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Perfect Timing
I’m only a few days into my “no shopping” project and already it feels like the Universe is conspiring against me. This morning I saw the following message in my email: Impeccable timing, is it not? Thanks to the terms of my latest project, instead of 3 months I will have just 10 days to…
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Frivolous Frippery vs Stylish Simplicity: An Epic Shopping Experience
This past weekend I had an epic shopping trip – or at least that was the plan. It was a birthday shopping spree – with the purpose of finding something to wear to my birthday gathering at NocNoc, and with the leeway to fudge my budget a little because, hey – I’m the birthday girl!…
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The Jigsaw Budget
Every two weeks I engage in a vital ritual that preserves my happiness and sanity: I make a budget. In the beginning it was more like a budget. Now it’s more a puzzle to solve. A puzzle whose pieces are comprised of a list of things I have to spend money on (bills, food, BART,…
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Re-styling the January J.Crew
The other night I came home, drank some haterade, and looked at the January J. Crew catalog. Their caption says “our toothpick zipper jean give everything else in your closet a little attitude.” Really? Realllly? This outfit says clutter and confusion to me. Lose the bauble necklace, keep the black beads. Lose the pretty bag…