As Vimes says

Two articles in the newspaper this week on a similar topic? Hmmm, where's the money?

http://www.theage.com.au/news/beauty/face-value/2007/08/16/1186857681659.html

Filippone who is in her early 30s, says: "What's wrong with looking good all the time and making a bit of an effort? It's not about spending more money or being beautiful. Laziness and lack of thought are costing women jobs and promotions. At least in the1980s, everyone looked the part."

And http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/our-attitude-towards-cosmetic-surgery-needs-a-sharp-facelift/2007/08/19/1187462081028.html

facelifts — liquid or surgical —ballast a destablised sense of self. So we've got no idea who we are any more, or where our life is — or should be —going. At least when we look in the mirror, a familiar face, not a disintegrating stranger, is who's looking back.

So that's why I feel crap this week - it must be my sense of self destabilising.


And don't forget, as long as men have to go to all this effort too, it's alright.