Recently I read this question/answer in Quora. The questioner asked, “What age is considered middle age?” The best voted answer came from a writer named Rufus Evison. He said, “It keeps changing. The important thing is not to give up making an effort. If you are resting on your laurels and getting fatter, that is middle age.”
The truth hurts. Today I am making an effort. I am going into the salon for my pre-holiday beauty refresh. I will be there for hours and hours. That is definitely a sign of middle age for women – the older you are, the longer you will spend in the hair salon. We have a couple of holiday parties coming up this weekend and I am making my effort to try to look like I am just at the early stages of middle age. I’m going to try to make the hours and hours spent in the salon today, look more like an “effortless, popped out of bed, looking this way” freshness at the parties. Ha!
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve mentioned eating cookies and other holiday treats a lot in my blog, in recent weeks. Ugh. It shows. And I don’t live up north, so I can’t hide those few extra pounds in clothing layers, bulky Christmas sweaters and oversized coats. Double ugh. I wish that these parties were costume parties with themes like Best Jolly Santa or Fattest Frosty.
I read once that you can look completely “finished” if you just put your hair in a neat, tidy, nape pony tail, wear over-sized sunglasses and bright lipstick. That’s been my “go-to” look lately. That, or baseball caps, or even just my warm, fuzzy robe, have been the “holiday look” for me, so far. I get that these are pretty weak laurels to rest on, Rufus. So, it’s off to the salon, I go. If I really want to look younger than middle age and look like a “holiday hottie”, I may have to stay at the salon throughout the holidays, and be ready just in time for the New Year’s Eve celebrations. Hmmmmmm . . . .