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'Tis the Season to be Marie Antoinette: Part Deux

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As a treat for you, my beloved blog-follower, I have gathered together a plethora of Marie Antoinette related treasures available on the open market.  Get ready to click your Amazon Universal Wish List Button .  Here comes 'Tis the Season Part Two! A Pillow On Which to Rest My Shopping Weary Head - Long lines, mad mobs, rainchecks, rude cashiers, pushy salesmen.  Living the life of a Royal Shopper is exhausting, especially during the Holidays.  Although it is not the most revolutionary idea ever shared, I would like to offer you a suggestion.  Why not take a rest, recline your head upon a charming, down-filled pillow?  Pierre Deux has the most romantic little Marie Antoinette Toile Pillow featuring a whimsical pattern based on an engraving of Versailles.  Before you click the link above, let me warn you.  The $195 price tag might cause you to scream, "Sacre Bleu!"    Sure, it is a lot of money for a single 22x16 pillow, but don't you deserve it?  Heck, don't

'Tis the Season to be Like Marie Antoinette - Part One

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With Christmas fast approaching, I thought it might be nice to take a break from our forensic analysis of the Life and Times of Marie Antoinette and focus on an even more pleasing pastime: shopping !   Besides sharing a birthday and a slew of other characteristics, my beloved Reine and I also share a passion for purchasing, a spirit for spending, a zeal for zee sales! As a treat for you, my beloved blog-follower, I have gathered together a plethora of Marie Antoinette related treasures available on the open market.  Get ready to click your Amazon Universal Wish List Button .  If you are anything like me your Wish List is as long as your credit card statement!  (And it's surely about to get longer) **Click on the title to be linked to the product mentioned** A Marie Antoinette Masterpiece - For $189.00 (plus shipping and handling) you can own a framed 26x32 Giclee print of Elizabeth Vigee-LeBrun's Marie Antoinette with a Rose .  True, it is not as spectacular as the ori