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Discussions Posted on 11/19/2005
 
What I Bought Today
I had a great thrift store find of 18 almost if not new Nancy Drew books, which I'll send to my husband's cousins for their children. In return I donated our artificial Christmas tree that I've replaced with a new one that has lights. I bought m

Novica rants or raves?
There's a necklace at Novica that I'd love to get for a friend of mine who wears silver exclusively. http://www.novica.com/itemdetail/index.cfm?pID=109409 I think it would look great on her. I've never bought from Novica before though. Any rants

anyone going to Paris soon / Laduree request
just wondering if anyone will be going to paris soon and possibly Laduree...looking to purchase the laduree violet spray...will pay extra for time & shipping :) email me if interested, TIA jenn

Need some advise
Just wondering if anyone has bought dresses from http://www.cybernetplaza.com. I need to buy bridesmaid dresses, their prices are pretty good. But I am not sure if the quality is good or not. Thanks a bunch. Guinevere

Need foundation help
Hi all, long time no "see"! As much as I've missed this group, I've been very busy planning the wedding. Things are going fairly well, but I have a question that I know my knowledgeable a.f.ers can answer. I'm currently looking for a good foundation

mascara references needed
A big breath here... my beloved Stephane Marais makeup has been discontinued... alas! They made a completely amazing mascara that was a comb wand. Any other recommendations for a fantastic comb mascara? Here's what I liked about the Marais one..

What are your shopping finds?
Let's try to share the great finds and great buys as we move into the busiest shopping season of the year. My best buy has been the Jacques Georges red leather briefcase for $134 marked down from $275 at Tuesday Morning. My favorite buy for me has

Home decor
Beautiful home decor, from around the world at www.cyon.cjb.net

Culver City: Fashion Central (L.A.)
Take a break from the usual BevHills, WeHo and SilLake shopping haunts to hunt down some steals in CulCity (that'd be Culver City) this weekend. The Find Outlet (http://www.findoutlet.com/) warehouse sale at H.D. Buttercup (http://www.hdbuttercup.c

Bittar's Sweet Sale (NYC)
As sad as the closing of the Pop Shop was, at least the space is still being put to good use: Jewelry design phenom Alexis Bittar (http://www.alexisbittar.com/SS05/Broadband.html) will hold a sample sale there, taking more than half off collections

Obsessed With Obando (L.A.)
Come see why Juan Carlos Obando (http://www.jcobando.com/) has L.A.'s fash pack in a tizzy at the hometown designer's first trunk show and appearance. Just a sampling of the smokin' spring/summer wares that you can preorder today at Des Kohan (http

Lorac lip polish in the Sephora Wish catalogue
On page 11 of the Sephora holiday catalogue (the Wishful Thinking one), at the bottom is the lineup of the 'tempt me tease me taste me' set. I'm really only interested in one of the colors - the one on the far right. I looked on Sephora's site and th