Andrea Rodgers modeling a wedding gown from Hitched Bridal Couture with Marco Minuto and Joey Robert’s dog.
Dear Miss A,
I recently discovered your blog and am a huge fan (love the tone and flavor of your posts). I am attending Fashion for Paws for the first time. This event hits close to home as I am dog [...]

Ladies, do you ever feel like Cinderella? I know I do. By day, I’m working hard trying to bring in more revenue for my new business and funds for my nonprofit. I’m struggling in this economy, and cutting back where I can. By night, I’m glammed up living the glamorous life looking like a million bucks. 
I [...]

Andrea Rodgers at Moojoo Ken on U Street holding their Red Filling Station Handbag ($495)
Admitedly, I’m more of a “Georgetown Girl” than a “U Street Girl”, but I was in the neighborhood the other day for a meeting with a magazine and thought I’d stop by Moojoo Ken at 1512 U Street, Washington, DC 20009 to check [...]

Doggie Christmas Dinner Available at Barkley Square Dog Bakery & Boutique
In addition to raising money for and volunteering for nonprofits who help the less fortunate in our community, I feel strongly that we should all support our local businesses to keep money and jobs here at home!  I’ve been blogging about this, and am thrilled [...]

Office Holiday Parties are just around the corner, or are they? According to the Washington Business Journal, “Only 81 percent of businesses will have some type of holiday celebration this year, the lowest level in 20 years, according to an annual survey from New York-based executive search firm Battalia Winston Amrop. Additionally, 37 percent say [...]

It’s starting to feel a bit like “The Last Days of Pompeii” or the “Fall of Rome”. The stock market tumbled again on Wednesday, the U.S. Government is running out of options to control the economic crisis, and our economy is causing a global domino effect. It’s the end of The Bling Decade! If you’re wondering where [...]

Sugar Daddy Costume available at buycostumes.com
Why bother looking for a better job online, or a cheaper place to live when you can search online for a Sugar Daddy instead? Whitney Casey of the Houston Chronicle did an interesting piece on how women in financial trouble are using Seeking Arrangements for help. One question, is whether [...]

My ex-fiance corrected me. I was mistaken. I wasn’t ordered by the judge to turn over the ring to him. We reached an out-of-court negotiated settlement whereby he paid me a percentage of the value of the ring as a buy-back settlement. He also told me that he hasn’t proposed to anyone else with the ring. At this point, [...]

Breaking an engagement is a difficult thing to do. It’s more than a break-up. It’s public. Families are involved. Plans have been made. Hundreds of people must be notified. It’s awful. Besides losing the guy you love, you also must give up the dreams you had for your future together and on top of this, [...]

In the past few decades, women have been closing in on men’s earning level. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Women’s earnings have risen to 77 percent of men’s.” In addition, nearly one-third of working married women earn more than their spouses, another rising proportion. According to Jane Sjogren, Associate Professor of Economics at [...]