2002 Story Set
| June 30, 2002 First of all, I sleep till '9. So much for good intentions. Then I discover QVC selling make-up. I have to get some. I am using the wrong brush for my new eyeliner. I have a correct one coming. OK. Another concealer- because I already used up the new one I got when I had my make-up redesigned. Stay tuned for breezees. And they have some for men. OK. And---- I died my hair (#63 again). Brown Sugar. And then, I hit the ends with a cut - 1/4". Ragged. And then, I said to $#%$^% with it and hit my rascally hair with the thinning shears - which the last two hairdressers had avoided . They had not thinned this mop, which is now growing out. A fist full of loose hair later, I am shedding like a springtime ewe, I comb out and set. I spray with the Volumizing Mist. I've been told to do get my nails done. Where? I've never done that but I am tired to death of short stubby nails since my nails like to break and split daily. I've tried EVERYTHING! I also have those signs-of-age ridges! Grrrr! But the View showed that you can laser treat your hands and get the skin thickened so you don't look so veiny and you can freeze the darn spots off. So---- after the date, when I am again working (I hope) I will address those age spots! Monday I will reorder my skin bleach. I am out. Meantime I am going to self-tan. Or try to. I am sewing the green velvet dress - which appears to be coming out too large. No problem. I can take it in at the sides faster than a heartbeat. First I must get the zipper in without bubbles. Hate those. You get away from that by putting the zipper side down and guessing that you hit the mark. This takes patience. I decided to call for a bra - and hit a wall - no operator - and I wanted to get the boxer pants for my son - and volumizing hair shampoo and conditioner. Not a full set. I am listening to music. We discovered, after the fact, that my son got the speaker phone I wanted while I just got a phone with answering machine. Hmmmm. How about I get another phone? Speaker phone and no messages. Plug this one in somewhere else. I am annoyed that I missed that. It has a speaker on it but----- I hung up - and then tried the website - it stalled. I hung up and tried the phone. This is a determined, frustrated shopper! I am back to balancing the phone in my ear while waiting to get through. I am getting steamed! OK. They finally answered the phone. It's been 30 minutes! I now get to pay shipping! I got a bra, my son got 4 pairs of boxers and I got the Nick Chavez volumizing shampoo2 and volumizing conditioner, 2 bottles of each. I was out of that stuff. My son is now up (1:15PM) so I suppose I need to fix him breakfast. In 6 weeks of serious dieting, I still have a 39" waist, 40" hips, 43" bulge above the hips and below the waist (what's with that???), and need a 40" B bra, (measure ABOVE the bust for the band size - I didn't know that!). Straight up and down. What happened to the 34-24-34 figure? 43-39-40 doesn't cut it! Well OK, the 34-24-34 was forty years and two kids ago! So what! I want it back! So far, I just stopped gaining weight. I lost about an inch or two off the bust line. Hey! Not there! I am a B and not a C - but the surgeon left me as in-between. I am fitting into size 8 panties again. That's good. Size 7 was what I used to wear. Size 9 was what I had reached. I have 12" arms - if I flex it's closer to 13". Why I made the dress with loose sleeves. The muscles are the dominant thing in my arms. Although there is some fat near the armpit. Maybe I should do my Karate exercises for a bit. That works. 80 punches in proper form takes the arms down. I have 13" calves. Better. I have actually lost on the calves. It was beginning to be ridiculous. And 20" thighs. I once had 17.5" thighs. That's not realistic. I looked like I came from a concentration camp. I think it's called anorexic. Of course, I won the Miss University of Hartford contest while thin. I am bloated today so my thighs are a mess. I'd like about 1" off them. They are thinner than before too because my jeans are loose. My watch fits better than it has been. I had been resorting to the loose bracelet type. I am losing, but the waist seems to be the last thing affected. Oh well. I fixed the kid eggs and toast. I had a cup of orange juice. I had one earlier. I think I will have tea next...... Later in the day, I took my hair down out of the curlers - and it now has GOLDEN ROOTS! Not orange. Yikes! Looks nice otherwise colorwise. Do I really want to go blonde? Maybe! However, once out of the curlers - my hair has decided to flop any which way it wants to! I know I have more than one cowlick. I was told that by the last hairdresser. I never knew that before. Explains a lot. Like why, when you goop your hair up and blow dry the rollers, it stays put for a few hours but runs back the way it wants to be as soon as you stop looking at it. Why Shalac (Stylac) heavy, heavy hold hair spray was my lifeline for so many years. Why it is a royal mess at the moment. But with a little art and some spray-on shine, I got it to be a wild curly tousled hairdo - I now have long bangs. I teased a little at the top for control and height. That's good. The long bangs (I am growing them out) cover the forehead lines that have come racing back on my face. So much for laser treatments. We are talking less than two years. Facial peels last up to five (real heavy peels - not the little wimpy ones). I probably thinned my hair too much. Or used too large rollers. Or maybe I shouldn't set the sides. I have no idea. And a week to figure it out. I may have a job interview in there. However, note that some of this new make up may not arrive in time for my date. It also goes with and adds to the mineral makeup I bought before and was "saving". Saving since I already ran out of concealer. Of course, I have a lot of Dermablend. I put that under my eyes now and on the two-three "spots" that came back on my cheek and which, according to the dermatologist, need to be removed with liquid Nitrogen. That's coming up after the date. I am slowly putting myself back together. |
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