no, this big ass painful zit is definitely a zit.

it's not even the breakouts, it's the lines, and the bags, and the tension, and the sallowness and the being too tired to tweeze as regularly as I should, and the blah and the glavin.

The Aveeno will be your new best friend for the sallow and the bags - I swear it. On my mother.

As for the tweezing, I think that that is a bi-weekly thing you should afford - even if it means putting it on your credit card. For me, my eyebrows not being groomed makes the rest of my face - no matter what - look like shit. So, they get waxed. Because the amount of grief I give myself and the low self-image until I get them done again is worth the $$.

I learned to do my own eyebrows. Get it done once right, then just tidy up strays as they show up. Saves $$$ and still looks purty.

I also swear by Aveeno. When my mom's skin went wonky form the chemo, it really helped.

Annabel is an insanely healthy child.

So why does she always find a way to get sick enough to see a doctor on the eve of a trip? Probably a Murphy's Law clause, huh?

(No biggie--just some insect bites that seem to be getting worse instead of healing, so the nurse thought they might be infected, and a dry cough and sniffle. At least this time we're getting her seen by her normal doc during normal office hours, none of this running around to the emergency clinic at Children's Hospital at 9:00 at night.)

Poor Annabel!

I have gotten all but one thing done today. I'm pretty impressed with myself.

I learned to do my own eyebrows. Get it done once right, then just tidy up strays as they show up. Saves $$$ and still looks purty.

This is what I do. Aestiticians take too much brow off! That's the only reason I don't go, I like my thick brows and I haven't found someone who I trust to not wax the holy hell out of them.

But, the upper lip needs the waxing now, oh yes it does, mightily.

Oy. Just got a phone call about boss's position. Dude wanted to know if he could just come in and get an application. I was like, "It would probably be best if you submitted a resume and cover letter."

"Why?"

I'm glad it's not rosacea, Nora. Your breakouts will go away. Aimee says so, and I believe her.

vw, you're slow... we've been impressed with you for weeks! Months even! Years!

Poor Annabel, hope she feels better soon!

ETA: vw, lucky you -- getting to unofficially screen all the dimwit applicants for the boss' position!

vw, you're slow... we've been impressed with you for weeks! Months even! Years!

Hee!