Retirement has made me the hag that I am these days.

After spending most of my working years in an office setting and having to dress accordingly, I'm taking advantage of not having to do that anymore. Every working day it was fix the hair, apply the makeup, dress to kill, stuff the feet into heels, don the jewelry, etc, etc. Even in later years when the office went "business casual", it still was pretty much the same routine - just more casual clothes and not suits or dresses and the dreaded panty hose. Even on weekends, I was inclined to still do the makeup and hair, just to go grocery shopping!

Now some days I'm lucky to be showered and dressed by noon! And it's definitely super casual. Around the house in the summer, it's capris, tank top or tee, and flip-flops, no makeup except for a dab of lipstick, and do the "finger-styling" thing with my hair. Tomorrow I have a doctor appointment, so I'll have to get "dressed up" - a nice pair of capris, a nice top, Birkenstock sandals, brush a little Bare Minerals on the face, and use the curling iron on my hair, but only if absolutely necessary.

Oh, how times have changed. I like it this way!