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Sephora Holiday Gift Guide under $25.00 PLUS a Local Beauty Event

It’s officially November and the holiday shopping has begun! On the blog today, I am sharing with you a fun gift guide for those beauty lovers in your life and the great part is that they are all under $25.00 PLUS if you are a Sephora Insider then you also get to use a discount on top of that during their Sephora Holiday Sale!

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Girl's Weekend Trip: Scottsdale, Arizona

About a month ago, me and a few girlfriends hopped on a plane and headed to Scottsdale to celebrate my friend Johanna’s 40th Birthday. This was my first time to Scottsdale and I really wasn’t sure what to expect but let me tell you guys, I had the BEST time AND I also want to thank everyone for all your recommendations when I asked via Instagram on some of your favorite places in Scottsdale!

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Budgeting and Staying Within the Limits with Our American Express Additional Card Membership

Tell me I’m not the only one that gets so sad at the thought of their child leaving the nest? My son is still only 14-years-old but it just makes this mama so sad to think of that day. Yet at the same time, I can’t wait to see him get to experience the college life in a few years and see what kind of amazing adult he will become.

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Setting up Text/Email notifications So You Get Alerts When Your Child Spends


Sometimes I have a love hate relationship with technology. When it works well, it’s amazing. But when it doesn’t want to work, I basically want to throw my laptop out the window. Anyone else able to related with me?! Recently my love hate relationship has turned to a love relationship as I set up the text/email notification option that’s available with Nicholas’ Additional Card Membership. Thanks to the American Express app I’m able to monitor the Additional Card that we gave our oldest to use as he is out on school functions or traveling with his band. I love being able to give him the freedom to use his card as needed, and having the option to be notified with every purchase to make sure he’s not overspending or making purchases that are unnecessary.

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Create + Cultivate : Chicago 2018 Recap

It's been a little over a week since I got back from Create & Cultivate and I am excited to finally share a full recap of this amazing event! This was my second time attending Create & Cultivate and the first time I attended this conference was in Dallas about 2 years ago and I can officially say, each time it just gets better! If you are unfamiliar with what Create & Cultivate is, it is a female entrepreneur and influencer conference that is held in different cities with the best speakers in the business and talk about an INSTAGRAM WORTHY event!

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Fun Fall Picks with Sashy Pants

Happy Thursday friends! I am so excited to team up with my favorite boutique Sashy Pants to share a sneak peek of some of my favorite fall tops that will be launching tonight at 8:00pm CST! If you been following me for awhile now then you know how much I love Sashy Pants and I always round up some of my top picks for each season and fall is definitely my favorite season of all!  These four tops that I am sharing today for all super comfy, very versatile and I think would work for any and all body types plus they are super affordable!  

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Pre-college Life Lessons in Financial Responsibility with American Express

This post was created in partnership with American Express

Recently we added our oldest as an Additional Card Member on our American Express Card since he will be traveling this fall for his various band competition. We wanted to make sure he was equipped with a way to pay for any meals or extra expenses that might occur during his travels. We felt that giving him another option outside of carrying cash would be easier to keep up but also a great tool to teach him on how to make smart choices with his purchases. 

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Teaching Our Son About Financial Responsibility with American Express

I'm so excited to share my partnership with American Express this Summer! We were able to add my son to our account as an Additional Card Member so we can teach him all about money management as he enters his freshman year. If you follow me on Instagram you've probably seen that my oldest recently got into the competitive band program as his High School, which is a huge honor as several kids audition but only a little over 300 hundred kids in the district were accepted.

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30a Seaside Vacation Recap

Ah, can someone PLEASE take me back to Seaside!! It's only been a little over a week since we been back from vacation and let me tell you friends, the struggle bus is REAL! I have yet to get my groove back and it seems I am just behind on everything but I am excited to finally have a moment to get this blog post together for you as I know several of you sent me messages asking to recap our trip so here I go with all the details of everything we did while we were there!

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