J.Crew Sale

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J. Crew is having a sale again. 30% off all sale items and free shipping on orders of $150. They will eventually increase the sale to 40% and reduce the spending limit to $100 for free shipping, but selections are limited. I recommend going into your local store. You can find items there most likely an additional $10 off the online sale price, and you get to try it on. Don't forget to search the clearance for accessories and shoes. They have Minnetonka Moccasins on sale too!

Red Table Wine

I think you can find this at Cost Plus World Market. Since my trip to Cape Town and sampling South African wines, I have become a fan. I am actually quite impressed. I am seeking them out. This is an inexpensive table wine, a blend of reds, incredibly young and sweet, but nice. You'll like it.

www.goatsdoroam.com

Hair Pins

These work! And if you wear your hair up often, I recommend them. If you have fine hair, you may need to add product to help hold it in place, but if you have a messy mop like mine, you just twist them in clockwise. You can use one or two. Retail: $6

Wal-Mart.com has them in a variety pack for $8 here:

A blog

And not just any blog. Gwyenth Paltrow's blog.

It is lovely. www.goop.com

Make-up: Kandee the Make-up artist

This girl knows her stuff. She shows you the actual products she uses and works with a variety of lines. She has several videos to choose from. I always learn something.

Hair Tip

Laura sent this to me. We've both tried it. It works. Results vary. :)

Skin Care

I am always on the search for good things to bring home that you cannot find just anywhere. One day I will be a buyer for a huge store and they will fly me around the world to search pottery shops down narrow streets of Greece and antique stores in southern France and to find craftsmen in desert tents in the middle of nowhere. But for now, I found this a few years ago in the pharmacy in South Africa and I really like the face wash and daily face cream (SPF 25).

http://www.africanextracts.com/

Wine

I got to visit and taste from this vineyard in Cape Town. If you ever see it, get it!


"Mother Nature smiled when she prepared the Constantia Valley for the winemaker. She bestowed on him the influence of the sun, wind, oceans and fertile soil, and then challenged him to plant vineyards and make excellent wines. To this the owners of Constantia have answered positively for more than three centuries, producing one of the world’s most famous sweet blends and today continuing this tradition, creating a range of quality wines.

The name Constantia is irrevocably linked to the most famous wines to be made in South Africa. Constantia wine was coveted across the globe. Limited volumes were made and it was so expensive that it was exclusively bought and consumed by the aristocracy of the world. Members of the British Royal House, Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis Philippe of France, Frederick II (The Great) of Prussia, the Lords Seventeen of the VOC, governors, admirals, captains and other dignitaries coveted the Constantia label and treated their special guests to it".

http://www.grootconstantia.co.za