#Adulting so Hard: I'm Buying a House

May 03, 2016 by Sara Woznicki in Life In Your 20's, life lessons, Young Professionalism, Social Media, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara

Renting is a waste of money because you're building no equity, you're investing in nothing and you will never recoup that money. You're just throwing money away, which is exactly what I thought about buying a new car when you have an old car that still runs.

It was this realization that caused my next, even more adult-like decision: I am going to buy a house. I very casually started looking online at houses and then started to play with mortgage calculators, and had the light bulb moment where I realized that, not only can I actually afford to buy a house, but that it would be a really good idea.

The Wine Trilogy: 3 Years of the Virginia Wine Expo

Richmond Convention Center

April 29, 2016 by Sara Woznicki in Humor, Leisure, Life In Your 20's, life lessons, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara

Without question, one of the best days of the year is the Virginia Wine Expo. Ever since moving to Richmond, it's been a Christmas-like tradition every February. I say Christmas-like because the Wine Expo is basically a holiday for wino's like me. You pay about $50 for six hours of endless and limitless tastings from dozens of local wines.

Now that we've been going for three years, it's interesting to take a retrospective look back on how times have changed from the first gander around the Richmond Convention center to the most recent. In reality, In reality, not that much has changed: there's still a ton of good wine to drink, it's the same time every year at the same place and more-or-less I go with the same people. The only real, but very noticeable, difference is really just me. Me and my maturity.

Stitch Fix: Taking the Personal out of Personal Stylist

April 22, 2016 by Sara Woznicki in Sara's Column, life lessons, Tweets and Mascara, Life In Your 20's, Leisure, Makeup Sales

But the last Stitch Fix I received was such a let down, which it can only be SUCH a let down because I am such an advocate. Things started off a little rough when they shipped my fix a day late, then proceeded to get worse when they mailed it to the wrong zip code.

It was an ominous sign for the impending delivery.

I came home to the box waiting by my door, and I excitedly ripped open the box, slightly nervous as the box was rather light and I had requested shoes. When I get the box open, my heart sinks immediately.

Hair is Hair: Healthy Hair Tips

April 19, 2016 by Sara Woznicki in life lessons, Tweets and Mascara, Life In Your 20's, Leisure, Sara's Column

Anyways, I once went to a hairdresser and she told me I had wonderful hair. It's something I've heard before. My hair is thin and straight. It's easy to mange and has natural color fluctuations, which is nice. It also grows really fast, can hold a curl and is generally healthy. It's lovely. Whatever.

I woke up one morning and decided to dye by hair. I went to Kroger, found a Revlon box on sale for $2, so I decided I mine as well go for it. I studied all the color options, and went with "brown," after careful consideration. It seemed safe.

On the Corner of Taking a Stand

April 05, 2016 by Sara Woznicki in Life In Your 20's, life lessons, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara

Moving into this apartment was an easy sell: it's across the street from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, down the street from a park and a few blocks over from a strip of bars. Little did I know, we were moving into a hotbed of political debate.

Across the street, at the VMFA, apparently a long time ago they had a Confederate flag flying. Then they decided to take it down, you know, to stop offending people. Which is a good move (not that I'm biased here or anything). But not everyone thought it was a good idea.

A Day Without My Phone: The Chronicles

March 29, 2016 by Sara Woznicki in Sara's Column, Life In Your 20's, Social Media, Work, Humor, Leisure, Tweets and Mascara

I forgot my phone at home this past Friday.

I'd like to say I didn't really stress about it, but that would be a damn lie. When I strolled into work and went to check my phone and realized it wasn’t in my purse or pockets, I considered driving twenty minutes plus traffic back to my house just to get it. That seemed sad and ridiculous.

Instead, I accepted defeat, resigned myself to a day without my phone and hopped on Facebook to let my mom know I wouldn't be calling her at lunch. Then I knew I needed to tell Cazey about how my mom said that this would make a good blog post, because that's something he would say. Always thinking, she is.

6 Things You Need for the Perfect Lazy Sunday Funday

March 28, 2016 by Sara Woznicki in Leisure, Life In Your 20's, Richmond Brunch Review, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara

When people use the phrase, "Sunday Funday," my mind goes straight to the pitcher -- a cheap mimosa pitcher shared amongst friends/ yourself. It makes me think of that time we accidentally ordered too many pitchers at 3 Monkey's and I ended up adopting my friend's dog for the day instead of just letting her out. Or that time Lauren and I ended up randomly drunk at Buddy's without much of a warning.

Mimosa soaked Sunday's definitely are Funday's, but sometimes nursing that hangover is almost as fun. I'm not talking about the throbbing headache, because that's never fun, but everything that comes with the Sunday hangover is actually pretty great. Think about it, what's more fun than a perfect excuse to lay on your sofa and use your chest as a plate?

Stitch Fix Now has Shoes!

March 22, 2016 by Sara Woznicki in Leisure, Life In Your 20's, life lessons, Sara's Column, Social Media, Tweets and Mascara

I don't open most emails that come to my inbox, as I give away my email all the time to try to win myself trips (which I have yet to win), so I am really a detriment to most company's open rates. One company that I do value greatly and open almost (if not all) emails they've ever sent me, and that's Stitch Fix, the company that sends you 5 pieces of clothes for $20, then if you keep any of them, you get that $20 toward the purchase.

From Puffins to Hot Dogs: An Icelandic Food Review

March 16, 2016 by Sara Woznicki in Life In Your 20's, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara, Leisure, life lessons

At this point in my life, I would be pretty open to it if someone called me a foodie. I take pleasure in eating and trying new foods. So when we headed over to Iceland, I was on the hunt for some good local fare.

A bit of light research led me to believe that the following food selections were Icelandic delicacies: hot dogs, ice cream, puffin, whale and fermented shark.

Out of that list, I was really not okay eating puffin, because I mainly wanted to adopt one, not eat one. Once my uncle gave us a puffin for Christmas. Sounds really cool, right? Except for when you’re a child and think you’re really getting a puffin. Not only didn’t we get a puffin, just the paperwork to one, the last time our puffin was spotted was a few years before we got him. So I’m pretty sure my puffin ownership was over a dead puffin. I digress though, since this is a post about food. But let’s kick it off with my experience of eating puffin.

Brunch Review: Silver Diner

Silver Diner

March 13, 2016 by Sara Woznicki in Leisure, Sara's Column, Richmond Brunch Review, Tweets and Mascara

When I was planning car shopping, I also needed to plan brunch beforehand. You know the saying, "Never go car shopping without brunching beforehand."

Okay fine -- that's not a saying. But anyways, I brought my friend and her husband to help me, and left it in his capable hands to recommend where we go since we wanted it to be close to the Mazda dealership, which is outside my normal brunching radius.