We’re in this very brief lull, somewhere between thank-heaven-Halloween-is-over and OMG-I’m-not-ready-for-Christmas. It seems the perfect time for a little escapism, a little skipping around the Web, poking into some of our favorite blogs of the week.

We love inside information, and we love California Style, a combination of celebrity peeks, sample sales and hints on where to get something cute for Saturday night. This week the blog teases us with the Restoration Hardware Friends & Family Holiday event, and tells us that Alicia Keys carried a Zufi Alexander Spring 2009 Y Clutch in fuschia eel (left) to the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo (Here’s a somewhat similar Zufi, albeit in a calmer shade, for $1,300).

Style It’s mantra is “Where the fashion nerd meets the pop culture obsessed,” and it’s as fun to poke around in as a sale bin at the Clinique counter. Here she tries out Smashbox’s Master Class Vol 2. Special Effects Set ($59, above right), over there she’s raving

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We see you there, somewhere between lunch and the marketing meeting, shopping on the Web instead of tweaking that spreadsheet. We see you and we applaud, because we understand retail therapy and its power to soothe a rocky afternoon. Let us make your surreptitious surfing easier with a few blogs guaranteed to take your mind off your Blackberry:

Shop Diary: Here’s a blog with an agenda you’ll understand: She shops the sales to reward herself for a lot of hard work, and ends up with shoes to wear to work. We adore her Christian Louboutin Simple 100 Pumps, ($575, left), and plan to work them into our capital budget next year.

Threadless: Sick of the suits and heels? Soothe your inner rock star at Threadless, where there’s a T-shirt for any circumstance. Every Monday, the site features new shirts; this week, we’re digging the Now Panic and Freak Out ($15, right), Sleep is So Last Night ($15), and Infamous Mishaps Throughout History designs ($18). (Can you tell we’re thinking about work?)

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Halloween? We’ve given it its 15 minutes and we’ve moved on. Take a ride with us as we look for online style diversions that have nothing to do with witches, ghosts or sugar highs:

We adore Denimology, a UK blog all jazzed about finding the perfect pair of jeans (not to mention the perfect celebrity body wearing those  jeans).  It’s where you’ll find Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie in Lofli ($176-$198), Liv Tyler in 7 for All Mankind ($194), and Katie Holmes in PPRS ($325-$360).

The Well Heeled Society offers this mission statement: “Sometimes life’s destiny does not include you being swept off your feet. Sometimes it’s just standing in the light of your completeness . . . wearing fabulous shoes.” Indeed, we say, especially when it’s a silver Jessica Bennett strappy sandal ($118) or a shiny red Vince Camuto Mary Jane on sale ($99, was $122, right).

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“In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again. “

If Shopperati didn’t know better, we would think Lewis Carroll was shopping on the Web while writing Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Because that’s just how it happens. There we are, innocently looking for something small, a wallet, say, and it leads us to 1,600 wallets, and they entice us to look at handbags, and the next thing you know we’re down the rabbit hole chasing a Chloe hobo bag.

In that vein, here are some style blogs we’re stuck in this week:

Bag Bliss is a 4-year-old blog that still hasn’t run out of things to say. Their team of eager handbag groupies is just dying to bring you the latest pretty things, like this selection of clutches from Foley + Corinna, ($444) Cynthia Rowley ($298) and Abas Emma ($168, above left).

Margarite Elaine is all keyed into fall trends right now, and she’s salivating over lace in unexpected places, like this Urban Outfitters headband ($12, right) and these flat lace pumps from New Look ($24). She’s in the U.K., and so are some of her retail favorites, but they’re very used to shipping across the pond.

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We wish we’d never found Margaret Mason’s Mighty Goods shopping and design blog. Her mission is to “look for things we really like, and then put them right here where you can find them.” What kind of attitude is that? We are trying to save money! Alas, we are drawn in, and cannot resist such things as the Lizzie Borden tie ($40), the Presidential Candidate Sock Monkeys ($40, left), or the Doodlebook Frame ($18) on their Mighty Haus page. Sigh.

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Each week, let us call your attention to some of our favorite, fun, entertaining and amazing shopping blogs. They elevate shopping to an art. Or an obsession.

1. Ambika B. of (Into) The Fray shops thrift stores, eBay and designer shops, takes pictures of herself trying on clothes in Anthropologie dressing rooms, and regularly dishes about the boyfriend. September, her blog’s second anniversary, found her rhapsodizing about art, dolman sleeves, crescent necklaces (left), water bottles, Ecoist bags and wildly cool coasters.

2. Slave to Target is a hilarous romp through the aisles of your favorite discount mega-retailer, with a witty person by your side. Blogger Jill waxes poetic about a paprika-colored handbag for $25 (especially wonderful after she compared it to pricey satchels at Bluefly.com).

3. Tara at She Finds must have watched the Emmy Awards, because she’s been trolling through a pretty selection of crystal drop earrings (right). Browse Swarovski at $12 to Calypso for $90, and practice that saucy head turn that makes them twinkle in the light.

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