Friday, April 30, 2010

The Blinding Sights of Spring

The high today is supposed to be eighty degrees. This is very exciting. So exciting, in fact, that I decided to shave my legs in order to wear a skirt.

Now, I've been wearing skirts for months, and I wore them throughout the winter, but this was the first day I was going to leave the house sans tights or nylons since last autumn.

As I got into the shower this morning, I realized that I had left my super awesome razor at Mike's, and was forced to use a light purple disposable razor that I found in my random drawer of bathroom stuff. I could practically feel the razor burn before I even picked it up.

I love you, Fusion.

Except there was just one.
And it was purple. And evil.

Luckily, there was no burn and no blood, but now? A few hours later? It's like I never shaved at all. Explain this to me, SCHICK.

So perhaps you are like me. While shaving, I am inevitably thinking about how freakishly white my legs are going to look once I am outside. But then! I realize that my legs are quite pigmented as compared to the white bathtub, so I must be tan!

And then you get outside and the light reflecting off of your nearly translucent legs is blinding.

4 comments:

JLR said...

Yes! I've actually had people shield their eyes from the sun glinting off of my legs. I think they were joking, but only kind of.

RR said...

Oh my word, I know what you mean. Have I ever told you the white pantyhose story? Well, in case I haven't, here goes (don't worry, it's short). I was going to lunch one day with Deals, and as we were walking to her car, she looked at me and said (thinking the was about to say something nice, I guess), "Wow, [RR], it's not everyone who can pull off white pantyhose."

Only I wasn't wearing any pantyhose.

RR said...

That should have read, "thinking she was about to say", instead of "thinking the". Couldn't let that one go.

Heather said...

jlr - "But only kind of." That made me laugh my ass off.

rr - I love Deals. I love that she says things like that. I miss her. I wish I could have gone to her wedding... Also, your legs are awesome.