The Frantic Woman's Guide to Life: A Year's Worth of Hints, Tips and Tricks by Mary Jo Rulnick and Juidth Burnett Schneider

• This book is aimed at women who have families, shuffling their children to multiple extra-cirricular activties, organizing fun theme days for the office, maintaining a clean house while having time to think about buying wrapping paper on sale. Phew! No wonder this intended demographic is "frantic" and it builds the expectation that all of this can be achieved. Maybe it can, but it's kind off putting that they don't even recommend getting help, except getting the family to pitch in. This book isn't really my cup of tea because even in my "aspiration" life - all of these elements that the authors throw in aren't me.

No Place Like Home: Staying In, Kicking Back and Living it Up by Michelle Kehm

• This book is intended for women starting out with their first home. Very DIY, which I'm not.  I'd rather go to the spa than mix my own essential oils to create a spa like environment.  She also recommends making your own cleaning solutions to be environmentally friendly.

Just spent a bit of time on the DVF website. They have HQ videos of Fall 2009 and Resort/Pre-Spring 2010 fashion shows up. I miss fashion.