Guilty Pleasures

Ladies - let's be honest - can you remember a moment when you were standing in the magazine aisle of a store, and all of a sudden your eyes are inexplicably drawn to a beautiful bride smiling at you from the cover of a bridal magazine. Can you remember reaching for it? Then smack! Mentally slapping your hand away...this magazine is not for you! Or how about this - sitting in a nail salon and there it is - a perfect wedding cake glossed onto the cover - and here, no one knows you - 'look inside,' it beckons, 'I'll never tell.' But what if someone sees...what if - gasp - your boyfriend sees...oh no, that will totally freak him out. Come on, admit it, we have all fought this private battle in our head at some point in our lives. So now image me 12 hours post engagement. Brazenly emboldened by the gorgeous diamond winking up at me from my left hand...it was time...I was legit! Lunch -break comes and I hit up CVS - I bought every single glossy paged temptress in the store! Way too many dollars later I was happily ensconced in my office flipping and ripping. I can honestly say the heady buzz a good bridal magazine gives me has not worn off to this day. My beautiful m.o.h, understanding this new found legitimacy, subscribed me to 3...count them 3 whole magazines. I am now the proud recipient of "Modern Bride," "Martha Stewart Weddings," and "Bridal Guide," and wouldn't you know I run to the mailbox every single day...just in case! What a brilliant gift idea!