Shopping

Everyone always talks about how difficult it is to dress when you’re pregnant, but I…

James is turning three in September (tear), which means I’ll not only be shopping for…

I had no idea what to pack for the hospital for myself to wear the…

I can’t believe I’m already talking about back to school shopping, and yet, it’s here.…

I’ve been eyeing this dress since the beginning of summer, so the second it went…

One question I’ve got a lot since announcing we were expecting: what are the best…

As I mentioned, I didn’t actually put together a hospital bag the first time around,…

I can’t believe we’re in the final countdown and this pregnancy will soon be over.…

I’ve been getting a lot of questions asking for my favorite places to shop for…

Every season I invest in a couple really good beach dresses and swim cover-ups. I…

My best friend and I were just lamenting how you can’t find a cute summer…

Finding a good bathing suit when you’re pregnant is about as much fun as drinking…

I can’t believe it’s already Memorial Day weekend. I don’t know about you, but I’ve…

I simply cannot believe it’s May already. And almost mid-May! I meant to have this…

I’m finally shopping for spring and I couldn’t be more excited. There are so many…

March has already come in like a lion and there are literally no signs of…

Exciting news! Shopbop is having a major sale and for those of you who are Og followers of the blog, you know I live for a shopbop sale. It’s basically when I do all my shopping (well, most of it anyway…). They always time their sales perfectly to the change in season and as I’ve said before, unlike other sales, it’s not just the last of the past season’s inventory that’s marked down. They currently have lots of cute pieces that could easily transition into spring but you can also wear now. But as always, the sales inventory can be overwhelming to say the least so I’ve rounded up my favorite finds from the shopbop sale.

I often get asked for my mom wardrobe essentials – the tried and true items that I can wear to chase around our son and dog and still feel presentable for a play date, playground run-in, or lunch meeting. Even though I love shopping, I work in fashion and live for pretty dresses, you might be surprised to know that I actually don’t have that many clothes in my closet. I try to invest in quality basics that I can wear over and over again, especially now that I’m a mom. Frankly, I just don’t have time to think about what I’m going to wear and I need pieces that are versatile, comfy and yet look put-together. These are the wardrobe staples that as a mom I rely on and wear almost every day.

Unfortunately, with the way retail works these days, it’s the time of year when you have to shop your closet because no one is selling sweaters, coats, boots anymore and while there are some great sales on winter gear, it’s never available in the size you need. Still, I am in need of a winter wardrobe refresh, not summer clothes. So I’ve put together a practical February wish list of items that I want now to refresh my winter wardrobe that I know I’ll wear again next year and a few spring-ish finds that I can wear now and then later when it warms up.

If you get dry, chapped lips in the winter and are constantly applying Chapstick, Kiehl’s or whatever lip balm that doesn’t really work, I am about to change your life. I never had super dry lips until I went on Accutane. (I will write a whole post on that another time, because it was honestly the best thing I ever did and I can’t believe I spent my whole teenage life with acne and didn’t go on it sooner, but that’s another day.) In any event, my lips did get dry as a side effect, and it was horrible. Just the feeling of dry, chapped, peel-y lips is the worst. When my amazing but fancy dermo, who is really the best, but caters to the Park Avenue crowd, said she had a secret weapon to combat my dry lips, I got nervous that it was going to be a pricey balm. And honestly, I would have paid anything at that point for a lip balm that actually worked on dry lips. But then she told me to go to Amazon and order a few tubes of Dr. Dan’s Corti-balm.