Well said! I had much the same reaction to @ExiledStar as you, but you expressed it so much nicer (one of those bad "feminine" traits again...!) than I am able. I felt my blood boiling, actually.

Personally I am team The House of Mirth. One of my all-time favorite books. Feels totally fresh, never gets old, one of the few books I reread periodically.

Thank you! I am on the mend already. I was covered from head to toe, but made the mistake of touching my face w/my gloves on. Next year I'm getting a beekeeper's hood.

Got to tell you, there's something to this and I'm going to have to reconsider my habits. I took the hair off my (facial!) lip with a Sally Hansen cream remover, which I've done before without problem. Then the next day did a lot of weeding/gardening and got exposed to poison ivy — which I'm very sensitive to — and…

Sign me up to that club, dude. I think he is wildly attractive, i love his voice, and he always seems to be having fun and genuinely grateful for his success and not shy that he's worked hard for it. He fulfills all my qualifications for sexy Latino bad boy charmer... my trifecta weakness. If I find out he works out…

Wow. Just wow. I didn't know this stuff existed. Gonna be an awesome read... and it's the second thing I've learned from this DB (after the definition of Mary Sue).

My sister has sold MK for 15+ years. She is not a Jesus person, and as far as I know she hasn't spent her life savings on it. She does medium-well with it, I think it keeps her busy and pays for itself, she's not getting rich on it. But she's very sensible, and pretty immune to get-rich-quick schemes, unlike, I'm…

It really is amazing how much clout he carries w/people. I teach on health and nutrition and I can't tell you how many clients/students say, "well I saw it on Dr. Oz," or "Dr. Oz said to try [ ] do you agree?" and so on. And just this weekend I was in the supermarket and a guy was looking quizzically at the coconut…

that's a great tip! I don't get my period anymore (post-menopausal) so I don't ever even think of panty liners. Thongs forever!

I'm having a bit of an ish with odor lately... I think it has to do w/the fact that I wear thongs most of the time. I admit I am choosing no VPL and my butt looking awesome over perfect freshness, and use these little wipes I got at the drug store to help when I need it.

This has been a fascinating thread. Urban Achiever, I share some of your misgivings about this list, but am taking it much less personally. Glad it could all be hashed out. The thing I found myself disagreeing w/you most about was your line above, that the more wrinkles you get the less you actually care... I'm…

Ouch! I lust for him as much as anyone here... but I'll cheer her on b/c she is my role model for looking hot at a "certain age" and being desired by gorgeous younger men.

Agree it's not an age difference issue. But regarding this statement:

hey thanks you verified my instinct not to even try it. That is not an area I want to mess around with! I have seen the European Wax centers and get coupons for a free lip/brow intro wax, so may take them up on it and on to the bigger project if it works. Meanwhile I'll stick w/my deal waxes, as it comes out to a…

This is so great. I've been working out a lot more, and my legs are looking strong and I want to show them off, but I'm pretty pale and, well, not so young and firm no matter how much exercise I do. I actually do like to tan the old fashioned way, but until I can hit the beach I may try the Airbursh Legs stuff. I'm…

Glad you linked to Temptalia. I really love her coverage of makeup, and I say that speaking as someone who wears the same colors all the time! That being said, I think I'm going to go for the Maybelline red analog, rather than this pencil, as it's a little rich for my blood these days (and I tend to lose pencil-like…

This.yes.

You're right about her and Bobbie Brown. BB lives in the town next to me and I've seen her around. In person she looks "like everyone else" in a good way — fresh-scrubbed, minimal-seeming makeup, healthy, and fit. I know she is big into yoga and spinning (is partner in a popular studio). I had a makeover at her…

The thing about Donna Karan is that I always forgive her wacky, drapey outfits because she always looks so healthy and glowing and happy. She rocks her age and life really well, and that's what shines for me.

Love. It. Great penetration, gives me access to me and him, too, and my guy, who is really into booty, gets extra excited by it, which works out well for me.