blue artichoke

Yesterday's foray into the office turned up lots of projects, some unfinished and others unstarted. I ripped a bunch of CDs to my computer, to listen to at a later time. I copied recipes from a stack of cooking magazines that piled up on my desk. I found some borrowed things that will soon be reunited with their owners. And I came across all sorts of old computer discs and zip discs that once were very important to me, but now I have no idea what secrets they contain. Or drives to access them. Today, I'll finish up the unfinished projects, but I don't want to get stalled in the office, so I cleaned out the upstairs bathroom this morning. It's small, with little space for storage, so it went quickly. I found lots of little samples of make-up, moisturizers and smoothing/moisturizing/wrinkle-reducing face masques. Most have already expired, but it seems such a waste to throw them all away, so I smeared on a facial peel, then a pore refining cooling gel masque, then an organic herbal defense ointment (I'm not even sure if that is for my face, hands or for the border patrols), followed by an oil-free, flawless finish skin-clearing treatment with salicylic acid. I think that's make-up. I still have a face oasis hydrating treatment and a marine moisture mask plus some skin renewer and firming night cream, but I'll wait until tonight to slather those on. I also found lots of teeth-whitening gels and flouride treatments and toothpastes from the dentist, so I'll start incorporating them into my daily routine too. If my face and teeth haven't melted by tomorrow morning, I'll repeat the regimen until all the tubes, vials, bottles and beauty potions are empty. Thank goodness I didn't find a rainbow of eyeliners or shadows, lipsticks or rouges to be used up all at once!

Update: I took my face out for a walk downtown and to several grocery stores around town. I'm certain that people were noticing my marine glow and admiring my minimized, yet refined, pores. I saw envy on their faces.