Because Lip Gloss Baby Lip Gloss is Pretty Much the Way My Mind Works
by Amalah
Amy, Ok, a few months ago I purchased the Two Faced Box of Chocolates and I LOVE it. Not only are the colors awesome but they all smell like chocolate. How can you go wrong!? Anyway, my main dilemma is that while I love these colors I never wear them because it’s a bit ridiculous [...]
Because I Have Been Just WAITING For the Chance to Whip Out Some Wedding Pictures
by Amalah
Hi Amy, I wrote you AGES ago asking about how to get a Coach bag on discount, and then school kicked in and I promptly forgot to check back on your site for the advice. So imagine my surprise when I went back the other day, searched in your archives, and discovered that you answered [...]
The 2006 Emmy Awards
Usually when I sit down to watch television with my husband I have my fingers positioned on the TiVo remote, not only to fast forward through the commercials, but also to rewind the parts of a show I can’t hear because he is too busy yelling in outrage at the actors. We’ve had endless arguments [...]
Because I Have Already Solved the World’s Foundation Problems
by Amalah
Hi Amy, I’m a 21 year old woman in college in Washington D.C. I’m currently dating a 23-year-old man who is working at a media company in the D.C. area. This is the first relationship for both of us. We’ve been together for 15 months and on paper we’re the perfect couple. He treats me [...]
Because Nobody Else Wants to Discuss Your Hair As Much As I Do
by Amalah
BUT FIRST: I’ve gotten quite a few requests for clarification about the Not Curly But Sort-Of Bendy hairstyle I described two weeks ago. For some reason, the brilliant bit of prose: "don’t open the “flappy”thing" confused a couple people. I mean, really. Anyway, funny story! I’d actually taken pictures of the technique with the idea [...]
Book Tour: The Ghost in the House
Two years ago this month I checked myself into the psyche ward at a local hospital due to a debilitating bout of postpartum depression. My daughter was six months old, and I had been fighting feelings of hopelessness and anxiety since her birth. I had battled depression in college, and in the years leading up [...]







