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My new fav movie: "Confessions of a Shopaholic."

I went to see it this weekend with my shopping buddy, Nikki. We were so excited about it.

And Isla Fisher did not disappoint. She was awesome.

Like the rest of us, she enjoys fashion.

Ok, she REALLY enjoys fashion. So much so that she put her self in thousands of dollars in debt to have really cute outfits.

And she did have some super-cute clothes.

She could've been singing my song, or the song of any woman who uses shopping to soothe her troubled soul.

Who hasn't been out for a little "shopping therapy?"

Sometimes, a new pair of shoes can brighten even the darkest of days.

Such is the movie's main character's, Rebecca Bloomwood's, problem. Even when the sun is shining, she shops. When it rains - she shops. When it's cold outside. .. well, you get the idea.

Fisher is great at showing us shopping to the extreme, and it's a journey you can enjoy, especially if you've ever been there.

While searching for Grammy fashion flubs to criticize this morning, I found this AP photo of nine-months pregnant rapper M.I. A.

The Associated Press caption: "M.I.A. poses for a photograph backstage at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, in Los Angeles."

Wow.

That's about all I can say. I sent the photo around to my co-workers, who had the following caption suggestions:

Education reporter Nikki: "Rapper M.I.A. is nominated for the best performance by a nine-month preggers rapper wearing a Halloween costume."

"British singer M.I.A. is large and in charge at the 51st Grammy Awards," said our Entertainment reporter, Erin.

She added, "Girlfriend is nine months pregnant and can hold her own with the likes of T.I., Lil Wayne, Kanye and Jay-Z. Loves it!"

Assistant features editor, Sue, gave us a good one, "Pop sensation M.I.A. shows off her humble roots by taking advantage of the chiffon and polka-dot cotton sale in the fabric department of the local Wal-Mart."

And from our Web/Weekly goddess, Joan: Rap sensation M.I.A. shows her fashion sense is M.I.A.

Sharing my sentiments, Day Metro Editor Amy said about the photo, "I got nothing. I'm still speechless."

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I guess this is more proof that I'm getting old, because I didn't know who the heck this woman is, or why she would be at the Grammys.

However, that's not saying much. I didn't know a lot of the acts at the Grammys, not just the fashion-challenged ones.

Since we're all about democracy here (unless I don't like you), let's put it out to a vote. Let me know what you think of this outfit.

Mystery solved. We know what the ball looks like, and who made it.

Here's the dress she wore for the slew of inauguration (just learned to spell that word this week) balls held to celebrate her husband's swearing in.

Michelle Obama wore a white Jason Wu one-shouldered gown. As usual, some loved it, and others hated it. The First Lady was one of the few who didn't opt for the standard black dress at the formal balls.

She stood out, but was it in a good way?

For the most part, though, Michelle Obama got rave reviews for the dress. She and Barack made a sharp couple, according to most of the fashion Gods.

What do you think?

Are we feeling this dress? I need to hear from you.

And because I just love a good photo slide show, here's one that looks at the best and worst inaugural fashion.

First Lady Michelle Obama wore a dress by Cuban-American designer, Isabel Toledo.

Thanks to my co-worker, Erin, we at "Weighing In" were able to help bring the news of the designer of Michelle's dress to you first.

Big shout out to Erin! (This is where you guys are supposed to be "raising the roof," for Erin.)

The folks who designed the dress and coat were just as surprised as everyone else when Michelle picked their wares.

Very cool.

I like the dress. I'm still on the fence about the gloves and the shoes. What do you guys think?

The next Michelle Obama mystery - what will she wear to the ball?

Oh, wait. . . that was the original mystery. We still don't have the answer to that one.

The year isn't over yet, but it's not too early for the 2008 worst lists.

To those who make the lists early - God bless you.

Here's the Undressed list of celebrity fashion missteps. Make sure to read the descriptions of why these celebs got it terribly wrong.

In honor of Halloween, I thought I'd provide you with this scary photo of a 40-something year old who really, really needs yet another fashion intervention.

Can you get your sister, please?

There are a lot of things wrong with Mariah Carey, and her outfit (She couldn't find ANY matching reds?!?!?!). When I saw this on the wire this morning, I was like, "What the. . . "

And, she was taken to her and baby Nick's Halloween bash in a fire truck. Nice.

Let's hope no one was in need of fire assistance during Mariah's little ride.

Ok, maybe I've had a little haterade today, but seriously. Mariah is beautiful and has an exceptional voice.

During the brief period where she dressed like a woman and not a homeless teen from the 80s, she looked very good.

Why did she go back to these kinds of looks? It's sad, because she'd come so far past the butterflies and Daisy Dukes.

I have no choice. I'm declaring Mariah Carey today's hot ghetto mess.

Prince is 50 this year.

Yes, the man of the high-heeled, "Purple Rain" fame has reached the big 5-0, and has written a book to talk about it.

In this story, an AP writer talks about Prince's timelessness, and his ability to still rock.

In his honor, here's today's viral video of one my favorite Prince songs, "When Doves Cry," from the Purple Rain soundtrack.

I just love his hair and outfit in this video. Totally 80's style, baby!

I've got an an attitude to cover my fear of looking fat in my dress when I get to the suite where everyone is getting ready.

I know, I'm obsessing. I can't help it.

While we're in the mirror, another bridesmaid, Shirley, tells me how she's not feeling good about showing her back fat when we stand up at the front of the church for the wedding ceremony.

What? Shirley can't be any more than like a size 12.

But she's really nervous about how she will look in her dress, too.

I was hiding under my covers Saturday morning, until my sister, Regina, came to wake me up.

Somehow, I hoped that no one would notice me buried under the blankets, that I could stay there all day and avoid stuffing myself into the bridesmaid's dress.

No such luck.

My family was happy and excited about the wedding of a woman who has been like a sister to me and my sisters, and a daughter to my parents.

I was . . . what's that word. . . Oh yes. . . fat.

I had to go through the worst part of wedding preparations Monday.

Even more painful than small talk with people you barely know, getting kissed on the cheek and a little to close to your mouth by some old guy at the wedding and suffering through speech after speech at the reception, I had to go for a dress fitting yesterday.

As I said in my "confessions" post, I think it's an evil, awful thing to make a fat bridesmaid squeeze into a strapless dress. It is really a crime of nature.

So, after using everything but duct tape to put myself in the dress (although I may need it for the wedding), I was told by this nice little Indian woman and wonderful seamstress that the dress would not work.

As some of you may have heard, there's a new '90210' show on the CW.

For those old enough, it's a revamp of an older show, 'Beverly Hills, 90210.'

Anywho, the two lead female stars, Shenae Grimes and Jessica Stroup, have come under fire for being really, really, (did I say really), thin.

Sources from the show note that the two wear sizes that rang from 00 (is that a real size?) to 2.

In this US Weekly cover story, a source said, "I've never seen them eat."

Some say the young starlets are under a lot of pressure because the show was highly-anticipated, and may have lost weight because of it.

My question - if these women are this thin on camera (which supposedly adds 10 pounds), how do they look in real life?

One of Shenae's thighs could be my arm!

Celeb gossip sites also had dogged the tiny girls on 'Gossip Girl' for being too thin, but these twigs make those girls look healthy. (Notice I did not say fat.)

On the Web, other bloggers weighed in on the skinny women.

They are really tiny. Any thoughts on this one, guys?

The news media has not been kind to a 'Desperate Housewives' star who wore a sparkly, shimmery mess of a dress to the Emmys.

Eva Longoria Parker and her bow dress has made it on all the worst-dressed Emmy lists.

Do you guys think her dress was that bad?

Ok, she did make one best dressed list.

I found this overall round-up on the frocks and shocks from Tv's big night.

It's mocking me.

From it's plastic cover and its place hanging on the closet door, the pretty, beaded and strapless dress, is taunting me.

It is not happy with me almost having a panic attack every time I think about what my fat back an turkey arms will look like in it for my friend's October wedding.

No, that's not enough.

It's like, "Hey, big girl. I know you're stressed about how you're going to look in this dress. You should be. You're going to look a hot ghetto mess!"

Then, I hear its evil laughter.

It's mocking me.

These are the confessions of a plus-sized bridesmaid.

This writer seems to think so. He lives in suburban Virginia, and sees Crocs waaaaaay too much.

Poor guy.

I wonder if he's tried the Crocs flip-flops.

They are really comfortable.

However, I do agree with him. I can't bring myself to wear the other Crocs, no matter how comfortable people say they are.

So readers, discuss. . . . Crocs or no Crocs?

the Oscars' fashion round-up. I know you're dying to know who looked a hot mess on the red carpet.

Since you guys are at work, I rounded up some stuff for you, including this "Worst Dressed Lists" from the Oscars at Yahoo!

This one from E!Online, allows you to waste countless productive work hours voting on whether you like the clothes or not.

The Fashion Police poke fun at those who may or may not have been in style at the Oscars last night.

I'm kind of disappointed that our friends at MSN's Undressed always need a day or so after the Oscars to get the witty captions together for the worst dressed.

Undressed needs to get with the program and have stuff done the day after the Oscars, not on Tuesday or another day later this week.

Here's their Oscar photos, without any snarky comments. Darn.

I found one on the MSN site with the Oscar highlights in pictures, but the captions are drab.

Like Undressed, I guess we'll have to wait until People hits the newsstand this week to see their best and worst dressed Oscar picks.

Just in case you're like me, and don't want to read the full, AP story to find out who won what award, here's the list.