We all need it. After talking with brides they normally say "I want my wedding to be simple" - got it. So while some people call elegant - plain and others call simple - elegant... I shoot for what strikes my fancy. I'm not of the thought that everyone has to agree with me. Besides, people tend to misconstrue what one tries to say anyway.The other day I had an hour to kill before my appointment. I decided to go into the Barnes and Noble for a coffee. I decided against the coffee when I saw the line of people.... again, marching to the beat of my own drum - owning the drum no less. I decided not to go into the wedding section - lawd knows I probably own all of the books there. Instead, I decided to go into the entertaining section. Same difference. I saw a book written by Real Simple - loved it - except that some of the stock images were printed in several of the other books; that works on my nerves - that's another post. Anyway, I almost bought the book then I got to thinking; if the people at Real Simple really want me to simplify my life, I shouldn't buy the book. I have too many books as is! Does this look like I need another book? Shouldn't I be downsizing? Shouldn't I only have 10 books on my shelf with one of those wooden words that says "simplify"? While I'm at it - I mean really, what's the deal with those organizational closets anyway? You have to own 4 pants and 3 sweaters to achieve what they want you to achieve. And the shoes... what's the deal with all 4 of them? I don't know one woman who owns only 4 pairs of shoes. My mother is sisters with Emelda Marcos so we all inherited the hording of shoes. Real simple really just wants you real broke. You have to buy all of their stuff to graduate into simplicity. I did a search on Real Simple for "entertaining" and nothing really came up. You know why? Entertaining is NOT real simple. What I did find was a listing of "surprising expiration dates". How is that entertaining? Well you know me.. inquiring minds... I had to check out the list. It actually says that honey can be kept indefinitely. What do I do with those crystals that form on the top?? What's better was the passionate ratings that this list got. People crack me up.... or maybe now I'm misconstruing what they're trying to say...