Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Step 1 Pick An Outfit: Getting His Once-Over on Fashion and Style 1
1 Clothing and Accessories: Undressing Your Dressing 3
2 Handbags and Shoes: Be a "Shoe-in" Who's Got It "In the Bag" 10
3 Nipples, Lingerie, and Hosiery: Out-of-Control-Top Pantyhose and What to Wear Under There 16
Step 2 Shower: The Down and Dirty on Health and Hygiene 25
4 Body Odor and Bad Breath: Sweating the Small Stuff on Smell 27
5 The Vagina: Hey, Hey, HerVajayjay! 36
6 Body Hair: Shaving Your Way Out of a Hairy Situation 43
7 Head Hair: Wash Your "Fajita Hair" 49
Step 3 Get Ready: Blushing About Cosmetics and Beauty 55
8 Makeup: Punched in the Eye or Smoky Eye? 57
9 Perfume: Chanel No. 5, Gas Mask Included 66
10 Tattoos and Fingernails: Tramp Stamps and Stripper Nails 74
Step 4 Go Out: Full Plate of Food, Manners, and Menus 81
11 Food and the Menu: Harry Covert Dumps Philette Mignon 83
12 How Food Affects You: Gotta Go, Gotta Go, Gotta Go, Right Now! 91
13 Manners and Etiquette: Eliza Doolittle Does Little for His Libido 96
14 A Wine Lesson: Putting a Cork in Cheeanteh and Chabliss 103
Step 5 Stay In: Your Open House and Its Décor 113
15 Home Décor: Make Your Home His Home 115
16 The Bedroom: Your Dream Bedroom, His Nightmare 122
17 Movie Night: Classic Male Movie Musts (and Mustn'ts) 126
18 Cooking for Him: A Recipe for Love or Disaster? 131
Step 6 Plug Into His Parts: Nailing Car Care and Ms. Fix It 137
19 Car Confusion: Getting Under His Hood 139
20 Ms. Fix It: Finding and Nailing a Stud 144
Step 7 Play Games: A SportingChance at Sports and Game Day 149
21 Sports Knowledge: Foul Plays That Won't Play Ball 151
22 Attending and Watching Sporting Events: Game-Day Gaffes 158
Step 8 Get On The Money, Honey: Markets, Money, and Finances, Cha-Ching! 163
23 Learning Money, Markets, and Men: Bulls, Bears, and Bankers, Oh My! 165
24 Gold Digging: Go from Gold Digger to Goal Digger 173
Step 9 Sleep Over: A Sexy Time with Sex and Romance 179
25 Saying No to Sex: Hooked Up to Holding Out 181
26 Body Image: Rock It Like a Gold-Medal Model 187
27 Sex: Superb Sexy Time 194
Step 10 Talk Less But Say More: The Blah, Blah, Blah on Conversation and Communication 203
28 Body Language: Let'Em Hear Your Body Talk 205
29 Texting and Emailing: Dating Under In-text-ication and E-troductions 211
30 High Maintenance: Coffee Before Commitment 223
31 Commitment Issues: Are We Dating... or What? 229
Acknowledgments 233
Index 236
