[Kristen's note: this is the third installment of the sprawling mega-post the Pampered Mama sent me last week!]

I know I have not written anything for a while, and it's not for a lack of want. Sometimes you look at a blank screen and just don't know what to say.

I have been going through a lot of nonsense recently and questioning my mother's opinion of me at present, since she is not around to ask. It makes family feel all the more important, so what to do? Go buy makeup and treat my nanny to some good stuff...

We went to Saks today, and we bought her the Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk and Guerlain Meteorites, which is something her mom and her mom's best friend used back in the day... which begs the question: What products do you swear by which were your mother's favorites?