Right around now the summer wedding season approacheth! It doesn’t have to be a daunting task to get wedding-guest ready. Part is clothes, part is confidence and part is the right accessories. Let’s see if we can boost your confidence with the right combination of on-trend choices that won't break the bank. Please enjoy our article: “Wedding Fashion on a budget: 5 Simple, Stunning, Save-friendly Wedding Looks”. Which wedding guest look fits you best?

"The British financiers who had organized the South African mines quickly realized that their investment was endangered; diamonds had little intrinsic value—and their price depended almost entirely on their scarcity. The major investors in the diamond mines realized that they had no alternative but to merge their interests into a single entity that would be powerful enough to control production and perpetuate the illusion of scarcity of diamonds..." Frankly, as an educated woman...I wonder: HOW is it that 40+ years after this exposé was published in one of the most credible journalism outlets in the world, millions of consumers still pay more than a few hundred bucks for a diamond (ANY diamond)? SMH. - Mrs. Cubic Zirconia  

Pictures of Mrs. Cubic Zirconia without clothes may or may not have existed at one time in the past over a decade ago and earlier in our relationship as man and woman. As her husband, Mr. Cubic Zirconia cannot confirm or deny.  But if any alleged naked pictures did exist-- perhaps in a special, carefully-controlled and password-protected, digital format protected by a lock-and-key smartphone application -- such naughty nostalgia nudes, if these photos ever indeed existed, would have been lost in the great fully-clothed New Year’s Eve Merida Mexico midnight swimming pool dive of 2015.  But today’s email isn’t about one man’s hypothetical dumb, drunken decision not to put a waterproof case on his smartphone.  It’s about one man’s somewhat selfish belief that a private “boudoir” portrait painting or photography session might just be a very special once-or-twice-in-a-lifetime gift one spouse can give to another.  And that man shamelessly trying to convince tens of thousands of women, if need be, to do the same thing...to convince just one woman to do that one thing. Let's get naked

How long is too long to wait for him to propose marriage? 12 months? 3 years? Ten? It doesn’t have to happen right away, but...surely there's a time period that is simply too long to wait for a proposal when the woman in question has expressed that she wants to be married to her guy, right? Asking women to sound off about waiting for engagement.

7 Wishes in 7 Days?! Hmmm...the way my husband Mr. Cubic Zirconia makes wishes like a 5-year-old with a credit card, this “Wish Week” gift idea is gonna require some ground rules! Wish week is a gift idea every spouse deserves to be given at least once. We all have wishes from time to time. Maybe your wife has been eyeing an...