Shopaholic in Alabama

Happy Saturday to my lovely readers! Hope your weekend is wonderful so far! Today I had planned to post a new giveaway, but I realized (too late at night!) that I needed a little more information from the sponsor. Sooo today we'll take a one day break from new giveaways, but will post a new one on Sunday! :-) In the meantime, congratulations to the following lucky winners! Caroline Grace Jewelry (Day One) - Laurie MCC Designs (Day Two) - AMStarkey Lotus and Lilly (Day Three) - Equinegirls Please contact me ( lori.driver@hotmail.com ) if you've won a giveaway, so I can coordinate your winnings! Thanks to everyone who entered, commented, tweeted, blogged, shared, etc. I really appreciate you ALL reading and being so excited about the giveaways! There are still some wonderful ones coming over the next week, so be sure to stay tuned! Enjoy your Saturday!

Happy Thursday, Shopaholic friends! Welcome to Day Two of Shopaholic Birthday Giveaway Days! I'm hosting these in honor of my 40th birthday coming on August 12...it's a fun way to stop thinking about getting older, and profile some of my favorite designers, websites, stores and brands! HA Thanks so much to one of my favorite designers of all things correspondence - MCC Designs - for sponsoring our 2nd giveaway!  The Etsy shop specializies in stationery, note pads, tags and much more (link HERE ).  Of course it doesn't hurt that most everything Melissa designs is either preppy, pink or green - which makes it all totally adorable! This Shopaholic is a huge fan of MCC designs. I have personalized flat note cards, and one of the famous flip flop note pads sitting on my dresser. Next on my "wish list" are the personalized wine and gift tags. For today's giveaway, MCC Designs is generously offering one set of square calling cards, and one set of note ...

Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope you're having a wonderful "hump day" - today the DH has a day off work. One would think that might mean "Fun Day" but alas, no. We have an appointment and then some work happening in our kitchen...guess the beach will have to wait! With graduation and wedding season in full swing, I'd like to talk about thank you notes and their importance. Is it just me, or does it seem people just don't write handwritten notes much anymore? I know many bloggers have discussed this in the past, and of course we all have our own opinion. For me personally, I feel it's extremely bad manners to not send a thank you note that is handwritten. Email just won't do in most cases! My Rules/Suggestions for Thank you notes: 1) When someone sends me a gift, I send them a thank you note, unless I live under the same roof as the gift giver. That's only DH, so everyone else receives a note! :-) 2) If someone does a favor or goes out o...

Happy Thursday! Seriously is it already Thursday? Where has the week gone??? :-) Welcome to DAY TEN of Shopaholic Giveaway Days to celebrate Mother's Day!!! Today I'm very excited to introduce you to one of my favorite Etsy stores - MCC Designs. In addition to purchasing clothes, shoes and makeup like a crazy woman, I love to buy stationery and paper products in general.  It's very difficult for me to resist, so I just gave up and stopped trying! :-) When the items are personalized, I love it even more!  Melissa is the owner/designer/artist of MCC Designs. Her  Etsy shop features goodies such as folded and flat note cards, business and calling cards, note pads, tie on tags and much, much more. Items can be customized with choice of print color, font, etc. She also has a blog that is fantastic! You all should be following her if you aren't already, click HERE and check it out. Now for the FUN!...