<p>woah. Nothing at all? </p>
<p>I wish I could do that... I hate shaving/waxing.</p>
<p>You do do your eyebrows though, of course?</p>
<p>Enn. No. We are from a different era. Moot - total and complete standing oh. And particularly for having found a career where it wasn't part of the unspoken requirements....</p>
<p>Ah I followed the lovely scents and spackle, er I mean sparkle all the way from the Pacific Rim and once again found myself in the Alley...Ladies thank you for the lists, I have taken note. Brave S&M dad, Clooney eh :)...</p>
<p>My recommendation is also a product from Sephora - Smashbox Photofinish, it is a skin smoother that you put on before foundation. I use it to cover the red blotches & veins (spaghetti & meatsauce?) that used to be my peaches & cream complexion. Having a somewhat furry face, I find it helps to minimize the 'stucco' effect I can all too easily achieve. I also steal my daughters Nars, and her Guerlain Champs-Elysees :D , payback from when she used to make murals with my lipstick...</p>
<p>Just getting cought up here. First, congrats SBmom! Way to go! Second, I am truly amazed at the number of people (including myself) who used, and still have, our college india print bedspreads. Mine is purple. It gets used for picnics, beach outings, and other outings on lawns. An old friend of mine from college happened to be in town with one of his sons this summer. We took them to a local tourist attraction that involves an outdoor laser show. Out came the india print bedspread as our blanket. He recognized it! At one point in the evening I turned to him and rather matter-of factly commented that he'd just spent more time sitting on my bedspread than he ever did incollege. He just looked at me. So did my husband. Oh well, I thought it was funny...</p>
<p>Alu: the standing O was for the elegance of your writing! :) I loved the part about getting someone to marry you.</p>
<p>The concealer turns out to be Max Factor. It is a stick: it has a navy blue case, chubby, about 4" long. It could conceal a black eye.</p>
<p>Aw. <em>blushes</em>. You have cured me of my self-esteem crisis, at least for now. Phew. What would an aging girlie do without the Alley? But, if I ever verge on Sally Fields just slap me. I would much rather be Phyllis Diller than Sally Fields...</p>
<p>What do you want to bet I buy MaxFactor concealer and Smashbox PhotoFinish? And moot - bet the MaxFactor will work on those age spots. Apparently the French call them lentilles. Guess why? And BHappy, LOL. Furry. Yes, fur. Ha ha ha ha ha ha.</p>
<p>I'd bring up arm hair, but it seems that's just a bit much, even for the Alley.</p>
<p>Since my earlier admission a page or two back didn't get any takers, does that mean I'm the only one with these weird splotchy things growing on my forearms? (Quick, someone else admit they're starting to see these things too, or I may take Alu's spot in the Self-Esteem Crisis Hot Seat!)</p>
<p>Between those and the mini-jowls, one would think I'm getting older or something, sheesh.</p>
<p>Booyah, moot! I also have a confession. I wear make-up as a public service to young mothers, baby animals, and old people with pacemakers. :)</p>
<p>Mootmom - I think I can speak for many of us here in the Alley, that YES we do have those brown things - I sport one on each of my high cheek bones and is the main reason I started to wear foundation! I also have them on my hands...Liver Spots, Age Spots, Hand me a Gin and Tonic while I get my Sharpie and connect the dots....too much drink...I see spots before my eyes..</p>
<p>As to hair removal...well I hang up my razor as soon as Summer is over, up in the cold country we need to grow our own long johns to keep warm :)</p>
<p>I have named my brown things Beanie and Cecil. Stay tuned for The Adventures of Tom Terrific and Mighty Manfred, the Wonder Dog! I'll be in the corner planning a new season of Saturday morning cartoons and upcoming brown things...I'm turning 49 next Wednesday!</p>
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<p>Happy bd sluggie! :)</p>
<p>jmmom, I am even a little younger than slugg. Please, CARD ME. :)</p>
<p>Playing catch up on all that I missed. It is bad to be home alone with the dog, start laughing out loud then she runs the other way. SBmom, congrats and all the best to your son. </p>
<p>Mootie, while it hasn't been 30 years, I am grateful that I have very little shaving/plucking to do. Now you are making my head hurt trying to remember when the last time I did it (hopefully it has been a long time and I can't remember vs. having one of my many senior moments and thinking that my memories are fading faster than I thought).</p>
<p>Last week vanity got the best of me or at least a really good close up in the mirror when I saw how much grey hair I actually had so I got a rinse. Why didn't ya'll remind me that these things take on a life of their own, now you gotta start looking at your make up (as some days I do try to go to work looking like I am actually employed by someone) and don't get me started on the mascara. All I can say is mine is really old, and I rarely use it because I keep batting my eyes everytime I begin to apply it and end up with black blotches under my eyes. </p>
<p>Child came home for a week between sophomore summer and the fall term. Business as usual: the suitcase stayed in the middle of the living room until she did laundry and repacked. I don't even nag anymore about it. Shipped her out so that she can join her people for her study abroad term in edinburgh. Explain this too me; while she still does not know what classes she is going to register for, he schedule is already done for the weekends that she and all of her other friends who are abroad are meeting up and where they will meet. Just another sign that I am getting old.</p>
<p>Slugg, my girl, hows the plans for the big blow out next week shaping up? I did laugh about your going through the closet, because what you would consider junk is now vintage. so if you are ever hard pressed for money....</p>
<p>That sounds like a great home visit sybs.</p>
<p>Mootie, I rarely shave. I'm not Asian but I have very little body hair. What is left is blonde.</p>
<p>Ladies, brown splotchy things and red spider veins can be removed by the dermotologist pdq. It's not the most pleasant afternoon, but it's nice to have the 'spaghetti and meatballs' off the road map for a time.</p>
<p>I wore a bit of make up in high school though I didn't match my eyeshadow to my earrings like SOOO many others. ;) From 15 to 44, I didn't wear any makeup and shaved once or twice a year. I went out the door with wet hair 9 days out of ten. I didn't own a hair dryer. The glory of youth! </p>
<p>Off for a bike ride! The cherry blossoms are out....</p>
<p>Rescued from Page Two Purgatory...</p>
<p>We are six days away from launching the sluggbeast, and for the second day in a row, he did not come home. During his final week of freedom before he starts college, he has been staying out all night and not calling in. That used to bug us. But, like an errant sock that has been under the bed collecting dust bunnies, we know he's around...somewhere. This particular style of disappearance is usually associated with a girl. Please let it be a girl, preferably a self-motivated student with a 3.0 GPA, who is going to Davis in a week.</p>
<p>I called his best band friend's mom, and her beast is back in LA. The Boys of Summer are on hiatus from recording, and half of them are back in New York. His cell phone is off or out of batteries. A year ago, our goal was to get him graduated from high school. This week, our goal is to get him through the door at UCD and give him a big push. Today, I'm going to wash his towels and pack up some sheets. :)</p>
<p>Update on the missing sluggbeast -- he's back, looking like something the cat dragged in. ;)</p>
<p>Still, a relief. Bedraggled or not. He's home.</p>
<p>for the moment....</p>
<p>Spoilsport :p.</p>