Actually, I’ve “come down” with a case of depression. I’m prone to it now and then. I’ve messed up posting this past week at least, and I just have to admit it. I shouldn’t do any series until I’m feeling all better, but I still want to try to do holidays things, you know?

Anyway, here’s a great send off to Hanukkah. An expensive designer bag by Dior … in blue! The My Dior Medium Frame bag, for $1790 at Neiman Marcus. Carry it year after year in all future Hanukkahs!

If you don’t already have a system to organize your handbags, especially if you switch them out often, you might need the miracle of the Purse Brite. To many of you I ask, why haven’t you tried one already?

This purse organizer has several pockets to keep your junk neat in your bags, but it also comes with a little light, which can be turned on to give a little boost to those with tall bags or if you constantly lose belongings and fight to find them in your cave-like purse.

Unfortunately, the regular Purse Brite is too large for small and even some medium-sized handbags.

And please, ignore the hideous bags on the website. Ugh!

For you Jewish fabulistas, after you switch on your electric menorahs and eat your candy “present”, you’ll probably be left craving more. Why don’t you treat yourself?!

So… “On the 1st Night of Hanukkuh, I Gift to Myself…”

Hanukkah gifts are known for being small, but that doesn’t mean they have to be piddly!

The first small, yet totally fab gift for the first night of Hanukkah (although a little late in the evening), should be from COACH - and what’s small from Coach? Key Fobs, of course! The company even produces two ring styles that are totally Festival of Lights Friendly.

First, we have a blue snowflake key ring. Perfect! Next, we have the long-lasting, fashion equivalent of chocolate coins. I make no statements and follow no beliefs on why chocolate coins are a part of Jewish tradition, but I still say, why get a gift you eat away, when a girl can receive a brass and leather goodie for her purse!

Coach Snowflake Keyfob - $28. Chainlink Coins Keyfob (which represents the brand’s symbols, not currency) - $98.

Those may not be your personal faves, so here are more key rings from www.coach.com.

What a beautiful thing! And the art on these women’s shirts is really beautiful, itself.

Miss Wit Tees is voted by moi to be the Busted for girls, with shirts that read sayings like, “A woman’s place is in the house” (the White House!) There are also shirts for just about any person who’s sassy, funny or bold at heart. (And some great progressive liberal stuff, which is alright by me!) I say it’s not only for femmes, but Miss Wit totally represents the wit in women.

The Miss Wit Dotsie designs depict what was originally water color etchings of flowering branches, painted by the Miss Wit Mom, who is now deceased. When you wear a Dotsie, you will represent the characteristics of authenticity, humbleness, a giving heart and so much more.

The shirts, in lightweight 4-seasons material in short or long sleeves, range in price from $28 to $36, respectively.

I’ve made a little holiday header for KMS*, but we still have my sketch to the right of that. From now on, we’ll have a graphical logo.

I’m also doing away with the comma in Kiss Me Stace. A) People probably think (for some reason) I’m “Stace”, telling someone to kiss me (when I’m telling Stace to kiss me, technically, although it’s not literal). And B) The incident with the New York Times printing our blog name across two separate pages haunts me to this day. *Shudder*

Anyway, it’s [the night of] December 1st; yet the Yuletide cheer begin!

I’ve recently rediscovered how announcing a sidebar poll in an entry helps get votes from feed readers (from being a feed reader who then voted; it was on one of my favorite blogs, yet I have nary the time to visit much aside from clicking on the headlines that jump out at me). So even though this poll started days ago, I’m announcing it now. And yes, you can simple vote just below, if on the single page for this post.

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