Lovable Labels BLACK FRIDAY SALE

Like many of you, I am a bit of an organizer freak (but in a messy way according to my fiance).  Haha.   My Lilly Pulitzer planner is perfection and I am obsessed with washi tape and labels, but my clothing organization is another story.  My desk @ work is pretty neat.  All my papers are organized and I use labels on everything, which is why I wanted to share this SWEET DEAL with you since I am a Lovable Labels LOVE BUG!

Starting Black Friday November 23rd and going till Cyber Monday November 26th, Lovable Labels is having a great sale!  Take 20% off your entire order, or take 30% off orders over $100 or more.  This is a great time to stock up on labels for holiday gifts, and if you are thinking ahead --- why not get labels for labeling school supplies and clothing!

I am particularly fond of the slimline labels in the Lollipop colors with the puppy dog icon!  I use my current slimlines on all my notebooks, and as I get closer to my wedding date, I will get to use my special coupon deal for new labels with my new name!

Main Line Boutique Week

Exclusive discounts...in-store promotions...contests giveaways & MORE!

Main Line Boutique Week gives regular and new customers the chance to shop and save during a special week dedicated to them.  Be sure to follow each participating retailer on Facebook, along with the Main Line Today page.

Participating Retailers Include:  (more available on website)

 

Hurricane Pet Safety

During a hurricane, it is extremely important to remember that your pet is relying on you.  The ASPCA says "If you're not safe, neither is your pet."  Keep your pet with you or close by at all times.  Be sure to have a leash handy and a carrier.

The ASPCA has issued the following tips for pet owners:

• Always bring pets indoors at the first sign or warning of a storm or disaster.
• Make sure all pets wear collars and ID tags with up-to-date identification. Micro-chip your pet as a more permanent form of identification.
• Keep a pet emergency kit and supplies handy with items such as medical records, water, pet food and medications, and pet first aid supplies. Take this with you if you evacuate.
• Arrange a safe haven for your pets in the event of evacuation. Do not leave your pets behind.

12 hours till the "eye of the storm hits" New Jersey.

During the storm, depending on the intensity (which seems will be high), try to keep your dogs relaxed.  If you are tense, they will be too.

New Home -- Time to Decorate

Recently my fiance and I just moved into our first house!  It's such an exciting time, what with planning our wedding and having a house of our own, and not an apartment.  The neighborhood is wonderful. From what I hear and have read, the school district is great (for New Jersey), and we have a fenced in backyard for Filly.  It's also nice that a lot of our neighbors have dogs as well.  During our routine walk and/or run with Filly, we get to meet new people and their pooches.

Since moving in, we've been unpacking, building, ripping up carpet..etc...Hopefully soon it will be time to hang pictures and decorate.  If it were up to me, I'd probably buy "all things dogs."  My house would look like the inside of Bark Avenue Boutique store in Wayne, PA.  But, not sure how Scott would react to that.  We will go with my office being "overly dog-centric."  Recently, the cutest mail holder showed up on my Facebook newsfeed.  Anthropologie now has this Dachsund Letter Holder for $32 that I am absolutely obsessed with.  It would go perfectly next to my black Labrador lamp on the hallway table!

I love that it holds a pencil that becomes the tail

101 in 1001

Inspired to create my own list by Mackenzie, author of the Design Darling Blog and fellow redhead, I got to work writing down all the things I hope to accomplish in these 2.75 years.  While not specifically related to dogs, I thought it would be a super fun activity to pursue.

1. Come up w/ 101 things to accomplish
2. Inspire 2 people to make their own list
3. Get a job teaching in a public school
4. Take a dance class w/ Scott for wedding 1st dance
5. Do the Green Smoothie Morning routine for 1 month (IT IS DISGUSTING!!!)
1. Did 1 day -- it was gross.
6. Subscribe to the magazines I buy anyways
7. Try a microdermabrasion treatment service
8. Send out holiday cards 1 year
9. Make 10 recipes off of Pinterest
10. Learn calligraphy
11. Make an address book w/ family & friend contact info
12. Send 50 handwritten notes (wedding thank you's don't count)
13. Get an iPad -- ordered
14. Invest in 3 beautiful coffee table books (I already have 2, want total of 5)
15. Complete a 365 day photo challenge
16. Write a children's book
17. No fast food for a month
18. Complete a coloring book
19. Invest in a SodaStream Revolution
20. Do 10 DIY crafts off of Pinterest
21. Get married to the love of my life!
22. Convert my handwriting into a computer font
23. Create an e-portfolio
24. Save $100 using coupons @ the supermarket
25. Participate in The Color Run
26. Go to a Phillies vs. Red Sox game
27. See Lady Gaga in concert
28. Attend an Oktoberfest celebration
29. Find the perfect beauty and skincare regimen for me
30. Take a surfing lesson
31. Cook Scott dinner everyday for 1 month (minus nights out)
32. Find the perfect little black dress
33. Make it to the gym @ least 3x a week for 2 months
34. Drink 8 glasses of water everyday for 1 week
35. Go on a safari
36. Give up soda for 1 month (seltzer is ok)
37. Invest in a few ebook cookbooks
38. Visit all 50 states
39. Re: 38 Figure out how to keep track of where I've traveled
40. Give up caffeine for 1 day
41. Host a dinner party
42. Take time off from teaching and work for Lilly Pulitzer or the Bark Avenue Boutique (maybe in 5 years)
43. Design my own monogram
44. Take a picture for each letter in the alphabet and make a collage
45. Wear the right shade of red lipstick
46. Take a class to learn to crochet
47. Attempt to learn conversational Hebrew
48. Learn to change a tire
49. Unsubscribe myself from all the email lists that clutter my inbox
50. Be paid as a freelance blogger or social media manager
51. Try 10 new beers
52. Take Scott to see Wicked on Broadway in NYC
53. Decorate home for the holidays
54. Make my bed everyday for 1 month
55. Buy a nice gym bag
56. Host Thanksgiving dinner
57. Run in the morning before work 20x
58. Eat dessert 1st @ a restaurant
59. Make homemade salsa for Scott
60. Bake every single thing in a cookbook
61. Take a glass blowing class
62. Watch the ball drop in Times Square
63. Wear makeup everyday for a week
64. Complete and frame a 1000 piece puzzle
65. Participate in a cookie exchange
66. Leave a 100% trip
67. Try 5 new restaurants
68. Order off of the Starbucks secret menu
69. Spend a day cooking and freezing meals
70. Take Scott to see Cirque du Soleil "O"
71. Attend a festival
72. Own a Dyson vacuum cleaner
73. Get a ridiculous manicure w/ a friend
74. Sing karaoke in a bar
75. Try Zumba
76. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
77. Eat @ Pat's cheesesteaks (only ever had Geno's)
78. Make my own hummus
79. Track everything I eat for 1 month
80. Join a book club
81. Go sailing
82. Enter a contest
83. See 10 classic movies I've never seen
84. Do Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred
85. Start a collection of something and stick to it
86. Go to Martha's Vineyard
87. Take vitamins daily for 1 month
88. Get rose gold highlights (after wedding)
89. Grow fingernails out and keep nicely polished for 1 month
90. Learn to drive a stick shift
91. Participate in "Operation Beautiful"
92. Fix my hair for work everyday for 2 weeks straight
93. Teach someone else a skill
94. Get my car detailed
95. Learn how to navigate the stock market
96. Try acupuncture
97. Make a DZ Princess Family Tree
98. Make a candle
99. Stomp in a bucket of grapes and make wine
100. Make my own melted crayon art
101. Make a new 101 in 1001 list!

Doggy PocketBac Holders

Two days ago (well who am I kidding, I went back yesterday) I went shopping @ Bath & Body Works.  Initially I was going to purchase some new PocketBac holders for my classroom, one of which I wear on a lanyard.  The new Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin smells amazing as does the Warm Apple Cider.  The current deal is buy 5 for $5.  So why not, it's not like they expire.

 

Anyways, I was walking around the store being my usual indecisive self and I picked a few scents I liked and purchased them.  Before I left I went to look in one section that I had missed, AND WHAT DID I FIND, Dog themed PocketBac holders!  I got a pink poodle, yellow dog, and white dog.  They were out of the brown dog, but it is on my list when I have a chance to go back!

This Saturday, Sept 15. from 1-5pm (in select stores) are having a Fall Festival.  Check it out for a free pumpkin carving candle!

Chevron, Monograms & Paw Prints

“You know you’re a teacher when.....you have an unhealthy obsession with school supplies.”  That is soo me, but the same applies to me and dogs!  Check this out...I had some free time @ home a few weekends ago and I have been been obsessed with all things monogrammed.  (Probably because in a few months --- 258 days exactly I will officially be Mrs. Scott Goehringer and my monogram will be SGL.  I like it :)  So while exploring through Pinterest, I came across someone who demonstrates how to make your own binder covers and how to add your own monogram.  I had to go one step further and add paw prints for my love of dogs.  I think it came out well, don't you?  It's really easy.  Take any pattern you like, open up Photoshop -- if you have it *if not, Pixelmator for Mac is cheap and easy to use too*  Create an 8 1/2 x 11 size page and upload the graphic.  Next use fun fonts to create your monogram.  It's that easy!

Can you imagine this with a Lilly print?  It would be gorgeous.