Sometimes all it takes ? especially when you?re addicted to Friends re-runs on e-TV, and spend evenings lying in with Mr Pickles your moth-eaten teddy bear from the 80s, and wonder how the hell you got to this point without growing a bunion on your face ? is a little insight to feeling sexy.

What does it take to feel sexy? Effort? Insight? A few changes around the house and/or your wardrobe?

With or without a man. Monica scrubs her apartment with noxious chemicals and wants to hump Chandler, so taking a leaf from her book, living amongst human detritus is the first step towards sexual enlightenment. Even if you do vacuum and Domestos-blast the basin, having endless clutter around you is bound to chain you down and feel like an old maid.

Put the ?spin? back into spinster and sort out your closets, sister. Hoarding crap is only going to lead to buying a cat, and frankly, that?s not going to make anyone feel sexy, least of all yourself.

Clean. It works for Monica; it?ll work for you. Getting a domestic worker is one thing, but actually doing one room yourself doesn?t only make you feel like an extra in Pleasantville, guaranteed you?ll be ready for action thereafter. And hey, you won?t be embarrassed bringing anyone home.

There are other, more conventional, methods too. Angelina Jolie in all her seductive sexual ooziness, was quoted as saying she feels sexy just by lazing on the couch and rubbing lotion all over herself. She probably sits there with a tub of body butter, dressed in nothing but a skimpy negligee, and while watching CNN Live, smoothes it over her skin in such a nonchalant fashion that Brad?s probably used to it now and doesn?t stare at her, mouth agape.

All seven kids have gone to bed and Angie is creaming it up. Because that?s what makes her feel sexy. (And smell like something you?d want to nibble on, I?d imagine.)

The are some quick fixes for women who don?t feel like The Sexiest Woman Alive or Monica Geller. For instance, for quick-fix sexiness, I?ll wear a skirt with no underwear. I?ll ensure I stay on the right side of Classy by ensuring I guard my nether region at all times with a socially acceptable skirt, but you get the picture.

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