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I've been in Chicago for a few days, working out of WF's headquarters, remembering what it was like when I used to walk to work in heels (feet currently covered in Elmo Band-Aids), and when I actually wore real clothes everyday (versus my slightly better-than-rumpled, work-at-home mommy wardrobe) and most of all, when I walked up and down Michigan Avenue five times a day to simply go about my business.

I just love being here!

Whenever I visit our Chicago office, one of the first things I do is peruse the pile of books, promotional items, and other fun things we regularly receive from PR agencies and publishing houses, who hope we will review them on the site.

Today, I literally had one of the best laughs of my life when I picked up a brightly colored children's board book (or so I thought), only to realize that the cover read "B IS FOR BOTOX-An Alphabet Book for the Middle-Aged" and nearly laughed my a**, I mean, wrinkles, off.

Now we're talking!

The cover has one of those retro images of a super-perky Veronica Lake-type woman, wielding a nine-inch syringe and a grin that reeks of Zoloft and a perfectly bad (I prefer well-earned) attitude.

The book is an absolutely hilarious, 10-minute read, and each letter of the alphabet represents some other not-so-fun fact about aging, such as the letter G. Which in this book stands for gravity, as in, sister, you'd better re-check your bra situation and consider something with a tad more staying power. Illustrated of course, with a cross-your-heart type of Madonna cone contraption, and an image of Sir Isaac Newton and his infamous apple.

My favorite letter, however, is the letter L.

L, if you didn't know, is for liposuction. Please picture Lisa, our retro bathing beauty in the illustsration, in her Marilyn Monroe swimsuit, with a vacuum cleaner seeming to suck out half of her hip and thigh areas.

First thought: Can I get one of those?

Second thought: And it does floors too?

The copy reads: "Lisa has middle-aged spread. Lisa loathes her middle-aged spread. Look! Lisa will lose her middle-aged spread! Lisa is getting liposuction. Hooray for Lisa! Hooray for modern medicine! Hooray for suction-assisted fast removal!"

Third thought: No, really...can I get one of those?

Anyway, the book is a funny, mood-lifting treat (anti-depressants? anyone? anyone?) and is published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. You can check it out for yourself here.

Enjoy :)