Light Stuff – Mistakes – The Makeover

‘Take some time off to treat yourself if you can,’ my mother told me. ‘You were looking a bit pale last time I saw you. Why don’t you splash out on some new makeup or something? I’ve just bought some great stuff called Intelligent Foundation.’I gathered that this magical product was supposed to be able … Continue reading Light Stuff – Mistakes – The Makeover

Light Stuff – Mistakes – A Visit to the Hairdressers

Situation: at the hairdressers, where I was attended to by a man with waist-length blonde hair called Malcolm Mistake: declaring that I wanted a total re-style and – the height of idiocy – saying I would leave the details up to himFalsely reassuring conversation, leading to feeling of normality: revolved around water temperature, holidays and … Continue reading Light Stuff – Mistakes – A Visit to the Hairdressers