The State of Female Friendships – Girlfriends in 2012 (& more!)
May 21, 2012 – 11:40 pm
“I get by with a little help from my friends.”
- John Lennon
How are YOU and YOUR FRIENDS Girlfriend?
It’s not easy. Female Friendship. It takes time. Sometimes patience, forgiveness, missing a TV show to spend time talking with her or indulging in some wine, french fries or cookies together. (Thankfully, girlfriends will indulge in calories and spend some time for the sake of friendship – right?!)
We want YOUR input on the State of Female Friendship in 2012. We want to know your girlfriend story – who are your friends? How do you spend time together?
And we want to THANK YOU for taking this survey (below). We’ll share four $25 Starbucks gift cards with our friends who complete the survey by June 1 (to take your girlfriends out for coffee on Girlfriendology!). Here’s the survey …
PLEASE take this survey – Please?! Thanks Girlfriends!
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Three Massive Mistakes Women Make When Shopping | Fashion Advice from Style Guru Donna Gamache
May 17, 2012 – 5:32 am
“Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.” Epictetus
A friend of mine got a great birthday card recently. It had a picture of a baby wearing a diaper staring into a closet. The caption was “a closet full of diapers, and I have nothing to wear.” We howled with laughter, knowing it was true–especially for this girlfriend. She has an endless ability to have lots of clothes and nothing to wear.
Sound familiar? Style Girlfriend Guru DONNA GAMACHE sees it all the time. This month, she shares some tips for avoiding the Big Three Mistakes women often make when shopping. And let’s face it: wouldn’t we all rather have fewer pieces that we actually wear rather than zillions of things we will only stare at?
It’s quite the epidemic! Millions of dollars are spent each year on clothing, shoes, and accessories yet most women will confess that even though they have a closet full of clothes they “have nothing to wear.” True confession time…is it happening to you? Little shopping mistakes add up to be time consuming and costly so read on to find out what to avoid when shopping. Read More »
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How have your Girlfriends influenced your Life? | Sandra Lee, Girlfriend Gurus, Guest Bloggers
April 30, 2012 – 11:42 pm
“I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
How have your Girlfriends influenced your life? How do they impact what you like, think, do?
I had the honor of attending the launch of the Sandra by Sandra Lee home collection in New York City with the Sears and Kmart teams. I’ll cover more about the trip and the cool products in an upcoming blog this week but I have to share the overall experience of meeting Sandra Lee.
First a little about Sandra – Per Amazon: “Sandra Lee has a passion for simple solutions that create dramatic results in all areas of home life. She is editor-in-chief of Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade magazine, the host of two highly rated television shows (the multi-Emmy-nominated Semi-Homemade Cooking and Sandra’s Money Saving Meals), as well as a New York Times bestselling author of 17 books.”
First impression – Sandra Lee is AMAZING — and appreciates her girlfriends.
She recognized me as soon as Read More »
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Your Best Spring Ever | It’s a Great Season for Girlfriend Advice
April 9, 2012 – 11:47 pm
Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!” Robin Williams
Happy Spring Girlfriend! How’s your Spring so far? Did you know this could be your best Spring EVER?! How? Actually, there are a few things you can do to make it an amazing, fabulous, wonderful, memorable Spring. It’s a great thing you’re reading because it’s our ‘Have your best Spring edition of Girlfriendology Girlfriend Advice’ update.
Look for the clues to your Best Spring Ever below. They’re hidden in some of our girlfriend advice – look for the *’s below!
Last week on Girlfriendology …
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Homemade Signs & Bouncy Balls | Girlfriends on our Team, Sarah Boucher
March 27, 2012 – 7:20 am
There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.
Jean Jacque Rousseau
The best thing about having friends is that they are always there for us. Just think of all the times your BFF has been there for you in big and little ways. (Thanks to all girlfriends everywhere–we probably don’t say it enough.)
Guest blogger SARAH BOUCHER shares her story about her best girlfriend being there for her–without question, without judgement, without holding back. Just like a great friend should be!
I pulled my minivan into a parking space and waited for my girlfriend Beth to emerge from her one bedroom apartment.
Our lives were and still are as different as Read More »
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Caffeinated Happiness – Girlfriend Gifts for Coffee Loving Friends
February 22, 2012 – 12:21 pm
We love girlfriend gifts based on things our girlfriends love, don’t you?! For girlfriend birthdays, bad days, just because days or even Mondays, girlfriends who love COFFEE (and Tea) will love these girlfriend gifts!
A reliable coffee maker is like a reliable friend – right? There for you when you need a little pick up! So, a great girlfriend gift is a reliable coffee maker – or get ‘fancy’ with a latte/espresso machine. (My girlfriend had one of these and I felt like I was staying at a super nice bed and breakfast!) Or just make her day with a Starbucks gift card.
By the way, check out these caffeinated blog posts about girlfriends and coffee: Coffee, yoga and girlfriends; and Read More »
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Trust and Grace | Girlfriends on the Road of Life Together
February 21, 2012 – 12:54 pm
How is a morning commute like my girlfriends? What do friends and freeways have in common?
I work from home, generally, so this morning’s commute to an early social media event threw off my schedule a bit. Instead of walking a few feet to my home office, I drove several miles downtown, in the dark (I’m ready for Spring!), and in the rain.
As I sped along, wanting to get there in plenty of time to chat with my social media buddies, I was conscious of the cars nearby and how the slightest swerve or blind spot, could radically change my life and possibly so many others. I thought about how driving is just one example of having to trust others – having faith that they pay attention to their and my safety, that they focus on the cars around them, the road conditions, the weather and that we all stay in our proper lanes.
We put our faith in strangers everyday, in so many ways. Every time we Read More »
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6 Years of Girlfriendology, 6 Years of Girlfriend Support | Life is Good
January 20, 2012 – 11:45 am
What’s your girlfriend story? What things have you done because your girlfriend(s) believed in you? What dreams do your friend encourage?
Six years ago I struggled with why I ‘needed’ my girlfriends so much. Two of my dear friends, Dana and Allison, were fighting cancer and I was consciously aware of needing to be with my female friends (both of them and other wonderful women in my life). It was so strong that I created a blog to explore it. I called it ‘Girlfriendology’ and started exploring why women need each other so deeply.
Fortunately I found a profound book, The Tending Instinct by Shelley E. Taylor, which studied our need for female friendship and shared research findings and examples that proved – we actually do NEED girlfriends. In fact, female friendship makes women healthier, happier, less Read More »
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Girlfriend Advice: Let’s Ask for What We Want, Let’s Simplify Things
January 18, 2012 – 9:14 am
Let’s make it easier to be happier – deal, girlfriend? or a lesson from my dog. 
Sometimes life is simple. My dog shows me this everyday. He barks at the door, that means he wants out. If I come a little too close, he rolls over to show me his belly for a little loving belly scratch. And, when he’s hungry, I’ll find him in the kitchen staring (STARING!) at his food bowl. He’s pretty obvious about what would make him happy. And I, as a loving ‘mom,’ enjoy the clear (and sometimes funny) communication.
But we humans tend to complicate things. We say things we don’t actually mean and hope our friends and family will KNOW what we MEANT. We sometimes do things that don’t really represent how we things or feel – like going for months without speaking to each other and trusting, hoping our friends know that they’re still important in our life. We ‘get busy’ and don’t respond to an email, or we concentrate on work and not on the people who make it so fun to ‘not work.’
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12 Days of Friendship | Girlfriend Gratitude
January 4, 2012 – 10:55 am
The holidays are behind us. A new year is ahead of us. And who’s here with us – through it all? GIRLFRIENDS!
Today we’re celebrating our final day in our 12 Days of Friendship – spread over the Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years holidays. We’re unwrapping our final present – the gift of girlfriend gratitude.
My girlfriend Jill and I had this conversation recently while hanging out at the dog park. Why is it that we generally gravitate to what is wrong in our lives? Why do we focus on the things we don’t have rather than the blessings of all the things we do have? Why do we overlook the joy to mainly see the struggle and perhaps injustice in our world?
It’s unfortunate but true – we don’t Read More »
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