The old me...
* wore matching underwear
* shaved her legs every day
* blow dried my long hair down every other day
* dressed in designer clothes with a mix of high street
* had my eyelashes tinted and eyebrows shaped once a month
* got my hair cut and coloured every six weeks
* moisturised my elbows
* had manicures
* went for naughty sun beds
The now me
* still wears maternity bras some days for comfort (I quickly take them off before husband comes to bed so he won't find out)
* if I ever get around to wearing matching underwear I get a 'you seeing your fancy man today?' from the husband
* buys clothes with the food shopping (ie Marks and Spencer)
* uses baby lotion as my main moisturiser
* has chipped toe nail varnish that has not been applied since summer hols, so nearly outgrown
* has a t-section every couple of months and puts off having the hair cut because I feel guilty spending husbands hard earned cash on a fancy do.
* shaves once a week, if I manage to get a bath alone, without a child dangling their fingers in or trying to wash my boobs with a sponge.
This week, I went to a pamper evening, a school event, I had a facial, a massage, a manicure, my eyebrows threaded. Then I bought I dress. Then I went out with the girls, I was asked by some other girls if I was 24?! I am 34. It was dark in there.
I danced. I drank shots. I was sick. I had fun. My littlest child is 2 and I am coming out the other side of the fog. I think I almost feel human again. OK, so the manicure is now chipped, the leg hair is growing back and a few eyebrows are already sprouting out. But it's a start...
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27 comments:
I have three words to say to you my dear:
GOOD
FOR
YOU.
(pssst- you know I could never truly believe you gave up the matching underwear for good..!)
Hey, you're back on the road a lot earlier than I was. Beautiful Baby Daughter was at least at school before I remotely resembled myself
Oh, now come on! I am but flesh and blood. What are you trying to do to me? I can't stand this kind of provocation much longer. Keep up this kind of talk and I'm bound to crack!
You see, you had a head start on me because I didn't even manage most of those things BEFORE I had kids. What kind of hag must I be now?
Your pamper evening sounds fabulous. I am going to a spa with a girlfriend in a couple of weeks, and expect to emerge similarly transformed. But I am sure that even then I will not pass for 24!
Yes. You will emerge from the fog. Perhaps not entirely but you will feel like a human being with grooming aspirations again.
Erm, word of warning though, when I hit that point (youngest was about 18 months) I SPENT SPENT SPENT. Just for the crazy fun of it, and because in the previous 2 years all I had bought was 2 red t shirts (I look like crap in red) and a (maternity) funeral outfit. Um, I slightly regret that now.
That is just brilliant CTTF!
I so recognise that list.
I too had a girlie weekend where we drank Champagne, talked without small children demanding our attention, had a beauty therapist come round and paint our nails and watched Sex and the City.
I've come out the other side feeling human again!
Mom/Mum - Well, I am gutted that you now have a drawer full of matching undies and I still have a drawer full of maternity bras. As soon as I have some spare cash...
Auntie - I can't believe you ever got lost in the fog as you seem so together and gorgeous.
Dave - For you, I am trying to mention boobs in every blog...
Jaywalker - I am enjoying rediscovering the grooming. But can I keep it up? As you say, it's so expensive...and I have to resist spending in this current economic crisis, despite thinking about shopping for a new house at the moment. Am I mad?
Tara - so nice to feel human again isn't it, even if it is only for a few hours...
No, don't do that. People will start to think I'm obsessed by them. And I'm not at all....
I was reading your post whilst nodding wildly - are we the same person perhaps?? I love the winter cos it means I can wear trousers/opaque tights/boots and never have to shave my legs for 6 months of the year. It helps that I'm single.....or maybe, that's WHY I'm single? :-)
Matching underwear is essential. (If, by matching, you mean the same colour bra and pants. Or, at the very least, from the same shop...). Oh dear. I feel I may be letting the side down...
The week of you time sounds fab... apart from the being sick bit! If I get to pluck my eyebrows before they start harbouring tropical monkeys now I feel like Victoria Beckham! I love all the girly stuff and the matching knicker thing although unfortunately a lot of my nice matchy sets have thongs (from my pre-Small Child Days) and the thought of them no longer appeals!
I know what you mean about finally coming out of the fog... it's only when they get a bit more independant that you can spend a bit more time on yourself. Im impressed that you did all that and with two kids... I only have one and the legs still need to be introduced to a razor this week!
You see? Have child No. 3 and it'll all slide again. The Dilemma! MH
Dave - oh really? you must be one of the only men that isn't obsessed by them. Are you more of a bottom man?
supermum - I was wearing opaque tights yesterday and noticed some hairs poking through on the knee area. Not a good look...
Potty mummy - I hear you, I am with you, I have been letting the side down for the last few years. *Sigh* However, husbands pants are not much to write home about either....
that girl - always hated thongs. Whose bum does look nice in one except maybe Gisele...
MH - I know...I was thinking the same. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. But when I see a newborn my womb aches. Read Fay Weldon here...you only regret the children you don't have not the ones you have...hmmmm
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article5139191.ece
OK! I give in! I'm obsessed! Hahahaha
CTTF.... just read that Times article and had to post it. Hope you don't mind but it gave me goose bumps and so had to flag it on your behalf. x
You notice how whenever Dave comes over it's all boobs and bottoms.
Are we even sure he's a former policeman with four kids?
Look at him, lurking around waiting for you to mention underwear and maternity bras - don't pander to him CTTF!
Next thing you know he'll be revealing how he browses around Marks & Spencer's undies section in his free time and we really don't want to go there.
Do we?
Oh dear - Dave has to get a grip. And not on a boob or bottom!
So funny.
Crikey
I thought I posted a reply to this.
That probably means I've posted it to another blog where it'll look totally out of place and mark me as some kind of freaky perv. s h one t
Dave - you poor guy, you are getting a bit of stick for liking the boobies here. Ha ha. Are tara and mum/mom suggesting you are a bit of a...erm...perv? Surely if you were you would be on Second Life and not dwelling in blogland?
That girl - I don't mind at all. I have recommended it to lots of my friends and other bloggers too. Be bold that girl, be bold!
Tara - do you think any man gets turned on by the mention of maternity bras? I mean, have you seeen how thick the straps are and the fabric? As you can tell, I had the M&S box set ones rather than Elle McPhersons...
Good for you! I can totally relate to this post as I feel the same way myself. Now, I just have to get rid of the muffin top then I'll be even closer to looking like my old self!! *sigh*
Hee hee hee! I recognise those lists - most of my wardrobe seems to be 'Florence and Fred' now. Matching undewear? Undewear with working elastic is a bonus for me!
Kudos to you for going on a girls' night out, though!
So one day life can be come normal again? I have one at 3 ,2 and 9 weeks and have no idea who the old me used to be. Your night out sounds like great fun
crunchiemummy - just be grateful that the smock top look hides a multitude of muffin tops. I hear ya, I'm with ya. I find wearing a pair of jeans one size bigger gets rid of the muffin top - but then' you're left exposing your greying knickers...which is better??
Working mum - yep, I eyed up a little sequin Florence and Fred cardi ust the other day. It was only £18. I put it back because it looked like it might disintegrate in the wash.
Laura - hello and welcome. Thanks for coming and commenting. My, my, haven't you been busy. First of all I salute you for still managing to string a sentence together and type it being a mother of 3 under the age of 3. Secondly, do you recommend having 3??? Me and Millennium Housewife are dabbling with the idea...
Have 4!
4 Dave? 4? That is why you are completely bonkers! ;o)
It's not the only reason, but it doesn't help.
Bonkers is a great word. :)
Would i recommend having 3? Sometimes :) Its still early days for me and at parts i love it, the girls have each other to play with while i deal with the baby BUT its hard as there is only 2 parents, 2 hands, 2 knees etc.. and i feel someone is always getting left out.
Good luck with your descion
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