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Grown up Fashion Plates!

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Do you remember Fashion Plates?  YES! I so totally loved fashion plates.  I never really colored them in…I just liked making the rubbing. Coloring it was to tedious haha
For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about this is a fashion plate:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
You basically cose a head, torso, and legs wearing different designs and [...]



Cheap thrills? You bet!

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

Luxury bags and shoes can really take a toll on the wallet. (And it’s so worth it!) But nothing is more of a beating than playing the game  ’do I charge this much, really?’ or my personal favorite ‘do I have the discipline to save long enough to buy this bag?’. But sometimes, if you [...]



Want versus Need

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

In an attempt to help those of us who struggle with the age-old “do I really need this bag/shoes/watch/dress” I’ve created a flow chart for you to refer to in times of emergency.  This chart was created specifically for the Tano handbags that I cannot stop buying. Of course, you can use the chart for [...]



MTV Movie Awards

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Remember when MTV played music videos? A few of our younger readers may be shocked to find out that the “M” in MTV means music. Not moron, monotonous, or meaningless. Which is what the vast majority of their programming now consists of. That and awards. I don’t know how much pride one can truly take [...]



You put what on the cover??

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Sometimes I’m completely stymied by what I see on the cover of magazines. This will be installment one of my exploration of the newsstand.
We’re going to start with current issue of “O” magazine.   
 

Okay.
First, I am not a fan of the Oprah. I never have been. I appreciate the fact that she has one bazillion [...]