Dear Impatience, Seems you and I have a problem… these tassels on the Spring runways have me in a serious conundrum.  Waiting for the tulips to peek through the frosty ground to don springs tufted love is pure torture for this anxious lady.  So, guess what Impatience… you win, AGAIN! Write more… Type less, Lauren [...]

Dear Money Tree, I would appreciate a growth spurt, since I have some important purchases that need to be made immediately.  You should really be quite supportive of my spending spree since it involves your favorite color… green… a shade, I have found myself gravitating to for some time now.  In fact, each and every [...]

Dear Eighties, Who would have thought, style would swing around back in your direction.  What’s even more shocking, is my taste has swung back around to love your strong shoulders and broad silhouette.  Ever since, I saw Anne Hathaway grace the red carpet at the Golden Globes in her Giorgio Armani Prive gown, I’ve once [...]

Hey Stud! Your birthday is coming up and while I have no idea what to get you, your special day has reminded me of all the fabulous and chic studded goods I am coveting right now.  Perhaps just being your wife is good enough… or maybe not… a Wii game it is! Write more… Type [...]

Dear Lack of Sketching Skills, Why, oh why, can’t my hands work in unison and be able to draw something fabulous on paper?  When ink meets the pad, my heads are too small and my legs are off the page.  Proportion is not my friend when the pencil is in hand… thank goodness for technology [...]

Dear Natalie Portman, I admit, I am a little late to the game, but I wasn’t so sure I could handle your movie.  But, when my sister-in-law, Gretchen, suggested we go see Black Swan, I thought “Lauren, put your big girl panties on and grow up… you will be fine.”  Well, thanks for nothing, Natalie [...]

Dear Dreary January, With all this snow you keep bringing our way, how is a girl expected to get dressed and be productive?  All I want to do is curl up on the couch with a comfy throw and a steaming hot cup of tea.  And I have the perfect accessories to help me with [...]

Dear Etiquette, Who says you have to be a bride to procure monogrammed china and linens?  I for one, see no reason why I shouldn’t be able to gradually grow a collection of fabulous stoneware, fine china and linens donning my married initials which I have lovingly had for twelve years.  And while a registry [...]

Dear Fellow High Gloss Editors, I don’t know about you, but as our upcoming premiere issue draws nearer on February 1st, I am seeing high gloss everything.  From floors, to furniture, to shoes… I’ve become a bit obsessed.  If the slightest bit of shine catches my eye or if I see lacquer twinkle in the [...]

Dear Bad Perm, I will never forget you.  Since that fateful day in fifth grade, as the curlers became dislodged from my burning scalp, I knew I had made a horrible, miscalculated mistake.  Why did I beg my mother for weeks for the famous body wave of the decade… what could I have been thinking? [...]