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Lace, for fall, no less. Check out the Valentino lace biker boot. A pricey but luscious $1,295 at neimanmarcus.com.

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Breyer's Carb Smart Vanilla -- made with Splenda. Ice cream, guilty pleasure, not an ass-buster. Blend with lite soy milk for a little faux sinful shake.

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Jill Sander, suede lace-up ankle boot, at www.saksfifthavenue.com -- TDF.

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Delicious and summery celebrity smoothie alert from Christina Applegate: frozen watermelon, vanilla soy milk, flax and honey.

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Halston Heritage collection at Neiman Marcus. TDF. We got the white disco dress. Smashing, washable, packable. All you need at a price-point within reason.

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Verrrryyyyy interesting stuff. www.thedezineshop.com

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You want pretty tan legs for the summer without the skin damage? Use our newest fave product: Sally Hansen's Airbrush Legs. Goes on great. You can buff out any streaks and it really looks shimmery and amazing. Far nicer than any self-tanner. Give it a whirl. We are fair and we like the shade medium glow.

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Our summer shoe fascination continues: the Stella McCartney cherry sandal in dark pink. $795 www.barneys.com

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THE shoe of the entire SUMMER season: the Christian Louboutin Satin Tulip Thong Sandal. We love it in Schocking Pink. $795. neimanmarcus.com

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Sam Edelman 'Rylee' Wedge Sandals. So hippy chic. $168.95. At nordstrom.com

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We adores the Kia Soul commercials. It's a new vehicle, but the spots feature a car full of mice, driving. Mice make everything better. They really do. The car, we forget what it looked like.

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The prettiest frock for the entire summer: Diane Von Fursterberg's tiered white chiffon dress. Pricey at $485, but tempting at neimanmarcus.com. We doubt we can resist this one.

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Speaking of hair, as in tresses, we love the extreme side ponytail look. Adorable. We used to do it all the time years ago and we are thinking of rocking it again. Reason enough to continue to grow our hair long. Give it a try. High and sassy.

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"Hair," the musical, is set for a Broadway revival. We must see this. "Let the sun shine in...."

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The cutest bags, totes, wallets, accessories set off with floral photographs of roses, magnolias, daisies and other colorful posies. We adore this line. Great gift ideas and fabulously priced: haroldfeinsteinstore.com

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Fun spring shoe alert: the tie-dye, patent leather ballet flat from Steve Madden. Adorable. Inexpensive. You must!

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Fuji Apple Salad. Deelish. We are simply fixated on Panera Bread and having this salad for lunch. With a nice baguette. Free wifi, too!!!!

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Bill Knapp's Celebration Cake, in chocolate. You wanna boxed cake that's yummy and satisfying? This is the one. Shockingly deelish.

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We love to send cards to all our bitches around the world, but they can be expensive. We are fond of buying packs of cards, rather than singles and some of the cutest ones come from... Marshall's. Yup, the discount store. Check it out.

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A light but rich lotion that has taken us through the winter: Estee Lauder Body Performance. Smells fresh, absorbs quickly. We're a huge fan.

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A great store with a solid Web site. If you are looking for adorable and fabulously stylish spring break or beach clothes, including some amazing new Lilly Pulitzer, here you go. www.corrico.com

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Milly for spring. Check it out on Saks Fifth Avenue's Web site. Too many pieces to pick just one to spotlight. But very sweet and fresh.

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One more AMAZING dress from the masterful Zac Posen. We will have to restrain ourselves to keep from ordering this!!! Seersucker safari dress. $1,500 www.net-a-porter.com

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We found the perfect evening apparel -- simplicity and elegance, so impossibly clean and romantic, evoking Old Hollywood. Diane Von Furstenburg's Antoinette sequined gown. $2,100 www.net-a-porter.com

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The Elizabeth and James heart and cross bracelet. So sweet, quite touching. Just perfect. We must order one of these at once. www.eluxury.com

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Ted Baker's Josina dress, in red. Fresh and sassy. And available on one of our fave sites, zappos.com. Check it out!

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In addition to the post-holiday sales -- they are giving crap away at Macy's -- don't forget to save your pennies for the January white sales. Towels and new sheets can rock your whole world in a big way!

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The Tory Butch "Love Birds" tote bag. So cute and fresh in navy. We like!!!!

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Feather boas, in great shades like black (on a white tree) as tinsel. Get 'em at the craft store. They make your Christmas tree luscious and fluffy.

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Chocolate News, the cable comedy show. Our guilty pleasure viewing, kinda, sorta. Latenight, after Colbert.

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Newport-News.com Inexpensive fun girlie clothes. We highly recommend.

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Today we subscribed to W magazine (professional courtesy rate, natch). It's the most lush publication going and we just had to have it. Check out a copy. It's really the best now that it's ever been. Diva FAB!!!!!

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Skincare giants Clinique have a new line of skinceuticals to compliment dermatologist procedures like chemical peels and laser treatments. Info on this serious skincare line is available at www.cliniquemedical.com. Check it out!

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There are some great designer purse deals -- loving the Prada on sale -- at Overstock.com. We love this site and have had good luck with its products.

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Doc Marten boots on dudes. Rockerlicious swoon. A must have for boys.

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Palmona Piccasso's Zellige pendants at Tiffany.com Not a bad gift, chicas. We think they're totally wearable and chic. Check em out at tiffany.com

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Fab shoe site alert!!! www.heels.com

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We're totally loving the Laundry by Shelli Segal Maxi Melton Coat at Nordstrom.com. Nordstrom has super-amazing customer service. You should try 'em out.

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Remember "Thing," the emotive hand on the Addams family? They make a coin bank with him inside. At the TwistedGrins store on Ebay. Fabulous.

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Attention divas: Cashmere dress alert!!!!!!! Scrumptious and festive for the holidays. At a price point we can all handle -- $99 at JCrew.com

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Prada's pink-striped Napa Hobo. Fantastic color. Finally, a handbag that's not black.

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The perfect pair of ballerina flats: Taryn Rose, gold foil, made in Italy. On sale now at neimanmarcus.com! So chic, great in every season and totally packable and comfortable.

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The music of Seals and Crofts. If you're too young to remember (and who isn't) check it out. We took a listen this weekend and it felt so good.

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A good iced brownie and glass of cold (and preferably soy) milk is medicinal. The chocolate and sugar fix are so satisfying we can hardly stand it.

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We adore nearly every piece that comes out of the Nanette Lepore fashion line. So modern yet girlie. It's appparel for the working princess.

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They are expensive but we like nearly all of the Amy's brand food products. They are dee-lish. We also recommend brown rice pasta, which is so much easier to digest than the regular kind. You should check it out.

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We are still debating bangs. We love those long sweeping Palin bangs, but our hair is so curly we wonder if we could keep em flat. Hair changes are difficult. They just are.

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The greatest holiday gift ever: the metallic silver and gold passport holders available on www.neimanmarcus.com

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Loving the label Free People. The collection for fall is so fun. Hippy, trippy and fun. What are clothes if they don't make you smile? Lord & Taylor carries a lot of this very affordable brand. Check it out.

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THE MOST wearable day dresses going are from David Meister. Great detail but not over the top. Totally packable and stylish. We want one of everything in his whole line.

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The economy is bad but shoes should always be fun. To wit: www.pussycatshoes.com

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We are now a huge fan of Gavin Rossdale's music. We see what Gwen saw. At first we didn't but now we do. Gorgeous stuff. Give it a listen.

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We have always been a Gucci fan, and we are super-coveting the new Signoria Collection stainless steel-black jewelry-inspired watch. It's very chic and princessey.

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We have always hated Estee Lauder fragrances -- we love the makeup and skin stuff -- but the new scent Sensuous is very nice. We've been testing a sample this week and think it's fab.

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Seeing old and dear friends and remembering just how much they mean to you. Happened to us this week. We are nostalgic and sad and want more time with our friends who are flung around the world now. We miss them dearly. And we are longing to reconnect with those who we haven't seen in too long.

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We're not one to give stock tips, particularly in this market, but when Starbucks goes under 10, we're gonna buy, buy, buy.

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Barbecue chicken and pineapple pizza. Shockingly deelish.

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Terra sweet potato chips, with peach salsa. We are totally addicted.

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We're trying superhard to switch to tea over coffee. The java is giving us heavy anxiety and totally dogging our sleep. We use loose leaf black tea, never bags. And it's yummy.

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We're all for saving money on expensive beauty products, but one we'd never give up is our moisturizer: Estee Lauder's Resilience Lift Extreme with spf 15. It's just delicious and who doesn't need a lift. We also recommend the MD Forte line of glycolic cleansers and facial cremes, which is what we use at night. You can order it online at www.medi-spa.com, which is a great Web site for derm-quality products.

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We love to read our horoscopes. One of our faves is Susan Miller who writes the fab www.astrologyzone.com. You totally should check her out because she is spot on. We are also a fan of Bridgett Walther at www.elle.com/astrology. We read her religiously, too. We are a Virgo. Completely and totally. And if things aren't working well or breaking, remember we are under a Mercury retrograde, so don't sign ANYTHING until Oct. 20 when things are totally moving forwards and the icks are gone.

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We must have the new Buckcherry record, Black Butterfly. They are one of our fave bands. We rock pretty hard for a princess.

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We love listening to the Dandy Warhols in the morning.

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Buy this and substitute for rice or pasta: quinoa. Trust us. Hard to pronounce but delicious.

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We made chocolate oatmeal no-bake cookies tonight. With the dark-chocolate Hershey's cocoa. Quick, easy and soothing for the hormonally challenged.

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Ruffles. We all need ruffles. They are everywhere and the greatest feminine touch. We saw the cutest pumpkin orange wrap dress at Banana Republic with ruffles across the bodice. LOVED IT. It's a must have.

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How do we stay so healthy, you ask? Every day we take two Flintstones vitamins (in any combination -- Fred-Wilma, Barney-Bam Bam) you get the drill. Not only are they delicious but they are fun and they work. Not many things do THAT, especially without C batteries."

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Here's what you need to be reading all the time. The Yummy List. Compiled by galpal Holly, it's a fabulous triptik thru the world of everything fascinating. Check it out. You'll understand.

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We think Cole Haan shoes are very well-made and sturdy. But the most comfortable shoes we've ever owned are Donald Pliner. We also are a Stewart Weitzman fan.

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We're saying it now: We want a black cashmere bathrobe for Christmas. And of course we've been good ;-)

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Our current RTW sportswear label: Johnny Was. Just a great bunch of pieces. We want the corduroy three-quarter coat with the embroidery. It's rock-a-licious and snazzes up the jeans for fall.

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The best EVER facial scrub: Queen Helene Mint Julep scub. We keep it in the shower and use it everyday for a clean visage. We buy ours online at www.ulta.com. It's about $3 per tube and totally a steal deal, far better than more expensive competitors (and we've tried em all.)

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Galpal Janelle sent us the most thoughtful and delicious package of comestibles from Fredericksburg Farms in Texas. We are nearly addicted to the peach salsa and our better half took the rib rub and used it on salmon, to much fanfare. Check them out at www.fbgfarms.com.

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We MUST HAVE one of those to-die-for white trench coats that Katie Holmes has been sporting around NYC during the weeks leading up to her Broadway debut. Totally chic, clean and sassy -- the white so fresh, even if it's nearly fall. LOVE IT.

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Another food we can't live without: Amy's rice-flour crust pizza. We dump a bunch of veggie toppings on to give it some zing. Not greasy, way filling, without all of the ridiculous, gooey pizza calories. It satisfies without the guilt or bloat.

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Nail polish we're currently wearing: Midnight in Moscow by OPI. It's dark but kinda sexy, even on short nails. Normally, we do light pink on the uppers and coral on the toes. But this time we went walking on the wild side with our nail tech's blessing. Give it a whirl.

Morningstar vegetarian bacon. Just try it. It's deelish, lo-cal and satisfying without clogging your heart. You can do that with brownies.

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We found some seriously cute boots on sale for $29.99 (not a typo) at 6pm.com They are 9West and totally nice. It's a must-check-out site with some deals.

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FEED ME SEYMOUR!!!! We are increasingly eating vegan. It makes us feel better and our skin is pretty too. Plus, no animals die in the feeding of this diva. Fix this dish and serve over brown rice with some soy sauce. It's got all the good stuff in there.

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Saute a couple of shallots and a couple of cloves of garlic in olive oil. Add a bag of fresh spinach and wilt. Add some fresh grape tomatoes and cook until they crinkle a bit (don't cut em up -- dump em in whole). Add a large can of white cannelini beans. Let it all mingle and get hot. You've got a lot of veggies and a lot of protein in a colorful quick dish. Shockingly yummy.

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