Fall family festival planned at Oklahoma City Museum of Art

At the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City.
Neiman Marcus shows resort shoe collection

This is not an example of frugal shopping, but isn’t it a pretty shoe? It is Prada and sold by Neiman Marcus.
The Pioneer Woman’s Cookbook is in local bookstores!

Ree Drummond was in town recently to promote her new cookbook, “The Pioneer Woman Cooks.” She signed copies of her book at Full Circle Bookstore on Oct. 29th.


Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman.
Dillard’s Handbag Trade-In Event
Need a new handbag? Get yourself to Dillard’s where the Handbag Trade-In Event continues through Nov. 1. Just bring in any clean, used handbag and receive a discount on any regular-priced handbag or wallet purchase of $50 or more.
Here’s the important part:
Save $15 on a bag valued at $50 to $75
Save $25 on a bag valued at $75 to $125
Save $40 on a bag valued at $126 to $199
Save $50 on a bag valued at $200 or more
Used handbags will be donated to a local charity.
Trocha’s decorates for THUNDER!

Drop by Trochta’s flowers and see the Thunder Display. Very cool! (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Don’t forget to use your Premier Card!

Premier Card participants offer a generous 20% discount to cardholders for the ten-day period, Friday, October 30th – Sunday, November 8th, 2009. Proceeds from card sales benefit Payne Education Center.
Hotel specials at W Dallas-Victory
Traveling to Dallas? Check out these specials at the W Dallas-Victory hotel.
What’s Your Wish
Pamper, play and stay at W Dallas – where wishes come true. Create your own escape with our What’s Your Wish package. Your experience includes a special rate from $259. Plus, you can choose two of the following perks:
- Upgrade your room
- Bliss® Spa will make you mush ‘from the neck up’ with the rubber neck™ massage
- Complimentary parking for your Wheels
- Bottle of bubbly to toast the night away
- Trio of dessert at Craft
W Does Dallas
Your experience at W Dallas-Victory includes a special rate from $199, plus:
- Access for two to Ghostbar
- Taste of Texas amenity
- American Breakfast for two
- Complimentary overnight valet parking
- Two cool cocktails in the Living Room Bar
- Free Hot Cream Manicure with purchase of a Blissage75 at Bliss Spa
Phone: (214) 397-4100.
Girls Night Out at Balliet’s
Gather round, ladies, you won’t want to miss this. It’s Girls Night Out at Balliet’s, 50 Penn Place.
The event is from 6 to 9 tonight with tax-free shopping, plus 10 percent off cosmetics and fragrance. This is the biggest discount Balliet’s has ever offered on cosmetics.
What’s more, you can get a little face time with national makeup artists from Laura Mericer and Trish McEvoy. Jason Hoffman with Shu Uemura also will be there. And you definitely will want to check out Bobbi Brown’s new holiday collection, the Milly trunk show and the Gurhan jewelry trunk show.
Oh, and did we mention the free martini bar, wine tasting, drawing for a $500 gift certificate and live music?
Trochta’s and fall flowers

Check out fall arrangement basket of pansies, corn, ivy, pumpkins from Trochta’s Flowers. Cathy Blair arranged these for a Parties Extra! web cast. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).

Check out Valerie Naifeh’s Fine Jewelry, 9203 N Penn., Oklahoma City
