by Amy | Feb 12, 2014 | Couplehood, Holidays, My Family
Until five years ago, most of my Valentine’s Days were comically awful. There was the time I carelessly ended a college relationship on February 14, thinking a nice dinner and chocolate would somehow soften the blow. Or the night an overzealous Valentine nibbled my...
by Amy | Feb 5, 2014 | Infertility, My Family, Vanity
(Updated to include second segment) Remember when the news crew came to my house to shoot a segment about secondary infertility? Well here it is in all its glory! On the plus side, Viv is a ray of sunshine, and smashing in her chef’s hat. However, I am a...
by Amy | Feb 3, 2014 | My Family, Shopping, Vanity, Wedding Plans
You’d think my wedding day would be motivation enough to finish losing the baby weight. After all, my first dress fitting is just three months away (!!!) and the designer made me promise I’d be at my goal size by then. But lately, I’d been trying to...
by Amy | Jan 30, 2014 | My Family, Shopping
I went to Loehmann’s today for the last time and I’m a little verklempt. Like many an east coast Jewish girl, I grew up shopping in the discount department store known for its great deals and famously communal dressing room. I learned a lot in that dressing room. ...
by Amy | Jan 26, 2014 | Giveaways, My Family, Shopping, Sponsored
What’s wrong with this picture? How about the fact that there’s a huge blank wall over my couch? It’s begging for a piece of art, yet it remains naked, year after year. That’s because, like many people, I believed: 1) Art ain’t cheap....
