Do you hate your body?  Do you avoid looking in the mirror for fear of what you'll see?  Well Kelly Park and Carson Kressley of Lifetime Television's "How To Look Good Naked" may be able to help.  And without liposuction, facelifts, butt lifts or tummy tucks. As part of BlogHer's "Letter To My Body" campaign which tries to help women improve their body image, I'm going to have the pleasure of doing a podcast interview with Kelly Park who starred in the premiere of this season's "How To Look Good Naked."

Stephanie is going back to work, teaching seventh-grade social studies, and she's been shopping for clothes: "I went to Nordstrom yesterday for shoes, and they immediately threw Dansko professional clogs at me.  I resisted and asked for other, more stylish shoes, but I eventually acquiesced to their pushing ...

Schools use technology, students use technology. What do you need to buy your student in addition to spirals and ballpoint pens to make sure they are technologically supplied and ready for school? We'll look at some software and security essentials for computers first, and then talk about hardware for students who are still at home and for students who are in school away from home.

It's been a while since I've done written about the refashionistas, those creative, frugal fashion crafters who take older, unworn clothes and thrift-store finds, cut, paint, sew, style, and design great new functional items from them.  A gold-mine of ideas for used jeans can be found at WiseBread's post: Twenty-five Things to Do With Old Jeans by Myscha Theriault. Let's examine some of her ideas:

I'm a big fan of the less-is-more approach when it comes to clothes; a smaller wardrobe of pieces that are well made and versatile is substantially easier to work with than a big mess of stuff that doesn't fit right or that you don't know how to wear.  I'm also a big fan of NOT shopping, of doing as Tim Gunn suggests and making it work.  But even the most carefully edited closet needs a few things every once in a while; this fall there are three things to look for, two basics and a trend.Ready?  Let's shop.

What's happening this week in the world of fashion? We have Project Runway, magic mascara wands, and celebrity style from Jennifer Aniston. Plus, affordable Botkier bags--at Target.