Any tips for tomorrow's beautifying?

[Purplemac]

Am off to an all day party tomorrow to celebrate a new baby in the family. DH and I are infertile and I'm going to be bombarded with "It will be you next!!" comments - although my mum and dad will do their best to put a stop to anyone saying it!

So I want to make sure I look shit hot and full of confidence. I have all morning to prepare.

I have done my nails and have a coconut oil hair mask in overnight, so will have a bath and prep tomorrow morning.

But whenever I do this I always forget something!! So help me MN'ers, what is this list missing?

Bath
Face mask
Exfoliate
Shave legs
Extra minty mouth wash
Dye and pluck eyebrows
Decide whether to blowdry and straighten my hair or embrace the curls!
Make up

Any tips on what else I should be doing? I suck at beauty.

Red lipstick and a good pair of heels will make you feel like a complete goddess, that's always my go-to.

I cannot really sympathise with you, so I won't pretend to know what your going through or understand but i am
Very sorry to hear of your problems, I hope you can still enjoy your day xx

If you are sporting bare arms/ legs then a really lux moisturiser.
I've been in your position, stay strong, don't drink , not until you get home anyway
It's hard, isnt it?

That's so sweet of you, thank you. We are actually adopting and very happy about that but I'm not sure I want to go into all the details with the extended family yet as many of them do not know and will start asking questions! Some of them can be quite tactless so I'm expecting a few "but WHY?" questions!

I've got the perfect red lipstick that I definitely would have forgotten about, thank you! Not sure on the heels though I'm not classy enough not to fall over after a few bottles of prosseco

Ah crap I dislike the suggestion of not drinking! Maybe I'll save the booze til after I've done the hello's and answered the awkward questions

Cleavage.

mother you are a genius. I shall find my lowest cut dress!

Sounds like you have it covered.

What you need is attitude.
As in, I'm looking fabulous and I know it confidence.

Stalk around with this and it won't matter what you've forgotten.

Is it worth coming up with a nebulous answer to the "Why?" buggers, like, "Lots of reasons, anyway, tell me about...."

Maybe one small drink, and have a bottle of something nice ready for when you get home?

Hope it goes ok.

I'm fairly tempted to hit back with "oh let's not talk about my sex life, tell me about yours?".

My closest relatives know (parents, siblings, aunts and grandparents) so it's only the second cousins thrice removed and all that and I'm pretty sure my close family will deflect on my behalf.

I might even get some false lashes. I always feel my best with false lashes and red lippie!

Perfect!
Or....
"It's a little early in the day to be asking about my sex life isn't it? You go first, then."

I might need to drop out now before my really evil retorts come out.

@Purplemac bless you, I wish you the very best with your adoption journey.

My friend used to have a sword that she would hold kinda like a warrior before she went to job interviews and she said her confidence skyrocketed, very low possibility of you having one lying around but worth a shotthe pre drinks sound like a good idea though, maybe having no filter will put a halt to the questions you don't want to answer? Or bring up something in their lives they keep shush shush? A divorce? Affairs? A time they are ashamed about? That will shut them up

When my horrible aunt visited each year at Christmas she would always bring up the fact I hadn't yet found a man, so 6 years ago I reminded her that her past 4 husbands and divorces and now she doesn't ask.

Vonk no, please keep them coming! DH and I have our 2nd wedding anniversary next week so the queries as to when we will be pro-creating are coming on thick and fast at the moment!

Somebody even asked me at work recently in front of my male boss (who has been my shoulder to cry on so no problems there) and I just said "oh my husband couldn't get me pregnant if he tried...and bless him, he did try!". I've never seen my boss look so uncomfortable whilst simultaneously trying not to laugh!

Christ no, can't stand the buggers!

I was tempted, but I've seen what it does to women and it's put me off.

Tricky, I'm tempted, but I seem to see so many badly behaved children it makes me think twice.

Hmmm, I quite like being able to cough without wetting myself though.

(The above few are designed mostly for questioners with children.)

Gosh, I'm surprised you asked that. I had you down as being more sensitive. Ah, well.

Woo hoo! So glad you asked that. DH and I get asked this so often we had a bet on as to how long it would be til we were asked. I win! But I'm not answering despite winning the bet; I'm sure you don't really mean to ask such a personal question.

I think your sex life comment is the best though.

I have no witty suggestions. If it was me I would want look my best, cuddle the baby and try and channel some of these very clever retorts. And I would be accepting any offers of wine.

You need accessories.

Tell them you're barren. And if they persist and tell you about how their dogsitter's aunt's boss's stepdaughter got their win just by trying ivf, you can tell them to fuck off.

Don't forget the perfume

Hope your day is ok.

Thank you, you're all lovely.

Had to take the bins to the end of the road this morning so went out with my hair still covered in coconut oil and in trackies. Saw my rather good looking male friend who I used to date who is visiting his dad who lives on my road. I looked like actual trashy scum. Not a good start to the day!

Never mind. Bath and beauty time now with a nice playlist - time to relax.

You have a secret. You have your adoption to look forward to. You dont have to answer any questions. Just smile and look smug.

How is/was it?
Did you feel fabulous?