Happy Valentine’s Day, lovelies! While I like the romantic idea of today, I don’t buy into all the commercial crap that surrounds Valentine’s Day. Therefore, I started participating in Snackiepoo‘s Self-Love Day last year. Four years ago, she declared that Valentine’s Day should officially be also known as Self-Love Day ...
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1.) Our new drop-leaf dining table from Ikea. This was the best purchase in a long time. It’s the perfect solution for our small living room! 2.) This is a supercute Merona Woman’s Wrap Dress I saw at Target. I didn’t buy it, but I might have to go back....
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This is my little tea pot. I am a huge tea drinker (when I am not drinking coffee with lots of milk!). Especially in the winter, I basically get all my hydration from (herbal) tea. I hardly drink any cold beverages during the winter months. When I get home...
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Can you believe it? Christmas is only a month away and since I am planning to do my annual Christmas Card Exchange, I think it’s high time to get started on that. I am sending out real paper Christmas cards again this year and yes, I am not even kidding....
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1. Ugg Knightsbridge Boots in Espresso. Damn. First, I was just thinking about some classic Ugg Boots (or the fake for that matter), but then I saw those and I instantly loved them so much more. I mean, frankly, the classic Ugg Boots are not that pretty, but not bad-looking...
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J and I don’t eat out very often. Besides the fact that we just love home-cooked dinners, eating out is way too expensive. I am aware that eating out in the US is much, much more common than in Europe (and therefore overall also cheaper). In the US, you go...
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© MSN.COM Today marks the one year anniversary of Barack Obama’s historic election for President of the US of A. I am still overwhelmed by what American voters made possible last year. Not only did they change the direction in which politics were going in this country, but they also elected the first African-American president in the history...
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Election Day Sunday morning, after we had cleaned up the party remains and had had breakfast, we took showers and got dressed to take a stroll downtown (there was “verkaufsoffener Sonntag” and City Fall Festival). We also stopped at the polling place to vote. I made it to Germany right on time for...
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Thursday morning was the first morning that I could sleep in a litte bit. I had set my alarm for 9 a.m. because my sister was going to come by around 10, but I slept through my alarm and was woken up when my sister came over. I got dressed,...
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On Monday morning, my Dad took me to the train station at 6:30 a.m. because I was going to go to Bremen to see my friend Kim. The train was on time (almost!) and Kim picked me up at 10:30 a.m. We got some fresh rolls at a bakery and...
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