September 24, 2009 at 7:00 am by Luanne Bradley
Sharing Family Garb Is Good Savings (if You Can Stand the Loan)
My lovely, celebrity-style dressing room is a spare bedroom I stole in the house, a spare that once housed a maple crib, green nursing glider and armoire of precious, spit-up stained Baby Gap dresses on mini-hangers.
Today, it’s my own little retail Mecca (organic, of course). But I do allow my daughters to visit and check out the blouses and shoe rack, and yes, even borrow on occasion. That sort of thing was taboo when I was growing up. Moms were moms. Friends were the ones loaning stuff.
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This season I’m really digging the high-waisted wide leg jean, but I’ve been having trouble figuring out how to pull it off. I’m petite (or itty bitty as some like to say) and “big” looks most often drown my slight figure. 
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