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It’s been a minute since I’ve posted but I didn’t travel much in the last quarter of the year, and truthfully, when I did, the pickings were slim. Now it’s 2010 and I’m not sure where – or when – my next foreign adventure will take me, so I decided to post about a recent and most successful shopportunities, right here in the Sunshine State.

Over the last year or so I’ve developed quite a liking for Kate Spade jewelry and accessories. I like the colors, clean lines and palpable sense of whimsy all her stuff, but the prices? Not so much. Luckily I’ve got two KS outlet stores near me, where prices are much more realistic and I can usually find some funky little frivolity to perk up an outfit.

Case in point: this amazing cuff. I fell in love with it the moment I saw it, and at $25 dollars (discounted from $125), buying it was a no-brainer. I wear it with a plain black or white three-quarter sleeve T, and I can’t tell you how many compliments I get when I do.

But the Kate purchase to trump all others has got to be this Poppy Fields pendant. I’d snapped up the matching ring on sale in the “real” KS store a few weeks before.

It was still more than I wanted to pay, but it was around Christmas time and what can I say? My price-resistance was low. But I balked at paying $116 (on sale!) for the matching necklace, even though I knew I’d be able to rock it in so many ways.

Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago. I’d planned a trip to the Orlando outlet malls with my shopper-in-crime Allyson and mentioned to her that I wanted to check KS on the off-chance that they might have the necklace – which is from the current collection, mind you – in store. Well, as I pushed the door, what did I spy on the display at the register? Yes, fellow shoppers, a single Poppy Fields pendant suspended from the display. In nano seconds I pounced, inhaled as I turned over the price tag and could hardly contain myself when I saw what it read: $27.99!

Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is a deal and a half!

I’m all about the statement ring.

I never leave the house without some bold bauble perched on the middle finger of my right hand, and over the years I’ve amassed quite a collection of dramatic digital decoration. (I blame my mother, who gave me a stainless steel and stone ring about 15 years ago, propelling me towards my ring-obsessed destiny.)

But last weekend I found the ring – actually two – that have since become the crown jewels of my collection. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present Exhibit A:

ring A I scored this Kenneth Jay Lane beauty at Saks Off Fifth at Orlando’s Prime Outlets, marked down to $40 from a whopping $90. People have told me it looks like a TV screen, candy, or a weapon, but to me it just looks like ten types of awesome rolled into one. And I love the nifty adjustable doohickey inside, which allows it to fit fingers sized 6 to 9 – why don’t all rings come with these?) I love this beauty so much that it brings me a little frisson of pleasure every time I look down at it on my hand (at least 1,000 times a day). And I love it so much that I couldn’t resist buying its “sister,” Exhibit B:

Exhibit B

I’ve been lusting over this ring ever since I spied it in a fashion feature in the latest issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. Come on, who wouldn’t be enchanted by it’s turquoise and coral loveliness? KJL’s website is for wholesalers only, so it took me a lengthy Google Images search before I found it, for sale only on this website. The list price was more than I wanted to spend, but with a quick “Revolve Clothing coupon” search I snagged a 30% discount on all first-time orders. Score!!

Are you ring-crazy, too? Do you hoard handbags? Have you run out of space for your shoes? Or are you enslaved by some other accessory addiction? Confess your sins (and share your sources) in the comments.

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