digging the trench

So tell me what you want, what you really, really want this spring. For me, it would be a new, ¾-length trench coat, in the hopes that I can rock the look well as Victoria Beckham (who seems to be firmly entrenched in this item of outerwear every time the paparazzi [...]

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cheeky!

I recently bought a new powder blusher. Casting aside thoughts of budget consciousness (did you ever think you’d hear me say that?), I handed over $20 for this generous pot of cheek color in a beautiful shade of peachy-pink. Mind you, I already have a bathroom drawer filled with compacts of abandoned [...]

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in the red

In case you haven’t consulted your calendar of late (“late” being the operative word), it’s February 12th…which means February 14th is just two days away. So is the conventional purchase of marked-up-just-for-the-holiday red roses. (Note: Though it may seem economically tempting to do so, it’s not cool to buy them on Tuesday, no matter how drastically [...]

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charmed, i’m sure

I’ve always loved the idea of meaningful charm bracelets. My friend, Laurie, has one decorated with lovely gold baubles, each one purchased by her husband in every vacation spot they’ve visited together–a sentimental record of  life’s journey.

My daughter has one, too. Not so much a sentimental record, though: more [...]

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