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Happy Sunday! Hope your weekend has been productive - it's been totally crazy here and I'm just now decorating the house for the holidays! Yikes!  Tonight I wanted to make a quick announcement - the winner of the J. Bee Designs giveaway! Please join me in congratulating blog follower "Turtles and Pearls". She was the winner with the following comment: Turtles and Pearls  said... I love the personalized coffee mugs. December 7, 2011 7:41 AM  Turtles and Pearls, please contact me (lori.driver@hotmail.com) at your earliest convenience, and I'll put you in touch with Jen at J. Bee Designs so you can begin working on your own personalized platter. Yeah! Congratulations and thanks to everyone who entered!  Coming this week, lots of giveaways and shopaholic exclusive discounts on your favorite preppy items and brands. Just in time to complete your holiday shopping!  Have a wonderful Sunday!  

On this busy Saturday during the holiday season, thought I'd quickly share this deal from Uscoop. You can purchase a $30 voucher for only $18, good on Swell Caroline! For those not familiar, Swell Caroline carries a wonderful array of products from some of our favorite designers. Scout bags, Fornash jewelry, and Moon and Lola monogram necklaces are just a few of their offerings!  What am I ordering? I have long coveted an acrylic monogram necklace - in a color like hot pink, turquoise, or red - for quite some time. They're so preppy and so pretty - I already own a gold one (purchased from my friend at Caroline Grace Jewelry ). Every single time I wear my gold monogram necklace, I receive a ton of compliments and it goes with everything! I think an acrylic one will be a great addition to my jewelry wardrobe.  Your invitation to Uscoop is HERE - Happy Shopping and Happy Saturday! We're off to a Christmas Boat Parade tonight, it's cold but should be a lot of fun...

If you're looking for personalized, preppy, pretty and affordable gifts this holiday season - you might consider one of my personal favorites, J. Bee Designs. Jen is the owner, and she is an absolute delight to work with through the design process. J. Bee Designs has been featured on Shopaholic In Alabama before (review and giveaway last December), and I'm excited to feature another one this year!  One of my current favorites on the J. Bee Designs website are the "Design Your Own Personalized Platter". These can be created just like you want them - your choice of pattern, monogram or name personalization, choice of font, font color, etc. The options are endless and the results are beautiful. Priced at only $25, these platters are very affordable and would be a spectacular holiday gift. (you can link to the item HERE ) Don't tell her, but I'm ordering one of these for my mother in law as a holiday gift (sssh). Every year during football season, she sets u...

We've already established the facts: I prefer to shop online. Cyber Monday is my kind of day - when online retailers offer some of the best prices and special deals of the year. Today, I'm putting together a collection of some of my favorites for you. Please note: I might add to this list periodically throughout the day and evening, based on incoming emails and other deals I run across.  First on the list: Tracy Negoshian's Cyber Monday Sale. For those who missed the Black Friday sale, this is your chance to take advantage of the exact same prices and Free Shipping! All Fall items will be 50% off, and prior season merchandise up to 80% off. Sale hours: Noon - Midnight EST. Code: CyberMonday11 - be sure to enter this code at checkout. I am planning to stock up (yes, again...ha!). Access the Tracy Negoshian website HERE . J. Bee Designs is one of my favorite websites. Offering preppy, fun and whimsical products for stylish living and gift giving, you'll have no trou...

TGIF, Shopaholics! I hope you've had a wonderful - and productive - week! Today I wanted to thank everyone who entered the J. Bee Designs giveaway (original post HERE ) - and announce our winner! "Colleen" - you are the lucky recepient of the $40 gift card! Please contact me ( lori.driver@hotmail.com ) so I can put you in touch with J. Bee Designs! Congratulations! On another note, are you all stressed OUT for the holidays? I must admit - I am! Typically at this stage of the game, all my shopping is done and most of the gifts are wrapped. I usually have all the decorating done by the week after Thanksgiving...not so much this year. Yesterday I finally managed to get up our tree(s). Running just a weeeee bit late...still have lots of gifts that need to be purchased, and every.single.gift needs to be wrapped. I blame it all on the never ending renovation. You know how it is - one project turns into another. Dialogue between me and DH, late last week: Shopaholic: ...

Happy Thursday, Shopaholics! Hope your week is going great! Today I'm taking a break from the remodel and heading over to Destin with my sister. You know what they say - when the going gets tough, the tough go shopping! :-) Are you familiar with J. Bee Designs? I recently discovered their website , and have to say I love everything they have to offer! J. Bee specializes in personalized gifts and handpainted glassware. Their designs are pretty and preppy - many are pink and green - and that makes J. Bee a winner in my book! Below are a few of my favorite items from the website. Any of these would make a fantastic holiday gift; and really - a personalized gift shows you put thought into what your gift recepient would love. You can't go wrong with any of these!  Personalized Glass Cutting Board, $44 (view HERE ). Your BFF who has everything will love this - you can also choose from an array of designs or work with J Bee to create your own! P...