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Coffee Break: Lightphoria Lamp

Coffee Break: Lightphoria Lamp

I’ve never been diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), but I’ve often thought I suffer from it to some degree — every winter the gray skies and grayer slush start to get me down right around now. You could plan a trip to Aruba (which, hey, let’s do that anyway), or you could get this $60…

flats for work

Coffee Break: Gailia Flats

These well-reviewed Calvin Klein flats are on sale at Nordstrom: some colors are $68, down from $99. (Oooh, and Amazon has some as low as $38!) I think the pointy toe looks sleek, and of course I am a sucker for a cutout. Of the sale items I like the pictured navy shoe the best (oddly, the color is…