In the midst of the hectic chaos I call "life" I had a mini epiphany last night that shocked me: Its already the end of April and May is around the corner, meaning->

1. Its almost Mother's Day! (Sunday May 9th)
2. Wedding season is in full throttle and
3. Summer is here! Beach weather!

I honestly feel like Easter weekend was just a few days ago, not weeks. Time just passes by too quickly!

After my realization I went into a small frenzy to find the perfect gift for my mom. She can be picky and already has most of everything she wants. Plus at my age flowers don't exactly suffice unless I get those huge $85-$100+ bouquets. I love my mom but I'm strapped for cash!

She's a huge jewelry fanatic- she's the source of my fashion sense and love of jewelry, well some of it at least. So in honor of our shared love of jewelry I'm going to get her a cubic zirconia ring, once I can decide which one. She doesn't come online often so I'm not worried about divulging too much information. I'm going to pick between these three:

                 

These cubic zirconia (or CZ) rings are fabulous (I'm tempted to get one for myself too!) and not expensive at all. They'll last her (and me) years! Beats buying flowers or chocolates that last a week, maybe. Gotta' love cubic zirconia, you get the look and shine of a diamond for less than half the price!

While on the topic, does everyone else know what they are doing or getting for Mom? If you're still looking, maybe this collection of CZ jewelry will help get the gift juices flowing. The jewelry is by Zulu Moon and they have an online coupon till May 1st (listed below)! I'll be taking full advantage of that! With their huge selection, you'll find plenty of things to Mom's liking.

I know this is not exactly fashion related, but as I roam the streets of NYC I carry my little portable camera with me so I can take some quick snapshots of interesting outfits. It helps me with my research and it also helps keep track of trends and look for trends that may be on the rise. When I am doing these little impromptu photos I use a little Kodak digital camera. Well about a month ago it broke, and I could not afford to spend the money on a new one. Lucky for me, and my fashion journal I was able to find a company that could fix my little Kodak and save me a ton of money.

Here is where the budget part comes in, Tele Plan Camera Repair was able to fix my Kodak camera and get it back to me in 3 weeks and it only cost me $88 (my camera cost $300, so I see it as a huge savings) - so if any of you use a little portable camera and it breaks, I highly recommend the people at teleplan.

They fixed my camera, and fixed it good and cheap.

Hi Lovelies. So, I am catching a plane back to New York early tomorrow morning, so forgive me for not posting anything new until Thursday. I hope you all have had a fantastic week so far, and happy Wednesday!