Skipping the Baby Registry: Yay or Nay?
by Amalah
Dear Amalah, I know this isn’t beauty advice I’m seeking but you always have the smart answers so I’ll try… My husband and I just got married 3 months ago and in fact got pregnant on our honeymoon. Some friends and relatives are pressuring me to register for baby gifts. The problem is we are [...]
The Everything Maternity Wear List
by Amalah
Hi Amalah, I have been a loyal reader for I don’t know how long now, and seriously, you have helped me out of many a fashion and styling dilemma (who knew, for example, that I could save myself from looking like I’d just left the gym simply by backcombing the top bit of my ponytail? [...]
The Smackdown Checklist
by Amalah
Hi Amy! I decided, somewhat randomly, at the beginning of July to start a program of Improving Myself, with a goal of adding one new thing to my routine every two weeks that is good for me in some way. First it was flossing (surprisingly successful!), then eating breakfast in the morning, and I’m currently [...]
Pink is my favorite color but only in October.
A friend called this week to let me know she’d found a lump in her breast and it concerned her doctor. She’s going this week for a mammogram to get a better look at it and in the mean time I am attempting to not totally freak out. I am trying not to freak out [...]
They Grow Like Weeds: Best Growth Charts For Kids
Right before we put our house on the market I had to paint over our door frame growth chart where we’d tracked our kid’s rapid (Maddie has the growing pains to prove it) growth over the last 8 years. I took pictures of it for the sake of the memories, but I wish we’d had [...]
Smellovision: How To Buy Perfume
by Amalah
(Eye makeup demos still coming! Still in the works! Mostly because I’ve gotten a ton of volunteers and exactly zero actual submissions. So…uh…get cracking, slackers! We want your eyeballs!) Dear Amalah, It is seriously time for some new perfume in my household. The last time I bought perfume, KISS was on tour and Valerie Bertinelli [...]
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