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With the New Year behind us, we are thrilled to welcome our ChickAdvisor readers to the official start of wedding planning season!  The Christmas holidays are typically the busiest time of year for engagements, and we send our congratulations to all the newly engaged brides-to-be. 

If you are just starting your with your planning, you may be seeing plenty of coverage on one of the most...
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If your closet greets you to a pile of tanks that haven’t seen daylight since The O.C. was on every time you open its doors, then Honey - it’s time for a makeover! Start the new year off clutter-free with these 6 easy steps to organizing your wardrobe:


Consider hiring a professional

If your budget allows it, hiring an organizing consultant will save you the time and labour of doing it yourself....
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Portion control was a buzz word of the '00s as a solution to the supersized '90s. Research showed us that when we ate popcorn from a large bag we subconsciously ate more  than if we had eaten it out of a small bag.  And when given a plate of food, whether big or small, we would tend to eat mindlessly until it was clean. The solution thrust upon us? 100-calorie snack packs.

These...
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All week long we've been wearing black and grey. We didn't plan it that way, it just sort of happened.

This morning Mandy and I showed up wearing matching leather pants and grey tops (mine's under my jacket). What's with all the black and grey? Do you think it's the January blahs subliminally coming out through our wardrobes? Are you wearing a lot of grey too?
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For all you Toronto chickies, celebrate the snow with Winterlicious, the annual prix fixe culinary event. Entering its eighth year, Winterlicious gives Torontonians the opportunity to fine dine at the 150 restaurants participating restaurants at a fixed price. Lunch averages $15 to $25, while dinner can be expected to cost from $25 to $45.

The event runs from January 29 to February 11. Start making...
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Can you believe it's been 10 years since Sade released universal makeout album of the decade, Lover's Rock? This February she's releasing Soldier of Love. Based on this sneak peak it appears she is staying true to the style that made her a star. The album is due for release on February 8th. Will you get it?

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When American fashion magazine V's much talked-about 'Size Issue' is released next Thursday, readers will finally get the extended editorial experience that these preview images have kept them waiting for:




The editorial, titled "One Size Fits All," will feature a plus-size model and a traditional (thin) model showing off the same clothes side by side.



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Julie-Anne Cleyn is a recent addition to the ChickAdvisor family!



The spunky Editorial Assistant was put to the test on her very first day when we subjected her to the posing wall. She took it like a pro, and so we decided to keep her. Though her editorial work on ChickAdvisor articles may be harder to spot (she makes us all look better correcting boo boos and grammatical blunders), you may...
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How fitting that the one who inspired the posing wall is the first to use it in 2010. Mandy came in this morning wearing what Julie-Anne and I were both convinced was a $200 fur vest. When she confessed it was only about 15 bucks off the sale rack at Urban Behaviour, she was promptly marched over to the new posing wall, and so it begins.



Behold:



$15. Seriously? Don't be surprised if...
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Do you love tucking your pants into your winter boots, but hate the way they bunch up at the top of them?

Then you may be kind of thrilled to hear about Jean Straps.


These clip-on removable stirrups attach at the base of your pants. They minimize bunching and make it simple to pull your jeans over your pants.

Though we're still anticipating trying them ourselves, the stirrups are striking...
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