Anne Bowman

Aveda’s Caribbean Rejuvenation Kit

I am a serious Aveda enthusiest and I can even tell you how much I love the Caribbean Therapy line. It has a slight hint of coconut and leaves you skin feeling wonderful. Buy online or at and Aveda Experience Center.

Kindle Wireless Reader

A wireless reading device thats about the size of a hardcover book. My mother in law has been coveting this baby for some time now. It’s pricey but eco friendly and just plain cool. Check it out at Amazon.

Vases by Jonathan Adler

Mom’s love flowers. Jonathan Adler’s vases make flowers look even more beautiful. See where I’m going with this. They range from $26 to $700. But don’t be fooled by the price, the less expensive are equally as pretty and well made. Check it.

Shesham Stacking Wine Rack

Just plain adorable. Crate and Barrell.

Check out this step by step recipe for these tasty little treats at Bakerella!!!

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I always have so many ideas that I can never decide on one Halloween costume. I come up with these fun crazy costumes but end up last minute being something lame because I’ve run out of time. So here are some cool pre-packaged costumes to those who have too little time to make one.

Rosie the Riveter

Target

Jackie O

Costume Craze

Holly Golightly

Candy Apple Costumes

Sailor

Pin Up Girl Clothing

Nurse

Pin Up Girl Clothing

We didn’t get many gifts for our wedding, but what we did get was amazing. My best friend sent us the Personalized Birch Dessert Set from Jessic Rust Designs. We didn’t register for it, however it matched everything we had registered for. Check her out here, her stuff is really cool.

We have this set here, but inside the heart it says T + J 09

I can’t get enough of the new season of Mad Men. Not only is it exceptionally well written and compelling, but it also serves as retro eye candy perfection. If you’re in the Mad Men mood, check these goodies out.

Joan Dress from ModCloth.com

An amazing book, that makes fingerwaves and pincurls look easy. Check it out here.

No episode of Mad Med is complete without a cocktail. Check out this retro shaker at TheFind.com.

I am so sick of wedding talk right now, so I decided to focus on my honeymoon which provided to be a much needed, uplifting thing to think about. But considering the ecomony a lavish honeymoon might not be in the equation for some. We originally intended to go abroad, but who really has the time to go get a passpot? Not I. Anyway, we decided on Hawaii, since the FI has never been and I’ve never gone as a visitor, I’ve only gone to stay with my grandparents (We spend more time at Korean family reunions than at the beach. Lame)   Being super familiar with the area, I was able to come up with a list of cheap/free things to do around Oahu.

First of all for airfare check out Kayak.com. I found the most reasonable prices through this site and it allows you to do side by side comparisons of other sites as well.

Sunset on the Beach is a free movie shown on a giant screen on the beach in Waikiki. It has live stage performances starting 2 hours beforehand and you can pack a picnic. Super cute. Super free. Super fun.

If you stop by the Ala Moana Center’s centerstage, theres usually something bizarre going on. One time I saw a “Senior Showgirl Show”. It was essentially 80 year old women in tights doing high kicks and the can-can and kicking serious ass at it.

Go to the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet. You can find items here for much cheaper than at the International Market Place. Far better variety as well!

There’s a craft fair nearly every weekend at Thomas Square. There is a large canopy of trees, with these long, twisty, dangling branches that hang down.

Every night at 6:30 there is a torch lighting ceremony at the Duke Kahanamoku staue. There ceremony include a hula show. Get a plate lunch and camp out a little early. It definatly is a way better experience than one of those luau’s that you play $100 per person for and the food will be better.