Wrinkles and circles and droops, OH MY!

Well, the day has finally arrived.  It's really here and I'm not excited.  It's not a thrill nor is it joyful.  I'd just as soon hide under a rock.   Yes, the day is here that I am considering the purchase of anti-aging skin care products.

I was on the phone with Deanie just before going into school to tutor this week and, as I looked into the rear view mirror, I made the comment, "Geez, I need an eye lift."  It was like Deanie had been waiting years for the opportunity to jump in on that one because she immediately came back with, "Oh, you need to try Regenerist!  They have everything!  It will take care of wrinkles and they even have an eye lift cream!"  It doesn't get much clearer than that, does it?  I suppose the girls were just waiting on their old mother to realize for herself that something needed to be done (I wonder if my spot at 'The Home' is a nice one?).  Of course I began to wonder right away whether or not I had been in denial and, if so, how old do I REALLY look?  I do have a standing date with Miss Clairol every few months to color the gray that WILL NOT GO AWAY.  And I did notice that BIG FREAKING WHITE hair in my right eyebrow (a WHITE one?  In my eyebrow?  Are you KIDDING ME?!).  Then there are those areas that are saggin' and baggin' and the boobs that hang down like under-filled water balloons.  And where exactly DID my energy level go when it disappeared?

But wait a minute.  I'm not just sitting around waiting on death to come and take me home.  I am exercising every day and I have changed our diet to a much healthier one containing more veggies, whole grains, fish, less red meat, etc.  I park as far away from the entrance to stores as I can get.  I take the stairs over elevators.  And I'm STILL over weight and I STILL need an eye lift.  WTH?!

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ANYWAY, once I arrive at home I decide to go ahead and check my email.  And there it is.  An email from Deanie.  The subject?  Skin Care.  I guess that's better than Wrinkle care.  Or Droopy face care.  The body?  A link to the Regenerist site.  Ok.  Hint taken already.  I click on the link and check out the site and go through the whole find-out-what-we-recommend-for-you and discover that, for a mere $85.00, I can reverse the aging process on my face.  That's ONLY 4 products.  For $85.00.  So, basically, for about $100/month, I can look younger.  After the first 8 weeks that is.  So, it's going to cost me almost $200 just to see if these products work AND, if they do, it'll cost me $100/month for however long I decide I want to look younger.  Which leads me to believe that, should I actually purchase these products, I'd be buying into a great big SCAM.

Maybe I am saggy and baggy.  Maybe I do need an eye lift.  Maybe those dark circles are getting bigger.  Maybe I am overweight.  But I'm NOT an idiot.  And I REFUSE to fall for this whole reverse the aging process scam.  So, I clicked off the site and went back to my email to clean out the box--delete all the junk mail.  Except for the one Regenerist sent me.  The one containing my suggested routine.  You know, just in case.