Stephanie Dolgoff has replaced Carrie Bradshaw as my new wish-she-was-my-sister fantasy woman.

She wrote a book about being an adult tween - in your late 30s/early 40s - that has managed to sum up how I've been feeling lately: too old to wear (some) teen clothes but too young for Chicos. She's selling this generation as "formerly hot," and I'm buying.

If you're not sure if you fit into this group, there's a quiz on this website ...

Here are my Top Ten reasons that being a 'formerly' is awesome:

10. I can still shop at Forever 21, bitches, I just can't buy their pants (which were made for teen-aged boys anyway). And you know what? I wouldn't be caught dead in Chico's or Eileen Fisher, so there.

9. Did you just call me a cougar? Thank you (but I'm happily married)!

8. I'm old enough to know better, but still young enough to go for "it," whatever "it" is. Examples: ice cream, alcohol.

7. To paraphrase the movie "An Affair to Remember:" "Winter must be cold for those without warm memories." I get to look back on all my adventures, from first kisses to lost weekends, and smile from the comfort of my home in the suburbs. I have LIVED!

6. Don't ask me for a restaurant recommendation - I don't know which ones are "hot." I'm just so happy to be OUT that it no longer matters.

5. When I get (rarely) cat-called on the street, in my mind, I'm throwing myself a parade! Not that it was so common before, but now it's the best day ever!

4. Honestly, I do not care what you think about my outfit.

3. I'm wearing nail polish? But not the hot color? Rejoice! I'm wearing nail polish - my first line of defense against the War On Frumpiness.

2. Is it disturbing to hear Madonna (or other 80s hits) on the Oldies radio station? No, because hooray! I know all the words to a song on the radio!

1. I may be in the age group called "Formerly Hot," but I finally actually feel like I am hot.

Did I miss anything?