I am a fan of lip balm. And when I say “fan,” I mean the kind of fan who has perhaps fifteen to twenty lip balms planted around the house, in the purse, in the pockets.
My favorite lip balm of all is Blistex DCT: it’s made with cocoa butter, aloe, vitamin A, and […]

I know: you are in NO MOOD to discuss sugarplums when you are blinded by visions of heart-shaped chocolate boxes. But this is a good enough deal that I think it’s worth it to force yourself into the spirit. Buy them now and don’t look at them again for ten months.
The cards […]

If, like me, you have practically made a HOBBY of thinking you’re pregnant, you’ll be glad to know you can buy pregnancy tests in bulk, and cheaply. Furthermore, they’ll be mailed to you in discreet plain brown packaging, so that the mail carrier will think you are buying a sex toy nothing of interest.
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Have you pretty much cleared your calendar for today so that you can sit around waiting for Linda to announce her new baby’s name? OMG ME TOO.
I’m feeding my agitation by re-reading my favorite baby name book of all time: The Baby Name Wizard, by Laura Wattenberg. It was published in 2005, […]

I can’t beat Swistle’s 90 second makeup routine. In fact, I can’t even come close, because I am both vain and a massive product whore, but I thought I’d share my own current routine — not because I’ve got any useful time-saving tips, but because I personally love hearing other people’s makeup rituals and I’m […]