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    Power Outages and What I Think About Living Without Electricity for a Period of Time

    As I write this post, my house is currently without power. (I’m using my laptop to write this post) I won’t go into the nitty, gritty details about how it happened, but there was a car accident that took out…

    By essieofwho January 30, 2025
  • Blog,  Blogmas,  Blogmas 2024,  christmas,  Holidays,  Home,  Home Decor,  Shopping

    Favorite Walmart Christmas Ornaments for 2024

    Every holiday season, I enjoy looking at the new ornaments. I do this partly because I enjoy looking at the new ornaments, the new holiday trends, and any potential replacements for my old ornaments if I need them. This year,…

    By essieofwho December 23, 2024
  • Blog,  Blogmas,  Blogmas 2024,  christmas,  Holidays,  Home,  Home Decor,  Shopping

    Walmart’s The Nightmare Before Christmas 2024 Holiday Decor

    For 2024, Walmart had a lot of holiday decor that was popular. Unfortunately, my Walmart, which is a smaller sized store, didn’t get very many decor that was popular. Instead, there were popular decor that was popular in the area…

    By essieofwho December 23, 2024
  • Blog,  Blogmas,  Blogmas 2024,  christmas,  Holidays,  Home,  Home Decor

    Swarovski 2024 Amazon Exclusive Annual Edition Little Snowflake Ornament

    This year, I decided to shop for more ornaments from brands I don’t normally shop for more than one ornament per year from. One of these brands is Swarovski. I was able to purchase all my ornaments either on sale…

    By essieofwho December 14, 2024
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    Walmart’s The Grinch Holiday 2024 Decor

    For the past few years, the Walmart I normally shop at has sold Christmas decor inspired by three different popular movies and TV shows. They are The Grinch from Doctor Susses’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Stitch from Lilo and…

    By essieofwho December 14, 2024
  • Blog,  Blogmas,  Blogmas 2024,  christmas,  Holidays,  Home,  Home Decor,  Shopping

    Walmart 2024 Christmas Decor

    This year, Walmart had some Christmas decor I really like. This year, I am more selective of what holiday decor I purchase. This decision was spurred by multiple decisions, one of them is due to inflation. Even though I’m selective…

    By essieofwho December 9, 2024
  • Blog,  Blogmas,  Blogmas 2024,  christmas,  Holidays,  Home,  Home Decor

    Kate Spade New York First Snow 2020 Tree Ornament by Lenox

    Kate Spade New York is one of my favorite fashion brands. Although the style of their bags can sometimes be out of my fashion comfort zone, I still enjoy browsing their website and looking at all the designs available for…

    By essieofwho December 9, 2024
  • Blog,  Blogmas,  Blogmas 2024,  christmas,  Holidays,  Home,  Home Decor

    2024 Annual Swarovski Ornament Review

    If you are new to this blog, then you probably don’t know I’m a Christmas ornament fan. I’m not as big of a fan as others online, but ornaments are important enough to me to start browsing them in July.…

    By essieofwho December 7, 2024
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    Work on My House: What I Did, What I’m Working on, and What I Still Need to Do

    It’s that time of the year when the weather has cooled off enough for me to work on my house! I like to work on the interior of the house whenever the weather is cooler. This way I can keep…

    By essieofwho November 11, 2024
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    Bodycology Winter Vanilla Collection

    Weeks ago, I published a post featuring the Bodycology Cozy Fireside limited edition scent. You can read it here. In the post, I mentioned there was another limited edition scent available at Walmart. The scent is called Winter Vanilla. Even…

    By essieofwho October 18, 2024
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