Chrissie Kremer

We shop locally when we can, but sometimes Amazon is where we go for ease/selection/timing.  Here are items we’ve purchased in the past few months and recommend, ranging from home and clothing to beauty and gifts.   And did you know you can “subscribe and save” for those items you routinely purchase?  You can save […]

Trader Joes is where I do the bulk of my grocery shopping. It’s convenient, it has what I need, the prices are good, I often bump into friends, and everyone who works there is so nice! But beyond groceries (Frozen garlic cubes! Dark chocolate raisins! Elote chips!….all so good!), their selection of beauty/skincare items is

I (Chrissie) am a huge fan of using body oil after a shower as my moisturizer. I started using Neutrogena Body Oil (that sesame scent takes me back!) when I was in high school…so body oils and I go waaaay back. Neutrogena changed the formula/scent somewhere along the way though, and finally, other brands entered

We like to interview women doing interesting things…and thought, well heck…WE are women doing an interesting thing! So we decided to interview each other so you could get to know a bit more about the women behind FabList. A bit of backstory: We met each other decades ago…the first week of grad school (getting our

Our power went out when a big tree went down in a storm this week. We were SUPER lucky (as in REALLY REALLY LUCKY) as it fell from one edge of our lot to the exact other edge of the lot in the only way possible where it didn’t take out our house, our fence,

Do you hesitate to have people over because you don’t know what to make?  When we host a dinner party we like to prepare things that: Taste good (duh) Are relatively healthy Aren’t TOO much work, and ideally Can be made ahead of time! While we do like to try new things, these are some

Wondering what to get that special guy in your life for Valentines Day? Every couple does this holiday differently. Some are gifters, some do a nice dinner, and some feel it’s a Hallmark Holiday to be ignored. But if you are in a relationship looking for a gift for a guy, here are our suggestions

Valentine’s Day gifting is all over the place. Some couples enjoy an annual dinner out, some do a big gift, some do a small gift, and some do nothing. So you do you of course!  But IF we were ‘Valentine’s Gift’ type people, here’s what would be on our list, at a variety of price

When we told friends that we were headed to Sri Lanka with our 3 kids in their 20’s for a 10-day visit we got a lot of blank stares and people asking how we chose Sri Lanka as a destination, and what one does while traveling there. So now that we are back from an

Now that the college bowl games are complete and NFL playoff games are in motion, it’s time to think about the Super Bowl coming right up on February 11th (with Usher as the half-time entertainment)!  About 20 years ago I (Joanne) stumbled across a Super Bowl Party spread in InStyle magazine and it made quite