Washingtonian readers can get 10 percent off Fornash’s pretty bags and baubles. Photograph by Chris Leaman.

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You can buy perfect preppy accessories—chic cocktail rings, embroidered flip-flops, and beribboned bags—at Fornash, a tiny Georgetown Park shop. Mention The Washingtonian to receive 10 percent off all regularly priced merchandise in November. Don’t miss the 35-to-75-percent-off bargain bins too.

Fornash, 3222 M St., Georgetown; 202-338-0774; fornash.com.

Diva-Worthy Decor

Think your stylish friend has everything? You can find something he or she doesn’t have—a hand-painted bowl, say, or a unique door sign—at Decorium Gift and Home, an interior-design shop and boutique in Old Town. During its annual Thanksgiving blowout, November 21 through 30, save 20 percent on everything.

Decorium Gift and Home, 116 King St., Alexandria; 703-739-4662; decoriumhome.com.

For the Well Traveled

Need a last-minute hostess gift for Thanksgiving dinner? Monday through Saturday of Thanksgiving week, enjoy extended shopping hours as well as 10 percent off everything at Go Mama Go—known for such round-the-world, sometimes kitschy merchandise as Japanese serving platters and world maps.

Go Mama Go, 1809 14th St., NW; 202-299-0850; gomamago.com.

Aisles and aisles of jewelry, toys, clothes, maps, travel gear, home and garden accessories, and much more will be offered at National Geographic’s warehouse sale this weekend at the DC Armory (2001 East Capital St., SE). Fourteen tractor-trailers will be loaded with almost everything that National Geographic has offered for sale in the past five years, including gift-catalog items and 300 book titles. The collection of more than 250,000 items from around the world will be offered at 20 to 90 percent off—a perfect opportunity to jump start your holiday shopping and find a few unique gifts for yourself.

Tuesday, November 11: Periwinkle, an Alexandria boutique, is hosting a trunk show for Manu, a DC-based line of unique jewelry by Manuela Costa; 5 to 8 PM.

Wednesday, November 12: Join the Greater Washington Fashion Chamber of Commerce (GWFCC) for its first-ever Fashion Hour from 6 to 8 at Halo. The event is a bimonthly cocktail hour to bring together GWFCC members, prospective members, and friends of the fashion community to network and collaborate on their fashion endeavors. Admission is free.

Thursday, November 13: Swing by the Bethesda location of Urban Chic to check out store manager Catherine Koch’s Kiki Beach jewelry collection, which will be sold exclusively at Urban Chic stores. Shop around Koch’s designs and enjoy treats from 5 to 9 PM.

Taking a page out of Sephora’s playbook, CVS’s newest store in DC—which opened Monday at 1350 Connecticut Avenue, just south of Dupont Circle—is drugstore meets beauty boutique. Attached to a small, standard CVS is a glam store called Beauty 360, with shelf after shelf of high-end skincare, makeup, and fragrance.

Monday and Tuesday, October 20 and 21: The Chevy Chase Saks Fifth Avenue is holding a two-day trunk show of Monique Lhuillier’s spring 2009 collection, which consists of flowy gowns inspired by a tropical-island getaway. 10 AM to 7 PM.

Thursday, October 23: Preview and preorder from Vivienne Westwood’s Anglomania spring collection while sipping Champagne and enjoying a live DJ at Muléh from 5 to 8 PM. Plus, catch a glimpse of the gorgeous wedding gown that Westwood created for Carrie Bradshaw in the Sex and the City movie!

At the Georgetown boutique Wink, enjoy pink Champagne and cupcakes while browsing local accessory designer Andrea Tedesco’s fall collection trunk show from 5:30 to 8 PM. A portion of the evening’s proceeds go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Thursday, October 16: Shop for a good cause! From 5 to 8 PM, Urban Chic will be holding its third annual Pink Is the New Black breast-cancer-awareness benefit. Enjoy 20 percent off new merchandise as well as complimentary drinks and snacks at both the Georgetown and Bethesda locations. Ten Five percent of sales go to Komen Race for the Cure; www.urbanchiconline.com

Friday, October 17: For one day only, take 20 percent off all clothing from designers such as Eva Franco, Cynthia Steffe, and Shoshanna at the chic Green and Blue boutique at Dupont Circle.

Okay, so rangefinders can’t read the breaks and contours of greens, but they’ll give you accurate distances to any target, whether it’s a tree or the flag. Because golf is a game of precision, it’s no wonder these new gadgets are the hottest golf accessory in any golfer’s bag. With a few golfing days left in the season and the holidays sneaking up on us, here are a couple of rangefinders you may want to get for yourself, your husband, your father, or whoever the golf nut is among your friends or family.