CRUMPLED CONSIDERATIONS

My neck looks crumpled...and being honest so does my face. Being kind to myself its only minutes after rising and its probably unfair to be so harsh on myself before I've even absorbed my first rush of caffeine however there are some significant changes occuring. There can be few of us who get beyond our late 40's who don't start noticing how the skin doesn't seem properly attached to the bits it should be attached to. Being of fairly slight frame and build I probably have far less to complain about than many whose backsides, bellies and batwings are all sagging somewhat helplessly. Then there are those who have genuinely suffered year on year by enduring long leisurely holidays in sun kissed climes and maybe were so relaxed, simply failed to reach out for the COMPLETE SUN BLOCK cream actually quietly or even blatantly proud of their tanned look against their summer whites. But the years have a habit of showing themselves, and the crevices we used to refer to as 'character lines' and 'laughter lines' are of course...WRINKLES and reminders of time passing and our skin failing to keep up with the youthfulness of our minds. I would only join the tedium of women and media journalists who add to your worries by going on further yet I for one haven't ever considered skin enhancing treatments or expensive procedures. Even pots of creams designed to reduce wrinkles are seriously off limits if the cost is anything more than a reasonably priced bottle of wine. All that packing and perfume, marketing and media hype has never (that I can recall) got me parting with my pennies. Am I so mean? good point but more that I firmly believe (ha ha, laughing at my own pun there) that good skin is as a result of good genes, not smoking, being hydrated and well nourished and staying out of the sun. In my case never having smoked and never been fortunate enough to see more than a modicum of sun i'm half way there, thus here at the bottom rung of my 50's I'm not totally unhappy with my lot...Fortunately, the eyes start deteriorating at the same stage and from my bleary perspective, apart from appearing a little crumpled at this early stage of the morning, i'll pass the 'i'm okay test' for today -at least!