'First Date'
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Then there are the women who save time by putting makeup on while driving to work....
This is when taking the train is convenient.
I also knew women who put on makeup when they got to work. Just went straight to the bathroom and did it, and then went to their desks.
I think polished and professional doesn't necessarily mean a full face of makeup, either. I knew plenty of women in NYC who didn't wear more than sheer lipstick and maybe some mascara.
Yeah, and putting on foundation and blush takes me about 1.5 minutes, including washing my hands. Lipstick takes no time at all.
Then there are the women who save time by putting makeup on while driving to work....
This is when taking the train is convenient.
This reminds me of the Mr. Bean episode where he did all his morning routine while driving.
Basically, I:
If I'm sensible, dressing is done in 5 minutes. I am not always sensible, but that's entirely on me.
I'm showered and dressed within about 45 minutes of the alarm going off (but not getting right up), drying my hair takes 5-10 minutes, makeup another couple. I'm slow in the morning and eat breakfast at home, but my alarm goes off 75 minutes before I leave the house. And I don't do anything elaborate.
I really hate it when women apply makeup on the subway during rush hour. There's just no easy way to put on eyeshadow without elbowing the person next to you.
My alarm goes off an hour before I'm scheduled leave the house. I sometimes snooze 10 minutes of that, depending on how rough the night was. I don't eat breakfast at home, but currently I have to make space for coffee brewing (and ensuing Jamaican folk song earworm indulgence). And catching up on the internets before I leave the house.
I'm so bad now -- I need, like, at least an hour to have tea and feel human before I can shower and get dressed if I'm going somewhere.
But that was after a couple of years of taking a 6:50 a.m. train (which took fifteen minutes by car to get to). I was getting up at 5:45 and making that train.
I used to wake up early enough to polish off an "hour" show every morning. WTF was I thinking?
Amy - my local library has one of your books, but I've already read it. They also have one of Barb's books and I had not read it so I checked it out.
B&N local store did not have Allyson's book yet. 11/1 the computer says.