Check It. Cozy blanket.

As the weather gets colder, it's increasingly difficult to get out of bed in the morning! Other than a robe, sometimes a blanket you can wrap yourself in to decrease the initial chill is the perfect tool to make waking up less painful.

Brookstone sells a lightweight, versatile, incredibly comfortable microfleece blanket made especially for naps! It's perfect for a throw to leave on the couch and use when watching movies at night, or yes, even for naps--if you take them. It's so warm, yet so light. And it's machine washable (ok in the drier too).

I have a pale blue/gray version of this blanket that was a genius Christmas gift from reality TV company Endemol (complete with a logo patch in the corner) a couple years ago, and it's my favorite household item every winter now.

Two Los Angeles-area Brookstone stores: The Beverly Center in Los Angeles, and the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Info: brookstone.com

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: kaboodle.com

Do It. Fashion's Night Out.

L.A.'s best shops and boutiques will be staying up late tonight in honor of Fashion's Night Out, a worldwide event celebrating the best in fashion with special deals and surprises all over. Being a star-studded fashion capital itself, expect some great events right here in L.A., including:

- Samuel L. Jackson (?!) hosts an exhibit at Giorgio Armani from 6:30-8:30pm, at 436 N. Rodeo Dr. in Beverly Hills
- Also at Rodeo Drive, play a fashion trivia game with real-life pieces, like Kelly Osbourne, at 6 pm (next to a Ferris wheel?)
- Justin Timberlake promoting his William Rast line at both the Century City mall and the new Santa Monica Place
- Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh (he also soundtracks all the Wes Anderson movies) and "Rachel Zoe"'s Taylor Jacobson will be at the Fred Segal at 8100 Melrose Ave.
- Rachel Bilson and Rashida Jones expected at the 3.1 Phillip Lim party on 631 N. Beverly Blvd.
- will.i.am and skateboarder Rob Dyrdek will be on the red carpet at the Beverly Center (8500 Beverly Blvd.), which will have free parking and shuttles to other FNO events

Check out more events on Fashion's Night Out site, and have a stylish time!

**Also this weekend:
- Fashion-related: did you get a hold of Alexa Chung x Madewell yet?
- Not fashion-related: Sound of Music all weekend at the New Beverly, the second-to-last weekend of the Dennis Hopper exhibit at MOCA, Joaquin Phoenix's bizarre I'm Still Here opens at the Landmark

-- Chau Tu