hit the clutch

Could someone please explain to me why a handbag the size of a small handkerchief can cost $2,000? Or, perhaps more importantly, why anyone would pay it? I can understand, when you count the cost of dollars-per-wearing, how one could justify a fine Chanel bag: It can hang off your arm every day for [...]

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on the nail

Kiss nails–a double-digit look for a single-digit ($6) price.

I once knew a woman (she’ll remain nameless here), who, despite an unlimited beauty budget and luxe grooming routine, resorted to the worst, fake, glue-on nails I’ve ever seen. Periodically, one would pop off in public, causing her posse of girlfriends to scramble [...]

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on board with style

Designer Michael Kors and J. Lo dash with panache in a Gucci ad.

Most people—with the exception of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, who seem to have cornered the market on private jets—find that flying is simply the miserable means to an end these days. What with junk-touching, radioactive look-sees, and [...]

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read on…

Exercising my bragging rights here, but I have a child who loves to read. Not likes…not enjoys…but LOVES to read. We knew this about her early on, as demonstrated in the following scenario that took place when she was two.

Scene One: Husband’s Home Office

Child in question has [...]

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announcing our winner!

Thanks so much to all my Bargain Hunter readers and Jane Porter fans for entering our holiday-basket contest. We received a ton of entries, and randomly chose our winners by number. Jane’s lucky person will be posted on her own site, www.janeporter.com.

As for mine, it’s–drumroll please!–SONJA SWEETEN of Hurricane, Utah.

Sonja vacationing in Tahoe….

 

Sonja, who [...]

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