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Cyber Monday: Online Deals at Local & Independent Shops

It’s Cyber Monday and there are crazy good discounts all over the Interwebs, including my Etsy shop. I’m offering 30% off at the Poor & Pretty Etsy shop with the coupon code CYMON30!

Here are a few other Connecticut-owned Etsy shops that are having some great sales today:

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The Conscientious Christmas Challenge

In this economy, it’s tough to be moral and broke. I want to support small businesses and independent artists, and buy Organic and Fair Trade, but very often it’s less costly and time consuming to shop at a big chain store or dollar stores and buy store-brand goods. The problem is that many big companies {like Wal-Mart and Family Dollar, [Read on...]

Celebrity inspired fashion: Sookie Stackhouse's lemonade dress

You might have noticed that I’ve been really inspired by fashion I’ve seen on TV {see my posts onĀ Degrassi and Pushing Daisies}. Anna Paquin was wearing this dress as Sookie Stackhouse on True Blood a few episodes ago and I was going to wait and do a Wardrobe Envy post on her, until I saw a very similar dress on [Read on...]

Today's Threads: 1.30.11

I am really into mustard yellow & red right now. Together, I think they look really awesome. Plus, my new haircut rocks. What do you think?

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Shoes: Plato’s Closet, $6, originally from Forever 21. Skinny jeans: Forever 21, $10. Bow belt: bought this in downtown LA for $3! Strawberry ring: [Read on...]

Today’s Threads: Holiday Edition

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I bought this dress on Etsy from River of Romansk and I absolutely adore it. I don’t attend very many fancy events, but I was happy to be able to wear it twice in the last two weeks. Hopefully, I’ll find more occasions in which to wear it, but if [Read on...]