Women at work and their tips, challenges, advice, complaints, and experiences

Oh happy day - there's so much to read, learn, and do in the blogosphere this week!  Obviously I've been "wasting" my time reading other folks' blogs since I've been so quiet here on Workerette.  Oops.  *hanging head in shame*

Since it's been a while since we had a big ol' blogtipping, surfin' Sunday type of post, I thought I'd share some of my groovy finds.  All of them are courtesy of women bloggers who range from small business owners to stay-at-home wives to everything in between.

Make sure you leave them loads of comments and tell 'em who sent you - and be sure to leave me links of your own posts, or those you have spotted this week, that are worthy of an old-fashioned blogtip too!

Moving on.... 

• Crunchy Domestic Goddess is donating a portion of the sales from her two business sites to the GlobalGiving campaign.  Pop on by and see what you can't resist from her wares - or set up a donation program from your office or business.
• Lisa of Homestead Originals is giving away a FREE copy of her e-book, Homestead Simplicity: A Primer.  I happen to have edited this gem, so I can tell you straight away that even if you don't consider yourself to be an "official homesteader", there's plenty to learn if you're trying to clean green, become a more organized homemaker, or cook from the heart - homemade.  Get on over and enter, and tell her Mel sent you!
• Do you have plans to be a June bride this year?  Or any month, for that matter.  *chuckle*  If you're a bride on a budget, as many of us have been, you'll want to check out Bethany's post at BeppyCat & Co. about making your own wedding cake.  Let them eat cake - without going broke!
• Speaking of brides: Crystal over at Money Saving Mom posted an interesting reader's question about dresses - to preserve or to sell?  Personally I planned to preserve the gown from my first wedding, then ultimately chose not to due to the expense.  Now I'm glad I didn't waste the cash.    For my second wedding I wore some nice clothes that I already owned.  I do suggest that anyone who would like to keep their gown consider just having it cleaned very, very well and then placing the dress in an archival-quality box wrapped in clean, acid-free tissue.  The supplies still aren't cheap, but if you plan to keep it, you might as well keep it nice.  Above all else, just don't leave a gown tied up in the plastic wrap from the store!  (For the record, I donated my unwanted gown to charity.  Some folks asked why I didn't save it for my daughter, but frankly, I felt it disrespectful to "Manly" to haul around the wedding dress from the first go'round during our anticipated military moves!)
• Now this one is a blog I stumbled across recently and I can't even BEGIN to point you to a favorite post ~ so just go get a Green Mom Finds fix and you'll know what I mean.  All I have to say is green products + giveaways = new addition to my Top 10 Favorite Blogs.  And that is SERIOUSLY saying something, ladies.