Why I suck at being a girl.

I have seen a few blog posts floating about about being a horrible girl- like this one and this one. And they make me giggle. Because I can relate SO much. My now husband once thanked my mom for raising me to not be girly, and my mom took it as the highest compliment anyone could offer her on how she raised her daughter.

But seriously; I'm really bad at being a girl, and here are just a few reasons why:

1. I legitimately didn't own or know how to put on makeup until I was in college. I mean, I had worn makeup a few times on high school (you know- prom, homecoming) but only when someone else used their makeup on me. Even in college, my friend Whitney couldn't understand how I just never wore makeup...and her favorite thing to do was make me up before we went out. Oh and now? I occasionally wear makeup on the weekends...but I can count on one hand the number of times I have worn makeup to work. And I just bought my first bottle of foundation for my wedding....6 months ago...and it's still pretty full.

Picture from freshman year with the caption
"My favorite makeup artist!"
Side note...this picture makes me sad because we're both SO tan...
and I think my legs would likely glow in the dark in their current state.
Spring, where ARE you??

 

2. Why is curling my hair SO COMPLICATED? I love my hair with big round curls, especially now with how long it is. But every time I try to curl my own hair (whether with a curling iron or my straightener or a friends wand thingy), I end up with half of my hair hanging limply, half looking great and together -the whole thing looking ridiculous. My arms always get twisted and my hair gets tangled and then I get annoyed and give up. Just no patience.

Half curly and half blah...
Though I do love this photo :)

3. I go to bed with my hair wet almost every night. A large part of this is I hate blow drying my hair- I get so damn hot and I have to straighten it anyway, so why do both? I wake up with it looking like a crazy person (sure my husband LOVES that one)- but as I said, I just straighten it...or if it's a really awesome morning, throw it in a bun and hope it doesn't look too ridiculous. Another huge part of this is I'm so not a morning person so I like to roll out of bed and be out the door within 30 minutes, which doesn't allow for a shower/blow drying/straightening of my hair. 

4. Shaving my knees. I mean seriously, is there a trick to this that in my 26 years of life I have never learned? I shaved my legs last night and was so proud of myself, and the felt nice and smooth. And then I was sitting on the couch putting on lotion and realized that BOTH of my knees looked a hot mess. Like, large sections of hair were missed. I did manage like 3 cuts though. Cool.

An unfortunate circumstance when I really love short dresses.
I was really happy in this picture.
I'm really not happy about shaving my knees.