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We’ve talked before about how I love to make inspiration boards. They’re visual lists – and who doesn’t love a list? In keeping with my approach of buying solid, quality items and being selective about what gets added to my closet, I’ve made my inspiration shopping list for Fall 2011. Not all items are within [...]

Longchamp “Le Pliage”, Armani Exchange “Nylon Tote Bag”, JPK Paris “Megan” Small Nylon Satchel, L.A.M.B. Nylon “Brandywell” Satchel, Tory Burch Nylon Tote Recently I went in search of a new every day handbag. I had some rather aggravating criteria which included, sadly, the need to carry THE WORLD in the purse easily and stylishly. The [...]

I spend a good deal of time online browsing around. I love that we are not limited these days to stores down the street or stores in our city or even stores in our country. Something I have had to do is start to understand how clothing sizing works internationally. Size conversion is not an [...]

Last week through Twitter I stumbled upon a neat website that could, quite possibly, cut down on the numbers of shopping related emails that bombard my inbox on a daily basis – Shop It To Me. Imagine you have a personal assistant that spends all day browsing the internet and collecting ONLY the sales on [...]

The nice folks over at Mom It Forward are having me over for drinks today for some final thoughts on the Ultimate Closet Challenge I did in September. Go check them out – they’re nice folks. And while you’re at it? Check out Aimee’s lovely photography tips for Fall pictures! Now that the challenge is [...]

I’m over at Accessory Whore today kicking off Felicia Sullivan’s Ultimate Wardrobe Challenge.  It’s Day One!  Come join me — Or at least let me cry on your shoulder when this gets really hard. xo, Pam

A few weeks ago the gals at Tipsy Society put up a spread of several dresses.  Norma Kamali designed and awfully cute and available at…wait for it… WALMART.  Several of us in the comment section were all, “Uh, man… I don’t know… WALMART?!”   There was one in particular that I really, really loved.  But again… [...]

Number of phone calls to these people: 11 Number of boxes that should have never been delivered: 4 Number of boxes currently sitting in my foyer: 5 Number of boxes that might still be on the way: Oh who the hell knows. The head of customer service and I now have each other on speed [...]

There are some truths that are just, well, TRUE. I am a tremendous shopper – and by that I mean that I can find items priced well below their actual value. I am an internet ninja that way. However, there are some times where it’s not always about quality – it’s about a solution to [...]