How vain are you?

Oh Melissa - I have the grandfather eyebrows too. I was blessed as well with dark excessive eyebrows that my DM would not let me pluck. Got the nerve to do some finally when in college and she was not pleased. Still very dark but getting gray patches and those longuns. I too trim them with fine embroidery scissors. And the chin/neck hairs oh my. I could be the bearded lady in the circus. I've asked if that's a side effect of AIs; makes sense that now making androgens instead of estrogens. I can see the black ones, but the white/gray ones hide and sometimes get very long b4 I finally find them. I finally have the mustache under control some with regular plucking and it's looking some better. Wish I could say the same for the chin.

This was a yahoo trending story. Not vouching for it - just thought it was interesting with your bread discussions. Momine - I have seen that bread you mentioned a while back at World Market-Cost Plus. How the heck can they get bread to stay that long without molding?

http://www.yahoo.com/food/the-bread-that-will-chan...

"by the hairs on my chinny chin chin" - yup, it's the gray blond ones ya gotta put the magnifying glass on the south facing window sill every few weeks - and VOILA, there they are!!  giggle, giggle, giggle.....if they started off prickly like the moustache ones, you could feel'em, but naw, ya gotta SEE them in vurry, vurry bright light DAYLIGHT....don't wanna scare anybody, but if you haven't YET looked into a magnifying mirror on a window sill facing SOUTH, oh, my - what you're missing

Okay so this is how vain I am, at least at the moment:  

What is everyone doing to maintain a tan?  I am thinking about getting a spray tan? I know I can't do cancer in a box anymore, but I really hate laying out (and yes I am aware that I should feel blessed I even have that option in the middle of January).  I am just worried it will look fake.  Has anyone had one?  

And no I am not remotely worried about the very fake looking boobs I am about to have done in four weeks.  Yup, that's right, my priorities are totally in order. :

I don't so much mind doing spray tans sporadically because I usually wear pants or black tights if I am at work. However; when I am going out somewhere fancy (or going to vegas for the weekend) and I want to wear something a little more racy then I like to be tan.  Or wearing a bikini, you know?  I worry that I am just not that dedicated to do the self tanners.  In my land of self diagnosis that's why i got breast cancer in the first place because I suck at remembering to take my birth control!  I don't know how I am going to handle having 10 years of tamoxifen.  I think I am going to have to write a sign on the bottle that says "Chemotherapy=No Social Life" and then maybe that will be enough of a motivator.     

Wyo – if your son has celiac, what is it that makes it
impossible for him to be completely GF? Are his
symptoms very serious? Is the diabetes a factor? I have several friends with celiac... both of them are SO sensitive, they are extremely susceptible to any cross-contamination. That part is a lot of work for them and their families.

Bren58 – I agree… just going GF is not that hard. But I sure
would like to find some GF bread that is soft, light, doughy, and chewy. I just
ordered a new book on baking GF bread,
and the author promises that these new recipes are much better than the bricks
you find on the shelves in the store. My niece says she'll help me - she's GF and an awesome baker.

Selena – Arimidex made my nose hairs fall out!!!

Luvmygoats – that recipe looks yummy, and I could see it
toasted and slathered with butter. But with mayo, bacon, lettuce, and tomato?
Not so much…LOL!!!

Sparklekat – Like ariom, I use the self –tanner lotion, or
spray-on tan in a can, usually for my legs, as I can’t do a very even cover
anywhere else. I thought about getting a “Dancing With The Stars” type spray
tan, but it would be just my luck to be allergic to it and have to head off to
the ER for treatment. If you do it, let us know how it goes!

Have any of you gone to a salon that does the self-tan for you? There's one close to me I'm tempted to try. You stand buck naked under a giant spray can on the ceiling.

@ Yorkie, see I feel like that would be a great option for my little bald self right now!  I don't know if i'd like to do it if I had hair because I'm mostly worried about how it would look on my face!  

Ariom, aren't hives miserable?

When I was in my late twenties I started frequently getting them. I'd get this weird "uh oh" sensation, then flush & break out and itch intensely, even inside my ears. I was also getting hoarse and some swelling so was warned on one of my trips to get steroid and benadryl shots that it was anaphylactic. I could not figure out what was going on because I was not eating or using anything new. Went & got allergy tested & found out I am allergic to peanuts. I had never had a problem with them before but had started eating a tablespoon of peanut butter on a graham cracker for breakfast every day, so the frequent exposure tipped the balance. I wish I'd known so I could have eaten a bag of Reese's cups before my farewell to them!

Sparklekat, lol! That's why God invented razors, lazers and tweezers!

AmyQ, once you've known vain, there's no going back! 

MellissaDallas, I had the same thing from a reaction to an antibiotic, so can't take Sulfa any more.

I also had a bad gastro virus a few years ago, and the next day I came out all over with hives again. Back to the ER, only to find that a body covered in hives can come, after a viral or bacterial infection..who'd have known?

I can't believe how many people are allergic to peanuts, but glad you didn't have the Peanut Butter Cup it may have been your last! 

I went through a really bad food allergy period in the 80's, couldn't eat wheat or dairy, both my favorite foods. I was told it is usually the things you love, and eat the most, that you're allergic to. Fortunately, no hives, just debilitating Migraines and a weird sensation that felt like I was falling backwards. Stopped eating both of these  and went on an elimination diet. My already slim weight plummeted to a terrible low. It took ages to regain the weight, but I never looked back after eliminating those foods.

Here's a terrific cheapie. Got rave reviews in one of the Choice awards in a fashion magazines. Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dark Circle Eraser. Best concealer I've ever used.

that's why Loreal mascara is so good. They are owned by Lancome.

I love black licorice. Really miss the Switzers bars of it that I bought as a kid. We really are an odd group. Don't most people hate licorice?

The female Belgian Sheepdog I had knew she was gorgeous. She was a slut too. If a man sat on the sofa she'd stand up with her front feet on either side of his knees so she was face to face with him, then tilt her head down & look up through her eyelashes at him. Of course she also humped the cat and male dog...