Y’all I don’t wanna be a bratty blogger but I have BEEN THROUGH IT this past month with this blog (and my other sites). I’ve worked through a host (pun intended) of issues, gotten hacked a bunch of times, and—fingers and toes crossed, wood knocked upon—finally have the site cleaned. Here’s hoping we’re back to our regular cadence of random shit glitz, glam, the gym, and gratitude lists.
I had a list of things I buy all the time that are on sale, and now some things are randomly on sale still, and there are a bunch of things I want that weren’t on sale (luxury problems / Christmas list), AND we need to talk about my favorite places to give. So there’s a lot of listing happening. Deal with it.
Giving Tuesday (done donated)
- Matching: CASA Travis County
- Matching: Austin Angels
- Matching: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Matching: Defy
- Bard Prison Initiative
- For HER
- Austin Partners in Education
Brands I always shop that are STILL doing discounts:
- Senita – slowly but surely my entire athleisure closet is becoming Senita (top recs: weekend joggers, skin joggers in tall, adventure rio shorts) – 20% off!
- TruWild – hydrate electrolyte powder – doing a graduated sale, the more bags you buy the more % you get off
- No 4 Haircare – THE best styling products but Sugar Spray is the must-have for soft body and volume and waves depending on how much you spray – still 30% off with code BLACK30
- Ready-Made – titanium stainless steel ceramic coated to look like gold – I LOVE their chains and anklets, plus their newly-released rich-bitch huggies look luxe but cost 50 bucks (I have and can confirm they look real and espensive af).
Brands I don’t always shop that are STILL doing discounts
- Rara – love their funky twist on fine jewelry – 35% off!
- Short & Suite – fancy swarovski crystal costume jewelry – 40% off!
- Ugg – the ONLY slippers worth wearing in the whole world – 30% off at their sale section.
- Lively – their bras actually ARE really comfortable if you’re into the whole wearing-a-real-bra-thing – free swag pack.
Christmas Wish List (shit I might have already bought for myself even though it didn’t go on sale)
- nexus skis ($699) should I try them instead of rushing to buy? Absolutely. Am I going to? Probably not. I’ve only ever owned one pair of skis and I love them, but I feel like maybe it’s time to graduate to a slightly longer and more sophisticated pair. I can’t see why I wouldn’t love these—here’s to taking the leap of faith!
- now I need bindings and a new helmet … a decade later ya girl is upgrading.
- eto wine decanter (and saver) mainly because it’s drop-dead gorgeous ($175).
- Because I cannot handle my faux grass lawn being covered in leaves, this leaf vacuum ($99) might be a necessity for my turf backyard.
- pure over set ($79), or ceramic options like this ($20) + this ($20) or this etsy version ($58) for when I don’t need the 8-cup timer coffee maker 🙂
Final Note: HUGE, biggest HUG and shoutout to my tech support agent Mike. I don’t even want to tell you where he works because I’m still mad at my hosting company, but just know that MIKE is THE BEST and I am super grateful for him (and the hosting company should be too, as me and my 14 years of history and thousands of dollars of spend were about to walk tf away … #customerexperience*).