Get Something Special for Mom

It’s that time of year again, and no one likes being one of those crazy last minute shoppers. You want to get what you want, not what you have to settle for because you waited until a couple days or even a week before Christmas, especially a present for Mom. She has been the one who’s always been there for you, your shoulder to lean on, or even just because it’s your Mom.

One thing you could never go wrong with getting Mom is clothes. I mean you could never have enough clothes. Something every woman loves is a cute very stylish sweater, it is winter time. Even when winter season is over she could still wear it on those rainy days or nights. Another thing you could look at is a cute burnout tee. Who doesn’t love the stylish designs and patterns that the burnout style gives? Your Mom might not be into any of that, maybe she’s a real athletic woman who goes to the gym every day. In that case get her a cute new fashionable outfit she could work out in, for example a pair of flexible shorts and tank top could be perfect.

Most clothing out there you can wear for different occasions anyway so in all reality if you get her clothes for Christmas you’re not just getting her an outfit she can only wear for one thing. You’re giving your Mom a gift she can use for anything, and as women we love that! You’re not only doing Mom a favor you’re doing your-self a favor by saving money on an affordable present, clothing (if you shop right) can be the most inexpensive item you can purchase. So go out of your way this Christmas to buy your Mom some cute fashionable clothes that she would love.

Written by Cassie Leimbach. Style Coordinator for CarefreeCasuals

Save Money With Just a Little Work

As decades and decades go by, we start to realize that the retail prices keep rising. Some of you probably are the type that look at the department store ads in every Sunday newspaper, or maybe you’re the type that the first thing you do when going into a store is go straight to the clearance, or sale rack. Sometimes those prices really aren’t that great of a deal.

Go to a department store that has before sale and after sale cost listed, but before you purchase it go home re-search the same item online. However if you are the type that just orders online than before you purchase a certain item research it on other websites. That way you know the deal you’re getting, sometimes you might find out that it isn’t a deal at all.

Some brands will make you think you are getting a fantastic sale price when in all reality they may have just upped the regular non-sale cost. So again before you buy a ridiculously priced item, re-search it, 75% of the time you could actually get the exact same or even better quality item with a cheaper brand or discount seller.

Most every single person in this world is all about the high-end name brand however some of those brands aren’t as good as the decently affordable priced brands. I mean especially with this economy shooting further and further down in the past couple years.

I shop at discount stores all the time and find a $50 pair of distressed jeans for $20. The other month I was at discount store and bought a $10 pair of cute fashionable sunglasses, my brothers fiancé had purchased a pair of brand name sunglasses for over $100, two months later they broke hence my statement of not all high-end name brands are better quality than others. So do yourself a favor and re-search before you purchase an outrageously priced item, you’d be surprised at the better priced same brand or different cheaper brand but better quality.

Written by Cassie Leimbach. Style Coordinator for CarefreeCasuals.com

Looking Good While Working Out

Do you remember the days when you walked into a gym that heads didn’t turn to look and judge you upon what kind of sporty, stylish work-out clothing you are wearing? You used to just pull out an old t-shirt and a pair of shorts or pants. Now-a-days it's all about who wears what, even in a gym.

You could go out and spend $50-$60 dollars on a cute stylish sports bra, and then spend even more on the rest of the outfit. Brands now have moisture wicking materials, materials that keep you cooler in the heat and even ones that keep you warmer in the winter time. You can get one shirt in a million different colors. Headbands to keep your hair back. A cute water bottle and even a stylish work out bag to go along, in which it all could even be the same color!

They have all different brands from Under Armor, Nike, Hanes, Champion, and Zorrel. Most clothing companies end up coming out with some type of athletic apparel. Don’t get me wrong a lot of these new stylish athletic clothing can get pretty expensive, but you don’t necessarily buy straight from the company. You could purchase the same clothes almost up to 50% cheaper and not even realize it until after you purchased it at full price. Sometimes you could even find one of the articles of athletic apparel to be worn for many different occasions, not just for working out but for every day use.

Written by Cassie Leimbach.

Quick Tip for Looking Great

Coming from a women’s perspective in this day and age one of the most looked at thing as far as outfits go is matching. For instance say you’re at the mall or even just a clothing store and you see someone with a light pink shirt with blue socks and neon green shoes, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? “WOW that outfit is phenomenal!” No. The most likely thought in your mind is “What were they thinking when they woke up and got dressed this morning?!”

In this decade your most judged by your peers on appearance sadly, it’s true. Plus most of us women want to look decent, even if you didn’t get all dolled up. For instance say you want to wear your favorite distressed jeans with a couple patches that have a white background and green floral design, most of us are not going to wear a bright yellow t-shirt. Most likely you are going to match that green floral design with maybe a white, or even brown cute v-neck shirt and showing underneath is a green tank top or even spaghetti strap.

There are two reasons you would do that. One being that green undershirt is going to match that adorable floral design on your favorite distressed pants, and two the white v-neck is going to match the background of the floral patch. Also the v-neck with the spaghetti strap or tank layering underneath is going to give you a more conservative look in the case the v-neck it may be a little too low-cut. With matching you could even go further than just layering, or picking out other colors that go with your main color. You could add a cute belt, headband, bracelet, necklace, or even a stylish flower to pin into your hair.

Written by Cassie Leimbach. Style Coordinator for CarefreeCasuals.com

Backlinks, SEO and more

So if you watch anything coming out of Google then you get the distinct impression that doing any SEO is bad however getting a decent rank on Google, Bing or Yahoo without any SEO is pretty much impossible. I decided to check around and see what kind of decent quality backlinks I could find. I was suprised that I was able to easily get backlinks from MTV, Google, Joomla and Good magazine pretty easily. What really added icing to the cake is the 4 of these are actually interesting to me so I won't just pick up a back link and never return. Anyhow here's a couple of them that I thought topped the list in interesting.

http://community.mtv.com/profile/carefree1
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=607337
http://www.good.is/community/carefree1
http://profiles.google.com/111965573467485338171