July 2011 – Hillary Quinn

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party time!

Dear Amazing, Fabulous, Shopaholic Readers: As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm in the heat of planning a very special (huge) family event. And now that it's exactly 30 days out, I need to take a mini break from blog writing in order to pull the...

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pillow talk

There’s a scene I love in the movie Along Came Polly (actually, there are about 40 scenes I love in Along Came Polly, thank you Philip Seymour Hoffman), but the one I’m talking about is when Reuben and Polly debate the validity of decorative bed...

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penneys from heaven

I finally figured out why my favorite store is called JCPenney—it’s because that’s what costs to shop there. The place has been undergoing a subtle transformation of late: I know most of you associate it with dowdy, style-free clothing...

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my mousse–don’t touch

When I was little, my parents used to host dinner-club parties; Mom would bring out her Julia Child cookbooks and go all gourmet. Kids were not invited to these events, so I would be fed before dinner and was known to spy on the party...

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it’s a shoe-in

Decided I'm going to periodically dedicate my posts to lookalike designer shoes. Here's why: You already know I don't understand the point of spending upwards of $700 on footwear. And (best part), I keep seeing low-end manufacturers doing excellent renditions of the hottest designers shoes on the market...

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