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  Things I’m Looking Forward to About Autumn 2010

  07.29.10 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Will you please join me in giving autumn a warm welcome so it’ll get here sooner? Please? With salsa on top?

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  OMG Shoes: DV by Dolce Vita

  07.27.10 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Last week, I found myself without lunch plans. So I walked over to grab some new mascara at the Nordstrom in the shopping center across the street. And then I found these.

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  Six Items or Less

  07.27.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Did you participate in Six Items or Less or would you ever?

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  How to Do More With the Clothes You Have [Instead of Buying More]

  07.26.10 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Know what you have. This sounds like an utterly idiotic suggestion, but here’s a tip: if I’d gone on a thrifting expedition before last summer, I might have come away with eleven different dresses that I wanted. Now, though, I might grab two, because even though I’ve pared down my wardrobe a lot since then, [...]

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  Cincinnati [and beyond!] Design, Fashion, and All Sorts of Win

  07.25.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I went to a couple of craft fairs in the past couple months, and I wanted to share some of the goodness with you. You know you love handmade goodies, right? [All the photos below are courtesy of the vendors.] SomeWeirdCrab makes amazing little plush toys and pillows, including some stuffed animal heads mounted like [...]

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  Sexual Harassment on the Street

  06.21.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  [Sidenote: if I weren't so skeeved out by it, I might say that some of these dudes might make really good marketing copywriters - unique, succinct and to the point, though they'd probably not get the hint when someone hit "unsubscribe".]

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  Birth Order

  05.03.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  [via Threadless] When I grew up, I was an only child. I was also adopted – my adoptive mum had a reproductive disorder and couldn’t get pregnant, so Dennis and Marsha were lucky to get me. I used to imagine them picking me out of a lineup at an orphanage, influenced no doubt by my [...]

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  Why Fashion Matters

  04.24.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  A version of this post originally appeared on my site in August 2008, but it bears repeating. So read it again, kids. I’ve touched on this before in some of my Inspiration posts, but it’s something we can’t afford to forget. So let’s go over it again, shall we? How you look matters, people. And [...]

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  Packing a Lunch

  02.11.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  These days, since I’m working outside my house over seventy hours a week, packing a lunch is a habitual thing. Since I’m actively trying to be more selective about what I spend my money on [read: savings account entries and shoes, rather than daily lunches and dinners out], bringing a lunch is a point of pride. It does require a small amount of pre-planning, which was an adjustment, but it’s been worthwhile. Here’s why.

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  Business Professional: Oh HELL No.

  01.26.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m making a stand. Here’s how I really feel about professional attire. [A hint: HELL no.]