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My mother: Her china cabinets and hatboxes. There is beauty in order.

With its seasonal parfaits, Indianola pecan pies, and multi-layered cakes as tall as hatboxes, Sugaree's Bakery is well known among the foodies of Mississippi.

I know she shopped at Sybil's Hat Shop; one of their hatboxes sat atop her dresser.

"Making Design'' brings together a wide range of works from the museum's permanent collection, while "Hewitt Sisters Collect'' tells the story of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt and their collections of textiles, hatboxes, wall coverings, furniture and even birdcages (notice the sound of chirping birds), among other decorative arts.

Beautifully wrapped and ready for the season of giftgiving, Lush has a whole selection of festive gifts ranging from stocking fillers and secret Santa presents to traditional tins and luxurious hatboxes with more than enough bath and body products to see you through to the New Year.

'Time for us to let our friend Gino clear the table and get on with our shopping.' Nannon and Elsa spend the afternoon playing with trunks and hatboxes, exclaiming over collapsible hangers and folding handles, while Mari stands in the shop window and looks across the street through the iron gates at the playing fields opposite, at the college girls chasing a ball with lacrosse sticks and shouting at each other, their bare legs red raw with cold.

From the reception desk with its array of antique Edwardian hatboxes and travelling trunks, to the elaborate Moroccan and Tunisian style lamps casting an exotic glow, the Trinity Capital Hotel is a feast for the eyes.

In the attic we pored over Time magazines from the early 1900s, jingled sleigh bells, and with dust on our lips, opened hatboxes holding things like baby shoes with tiny buttons up the side.

I could note old sewing machines, dishes, chess sets, hatboxes; but books I could get lost in.

Miss Mary Bell gave me a quick tour, explaining some of the antiquated merchandise that had been put out of reach, but still in sight: hatboxes, buggy whips, old coffee grinders, and more.

The Fortuny Pleats Candle is not only housed in a gray bisque "pleated" ceramic cup, it is packaged in a cylindrical box covered in Fortuny fabric, reminiscent of the hatboxes women used to store their Fortuny-pleated gowns to preserve the pleats.

He was quickly followed by mum Carole, 56, and sister Pippa, with their hatboxes clearly visible in the back of a Land Rover Freelander.