8 Easy Steps to the Best Green Smoothie

8 Easy Steps to the Best Green Smoothie

My favorite recipe, which I’ve perfected over time, is my protein green smoothie. In recent days, I’ve added ingredients to the recipe that my boyfriend assures me is “rounding out” the recipe and equalizing the protein, fats and carbs balance. As I've dabbled I've updated the recipe to include healthy fats (avos) and some protein.(powder)..bada-bing badaPOW...BALANCE!

6 Top After-Christmas Sales for Your Broke Girl Budget

6 Top After-Christmas Sales for Your Broke Girl Budget

*Full disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Click them.* If you're anything like me, you've been slowly chipping away at your stockpile of leftover turkey and cookies from the Holidays and are doing practically nothing while waiting for New Years. Why not save yourself from boredom and score some deals all without having to peel [...]

18 Must Have Products in your Makeup Bag: Travel Edition

18 Must Have Products in your Makeup Bag: Travel Edition

Are you meeting your partner's parents for a Holiday week in the wild suburbs? Or maybe you're meeting your family cross country for a loud, crazy Christma-channa-kwanzika getaway? Perhaps you're playing it cool and catching up with friends....whatever you're doing...you want to look great for this Holiday season! These are just a few of the [...]

16 Top Cyber Monday Deals from Charm City Thriftanista’s favorites

16 Top Cyber Monday Deals from Charm City Thriftanista’s favorites

*Full disclosure: This post contains some affiliate links. I am compensated monetarily when you click on them. So click on them often.* Guys! It's finally here! Cyber Monday. CharmCityThriftanista Day!!!!! While I may have been a big advocate for Black Friday in my younger and sprightlier days...my late 20's have dissuaded me from doing anything past [...]

Thanksgiving Outfit Inspiration from Top Bloggers

Thanksgiving Outfit Inspiration from Top Bloggers

Every band has their influences; those bands that have shaped who they are as a group. Similarly,this blogger has her influences too (too many to count!). Those blogs that I keep coming back to, time and again. The never ending streams of #OOTD (Outfit of the Day) inspiration, great lifestyle tips, awesome combinations and sale [...]

7 Tips from The Everygirl for finding Quality Fashion Finds on the Cheap

7 Tips from The Everygirl for finding Quality Fashion Finds on the Cheap

This great guide from The Everygirl explains what to look for when you're shopping Fast Fashion (think Forever21, H&M, Express, etc.). These rules also apply when you're out scouting for vintage and thrift finds. I can't even begin to tell you the times that I've been in a store and kind of "blacked out" to [...]

How to Pack for New York City: No Sleep Till Brooklyn Edition

How to Pack for New York City: No Sleep Till Brooklyn Edition

Thriftanistas! I can't believe it's been a year since my last trip to NYC! This time around I'm going with my cousin and her friend from South Africa and my little sister (now 21 and able to barhop with the best of us). In my typical fashion, I've spent weeks agonizing about what to pack [...]

Charm City Thriftanista Named “Baltimore’s Best Fashion Blog”!

Charm City Thriftanista Named “Baltimore’s Best Fashion Blog”!

Last night, as you may well know, was the 2014 Mobbies party and awards. As an avid Mobbies attendee since 2011...it has basically been my dream in life to win one of their prestigious awards. Thank you so much to the Baltimore Sun and all of my followers, readers, family and friends for nominating and [...]

Vote for CCT in the 2014 Mobbies!

Vote for CCT in the 2014 Mobbies!

For those of you that don't know, there is this little contest around town called the Mobbies. It's a big deal, hon. Every year, the Mobbies are chance for all the Baltimore bloggers, tweeps, instagrammers and general media types to hobnob, recognize greatness and sip on cocktails while shamelessly chatting about wordpress plugins and viral videos. This [...]