I’m sharing my New Years Resolutions with you guys in hopes that it will keep me from wimping out.
I have had a love hate relationship with my credit cards since my dad gave me the “just for emergency card” when I was 16. I’ve gone through the maxing it out and having my dad bail me out of debt stage, Then there was the use 8 different cards stage, I’ve even taking out personal loans to pay off my credit card debt…Anyway I’ll stop blabbing and give you my resolutions.

#1. Live with out credit cards for all of 2008.

#2. Pay off the rest of my visa bill ($3000)

#3. Finish taking Real estate course.

#4. Sell some houses.

#5. Take Salsa dancing lessons.

#6. Live Greener and do my part for the environment.

#7. Spend more time with the family.

#8. Spend less time on the internet.

#9. Try Jazzersize (it looks kinda fun)

#10. Get back into selling my Vintage Items on my site.

Please feel free to share your resolutions with me, So I can check in with you and see how your doing.

Good Morning America, Burlington Coat Factory and One Warm Coat, have all come together to help those in need this holiday season with its Warm Coats and Warm Hearts Drive. Their goal is to provide any person in need with a warm coat, free of charge. The national coat drive will last until Jan. 31, 2008. Donations are accepted at 379 Burlington Coat Factory stores across the country.

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Learn more here and here.

The stacked bracelet look has been hot for a while now, and I have been searching for the perfect leather bracelets for over a year. The sweet lady at the Scandinavian gift shop in my neighborhood, was the one who helped me find them. I contacted the owner of these handmade bracelets and professed my love of her product and she offered my readers a 10% discount on regular priced items with the code “SWEDARTJAN31” (email info@swedart.com to order, valid until Jan 31.)

If you buy from the SwedArt Etsy Shop and use the PayPal shopping cart just check off “other payment” so she can PayPal invoice you (Holiday Sale Items excluded.)

A small selection of the SwedArt Lapland bracelets are sold on Newbury Street in Boston and at Barney’s in Chestnut Hill Mall in Newton, if you wanted to try them on first.

Learn more Here.

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Miss Li

Miss Li Website
Her Myspace

I went to a art sale last month at the Worcester Center for Crafts and fell in love with the feather headbands designed by Marie Galvin. Marie Galvin is an Award winning Irish Milliner based in Boston. Her hats are amazing and her headbands are simply divine please go see for yourself.

If you live in the northeast chances are you are you are snowed in too. My New Sewing Machine got delivered to my dads house today and the weather is so bad I cant even go pick it up. I’ve been dieing to make some plush toys. Well lets hope my boss lets me have a snow day tomorrow.

These Plushie etsy stores might not warm your feet, but they will definitely warm your heart.

Tiddly Winks

the rabbits moon

PerfectChildren

Spider Camp

follow the white rabbit

related links:
Plush You Blog
Softies Book
Soft Trees Flickr Group
Deviant Art

This is my “If money were no object” Christmas wish list. These are the items that have been saved in my bookmarks forever, because I simply cant justify spending that amount of money on myself anymore (ahhh the good old days, when I would just charge everything to my credit card and pay it back 5 years later.)

In no particular order…

Canon Digital Rebel

Hoodie from Mike & Chris

Wrap Bracelet

Anna Corinna Mini City Tote

Marc Jacobs Sunnys

Giraffe Earrings

Frye Boots

A New Table

New Bed

KitchenAid Classic

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