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Fashion

Overcompensating

August 23, 2007

Things aren’t going terribly well in the Great Nanny Hunt of 2007.  Let me put it this way: quantity doesn’t mean quality.  Meaning, my husband and I only requested one callback out of six candidates to meet our son.  Could it have been that one had absolutely NO experience as a nanny?  Or was it the comment one [...]

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Flip flopping at work

June 12, 2007

Susan Wagner, author of one of my new favorite blogs, “The Working Closet,” gave out some rules today on appropriate work attire.  I agree with most of the “rules” on her list.  Except for one.  The one about wearing flip flops to work.  Wagner says: I love flip flops, particularly for summer, but they are [...]

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The fashion stages of motherhood

June 2, 2007

In this month’s In Style magazine (I know, heavy reading), costume designer Debra McGuire makes an interesting comment about Katherine Heigl’s pre-to-pregnancy wardrobe in the upcoming movie Knocked Up: Like all women who raise children, she [Heigl] experiences many fashion phases. I sort of wish she had expanded on this term, “fashion phases,” but since she didn’t, [...]

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Mother’s Day the Self-Made Mom Way

May 2, 2007

Mother’s Day is less than two weeks away, and if you’re like me – a little bit bossy and love getting gifts – you’re all over the internet searching for the perfect gift for yourself.  I soak up the glory of Mother’s Day.  The day created to celebrate the fact that I suffered through the aches and pains [...]

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Once you go flat, you never go back

April 16, 2007

I haven’t done a post about fashion in awhile, and it fits this week’s theme of no complaining, so here goes.  I flew out of the Nor’easter yesterday to the sunny Midwest where the temperature is hovering around 50 degrees and the sun is partially out.  Yes folks, spring has arrived in Chicago.  And with spring, [...]

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Am I a brave mama? A tale of traveling with a small child

February 25, 2007

Flying with children in the middle of winter between some of the nation’s busiest airports is always a crapshoot.  That’s why I wasn’t so surprised when they cancelled my flight today from LaGuardia to O’Hare (the cause? “weather” somewhere in Pennsylvania is my guess, damn you Nittany Lions.)  So, I’m stuck in New York City for [...]

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What’s hip vs. what’s not: a look at fashion on Barney & Friends

February 20, 2007

I learned today that Cookie magazine hired The Sartorialist to document fashionable toddlers.  The Sartorialist, as I’ve found out, is a popular fashion blogger from New York who ”documents every day adult style-setters from New York to Milan.”  His page for Cookie, The Sartorialist Jr., will capture “junior style innovators” so we can see how the hippest kids dress.  This sounds like good [...]

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Some spring fashion ideas for moms

January 22, 2007

It’s barely 30 degrees in Chicago, my really cute, new, faux-leather Rafe purse from Target (to the right- also makes for a great baby bag) froze on the way to work, and what did I hear? The fashion world is talking spring. This means I need to evaluate what I’m going to purchase in the coming months [...]

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Dos and don’ts of work holiday parties

December 14, 2006

Our company’s annual holiday party is tonight.  It’s my third party, but first as a mom, so I think the rules are a little bit different for me.  Some dos and don’ts for moms at work holiday parties: Do feel free to dance to the music; it’s a good chance to show your coworkers that you’re [...]

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A walk on the dark side… of nail polish

December 3, 2006

If the eyes are the window to the soul, then your nails are the window into how bad of a week you’ve had.  This is especially true this season.  That’s because this season is the season of dark nails.  From burgundy to black, darker shades of polish are what everyone is wearing.  From WAHMs to SAHMs, [...]

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