Being a gigantic person with a recent foot injury, I tend to keep my footwear to flats these days. Long gone are the college days where I could rock heels for 8 hours at a time (or avoid a hangover,for that matter).

One of the (only) perks of my job is that it takes me to the UK for work a few times a year. As a result, I've been lucky to get exposed to some UK brands that I wouldn't have discovered otherwise. Shopping these sites pretty much guarantees you won't show up to a party wearing the same thing as anyone else-- crisis averted.

I'm one of those girls that goes into Target to buy dog food and leaves with $100 dollars worth of cosmetics. Sephora is a complete danger zone. To me, beauty salvation is only one product away. Much to my bank account's dismay, I have to admit that I'm every marketing person's dream girl.

Back when I lived in DC, all of our good friends got together once a month for a book club. Never once did we actually assign or read a book, it was just an excuse to get together and drink way too much wine on a week night. Here are some easy reads that I think would've been hits with the book club if we had decided to read something other than wine labels. Read these by the pool before we're eyeballs deep in pumpkins spice lattes and puffy vests.

PS. I starred the ones that you will like if you loved Gone Girl

Get your mind out of the gutter, folks. This isn't your most recent edition of Cosmo (Does anyone read Cosmo anyway??)-- I'm here to talk to you about bedding. Let's forget the boring stuff like mattress quality and down pillows for now. I am all about pretty over practical today.

One thing is for sure, the kind of bedding I dream about is pricey (I'm look at you  Leontine and Matouk), but my husband put his foot down when I suggested we outfit all three of our guest rooms in luxury bedding.

One day.

Here are some places that might not jump to mind immediately when it comes to bedding, but offer a stylish selection. And good news, all of these places have great basics that can be monogrammed to achieve that luxury look.

So..

I started a blog. We'll see how this goes.

Disclaimer: I am not (by ANY means) an expert on any subject that I will be posting about. 

I started this blog because I needed a creative outlet, a happy place, and a way to document life's happenings. I named it Blowouts + Bubbly because these top the list of my favorite frivolous things.

Glad we cleared that up. Stay tuned.