I can only be me

Jeans are great!

So I met up with some girlfriends on Friday for drinks. Now, Fridays are usually casual dress days, and for me, that means the company shirt and some comfy pants, and I still rock the heels, so it's not too bad. One of the girls, happened to spot a photo of me on my mobile (I am single with no kids, and no dog- who else am I gonna have on my phone but myself???) and told me flat out that I was wasting my beauty. I thought it was sort of rude that she told me that I had the potential to look really hot but chose not to. I mean, what was this? I told her I did not see the need to look like a diva every single day of the week. I wake up at 3.30 every morning - it's a miracle I do as well as I do. I thought I looked pretty alright but she intimated that I could do better. Wow. I barely knew this person too, but whatever.

She asked, So what if the man of your dreams walked in here right now?

Suggesting I looked terrible right then and there, perhaps?? Well, I did not bother to mention to her that despite my lack of enthusisasm to run home, shower and primp as she did, to sit in a smoky bar to drink beers and eat chicken wings, I could still catch a man's eye with my natural beauty. I thought it would be a wasted conversation.

I cannot look like Miss Universe every single day. It is just not possible. I love glam but I am not a glamzilla. I rock one pair of jeans most weekends cause they are comfy, and I accessorise as best as I can. I comb my hair back cause it is low maintenance to do so. When a Caribbean breeze hits my hair, I cannot be fixing it all day long. I like low maintenance. I don't wear lipstick for the same reason. I have not professionally done my nails in eons but a good home buff and polish works for me. In my case, life happens. I have a hectic job, making my week a hectic week, making any attempts to look like Barbie impossible. I can only be me at any given time and Tamale = very simple most of the time. Simple but simply hot. lol. I think I can rock glasses and unsupermodel hair and look hot still. I think so! Don't get me wrong, I can go full glam and I have different versions of me - work me, home me, sporty me, total glambot me. I cannot be the glambot 24/7. I don't have that kinda time or money.

So yes, thank you for the compliments on the dress below, but chances are if you ever meet me, I will be in a pair of jeans and a cute blouse, with my hair in a bun and I will be wearing my glasses. I will not be sloppy - this I can assure you - but I will be pretty casual, yet in my own way. If this means I cannot get a man, well, then something is terribly wrong in the world if men only want a made-up, beauty-obsessed, weave-wearing, coloured contacts sportin', false nail clawin' caricature.of beauty.