Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Sister’s Weekend - Secret Women’s Business
I have just spent the weekend with my two sisters (both older than me), and had a great time. There is something about women getting together and being able to discuss everything from bikini lines to abuse at meal time, and having cellulite show and tells afters dessert.
And not being a shopaholic myself I am amazed at my middle sister’s ability to shop/try on clothes and purchase faster than a speeding bullet. Truly I am not kidding, and add to that her shopping stamina – the woman is unstoppable. My biggest purchase for the weekend was… wait for it ….make-up. For those who know me, you can pick yourself up off the floor now.
But I have given in! That’s right, I have given in and you can laugh at me when you see me next with make up on, playing at being grown ups! I am not sure who was more shocked, my sisters because I bought it, or me when I looked in the mirror with LIPSTICK on! I almost fell off my chair at the Clinique counter in Myers. The makeup lady started justifying the colours she had chosen, and my sister explained how it wasn’t the colour it was the fact that I had make-up on which had shocked me so much.
I have to say that I enjoy the company of both of my sisters and I am lucky to have 2, so we can bounce off each other and all take turns getting teased by the others. And I never laugh so much and in such a ‘I can’t control’ myself way as I do with my sisters. It is crazy, I was literally in tears on the bus because I let out a big “oh!’ when a lady accidentally tripped up the stairs. And I don’t mean tripped – she fully stacked it. And that set my sister off which had me laughing uncontrollably and very inappropriately. But hey if you can’t behave like a 5 year old with your own sisters then there is something wrong with the world.
There were a lot of stories from that weekend, but best I’ll keep them to myself – after all that’s why they call it ‘Secret’ women’s business.
And not being a shopaholic myself I am amazed at my middle sister’s ability to shop/try on clothes and purchase faster than a speeding bullet. Truly I am not kidding, and add to that her shopping stamina – the woman is unstoppable. My biggest purchase for the weekend was… wait for it ….make-up. For those who know me, you can pick yourself up off the floor now.
Not because of animal testing but for another humane reason – the fact that you have to apply and REAPPLY this stuff on your face a few times in the day.
But I have given in! That’s right, I have given in and you can laugh at me when you see me next with make up on, playing at being grown ups! I am not sure who was more shocked, my sisters because I bought it, or me when I looked in the mirror with LIPSTICK on! I almost fell off my chair at the Clinique counter in Myers. The makeup lady started justifying the colours she had chosen, and my sister explained how it wasn’t the colour it was the fact that I had make-up on which had shocked me so much.
I have to say that I enjoy the company of both of my sisters and I am lucky to have 2, so we can bounce off each other and all take turns getting teased by the others. And I never laugh so much and in such a ‘I can’t control’ myself way as I do with my sisters. It is crazy, I was literally in tears on the bus because I let out a big “oh!’ when a lady accidentally tripped up the stairs. And I don’t mean tripped – she fully stacked it. And that set my sister off which had me laughing uncontrollably and very inappropriately. But hey if you can’t behave like a 5 year old with your own sisters then there is something wrong with the world.
There were a lot of stories from that weekend, but best I’ll keep them to myself – after all that’s why they call it ‘Secret’ women’s business.
