I've just come back from the garden centre and I wore a watch and a bracelet!apart from Aldi thats the only place I've been out to.it was depressing tho.i like browsing and that has gone completely.i think the recession that's coming will knock people off their feet
I never realised until now how much I enjoy taking a bus to a neighbouring town, especially one which has lots of nice cafes to choose from. Come to think of it, all our neighbouring towns have at least two nice cafes. It will be tragic if they don't survive.
I do get my hair clippered every month. At the moment I have somehing approximating an unruly buxus hedge on my head. Too much hassle to do it myself (long story). But God, yes, I miss not having hair. I guess we're rarely happy with what we have.
We were self-sufficient almost in NZ as we were so over-secured on our farm. Veges and eggs from our garden. 2 pigs Bill & Ben - one for the freezer, one for the garden. We swapped veges for milk and meat (they would do a home kill) at a neighbouring dairy farm, honey at another neighbour's. I had a few dollars to get essentials - tea, coffee, flour and sugar, big block of cheddar. The kids didn't have cordial (I made lemon cordial and jam from home products) ice-cream, crisps or sweets. I spent a lot of time in the kitchen. Were we happy? Stressed more like it every time the phone rang. But the kids were always out getting muddy or pricked or stung and rarely complained. Made a lot of Anzac biscuits!! Looking back now and reckon they were the good times - but during a recession with high interest rates it was dreadful! We had no choice but to make do with what we had in the offing.
@steveTu - I've never read women's magazines so I don't know if they would encourage me to dye my hair. In Britain I had a lot of female friends of around my age who were happily grey (or white) haired. I don't think we even thought about it. But it does seem things are a little different over here... as @Mary370 agrees... though at least the hairdresser I visited before Christmas (since when the mane has been happily growing) didn't suggest hair dye.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I sometimes wonder if there is a nature/nature element to make-up. My mum never wore any make-up at all and jewellery was largely for special occasions. She loved her clothes but it was always about colour and what she felt good in. Her attitude to make-up etc wasn’t a statement against world expectations or for money reasons.
My sister and I are exactly the same, as is my daughter and 2 out of 3 nieces. Yes we like to think we look ok but in our own style and yes we went through the teenage angst of wanting to be the right shape for the current fashions (we gave up quickly as fashion is rarely kind to hourglass figures). I don’t remember deciding not to wear make-up, it wasn’t anything I thought about and when I did it just seemed a faff and I couldn’t be bothered to learn how to do it.
I’m not at all worried about going grey in fact I quite like my silver highlights. But if someone wants to wear make-up or dye their hair so they should - women or men. It’s a choice, just the same as I choose not too.
I only get upset when people feel their self-worth is dependant on these things or they abuse their bodies without understanding or knowing the possible consequences.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
Going white early is what happens to women in my family. I had white hairs at 18! By my 30th birthday I had white both sides , and dyed my hair regularly. By 40 I was fed up colouring so stopped. As I have long hair when it was platted it had a twist of different colours which people liked. Now it's just white with a touch of blond at the back. It's great not to have to spend hours on the messy job of colouring, but soon it will need cutting as I dont like to let it get too long ( being able to sit on it is a step too far😆)
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But if someone wants to wear make-up or dye their hair so they should - women or men. It’s a choice, just the same as I choose not too.
I only get upset when people feel their self-worth is dependant on these things or they abuse their bodies without understanding or knowing the possible consequences.
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham