Sneak Peek: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

O-M-G! Check out the promo for the newest installment of Bravo's hit "Real Housewives" franchise. The fabulosity & cattiness is OFF the Richter Scale! This group of ladies is about to show all the other Housewives how it's REALLY done. I'm on the edge of my seat!

Another Discount Shopping Site to Add to Your Rotation

As if GILT, IDEELI & RUE LA LA weren't enough...I just got turned onto HauteLook. With sales on uber-haute labels like J Brand, Ella Moss & Juicy, it's worth adding to the rotation. Sales begin at 8AM PST daily.

D.O.T.D. = Keep the Doc Away w/ a FREE Sample of Emergen-C

Get a FREE sample of Emergen-C's Mixed Berry Vitamin D & Calcium Bone Formula, HERE!

D.O.T.D. = 30% off at Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Banana Republic Factory Store & Gap Outlet from NOW til Sunday!

Fall into the GAP and save 30% this weekend. CLICK HERE!

Bergdorf Bargains! Yes...you read right

So this past weekend I hit the Big Apple for my BFF's b'day party & following a fab brunch at Sarabeth's (Central Park South location - my fave!) we stopped by the mecca of all stores, Bergdorf Goodman. I was prepared to do my usual "window shopping," but to my pleasant surprise there was a bananas sale going on! To give you an idea, I scored a pair of J Brand skinny jeans for $49 - regular price $228! I know, I know...I still feel like I did something illegal. There were racks of haute pieces/shoes on sale so if you're in NYC run there before it's ALL gone! For those of you outside of the NYC area check out BG's website for some equally mouth-watering deals.

Nail polish that can get you "in the mood" ?

It only took me a WEEK but I finally read this year's InStyle Sept. issue from cover to cover. It's honestly the biggest issue I've ever seen! It's full of interesting tidbits. One thing that caught my eye was a blurb about "mood" nail polish. Mood rings are so 1990!

Now your nail lacquer can sum up your feelings. I for one can't wait to try this! Instyle pubbed this brand but there are several out there, including a line at Claire's. Time to let your fingertips do some of the talking!

Friday the 13th = Glamorama!

Macy's Glamorama invades Chi-town w/ Macy Gray!

Here's the event description:

Haute fashion, hotter music, hottest celebrities... Macy's Passport Presents Glamorama is the charity benefit event of the fall fashion season! This spectacular fundraiser is a celebration filled with chart-topping musical acts, celebrity appearances and fashion designers brought together for one exciting evening. And it's all followed by the most glam party in town! But the most important aspect of Passport Presents Glamorama is the money raised for charity. For the past 28 years, over $40 million has been raised in the Minneapolis, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles markets.

Event Deets:

The Show
Starring Macy Gray & Eric Hutchinson
The Chicago Theatre
175 N. State Street
Chicago, IL 60601

Featured designers:

Tommy Hilfiger Collection
Marc Jacobs
Just Cavalli
SportMax
Sonia Rykiel
Jean Paul Gaultier
Philosophy di Alberta Feretti
Issey Miyake
Material Girl
Jezebel/Felina
2(x)ist

Post-Party
Macy's on State Street
111 N. State Street
Chicago, IL 60602

The remaining dates/cities are:

September 16, 2010 - Los Angeles
*Benefiting AIDS Project Los Angeles and Project Angel Food

September 24, 2010 -San Francisco
*Benefiting AIDS Emergency Fund, Project Open Hand and Glide Foundation

For more event info & how to buy tix CLICK HERE.

Christmas Just Came Early: Sales Tax Holidays Across the Country THIS Weekend

The shopping fairies are smiling on me this weekend. Illinois kicked off a 10-day sales tax holiday today & my home state of Tennessee is celebrating ALL weekend (ironically I had already scheduled a visit). Other states where you can escape Uncle Sam this weekend are:

Alabama
Iowa
Louisiana
Maryland (starts Sunday)
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Virginia

For a complete list of sales tax holidays for each state that participates & what types of purchases qualify CLICK HERE! Keep in mind that some states "celebrate" more than once a year.

What the...

Ever wonder how safe it is to wear jeans more than once w/o washing them? Or why only some farts reak? Or why you get turned on when you're breast feeding? (yeah...I had no idea)"Health Magazine" Medical Editor Dr. Roshini Raj is answering these & other awkward questions in her new book, "What the Yuck?"

To avoid the embarrassment of asking these questions out loud get your copy HERE.

Equal Opportunity Marriage: Are you down with the Swirl?

No, I'm not talking about the overturning of Prop 8 (but I did do a victory dance last night). Not sure where I was when this was first reported in June, but I was very surprised (yet not) to learn that interracial marriage in the U.S. is at an all-time high! 14.6% of all new marriages in the U.S. in 2008 were between people of a different race or ethnicity. I find this very interesting in a country where in some parts I'm still referred to as "colored." Now anyone who knows me knows that I've ALWAYS been an equal opportunity dater. And I don't buy into the hype that there's a disproportionate amount of good eligible black men in the world. I know too many good ones. Now I will say that I've noticed a large increase in the number of brothas who are opting to date outside of the race. Love is blind, but 22% of black men who wed in '08 married outside their race. That's more than 1/5 versus the 9% of black women did the same. What's really good? Is there a reason for the "mass exodus" or is it simply that color lines are finally being erased?