Best of the Broke: November

November is one of our favorite months, being that there's a whole holiday involved which is centered around stuffing our faces.  Mashed potatoes aside, though, a lot of other awesome things happened over the last 30 days. 

Before we take a look back at all that went down, we should mention that Whitney Port will be on hand this weekend at the holiday party we're hosting with Fred Segal Originals and Eventbrite.  Blushington Makeup & Beauty Lounge will also be there offering complimentary makeup applications.  The first 25 girls through the door will get awesome giftbags, and when you spend $100 or more at FSO -- which is an actually affordable (and adorable) store inside of Fred Segal SaMo -- you'll get 20% off your next visit.  Of course, because we're us, we'll also offer free food, booze, and crack-like cake pops from Sweet Dreamery Desserts. RSVP here. 

Now, back to November.  One awesome thing that happened this month is that we cracked the code on how to snag both Ryan Gosling and Jason Segel.  So far our success rate is still zero, but 'tis the season for hope...

Moving on from the guys we have crushes on to the girls, this month we interviewed Sophia Rossi, who runs our new fav website HelloGiggles.com.  We also showed you how to cop the street style of cuties Rachel Bilson and Pippa Middleton.  

On the face-stuffing front, we gave you 7 Thanksgiving Dishes for Lazy Chefs -- which will be good throughout the season -- as well as a complete listing of the best vegan dishes in all of Los Angeles. Trust us, you won't miss the meat. 

Being that it's the holiday season, we also felt obliged to bring you gift guides this month.  Check out our ideas for your bestie, your boytoy, your mom, sis & granny, as well as some ideas for gifts that give back.  

In the meantime, don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Polyvore, and Gogobot. And, if you haven't already, take our survey.  After all, we don't do this for the money (just ask B of A).  We don't do this for the fame (Ryan? Jason? Where are you guys???).  We do this for you!  And this month, we are very, very thankful for our fans! 

If you love us as much as we love you, spread the word!

xo -- Michelle & Erin