The Baby Sitter's Club

The Washington Post is my go-to guide for all of my latest international, national, and local news. I can always count on them for hard hitting headlines such as the following:

Baby-Sitters Club returns with a prequel and reissues

Excuse me while I scream of happiness! Eek!

Basically, Scholastic is updating the BSC (Baby Sitters Club for all you noobs) books so the young tweens of today can relate. Accompanying the prequel: rereleases of the original books, updated for modern times. Gone is Stacey's bodacious perm, replaced with a generic "expensive haircut." Gone are references to Walkmen, VCRs and the daily insulin shots Stacey had to give herself: Treatment of Type 1 diabetes has progressed in the past decade. reports the Washington Post.

I can't be more excited that my fourth grade best friends are getting upgraded for 2010. The Baby Sitters Club along with Sweet Valley Twins helped introduce me to the wiley ways of American girls (which partly explains why I am the way I am today). How could I ever forget the time that Stacey was a mother's helper at the Jersey Shore? Or when Dawn and Mary Anne thought they had a ghost living in their house? Or when Mallory finally found a boyfriend in hottie Australian Ben Hobart? But I digress...

For all you other BSC nerds out there, there are resources and forums for people like us. I encourage you to talk about your feelings and discuss how you felt when Logan and Mary Anne broke up...for good.

BSC Headquarters
What Claudia Wore
SMS Cafeteria

Jodi Arnold Fashion Show

It is no secret that 50% of my wardrobe is from the Limited. I can always turn to them to provide me with chic, work appropriate clothes at an affordable price point. Last week, I was invited to an exclusive VIP fashion show for Jodi Arnold's new line that is being sold exclusively at the Limited and I wanted to pass on the invitation to the closest of my internet friends.

Enjoy cocktails and dessert with renowned fashion designer Jodi Arnold at a fashion show of the Limited's latest collections. Make sure to arrive early to get a gift bag and enter a raffle drawing for a $250 Gift Card. After the show, you will get a chance to purchase Jodi's new collection for 40% off.

RSVP here.

PS: Check out these super cute designs from Jodi's new collection! I am in lurve.

Georgetown French Market

My French is terrible, but I have a deep love of crepes, croissants, and quaint shops and boutiques. Lucky for me, this is exactly what the annual Georgetown French Market promises to have this Sunday along with:

- Up to 75% off antiques, clothing, jewelery, ceramics, tableware and furniture
- Balloon sculptures, caricatures, and arts and crafts with Dumbarton House Tudor Place
- Giveaways at TD Bank and a chance to donate to Baby Love DC
- A wide selection of both French and American literature for sale
- Fresh produce from the Glover Park-Burleith Farmer's Market

I can't wait to drag my beau (like how I pulled that vocab word out?) to this!