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Posted on Aug 30 2010

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Cupcakes and Cashmere

I hinted in my last post that I had a blog I was secretly loving and now I'm letting the cat out of the bag. You all know I am a wanna-be fashionista. By that I mean I love fashion but it doesn't come effortlessly to me. I have to scour magazines, people watch (which is awesome living in downtown Chicago,) and keep a close eye on celebrities through People.com Ha! There, I justified all the time I spend on people.com Anyway, I am a subscriber to Lucky magazine and that is ...Read More

Fashion and Shopping, Recipes, The Web

Posted on Mar 05 2010

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Post to the visitors from ThingsIBought ThatILove.com

Dear visitors from ThingsIBoughtThatILove.com: No, the site has not been hijacked, Mindy let the domain name expire and we bought it in an auction at Godaddy.com. We've pointed it to our site for now. We understand our blog probably won't be as ...Read More

Fashion and Shopping, mindy kaling, the office, thingsiboughtthatilove.com

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Posted on Jan 25 2010

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10 Things That Make Me Happy

I am a little starstruck that Diary of a New Mom author, Abby/ Mom2Miles, asked me to participate in this blog-chain-mail thing. I was so excited to see Personal Faves on her post that I forwarded it to my husband ...Read More

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Posted on Jan 11 2010

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Bubbling Up Sweater

Going back to work after an almost seven month maternity leave sucked. [My husband is probably thinking, "Here we go again!"] Just when I thought I was getting the hang of this care for a child, manage the house, cook, ...Read More

Fashion and Shopping, Women's

Posted on Dec 30 2009

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Rachael Ray’s Quick Cassoulet Stuffed Bread Melts

I've got a load of laundry in the washer, the baby is napping, the kitchen is clean and I'm inspired to write this personal fave because I just had it for lunch!! (and dinner last night) I've been thoroughly enjoying ...Read More

Food, Recipes

Posted on Dec 25 2009

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Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas, Season's Greetings, and Happy New Year! I am beat, stuffed, and happy... the sign of a good holiday. David did really well in the gift-giving department this year so maybe in the next couple weeks I'll be blogging ...Read More

Random, The Web

Posted on Nov 29 2009

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Diary of a New Mom

One of the best things about entering the world of blogging is, well, other people's blogs! I never really knew this community existed before I started Personal Faves. Sure, I would browse Perez Hilton's site from time to time but ...Read More

Random

Posted on Nov 09 2009

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Chang-Style Brussel Sprouts (Sprouts with a Bite)

Brussel Sprouts. Yuck, right? Bzzzzz...WRONG ANSWER. These miniature-cabbage-like bundles of bliss are one of Sarah's and my new favorite veggies. Something about the layers of these normally quite bland tasting little delights really works with more rich foods like, say ...Read More

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Posted on Oct 27 2009

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Turkey Noodle Casserole

So it's getting cold = bummer. Hot tasty casserole that's quick and easy when it's cold = personal fave. This turkey noodle casserole recipe is taken from Cooking Light: Light and Easy (same cookbook that produced the really tasty pepper ...Read More

Random

Posted on Oct 24 2009

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Love Walked in

A big apology to my loyal readers (all 5 of you :) ) It has been TOO long since my last post. For those of you who don't know me I just returned to work after 7 months of maternity ...Read More

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Posted on Sep 28 2009

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Tracy Anderson Post-Pregnancy DVD

If you read my posts often, you know I have a tiny obsession with celebrities. OK, maybe more than tiny but don't worry... you won't read about me trespassing anytime soon or anything. Well, I read that Gwenyth Paltrow was ...Read More

Baby, Beauty, Fitness and Health

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