Many corporate offices are large with many wings, departments and even floors, and offer employees a wide range of amenities. Some have gyms, locker rooms, mail centers, and almost all have dedicated lunch rooms or break rooms. In the office where I work, we have a few of these lunch rooms spread out around the […]

When it comes to bargain hunting, the most important thing to focus on is not compromising the quality of a product. We often associate a good deal with a downgrade. Sure, you’re purse was a few hundred dollars cheaper, but the strap fell off a month after you bought it and the zipper broke a […]

From purple backpacks to black tote bags:  Help me, I look like a bum! You reluctantly roll out of bed and see a pair of sweatpants hanging over your desk chair. You put those on and do not even bother changing your shirt that you have slept in from the night before. You decide that […]

Makeup, personalized tote bags, and other great birthday party activities! Pin the tail on the donkey. Whisper down the lane. And who can forget piñatas? I am sure you have many fond memories of you and your friends’ many birthday parties from roller skating rinks to camping out in the backyard. Now it is time […]

Going to work in the morning used to be a real hassle for me. Besides having to wait at the train station for my train to arrive and squeeze into any open seat I could find for my 30 minute ride, I always had my hands full with everything I needed to bring to the […]

If you’re like me, you love going to the beach. Anytime, anywhere. I’ve been to quite a few beaches too – I’ve dug my toes in the sand on the east and west coast of the United States, watched the waves crash along the rocky shoreline in Canada and Nova Scotia, walked the white beaches […]

For all the ladies out there, we all know that one of the many burdens that we carry is that we are always lugging around a ton of stuff!  Some people might think our purses are like no man’s land or that they are black holes.  I like to think of it in terms of […]

How did we start carrying tote bags? Leather tote bags in the form of pouches were first seen carried around the waists of the Egyptians in their hieroglyphic drawings. It was not until the 14th century that we saw the use of tote bags written into literature. It is said that they used girdles that […]