A few months ago I read “Getting Pretty Back” by Molly Ringwald. Yes, that Molly Ringwald. The one who is pretty in pink. I thought initially that this book was going to be another celebrity memoir that I could lampoon here on the ol’ blog. It was actually more of a self-help book about how [...]

It has now been almost 14 weeks since I got my hair chemically straightened with a Brazilian Blowout. Not coincidentally, it’s been 14 weeks since my hair looked good. For those of you who have not been following along, I have curly hair and a penchant for trying to look better. So back in August [...]

Knock knock. Who’s there? Your late 30s! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s totally not funny. I won’t lie, I lucked out in the skin department. My complexion has always been pretty good. Sure, I fell victim to the occasional hormone-related break-out but I never had major acne, I wasn’t greasy or super-dry, and I have just enough freckles [...]

Oh make-up. How I love you! Pretty colors, enticing packaging, the promise of looking prettier! What’s not to love? I have so much make-up. Just look! And keep looking. And remember that I tossed out a cabinet full of make-up when I moved in January. Yeah. I love make-up. The problem is, I bought all [...]

So I’ve been trying to get more fabulous. You can read all about it here. And I have succeeded if by “success” you mean “failure”. Let’s re-cap, shall we? Exercise: For about three weeks I was doing a good job of loading episodes of True Blood onto my iPhone and trekking down to the gym [...]

Those of you who follow this blog know I’ve been taking steps to look a little spiffier. Because without taking steps, I look like a slightly over-weight suburban mom with frizzy hair and mascara smeared beneath her eyes. In other words, HAWT. As in HAWT mess. A big area of concern for me has been [...]

Dear Mouth: This is Butt talking. You better check yo’self befo’ you wreck yo’self! What’s that? What did you say? Oh, I can’t hear you because you’re stuffed too full of M&Ms! You piggy-pig-pig.  Look, you are making me look bad and it needs to stop. Right. Now. So, zip it. Love, Butt *** Folks, [...]

I’m not a snappy dresser. I’m a boring dresser. All winter I wear solid color slacks with an array of turtlenecks or v-necks over them. In summer I wear sundresses with cardigans over them. On weekends, I wear capris or jeans with whatever top matches the fruit I’m feeding my messy, affectionate child. If you [...]

I have to start this one off by saying “Damn you Dumb Mom! Damn you for undermining my credibility when I complain about my body by taking fabulous photos of me that I shared with the whole world the other day!” For everyone who looked at those pics, please believe me when iIsay that my [...]