The Thing About Obsessions

If you know me and my blog, you know that we are hardcore into cool products. I've been a maniac on Pinterest since forever (remember when I tried to make you all join back in October 2010?), I've worked on product roundups for Herman Miller's Lifework blog for a little over two years, and I've been doing my "Daily Dash" column off and on here at M-Dashing for a good long while now.

So, anyway, you know: you get it. I'm always on the hunt for this stuff. It's like a sickness, really. A sweet, sweet, very expensive sickness.

Several weeks back, my sick self got invited to be part of Currently Obsessed, a shopping network that lets bloggers recommend products to readers in return for a small referral fee. Once I reviewed the whole thing -- including the kind stores it supports (basically, all the places I shop at anyway) and who else was participating (heavy-hitters like Oh Joy!, Mrs. Lilien, Little Brown Pen, and Sweet Fine Day) -- I was sold on the idea.

But, of course, I certainly want to be transparent about it all! That said, on occasion, if I come across a good find that I want to share, it may appear in a Daily Dash post. I will also be posting picks regularly over on the right-hand side of this blog under the title "Obsessed." I will pin some items to this board on Pinterest (there's also a full-disclosure there). And in addition, you can "stalk" me at Currently Obsessed itself (it's much like Pinterest).

Whew! So there you go. If you have questions or concerns, please do leave me a comment. And if you're a blogger who would like to be recommended, drop me a line.

I really don’t have time for this.

Are you Pinterest-ing? I apparently am. Except it's hard to admit it to myself or to anyone else.

Truth be told, I really can't take on another project right now--I have a Master's Degree in Stretching Myself Too Thin, and these days, my diploma is working its sweet manic magic. But "Pinning" things to a virtual "board" on Pinterest--heavens! Delight in its purest form!

I do so much product research for this blog and for my column over at Herman Miller that I am constantly coming across gotta-remember-this types of finds. So, after a recent discussion about Pinterest with my friend Leah (I am shifting some of the blame to you, lady!), I decided to give it a go. And now I am the proud owner of a newly started Pillow board and a Prints board. It's beautiful and it's wonderful and ICAN'TSTOP. ICAN'T. HELPME. PLEASE. Or, just follow me here.

(P.S. Here's a great promotion Pinterest did over the summer with sfgirlbybay.com.)