Kat’s Favorite Coffee Break Accessories

Kat’s Favorite Coffee Break Accessories

In keeping with the theme of yearly look-backs, these are some of my favorites from the accessories recommended here this year… Some of these are still available, including: – Kate Spade Thelma pumps (shown below in purple) – The Jones New York t-strap pump, the Helkie (shown below in black and beige) – the flat(ish)…

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Brahmin Universal Phone Wallet
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Coffee Break – Universal Phone Wallet

I featured something similar from Cole Haan a few weeks ago, but I thought I’d bring this lovely red cell phone wallet to your attention today — can you think of a single woman on your gift-giving list who wouldn’t benefit from something like this? If she’s working, it’s the perfect I’m-just-grabbing-lunch-quickly wallet (she can…

Micah's DNA, originally uploaded to Flickr from micahb37.

Coffee Break: 23andMe

Here’s a gift idea for the science lovers in your life: DNA testing. Yes, seriously. You’ve actually been able to get it done commercially for a while now, but last week, my father excitedly emailed me to let me know that the main company that does it — 23 and Me — just lowered their…

Coffee Break

Briefly (because I really have nothing good to add to the conversation and get all choked up anyway when I think about it): instead of suggesting another random gift idea, I thought I’d devote today’s Coffee Break to places you can help the victims of Friday’s tragic shooting. Mashable did a roundup the other day…

Missoni Stripe Scarf
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Coffee Break – Missoni Stripe Scarf

Another gift idea that I always love (particularly for my MIL): scarves. If there’s someone who you know wears a lot of scarves but doesn’t necessarily splurge on bigger brands, it can be fun to indulge in a fancier scarf for each holiday — you’re helping her to build her collection and giving her something…