Accessories: Scarf it up!

I own so many scarves. I certainly don't need another.

That is until I went shopping last week. I spotted a scarf that looked like it should have a $200 price tag. I pulled it off the shelf.

The scarf is a luxurious green, speckled with yellow and blue yarn. I'd swear it was 100% mohair. I'd swear it was hand-made.

I am not at Bloomingdale's or Barney's, I am in a mall in Paramus, NJ, the king of shopping meccas.

The find spotted at: H&M.

The price: $17.95.

I scarfed it up and I'm sure glad.

H&M stores/$17.95/has matching beret and mittens

Shopping Bag Style

Okay, I need one of these bags.

Is your purse anything like mine? Packed as full as for a month's trip to Paris? Some days you just can't fit anything else in there. Not a pair of sneakers, not a paperback and not even a skinny little file folder. And all you can find in the house to lug around your extra junk... er... stuff is a plastic supermarket bag. The one with the designer Stop & Shop label. That look really ruins your outfit.

Well, Old Navy solves that problem with these sophisticated 100% cotton totes. The store offers 5 different styles. They even come with a matching $10 umbrella. My favorite bag is the black and white one. But then again, I do love the birds.

You can even be eco-correct smart when you go to the supermarket to buy that baguette. So go ahead and tell everyone that you only paid $10 for the look. But then again, why?

I need one of these bags. But yeah, I really want one.

Old Navy: www.oldnavy.com/$10.00

Welcome Shoppers!

Hi!

I was born in Manhattan. Maybe that explains my shopping gene. I like cool, funky products that you don't find everywhere. I also like to see a little money in my bank account.

But if one must have a vice, shopping isn't too bad. Especially with fashionable finds under $25!

I'd love to hear from you. Share some of your fab finds; maybe I'll highlight them.

Perhaps we can go shopping together.

Annie

photo: Mary R. Vogt

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