Every year at this time I look in my rearview mirror to see what the heck just happened. I flip through my 50 columns, extract my favorite nuggets of advice from each month and serve up 12 lessons.

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If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Shoppers say they feel like “sleeping on a cloud” Maggie Horton is a shopping writer for PEOPLE who regularly covers buzzy kitchen ...

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