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Now About This Rain…

The only things about rain that make me crazy are 1) walking the dogs in it (Virgil turns into a mudball and Lucy takes one step out the door before letting me know in not-moving form that she'd really prefer to stay inside, thanks), and 2) the fact that I don't own any even vaguely rain-appropriate (or, for that matter, snow-appropriate) footwear.

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What I’m Reading Now / Sex, Death & Oysters

I get that this book might not be up everyone's alley. I mean, Sex, Death & Oysters: A Half-Shell Lover's World Tour is a book about, obviously, oysters (my mom saw me reading it and muttered something along the lines of "how are we related?"). Which isn't necessarily everyone's topic of choice.

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Olive Oil Is Good On Everything / Bottega Verde Giveaway!

Few things aren't improved by the addition of a little excellent-quality olive oil (hello, pretty much every recipe I've ever made), and your skin is another one: olive oil has extraordinary emollient properties, and the world's longest-living person, Jeanne Calment, apparently attributed her relatively youthful appearance to a daily application of the stuff.

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DIY Nailpolish Rehab

I'm almost out of my #1 nailpolish, so I decided to revisit a little trick I used back in high school to keep my favorite shades going just a little bit longer...