Article: Living guilt-free: treating yourself to diamonds; jet-setting to Saint-Tropez just for the weekend; always ordering a rich dessert. Some women make no apologies for indulging in life's greatest pleasures. (Talking Point).

Anyone staying at L.A.'s Chateau Marmont in May a few years ago may have had a hard time getting a good night's rest. It was then that a publicist decided to pay homage to her divorce by footing the bill for all-night pool parties and shopping sprees that set her back $46,000 in four weeks.

"Everyone came to my parties--from Hollywood celebrities to supermodels," says the publicist, who also celebrated her singlehood by "renting a convertible at $700 a week, buying hordes of Dolce & Gabbana, and taking limos to all the clubs."

Even now, she insists she has no regrets. "Sometimes you need to take it to the limit," she says. "Though I could've used the ...

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