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Away Everywhere Bag Review + Packing Tips

Alyssa stands in the left of the frame, wearing a black sweatshirt, blue jeans, tan belt, and a green scarf. She is carrying the Everywhere Bag from Away on her left shoulder

Note: this is a review of the Original Everywhere Bag; Away has also released a slightly different version called the New Everywhere Bag. Both are available on the website at this time (it’s confusing I know). How much testing time is needed before a review of a product can be properly written? A month? Three …

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Choosing the Right Jewelry for Travel, Featuring GLDN

Alyssa stands in a beam of sunshine, wearing a navy silk short sleeve dress, and a pendant necklace with two mini hoops in her right ear. She is pulling her hair out of the way and smiling downward

When we pack for a trip, we largely consider the essentials: IDs, cards, and currency. Medication. Clothing. Shoes. Toiletries. But we often leave one category for last, if we even consider it at all: Jewelry. Just because something is small doesn’t mean it should be an afterthought. The jewelry we choose to pack and wear …

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2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Last-Minute Gift Ideas (psst… it’s not just gift cards!)

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Okay, but there are still a lot of gift cards…

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2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Local Gifts from North Carolina

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Happy Small Business Saturday! In honor of the day, I thought I’d share a roundup of gift ideas from right here at home in North Carolina. We’re pretty spoiled here in The Old North State, as there are so many amazing local makers right in this pocket of the country. In keeping with the theme …

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2021 Cyber Weekend Deals

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Is your email inbox as inundated with “deals! deals! deals!” emails as mine is? I feel like I’ve edited my subscription list down to just a few, and somehow I seem to keep getting added back onto lists… In any case, I spent some time yesterday during the car ride down to visit my family …

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2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Budget Gifts Under $25

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The gift guide that is always the most fun to put together isn’t the luxe guide or the gifts “for her”, where I get to slip in dream gifts or ones that are on my list – it’s this one. Although prices climb steadily year after year, there are still so many great things you …

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2021 Holiday Gift Guide: “Luxe” Gifts

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I’m back with another gift guide today! Today I’m sharing my round-up of “Luxe” gifts. Wait – why is luxe in quotes? My definition of luxury varies a bit from others; I view an item as “luxurious” if it is one of the best iterations of a product in its category. I find luxury that …