About Ginny
Hi, I’m Ginny. I’m so happy you’re here. 🥂
I’m the founder of Champagne Girlie—a community
built on the belief that life doesn’t end when one
chapter closes. Sometimes, that is when the most beautiful chapter begins.
Champagne Girlie is a place for women who are ready to rediscover themselves, celebrate life’s ordinary moments, and remember that being fabulous has nothing to do with age or money.
It has everything to do with choosing yourself.
The Life I Thought Would Last Forever
At nineteen years old, I met the man I believed I would spend the rest of my life with—and in many ways, I did.
We built a life together that lasted nearly 48 years. We raised two wonderful sons, built a home, worked hard, created traditions, and made a lifetime of memories.
Like so many women of my generation, I spent much of my life caring for everyone else first. I was a wife, mother, caretaker, and the person who held everything together.
I believed that if you loved deeply enough, worked hard enough, and remained loyal enough, everything would eventually work out.
But somewhere along the way, I slowly lost pieces of myself.
The marriage I fought so hard to preserve no longer felt like a partnership. Eventually, love faded into silence.
Facing the end of the relationship that had shaped my entire adult life was one of the most difficult things I have ever experienced.
Choosing Myself
After my divorce, I had to discover who I was outside of being someone’s wife for almost five decades.
For the first time in my life, I was living independently and creating a life that belonged completely to me.
What surprised me most was realizing that beginning again did not mean my life was over.
In many ways, it felt like my life was finally beginning.
Since my divorce, I have launched Champagne Girlie, begun writing and podcasting, focused on my health and wellness, traveled with girlfriends, enjoyed a Mexican cruise, spent summers in Michigan surrounded by family, and learned to enjoy doing things on my own.
I am not waiting for someone else to create a beautiful life for me.
I am creating it myself.
Champagne Fabulous on a Real-Life Budget
Here is the part I am especially proud of:
I am doing all of this on a limited budget.
You do not need unlimited money to create joy, freedom, confidence, or a beautiful life. Being fabulous does not have to be expensive.
Some of my happiest moments are also the simplest—laughing with friends, traveling, camping, spending time with family, decorating my home, or waking up peacefully knowing I finally chose myself.
Luxury is not always a price tag.
Sometimes, luxury is freedom.
Sometimes, it is peace.
Sometimes, it is waking up and realizing your life finally feels like your own.
Why Champagne Girlie Exists
Champagne Girlie grew from my new beginning.
Here you will find journals, books, podcasts, travel inspiration, wellness ideas, practical guidance, and honest conversations about rebuilding life after divorce, retirement, or any season of change.
My story is not about perfection.
It is about resilience, reinvention, healing, hope, and finding yourself again after heartbreak.
I want every woman who visits Champagne Girlie to leave knowing she is stronger than she imagined—and that it is never too late to dream bigger, travel, laugh, become healthier, build something new, or finally live according to her own rules.
Your story is not over.
Your best chapter may still be waiting to be written.
Why Not Now? 🥂
Stay Fabulous. Stay Fearless.
One Glass at a Time.
With love,
Ginny La Forge
Founder, Champagne Girlie
