Review: The Super Sexy Mom on a Budget

No, it really doesn’t take more than a little shameless flattery and a free review copy to open a book. Am I super? Eh, usually. Sexy? Well, I kind of have it going on today. Sure, I’ll read it. I’m not going to burn anyone at the stake for ending a sentence with a preposition, however, there are certain things in books that I cannot tolerate: * not knowing the difference between...

@earthfootwear shoe test drive

(I got some shoes to check out and tell you about.) Earth Footwear is a sponsor of the Type-A Mom Conference where I spoke yesterday. They wanted to get their shoes on the feet of speakers to get some feedback for a video – Scheduling kept me from talkin’ it up on camera yesterday, but now you ALL get to hear my opinion on them. I’ll spend money on shoes that come with support and comfort, so the...

Say Yes to the natural her

I will admit, I don’t really wear makeup. A little mascara so you can actually see my eyelashes and some coverup on the under-eye circles, and I’m pretty much good to go. But when it came to taking a closer look at Yes to Carrots‘ line of lip glosses, I knew I had the perfect test case. Meet my daughter, the Roo-girl, aged 15, and as girlie a girlie-girl as you’ll ever see. She does not leave...

I Rocked Lane Bryant at BlogHer

Way back in February, Amy and I were talking on the phone late one Friday night, as we sometimes do. We spoke about BlogHer and costs and whether or not Amy was going to make the trip. Then an idea popped into Amy’s head — what about a clothing sponsor?? I thought it was brilliant. I mentioned that I had worn some Lane Bryant pants to BlogHer ‘08 and loved them. Amy was to find the PR person and we...

Review: Rock Of Ages Soundtrack

(Bear with us while we get our fully fledged “Reviews” page up and running, k? Thanks much.) Disclaimer: I received a free copy of the soundtrack to the Broadway show, “Rock of Ages” from One2One Network, in exchange for a review on this here blog. Here’s a little secret: VDog kinda likes her some musicals. Or musical-laden movies. On stage I’ve seen professional renditions of...