<p>DrDrewsmom is a baby!</p>
<p>5 weeks and 2 days until I can’t call myself a thirtysomething anymore 
Of course, my kids probably think I’m “old” but what do they know!</p>
<p>OK, maybe I’m not a “young” mom, but I know how to be a cool mom.</p>
<p>I drove my high school daughter to a tattoo parlor to get her belly button pierced.</p>
<p>She begged, and promised to keep it clean and uninfected, and hubby and I couldn’t think of a valid reason to say no. She paid for it herself, and when she changes her mind (yes, the day will come when that cute little flat tummy ain’t so cute or flat), it will only leave a tiny scar which very few people will ever see. It’s what her generation does.</p>
<p>She is now the envy of most of her friends (the rest were already pierced) and swears she’s done piercing - 1 in each ear, 1 navel, that’s all. And her friends are asking me for advice on how to convince their parents.</p>
<p>I may be old and flabby, but at least I’m hip.</p>
<p>One more thing - my 73 year old aunt had her eyeliner tattooed on. This is a conservative retired businesswoman who dresses in Talbots. She had braces at 70 to straighten her teeth, then had them capped so they’d be white.</p>
<p>She always looks great. She is not going easily into old age!</p>
<p>My 68 year old Aunt just got a tummy tuck for her birthday!!!</p>
<p>here they don’t require parental permission to have their belly pierced to the horror/amusement of several of my friends when they found out their Ds had gotten their navels pierced ( the moms found out after they started getting badly infected)</p>
<p>I don’t mind ears or nose- but navels I think look cheap-
too Paris Hilton-
I guess my age is showing
;)</p>
<p>Ive been contemplating a tat for a long time- but I can’t decide what to get- so I haven’t gotten one
I am also ignoring that I see more people who have more than one- than those who just have one
I just want one</p>
<p>my 87 year old FIL just got his teeth capped :eek:</p>
<p>I’m a newcomer to CC, and am finding it very addicting! Had a great time & lots of laughs reading thru this FOY thread. I’m a little past the big five-0 and can relate to so many posts. I’ve been taking community college course the last several years (archaeology) – helps keep the mind in shape! I took the first class with “no glasses required,” but alas, no longer. My best strategy for coping with aging is to not dwell on it and to not look in the magnifying mirror any more than absolutley necessary. :)</p>
<p>Welcome, CBBB! Yes, CC is very, very addicting. It’s a very interesting group of characters here, though. :)</p>
<p>CBBBlinker, there’s still time to escape, RUN, while you can! (Just kidding.)</p>
<p>Thanks for the recommendation for the Belgium shoes - they’re not quite “me” but good to know they’re available. I’ve decided to minimize business travel over the summer, and walk around barefoot or in sandals as much as possible. LOL.</p>
<p>CBBBlinker, you should search for the menopause thread. Funniest ever.</p>
<p>LOL – I haven’t looked for that thread, but I’m not surprised it’s out there. On the plus side, for me AND my family, that hasn’t been too bad – knock on wood.</p>
<p>CBBBlinker:</p>
<p>Hey, old man, is your blinker on?</p>
<p>Sorry, that’s the first thing that came to mind when I saw your name, all those old guys driving around, blainkers flashing, too deaf to hear it :P</p>
<p>The Belgian shoes are $275 and $295. Expensive, but really, you’ll have them for six or eight years.</p>
<p>No one’s done laser on their face?? To get rid of little veins and brown spots?? Come on guys, I need to know if it works!! Fess up. We can’t see you.</p>
<p>I would need to get rid of a lot more than little veins and brown spots. Did anyone say “transplant”???</p>
<p>I did the little veins laser once when I got a facial. I would say the results were meh. Then I did one at the dermatoligist to get rid of a couple of little red spots and the results were perfecto.</p>
<p>The laser thingy I am considering now is one of those: “you will look like you sidded face first down the highway for two weeks” things, but it evidently rolls you back by YEARS if not a DECADE.</p>
<p>Very tempting to hide in my house for two weeks and come out 37!</p>
<p>uh, <em>skidded</em></p>
<p>LOL somemom! I tried several names, but they were already in use, including just plain “Blinker,” which was my nickname at a camp I worked at a million years ago – so I had to add the initials of the camp name. Guess that’s what happens when you’re late to the fun!</p>
<p>Not that I’m trying to hijack this thread or anything … Don’t think I’m ready for plastic surgery, but how about recommendations for lotions/potions that really, truly work??? I’m a minimalist as far as make-up goes, and have pretty decent skin. Does any of the million+ eye creams/wrinkle reducers/“take years off your face” stuff actually make a difference? Is the really pricey stuff any better than what you can get in the drugstore? I’ve read plenty of magazine articles/columns about new products to try, but there never seems to be solid info about results. Anyone?</p>
<p>I bought strivectin at Costco after searching blogs of beauty writers for recommendations</p>
<p>So far so good
I also like the makeup primer by smashbox( they sell samples at Sephora)
It doesn’t change your skin, but it does smooth your face</p>