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A Cost Per Wear Tale

Sadly, 2007 was not a good year for me in terms of wardrobe development. (Too many hours at the computer?) These post-Christmas days, with their clearance sales and Christmas cash on hand, should be good times for shopping. Unfortunately, we’ve been short a car and I’m low man on the car totem pole. Last week …

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Accessorizing the Classic Winter Formal

Here’s the story: After endless hours of fruitless shopping for shoes to go with the intense blue evening gown, we gave up and headed home. The plan was for dd to stop at the following last-ditch possibilities on her way home from work the next day: Target Goodwill (which is where she found the dress …

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