Nickichicki Blogs

While I prioritize doing a lot of my shopping through many small and local businesses, it's not a secret that I'm a pretty big fan of Nordstrom on a whole. The Rack is one of my favorite places to score big deals for little money, and I've been using Trunk Club to keep me well dressed for many work events + vacations alike when I am too busy to shop for myself. While the Half Yearly Sale is not my favorite sale (sometimes it seems like the leftovers that received bad reviews. Unlike Anniversary Sale where we get first dibs!),...

If you've read my, "How I Feed My Family of 5 of $260 a Month" blog post, you know that grocery shopping/meal planning is something I strive to excel at. But I don't just want to eat cheaply; I also want to eat well. For me, that equates to cooking from scratch + eating seasonally + shopping from sales. Years back I used to cut coupons, but I found it to be A LOT of work + a lot of foods we don't normally eat anyway.  Currently, it's too early in the year for many farmer's markets, so I'm relying...

When i left my office job and decided to put my all into growing Nickichicki, i had small, realistic hopes. Hopes that it would generate enough income to help me support my family. Hopes that people would like what i was creating. Hopes that it wouldn't be just a, "cute, side hustle", but a real, legitimate business i could do full time. Imagine my surprise then, when just two years later i was looking back of what i had grown and feeling close to burn out. Even if you don't knit, you can imagine that it takes some time. It was...

The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is a special one, solely for the fact pieces are on sale BEFORE the season starts, rather than at the end. Fall is my absolute favorite season (duh.), so i typically order a lot to try on at home, keep what works, and then pet them in my closet while i wait for the weather to cool down. You'll most likely see A TON of NAS posts. I know i did last year. But what i noticed is many of them featured the same items. My style has always been a bit out of the box, so...

  Before i start off this post - i want to make clear my goal is to share helpful tips to downsize your grocery bill. Not to guarantee everyone's bill will be the same as mine. Many things factor into everyone's lifestyle (location alone. There's no way i'd be spending only $260 if i still lived in Alaska) and budget, but hopefully you find this post helpful in one way or another!  1. Our lifestyle : My family of 5 consists of myself, my husband, and our 3 boys (currently ages 12, 4, and 2). However my husband works A LOT,...