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By heather | March 18, 2009
Tonight after her bath, I made the mistake of holding Emily Kate right up next to my face and looking in the mirror.
Aaacckk! (you know, Cathy-style) is the first thing that came to mind.
Because I’m in the stage of pregnancy right now that I almost forgot about – the pretty-pretty-pregnancy-horomones-are-leaving-you stage. The exact same thing happened the first time around, except that time I neatly ended the post-partum uglies by promptly and unexpectedly getting pregnant again.
Exactly three months to the day of giving birth, I started losing CLUMPS of hair. Not just a few strands here and there, so much hair fell out that after a shower it looked like a gerbil was curled up on the drain. Three months after that, my hair stopped falling out but then my nails started breaking and my skin started flaking. Now here I am 8 months later, and I have the double whammy of inch long strands of hair sticking out all around my hair line plus excess grease and zits.
Add to that picture the end of the day mascara-flakies, the newly formed frown wrinkles between my eyebrows and then hold it up next to this air-brushed, clean-smelling, chubby perfection:
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Oy. Or GAAAH, if you prefer.
Although, I’m generally pretty happy with my appearance, when I start feeling you know, BLAAAHH, I tend to do one thing: SPEND MONEY TO FIX IT. Usually I throw it at getting my hair cut and highlighted, sometimes on new makeup, or skin treatments but this time there’s a little something else that I’ve been thinking about.
Dare I say it?
Botox.
I’m a big fan of “offense is the best defense” school of beauty – get it before it gets you. But in this case, am I still aging gracefully if I pay for poison to be injected right between my eyes? Or am I one step away from becoming Joan Rivers?
Perhaps I should try going shorter and blonder first. Or new mascara.
Would you do it? HAVE YOU?
Topics: frivolity, self improvement | 4 Comments »
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March 19th, 2009 at 7:41 am
First, such a cute pic of Alex and EK.
Second, I feel like a complete wrech and my pregnancy hormones are RAGING! I have to wax my eyebrows and ahem, other places like twice a week to keep up with the swamp beast I am turning into.
You look fantastic, I can say that because I just saw you yesterday. Try the hair and mascara first…or maybe once the sun comes out for good this god-forsaken month we will all get a little color in our skin and feel 100 times better.
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March 19th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Oh my, I have definitely thought about botox lately. A couple of years ago I would have said no way but these days with these fine lines coming in? Plus I’ve seen the results on normal people and it looked pretty good. Who knows, I’m probably too cheap to do it but keeping my mind open to it.
Your children are ADORABLE btw.
March 22nd, 2009 at 10:50 pm
I’m all for accepting surgical enhancement if a person needs/wants it. I have a list of things I’d like to get done.
I’m a little afraid of Botox though. I’ve seen great results on some women, but when it’s badly done it’s SO BAD. Plus the whole injecting botulism into my face thing.
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March 28th, 2009 at 1:08 am
I haven’t done it and I’m too cheap to. So let me know what it’s like! (I don’t think you need it btw). I remember looking at myself after having Reagan and for the first time noticing wrinkles around my eyes. I think I cried.
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