Educate yourself on cyberbullying; men out-shop women on Black Friday; small portions will make you pig out; airfare costs are way, way up; and Americans don't trust Sarah Palin on women's health issues.
Chatelaine
Just as I put off going to the dentist, I put off bathing suit shopping. If I think about it, I'd rather book ten dentist appointments than go bathing suit shopping.
I'm finally - finally! - writing from a Paris hotel, my window overlooking a charming street scene of busy little cafes, boutiques selling beautiful leather goods and Mad Men-esque vintage clothing, and apartments with lovingly cultivated and colourful window boxes.
We asked Avis Cardella, reformed shopping addict and author of Spent: Memoirs of a Shopping Addict, to weigh in.
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