SWOOZIES

When we were in Florida over Spring Break a couple of weeks ago, I found a rockin' new store at the Coconut Point mall called "Swoozies." When I walked into this store, it literally took my breath away. I'm not the least bit joking when I say that either. The decor and product line inside this place screams "A-N-G-I-E!!!!" It was totally me. A ton of their products are centered around animal print. Everywhere I looked, there was zebra, cheetah, and leopard print products in bright, bold, color schemes. I truly thought I had died and gone to heaven. I am a huge stationary lover. I am obsessed with hand written notes or cards. I find that the world doesn't do enough of the hand written thank yous, thinking of you, etc. letters or notes anymore and that bothers me. I run 90 miles an hour 7 days a week. However, I love to sit down and write out a card or a thank you to someone that I love or someone that has inspired me. I do it for family, friends, or even for sales people we've worked with that made our transaction an impeccable one. So often in this world we are overly quick to complain in the service industry regarding a bad experience. But, when it comes to great service, we fail to take the time to recognize that person or staff that made our experience so enjoyable and ever so smooth and pleasant. This is why I love eclectic and "out there" note cards and stationary. I have personalized stationary and note cards for my kids as well as for myself. I believe in investing it. You'll never know how much or just how deep your hand written note will touch someone on the receiving end of it. To me...note cards and stationary are a "must purchase" item. It's worth the expense. Therefore, I thought I'd post some of the fun and unique items I found from Swoozies when there. You can view all of these items on their website at http://www.swoozies.com. Note cards shown below:

If you have the time, go and visit their website. They have a ton of stuff that you could spend all day looking at. Most of the items aren't listed online unfortunately. Therefore, should you have a store near you, definitely go visit it. My girlfriends from high school and I will be in Florida together during the month of July for some "girlie girl" time. I am definitely dragging them to this store when we visit the Coconut Point mall. I know that they will just love all of the tote bags, luggage, wall art, personalized gifts, trinkets, etc. that Swoozies has to offer. I fell in love with the place and intend to make a stop there every time we are vacationing there in the future. It's just a really cool store with products and gifts that you won't find anywhere else.

GO SWOOZIES!