still come in under a $50 per person budget!

Gifts for friends under $50 by srober30 featuring kate spade

1. Jcrew Extra Battery Pack $40 // 2. Glass Skull Flask $29 // 3. Kate Spade Business Card Holder $20 // 4. Leopard Matches $7 // 5. Mr. and Mrs. Cocktail glasses $18 // 6. Bonjour Card set $16 // 7. NARS Matte Lipstick $24 // 8. Kate Spade Striped Iphone Case $40

Gift This: For the person with the new apartment!

For the home by srober30 on Polyvore

1. Zara Pillows // 2. Deer and Moose Shot Glasses // 3. Gold Chevron and Confetti Placemats // 4. Countdown Glasses // 5. White Deer Stirrers // 6. West Elm Gold Flatware // 7. Silver Cow Skull  // 8. Peace Sign Bottle Stopper //

Making Spirits Bright

I think my cute little new tree makes my bar cart spirits very bright! The holidays are here!

Chic for Cheap

I'm totally in love with basic dresses this holiday season.When the dress is only 20 bucks, spend that extra money to make it unique by accessorizing!

PS... I bought the maroon dress with the bow and the high low dress in blue!

Chic Basics From H&M by srober30 featuring h&m dresses

Holiday Sparkle and Shine on the Cheap!

I shop at the same stores over and over again (forever, H&M, Tj Maxx) and it always seems that they carry so many great sparkly dresses, then I pick them up and they are skin tight and would show a ton of booty. Not something I feel comfortable wearing, ever. I was killing time yesterday before a spa appointment in Northpark mall in Dallas, Tx... and I popped into Charlotte Russe which had sparkles in the window display that caught my eye and I figured, eh, I'll check it out! What I found were amazing party dresses for the holiday season that were FIT AND FLARE!!

In case we haven't met, I live in fit and flare. Everyday.

Pretty much all of these dresses were $29.99 but I just found out that they are having a buy one get one 50% off sale that started today... sorry for me, I was in there yesterday :(

           

   

They didn't have the dress I bought on the website... but here is my goober smiley pic from the dressing room. Yes, thank you, my holiday socks are awesome.

 

Some of my favorite fonts...

I am obsessed with fonts. Not sure I need to say anything else... Here are SOME of my favorites, and all are FREE! Yippie!

Big Noodle Titling // CAC Champagne // Cafe&Brewery // Channel // Coneria // Dan // Freehand 591// Freeroad // KG Eyes Wide Open // Lavanderia // Lobster 1.4 // Metropolis 1920 // Otama.ep // Redressed // Sail // Tall Dark and Handsome

H&M Holiday Lingerie Collection

Hello, Good Morning, Bonjour!

Yay it is Wednesday, which means it is almost Thursday which means it's FRIDAY yay! {I WISH}

I want to leave your hump day filled with beautiful lingerie from H&M for the 2012 Holiday season. Beautiful, feminine and loaded with sex appeal.... not to mention festive and comfortable to boot! OH and it is CHEAP!!! Thank you H&M!

Oh and all bras are buy one get one free! HURRY!!

Super push up $9.95, Sparkly boy shorts $9.95

High waisted boy short with detachable garter $9.95, Push up bra $9.95

Push up $19.95

Lace bra $24.95 (bought this in back, love it!) hipster briefs $9.95

Floppy Hat: Splurge or Save

While shopping at Kate Spade last weekend at North Park Mall in Dallas, I found this FAB Kate Spade hat for $128. It looked so so cute, but I just couldn't bring myself to spend $100 on a hat, but now I can't stop thinking about going back and grabbing it. Which do you think is cuter, this Gap find for only $30 or should I just go with my gut and get the Kate Spade beauty? 

Fall Floppy Hat by srober30 featuring kate spade

Here is some inspiration on where/when/with what I should wear my new hat!

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Gift Idea For Those You Are Pinterested In!

So many times I will pin a fabulous cocktail, chic outfit inspiration or a great quote to remember for the day. After I pin it, it goes into my little board never to be seen or heard from again. Occasionally, I'll go back and look at that pin again, but usually it just gets lost in the shuffle.

I generally find that if I have a problem, friends will have a similar problem. Everyone is always going to be proud of their pinterest boards, so why not show it off for them. Make your friends a book filled with all of their pinterest pins this Christmas! Clever, I know, you're welcome.

I would separate the book out by chapters, each chapter being their new board. If it is a cocktail you are placing in the book, be sure to include the recipe for them!

I will probably make one for myself first, ya know, just to test out the system and know that it will be cute! Here are the sites I recommend to use for photo books.

blurb.com

shutterfly.com

mixbook.com

picaboo.com

I would personally recommend blurb.com because you can download a copy of your book for the ipad for just $1.99 on blurb! Have fun!

Weekend in the Rearview

I had a fabulous weekend with my partner in crime Magen! She came to Dallas for the first time to visit me. We had a fabulous (and by fabulous I mean uber-fabulous) brunch on Saturday at Bistro 31 in Highland Park with champagne and bloody mary's! The night before we pampered ourselves to blowouts at dry bar in Plano followed by dinner at Taco Diner, a Dallas staple. Then Saturday night we painted the town red in Uptown with dinner at Cru and drinks afterwards.

It was a fabulous weekend and much needed. I found some cute Christmas cards at Northpark mall, and you can see all of our purchases stacked up on my Kitchen Island. Successful is an understatement!

I also used Magen's visit as an excuse to finally properly stock my bar cart! Loving having this addition to my cozy little apartment!