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July

by Jessica Gottlieb on July 30, 2010

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Every moment of July has been busy. Alexander’s birthday means I’m baking cakes, organizing dinners, parties, shopping and quelling the occasional meltdown. It’s all too much for him, it’s all too much for me. The birthday was fun. Alexander woke up early and didn’t let us know. Mr. G. has returned from a business trip [...]

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Would You Buy This?

by Jessica Gottlieb on July 22, 2010

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And if you would, can you please explain why? If you have sons, don’t think that that things like this won’t affect your child. We’re training them to be seductresses at four, which is cruel to everyone.

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Defining Value

by Jessica Gottlieb on April 7, 2010

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I have an old Gucci wallet. I’d say it’s about eight or ten years old, and it looks like it’s brand new. It looks new because the quality of craftsmanship is superior, and it looks new because I use it infrequently. I don’t enjoy the wallet, it’s too small. I felt terrible about not enjoying [...]

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The car shopping is sort of fun. I love cars more than a little. I love big rumbly engines, I love revving a car engine and feeling it move under me. I love taking a turn so fast that the car turns sideways just a little, but rights itself to speed up again. I love [...]

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Bloomingdales And Small Amounts Of Humiliation

by Jessica Gottlieb on March 8, 2010

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Because the first day of Little League was rained out, my husband had a great idea. Shopping. We, as a family would go shopping. Well, since you can’t get a root canal on a rainy Saturday, a family outing to Bloomingdales is a fine runner up. Mr. G. was (in theory) liking the layered look [...]

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The part of the video that you didn’t see? Well, I’m wearing a red beret because it was ON SALE. And it’s UGLY. I am not a bargain shopper, I want to be one, but I’m terrible at it. Are you a Bargain Hunter? I don’t even clip coupons any more, I stopped pretending it [...]

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