I went to a yard sale this morning without make up at 7am this morning and saw three people I would rather not see me looking like that. What can you do but hide.

I misread "as is" as "ass is" and thought, yes, that's how I look today, too!

But you probably look better, now that I'm rereading . . .

I have, on occassion, dared to do this same things, and EVERY time I have been seen by someone, usually 5 someones. Grim, and embarrassing, to say the least.

Any time I go run some errands right after leaving the gym, I *always* seem to run in to people. It just never fails.

Chris at the Kroger has seen me in various states of fright. He's seen me looking decent and looking scary. He doesn't seem quite so scared anymore on those days I show up makeup-less, bedhead and braless.

Party by battery checkout.

Today I ran to the store in my "as is" state, and ran into the girl who washed hair at my salon. She of couse was perfectly holiday appropriate

In the ole days, back when I was stupid, I SWORE I would never go out in public looking like my mom did at times - a turban on her head, or curlers, mis-matched clothes etc.

Then real life set in and I realized there really are days when I just DON'T CARE.

However, the worst was when I had commited to be in a play in the evening, a play that required curly tresses. This meant curlers.

That would have been fine except that I had ALSO commited to help our church youth group do a clean-up downtown. I got to shake hands with the Madame Mayor looking like a beauty shop refugee. Yep.

Oh well. I looked great that evening in the play!