Hide Me!

Good thing I'm not around a lot of people this weekend celebrating my birthday because I have quite the issue I certainly wasn't planning on dealing with. I'm not embarrassed to admit this, after all I am my grandmother's granddaughter...I get my eyebrows waxed as well as a few other key areas on my face. I would be willing to bet there's a very small amount of women that do not deal with waxing.

Anyway, there I am getting my unenjoyable chore done. It really does feel like a chore to me too. Something that has to be done occasionally but something I'd rather not do. While the lady was finishing up my waxing, I felt something a little uncomfortable. Upon looking in the mirror I didn't notice much but they always have the lights turned low at the place I go to. It wasn't until I got home that I fully saw the issue.  As a result of a bad waxing job I have quite the burn like mark on my face. I don't believe it was the wax as much as I believe it was bad technique. If the wax was too hot I would have felt that at the time instantly. This is similar to a burn, picture a gym burn or a rug burn...now picture it on my face.  Um yeah, unpleasant. From time to time over the years I've dealt with issues from waxing, but never this bad, never like this. This is a result of serious error!

After dealing with some of the pain and discomfort for a couple hours I decided I needed to be bold. I needed to return to the waxing place to demand my money back before they closed for the day. I paid to get waxed not to be injured. The whole time I drove back to the place I was giving myself a pep talk. I even pictured my mother-in-law cheering me on. She was my true inspiration, because I know without a doubt she would have urged me 110% to go let the place know of their wrongdoing. I have aspects of my personality that are bold, I'm certainly not a pushover. Yet I'm not used to dealing with this type of stuff.

In the end I kind of got my money back. They gave me a gift card for a manicure or pedicure for the value of the waxing plus the tip I had included. I was also given a huge full section of an aloe vera plant. Once arriving back home, my husband immediately laughed at me when he saw the huge aloe vera section in my hand. Yes, he got in trouble for laughing at me. I was in so much pain at the time. Yet, I understood it must have looked odd as I carried this huge section of an aloe vera plant around. Huge is no understatement, it stretches from one side of the fridge to the other.

So this should be an interesting weekend! I doubt I'll be going out much at all. I do believe it will heal quickly or at least that is my HOPE! It's Red River Rivalry day here...some good college football is on tap in this house. Cody is dressed in red for Oklahoma and Simon is in Texas orange. Piper is neutral! No need to go out anywhere, it's all about football today and tomorrow. Stay focused!