
When I was a little girl, my all-time favorite holiday was Halloween.
I got way more candy than I could ever fit in my Easter basket. And traipsing through neighborhood streets past my bedtime was way more fun than snuggling in bed waiting for Santa.
Plus I got to play dress-up!
Probably my most original costume was the year I went as a cigarette girl. I thought it…
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Would you buy a pair of shoes if you knew that the worker who made them had been physically and verbally abused by being forced to stand in the hot sun, by having shoes and other objects thrown at him, or by repeatedly being hit and scratched?
What if you found out this same worker was being paid a mere 50 cents a day, barely enough…
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When I was a little girl, I remember waiting with excited anticipation for the yearly broadcast of The Wizard of Oz. (Yes, I predate the days of DVRs, On Demand and DVDs.)
Back then, if you missed the yearly broadcast, you had to wait an entire year before you’d have an opportunity to see the film again. So it will be no problem for me to…
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According to a new national poll published in April’s ShopSmart magazine, the average woman owns 17 pairs of shoes but typically only wears three pairs on a regular basis.
Plus it reports that we’re now going “sole” searching in cyberspace at a much higher rate than ever before with about a third of women admitting to online purchases.
In addition, more women than ever — 60% in fact…
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Oh, the power of red shoes!
Just think about it. In Hans Christian Andersen’s famous fairy tale, red shoes took over the peasant girl and made her dance, dance, dance all morning, noon and night. In The Wizard of Oz, ruby red slippers whisked Dorothy back home to Kansas with just three little clicks. Why there’s no telling what today’s VPOD could help YOU accomplish!
If you’re too…
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