I was sitting on the edge of the bathtub, with the water running so that I could keep rinsing off the washcloth. The water collecting in the tub turned pink.

Yeah, that's about par for the course for me, too.

This is why I usually use an electric razor, but I'm going to the beach and needed to actually shave.

I'm going to the beach and needed to actually shave.

I got my legs waxed Wednesday for the beach, and that is BRUTAL.

Sangria is almost as good as ativan.

Yeah, I'm getting my legs waxed for the lake next Wednesday. I kinda hate waiting while the hairs grow long enough for the wax to catch them, but I don't want to be bothered trying to work out shaving in a strange bathroom.

Maybe I should have some sangria before I head to the salon.

I use Veet. NO blood!

I just assume that nobody's going to be looking at my legs that closely unless I've either slept with or given birth to them. So I mostly don't bother shaving.

I kinda hate waiting while the hairs grow long enough for the wax to catch them, but I don't want to be bothered trying to work out shaving in a strange bathroom.

Amusingly, I have no problem letting the hairs grow long enough. I am so lazy. And yeah, the biggest reason for waxing before the beach is not wanting to deal with shaving in a bathroom that I'll be sharing with at least 3 other people.

Maybe I should have some sangria before I head to the salon.

True story: my waxer told me she had a woman come in for her first brazilian, and the woman's boyfriend accompanied her (and waited in the waiting area). The woman told the waxer that she was so nervous she had 2 shots of tequila before she came in -- AND she had another shot waiting in a container in the car!

So after they were about halfway through, the woman says, "Uh, I think I need that other shot. Seriously." The waxer said she was too overbooked that day to go wandering out into the waiting area to find the BF and tell him to go get the tequila, so she just yelled "TEQUILA!!!" at the top of her lungs.

(I should note that she's the salon owner and is often the only person working there, so she's not scandalizing other employees.)

After a minute or so, when the boyfriend didn't reply, she yelled "TEQUILA!!!" again, and the boyfriend finally yelled back, "Does she want the tequila NOW?!?" And the woman being waxed yelled "GODDAMNIT YES!"

So they heard the door open and shut, and then after a minute or so, open and shut again, and the waxer yelled for him to come down the hall. She took a glove off, opened the door enough for him to hand her the tequila, and then shut the door and handed it to the woman, who did the shot and then they got on with the waxing.

My favorite part? The shot was in a wee tupperware container.

I use Veet. NO blood!

I use Veet about half the time (I shave the other half the time; my skin is so sensitive that if I used Veet every time, I'd have chemical burns; sad but true). But the results of that *still* won't last long enough for me to make it a week at the beach without needing to remove more hair.

Though I do have to bring a razor for my underarms.

What IS it with body hair?!? Sheesh.