Tag: Winter

Destinations, Packing Lists, Style, Texas, Travel, USA

Traveling Light: Austin, Texas Packing List

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Opening up my suitcase and sharing everything I packed for a weekend in Austin, Texas.

Destinations, Packing Lists, Style, Tennessee, Travel, USA

Traveling Light: Packing List for Johnson City, Tennessee

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Sharing my real-life packing list for a weekend in Northeast Tennessee, with activities ranging from hiking to biking to indulging in date-night dinners (and all packed in a carry-on!).

Charlotte, Destinations, North Carolina, Travel, Travel Products, USA, Wish Lists and Gift Ideas

2022 Holiday Gift Guide: Local Gifts from North Carolina

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Shop local this season: a collection of local gifts from right here in North Carolina

Beauty, Home, Style

A Flake-Free Pout: Comparing French Girl Rose Lip Polish and Olio E Osso Lip Scrub

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It’s the first day of winter today here in the northern hemisphere – which means it’s the first day of the season of cracked hands, itchy scalp, and chapped lips. In preparation for all the excessive moisturizing to come, I recently decided that I should add a lip scrub to my routine, in addition to …

Charlotte, Travel Products, Wish Lists and Gift Ideas

2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Local Gifts from North Carolina

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Happy Small Business Saturday! In honor of the day, I thought I’d share a roundup of gift ideas from right here at home in North Carolina. We’re pretty spoiled here in The Old North State, as there are so many amazing local makers right in this pocket of the country. This post may contain commissionable …

Travel Products, Wish Lists and Gift Ideas

2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Budget Gifts Under $25

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The gift guide that is always the most fun to put together isn’t the luxe guide or the gifts “for her”, where I get to slip in dream gifts or ones that are on my list – it’s this one. Although prices climb steadily year after year, there are still so many great things you …