Holiday Favorites Post #1 - ModCloth Gift Guide!

My favorite time of year is among us!! For the next several weeks I will be sharing some of my holiday favorites that I am affiliated with. I hope they will become some of your favorites too!!

This post contains affiliate links, and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.

'Tis the season for gifting! And ModCloth wants to help you find the perfect presents for everyone on your list with their 2014 Holiday Gift Gift. Shop using their handy categories, or check out presents inspired by trendsetting bloggers, including A Beautiful Mess, Oh Joy!, Girl with Curves. Utterly unique and endlessly fab. 

Here are my top four gifts from the $20 and under section:

I know my book lovers, photog artists, and cat lover friends will love these choices!!

Their vast collection of utterly unique gifts is the perfect place to find something to wow your favorite gal (or guy)! Plus there is always something fun on sale, be sure to check back often - http://www.modcloth.com/shop/sale.

Winter Storing (Sponsored Post)

I did my bi-annual task of going through the lil diva's wardrobe and removing the clothes that were too small for her in preparing for the upcoming season. The results were 10,899,678 tops and dresses and 10 bottoms lol. I knew we were going to have a problem. Luckily, my timing of cleaning house was perfect as it coincided with Gymboree's big sale! I stocked up on my shortage of bottoms for the lil diva to prepare for the winter and decided to browse the site for some other fav items and this what I came up with:

I love matching but I love coordinating even more!! I selected these bottoms because of their versatility to be paired with various types of tops. The tops were selected because they looked fun lol but really each item could be paired with one another to create some lively and bold outfits!! Since Halloween is a few days away I couldn't resist this purrfect outfit for the occasion!

Now is the perfect time to stock up on these winter items and store up for the cold season ahead. The Gymboree sale is up to 80% and ends soon!!

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Mini Post: creamy chicken noodle soup

Another pinterest recipe success! I added in onion soup mix since it was in the house and figured it would add flavor (which it did) but otherwise than that I added in the usual of chicken, chicken broth, cream of chicken soup, mixed veggies and noodles. It came out quite delish! 

Labor Day Sale + Gymboree Gift Card Giveaway! (Sponsored Post)

With Labor Day marking the last days of summer it's time to prepare for Fall with amazing back to school savings from Gymboree.Take 40% off everything during the Gymboree Labor Day Sale! Stock up on your Fall favorites and basics with sales starting at $3.99. Below are a couple of my favorite outfits for boys and girls! I love the ease that Gymboree provides with their easy to buy outfit sets! I decided to make things even easier with a free $25 gift card giveaway! Just enter your details below to participate and earn additional entries by following my pinterest and instagram pages. Feel free to comment below on your favorite Gymboree pieces!!

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Quick Post: Mommy and Me Styles

Since It's been a while since my last post I thought I would share one of my new polyvore styles that I've been doing: mommy and me outfits! Now that the lil diva is older it's easier to wear coordinating outfits! Here are a few that I've done...

 

Romper style

Blue and yellow

Navy and white

Here are the sources to these outfits if you would like to coordinate with your lil' one too!!

Sources: Clothes, Shoes, and Accessories

- Shop Glam Up Parties www.shopglamupparties.com

- Gymboree http://bit.ly/1u3SR2d

- Stella & Dot www.stelladot.com/mmoon

Other Sources

toysrus.com and amazon.com

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Banana Ice Cream!!

I don't know why I never made this sooner. It's like the easiest and most delicious dessert I have had this summer. I first discovered this recipe on Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (yes a cartoon) but I have seen numerous recipes of it on pinterest. For mine I just used half a frozen banana cut in thirds and about 1/4 cup milk. Since I'm without a blender I used my food chopper/processor which worked just as fine (a little bit more messier than a blender though). The result was a creamy blend of banana goodness. The lil' diva loved it too!!

I think next time I will make enough for myself as I've been wanting to use my hot pepper chocolate sauce and having that drizzled over this just sounds oh so tasty!!!

Quick and Easy Peach Tea

I have been craving peach tea for nearly three years since having some almost everyday for two weeks while I was working in Kentucky. Apparently its wide spread appeal hasn't made it to Chi-town or if it has I have yet to venture to those places that do serve it. So I took the initiative today to make some! I went to the dollar store picked up some peach juice and mixed 3 parts tea with 1 part peach juice and got my tasty peach tea! I'm so happy to have found a quick and easy way to cure my longstanding peach tea craving :)