Tag Archives: older women
Old Lady Stuff I Like
On my post, Not Quite Old Enough For This, I listed lots of Old Lady stuff that gives me the Old Lady shingles – sandals with pantyhose, rainbonnets, etc. However, I confess an affection for some truly Old Lady accoutrements: Elizabeth Taylor’s White Diamonds Cologne My husband gave me this for Christmas about five years …
Not Quite Old – Yoga
My favorite part of Eat, Pray, Love –no wait—my favorite part was scarfing down all of Italy. Let me rephrase—the only part of “Pray” that I liked was one little paragraph where Elizabeth Gilbert describes her meditation. She’s really beginning to enjoy the mindful solitude of meditation. So much so that deep in the serenity …
Not Quite Old Enough For This – Postscript
A friend considerably younger than I took umbrage – politely, of course—with my inclusion of brooches as too old for me. She has for years enjoyed brooch-embellished jackets. I concede that an unusual pin is sometimes a nice addition to one’s chest. So I withdraw that weird purple brooch, and offer this instead: Certainly I …
Not Quite Old Enough For This
I have accepted the fact that I am just too old for some things: Miniskirts Bikinis Body Glitter Visible bra straps Polka-dot manicures Bare midriffs Thigh high boots Pigtails (which I would never wear anyway) Navel piercing (which I would SO do, if I were twenty-five again) It is with regret that I say goodbye …
Not Quite Old Makeup #2
Back to the three levels of Makeup: Wal-Mart Work Wedding I figure I wear Makeup #1 – Walmart makeup – 10 times per year, and Wedding makeup, twice. That means for 353 days out of 365, I wear makeup #2, Work Makeup.. Work makeup is appropriately named. Not only because I wear it to work. …
Not Quite Old Makeup #1
There are three levels of makeup: 1. Wal-Mart 2. Work 3. Wedding The Wal-Mart level is the minimum makeup I wear out in public. This is the run-to-the-supermarket-for-milk makeup, the cat-ate-a-paperclip-go-to-vet makeup, and the ATM (but not INSIDE the bank) makeup. For women under forty this makeup level is also called: NONE. …
Not Quite Old Tanning
There’s no doubt about it, tanning ages your skin. Unfortunately, white skin ages YOU. I mean, really, is there anything older than an old lady’s white shin? Perhaps her white thigh, which is why old ladies never reveal anything above the knee. I have white skin. Luckily, I’m not the burn and peel, burn and …
Not Quite Old Lips
Thin lips are aging. This is what I see on TV, magazines, web, and cosmetic ads everywhere. Thin lips are aging; plump lips are youthful. I have thin lips. I have a little mouth with teeny tiny lips. I probably would have been a beauty if I’d been around when Lillian Gish was making silent …
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