shoes

If it's wrong for me to want these boots, I don't wanna be right. Black leather thigh-high boots, Chanel, $2,920; www.chanel.com or at select Chanel boutiques, 800-550-0005.

You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry

She sings as she packs her backpack. Right before she gets to the line "He sees you when you're sleeping" she looks up at me with saucer eyes

"Oh my God, Santa is a stalker!"

required reading

My job has many perks, one is that I get paid to read. Doing so I've found dozens of childrens' books that make me think "Everyone should read this!!" Next time you are hanging out in a bookstore you should mozy on over to the kids section, grab a few of the following, hunker down for a delightful stretch of picture book pleasure.

The Dot, Peter H. Reynolds
Ish, Peter H. Reynolds
Just like Heaven, Patrick McDonnell
The Gift of Nothing, Patrick McDonnell
Lost and Found, Oliver Jeffers
Today I will fly!, Mo Willems
My Friend is Sad, Mo Willems
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst

This list will be ongoing, feel free to contact me with your suggestions.