Etiquette Archives


05.09.2006

Because Your Friends Don't Want to Talk About Bikini Waxes

Comments (20)


06.27.2006

Because Even I Get Tired of Talking About Foundation Sometimes

Comments (9)


07.04.2006

Because Every Woman Deserves to Look Like Audrey Hepburn

Comments (8)


07.25.2006

Because Nipples Are the New Bellybuttons

Comments (10)


08.01.2006

Because My Laptop Battery is About to Die ThisVerySecondWhoops

Comments (8)


08.22.2006

Because I Have Already Solved the World's Foundation Problems

Comments (12)


09.05.2006

Because Lip Gloss Baby Lip Gloss is Pretty Much the Way My Mind Works

Comments (8)


11.01.2006

Because Anna Wintour Would Probably Sue

Comments (6)


12.01.2006

Because I Have Never Messed With Texas

Comments (11)


07.06.2007

Are Tattoos a Wedding Taboo?

Comments (8)


09.21.2007

Beauty Mythbusters: Wearing White After Labor Day

Comments (7)


10.01.2007

Couture, Cash & the Canceled Wedding

Comments (6)


10.30.2007

Smack Me Down: A First-Timer's Guide to Trick-or-Treating

Comments (27)


11.28.2007

What to Wear: Fancy Restaurant Openings

Comments (3)


04.13.2008

How to Respond to Dumb Things People Say to You When Pregnant

Comments (19)


05.05.2008

The Etiquette of Gift-Getting

Comments (6)


05.16.2008

Housing Crisis: Staying With the In-Laws

Comments (11)


06.05.2008

Secondary Bridal Showers and Stepped-on Toes

Comments (16)


06.27.2008

The End of the Affair: Do I Tell My Boss Her Boyfriend Is Cheating?

Comments (13)


07.07.2008

Nine Bridesmaids in Blush & Bashful: When Your Family Wants to Pick Your Wedding Party

Comments (25)


07.11.2008

No Glass Slippers Allowed: What to Wear to Buckingham Palace

Comments (12)


11.03.2008

My Bridesmaids Are Pregnant. Hooray! Now What?

Comments (27)


11.10.2008

To Tip or Not to Tip: The Salon Consult

Comments (2)


11.28.2008

Save The Date Email Etiquette

Comments (2)


12.12.2008

Traveling With Baby: Etiquette & Who Buys the Food?

Comments (17)


01.12.2009

Birth Announcement Etiquette

Comments (14)


01.26.2009

What to Do When You've Spoiled the Surprise

Comments (8)


01.28.2009

The Etiquette of Maternity Hand-Me-Downs

Comments (11)


03.16.2009

Do I Tip For a Free In-Store Make-Up Demonstration?

Comments (15)


05.22.2009

Bad Baby Haircuts

Comments (19)


06.08.2009

Hiding a Pregnancy Until You're Ready to Tell

Comments (17)


07.16.2009

The Final Word on Dinner Party Wine Etiquette

Comments (12)


08.03.2009

Thank-You Note Nightmares

Comments (19)


08.10.2009

Baby Shower Blues

Comments (21)


09.07.2009

The No-Registry Conundrum

Comments (37)


09.14.2009

Baby NameNapping

Comments (45)


09.18.2009

Brides vs. Babies

Comments (21)


10.02.2009

Brides vs. Babies, Round Two

Comments (51)


10.12.2009

When Pregnancy Announcements Attack, Part II

Comments (14)

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