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By Jessica Conway, GalTime.com

Go-To Boot Guide There's nothing like a new pair of boots to put a little spring in your step….or some fall flair in your outfit!

From country styles to rock n' roll to everything in between, PEOPLE StyleWatch Assistant Fashion Editor, Cassady Nordeen, shows GalTime which boots are made for walkin'!

Tough Boots: This is the edgy girl's boot, but it's not studded anymore - it's sleek, sexy, and chic! With details like zippers and buckles, or even a sharp stiletto heel, you can really take rockstar to a whole new level this season.

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Frye Harness Boot, $238

Western Boots: Western boots are all over the runway this season. The newest version is slightly updated. It might have a pointed toe or a higher heel, but it's still a cowboy boot! Look for fringe, embroidery, color, and Southwestern prints.

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Big Buddha Wendy Boot, $69.00

Oxblood: This deep, maroon-ish red is the "it" color this fall. If

By GalTime.com Sr Editor Jessica Ashley

How much did you spend on costumes this year?In the eight years I've been outfitting my son as a Star Wars character, furry animal or superhero, this is the first Halloween I've had to put a cap on spending for the costume.

Crazy enough, the cap was placed on the wig he decided was THE MOST IMPORTANT PART of the costume. I'd already spent $40 on the bodysuit strangess/hilarity, which is not far off from the $30 Batman suit with sculpted muscles from a few years ago, the $35 Clone Trooper after that and the $27 construction worker in late toddlerhood. It is slightly less than the $60 Jack Sparrow spree of last Halloween -- damn you, makers of pre-fab costumes with enticing, awesome accessories not included.

With the wig, my kid's second-grade costume tallied $56. If he wants any other accessories, he's going to have to dig them out of the thousand-dollar costume box in his closet.

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That's how my brother and I put together

By GalTime Nerd Chick Andrea Eldridge

Must-have tech tools to stay organized! As I drag myself away from whiling away another hour clicking through Pinterest and dreaming of crafts and projects I am surely never going to actually do, I have to chuckle a bit at the strange dichotomy that is technology.

It can be a huge black hole for those of us easily distracted by all things shiny, and yet it offers an amazing array of tools to stay organized, connected and efficient.

From online calendars to menu planners to interactive to-dos and reminders, here are some of the best tools and resources to help keep you organized and on track. Whenever you can drag yourself away from that game you're playing on Facebook, that is.

Oh, and even better: they're all free.

The Incredible Synching Online Calendar - Google Calendar

An online calendar with electronic reminders is an amazing tool. The last time I forgot a dentist appointment, only to be told it would be five months before I could get back on the

By GalTime Teen Parenting Expert, Barbara Greenberg, PhD

Bullying in the Classroom As October comes to a close and we wrap up honoring National Bullying Prevention Month, we need to remember that it is clearly a topic that needs to be addressed all year long. Today, I want to talk about a kind of bullying that we don't discuss enough -- the acts that happen when other kids and even adults are around.

Bullying, the worst form of social violence, has been going on for years in hallways, at the lunch table, at recess, on the bus to and from school, currently on the Internet, and of course, in the classroom.

I feel that we haven't given enough attention to the bullying that takes place in the classroom. When our teens or even our tweens tell us that they don't like a specific subject ,it may not be due to the nature of the material, the subject itself, or the teacher. It could be due to the social politics of the classroom which can include subtle and some not-so subtle forms of bullying.

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By David Pollock for GalTime.com

Halloween Skincare Treats During October, it's easy to get lost in childhood memories of Halloween. The costumes! The candy! The scary movies!

But when was the last time you really celebrated the holiday?

Here's an idea - have a "Mummy" Halloween party! After the kids hit the hay, ask your friends to come on over with their favorite scary movie, candy, or drink.

Before grabbing the popcorn and cuddling on the couch, spend some time in the kitchen brewing up Halloween skincare treats. The recipes below will transform dry skin…preventing you from feeling like a monster this season!

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Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin Sugar Face Scrub

Did you know that you probably have one of the best natural skin healers and moisturizers sitting on your front porch? Pumpkin! It's chock full of good-for-your-skin vitamins.

Using a small bowl, have each person mix 1 cup of raw sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Add ¼ cup

By Karen S. Exkorn for GalTime.com

Do you need to take your bucket list up a notch?We all have different sides to us, right? But do we always embrace them?

The truth is, I almost wrote Fifty Two Shades of Blue-ish (a parody of the book you know well) under a pseudonym. Why? Because I was afraid. Close and caring friends and colleagues echoed my fears. "Are you sure you want to write this book under your own name?" they'd ask. Their concerns matched my own--that people might not take me as seriously in the business world and the autism community if they knew that I'd written a humorous erotic book. After all, I was known as a "serious autism author," and "serious corporate consultant." How could I add "silly, sexy parody writer" to the mix?

But then, something shifted. In a moment of self-reflection, I created a Bucket List. Only, unlike that typical list that people hope to accomplish before they die, my list was something that I wanted to accomplish NOW (or at least soon). So I renamed my list. I called it The

By GalTime's Entertainment Diva Andrea Krivelow

Photo by David Gabber/PR PhotosKim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian are set to launch a new makeup line next month.

Khroma Beauty will be sold at places like CVS, Sears, and Ulta...but the roll out doesn't seem to be going so smoothly for the popular trio.

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Michael Rey, co-owner of Chroma Makeup in Beverly Hills, claims it took 12 years to build his brand. Now, he's saying the Kardashians line "cheapens" his products and "creates confusion" in the marketplace. He worries that his high-end customers will start to think his products aren't so nice after all.

Michael has hired a legal team and hopes that Kim, Khloe and Kourtney will change the name of their cosmetics line. If not, he plans on taking legal action.

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By Eleanore Wells for GalTime.com


It looks like you need to make a quick exit...

I've been on more than a few bad dates in my lifetime, but I haven't had a seriously bad date in a long time. That's because I've learned what to do. And what not to do. Here are a few tips on how to cut your "oh no!" dates down to a minimum. (Of course, I'm assuming that the badness in the bad date is not your fault.)

The Only Tip You Really
Need

Make the first date a short date. Meet for coffee and dessert. Or a drink. The first date should last an hour. You can tolerate anything for an hour, right? If you like each other, you can always schedule another one for another day.

If you ignore this tip and find yourself out on a good-date-gone-bad, first consider how bad it really is, on a scale of 1-10. What you should do next depends on how you rate this date.

Uh-Oh....1 = I'm bored

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4 = Something's not right, though I'm not sure what

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7 = What a jerk

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10 = This guy is psycho