
- Twirly frock - check.
- FM shoes - check (and aren't we lucky we can have the double-meaning? only one other sector gets that).
- R&P lingerie - check (and underneath my clothes, I'm alway naked).
- Nice hair - check (courtesy of the Demi-God of Hairdressing, as the God himself was away doing a magazine shoot; Although the colour still leaves something to be desired).
- Good jewellery - check.
- Smell nice - check (Frond - from the Burren perfumery, so heaven knows how I'll replace that when it runs out, unless I have a trip to west of Ireland just to buy body lotion.....hey that's a good idea...)
- Fab make up - check (Bobbi Brown will never let you down - all colour co-ordinated).
I wonder whether any of this will disguise the fact that my eyes are red and swollen and bloodshot and tired? Can't work out why that would be. Possibly spending nearly the whole of yesterday crying, howling that I couldn't cope, that might have been a factor.
I was lucky that I had Jo to howl to, as no one else was taking a damn bit of notice (rugby on TV, and the trampoline has been reassembled). I do find being told I'm "acting like a loser" doesn't really help when I'm sobbing and rending garments because I'm feeling like a loser. I did get a "mummy you look really awful today, you should go to the spa" but this did not help, as we were supposed to be going to the spa and had to cancel due to shitty shitty work. Jo, having been an oasis of healing calm and common sense, then had a phone call to say her grandfather had died and slipped down to join me at the bottom of the "I Can't Cope" pit.
Realising I must gird my loins and go do the corporate-success-everything-is-wonderful thing, I know exactly how to get myself into the zone by 7pm this evening for the dinner.
But what about the eyes? I look about 75. So I'm going to wear a blindfold, then no one will notice. Or maybe I could get everyone else to wear blindfolds so they can't see me? Hard to organise but would probably be a lot of fun....
I feel alcohol coming on.
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