This is the story of the day that I decided to hang out with my friends wearing pink eyeliner……I can warn you already: not a good idea!
I must tell you: I Love buying trinkets, accessories, make-up, clothes, shoes…..you know, all the things you can call “girl stuff”. Of course it is a little bit frustrating sometimes: it’s difficult to find things that look nice on you and for a reasonable price. Sometimes you can’t help yourself and spend too much money on expensive things. But it’s okay to do it sometimes. Only sometimes, ok? I don’t know about you, perhaps you are rich and can spend thousands of money to satisfy your, we call it like that, “needs”. But, if like me, you aren’t rich, so you can’t do that. I am not saying I am poor. Thank God I am not. I live in a good apartment, studied in very good schools and I even took a very good English course (otherwise I wouldn’t have learned English well and wouldn’t be able to talk to you). My parents are professors in a very good college. They earn well. Like I said, we are not rich, but my parents have money to provide our family a very comfortable life. Neither my sister nor I work yet, but we receive pocket money from our parents. It’s not a lot, but it’s enough to hang out with my friends eventually and to buy some of the “girl stuff”.
Since I am on vacation, I went to the mall three times this month. I bought many cute things: new blouses, a beautiful skirt, lots of trinkets and a lot of make-up too. I bought so many eyeliners of different colors: pink, purple, yellow and blue. I didn’t by the black one because I already had it. At the time, I got very excited for buying many different colors of eye liners. But, do you know what? I am starting to regret it. Some days ago, I hang out with my friends and decided to put on some make-up. I thought: Isn’t it the perfect time for me to try on one of my new eyeliners? I decided to use the pink one. However, when I finished the make-up, I didn’t like the result: it looked a little bit weird. I wanted to take it off, but I am so lucky that my friends called me saying that they were already waiting me in front of the entrance of my building. I got so angry! I wouldn’t have time to take off my weird make-up! I took a deep breath. Maybe it’s not too weird, I thought. And then I went to meet my friends. One of them looked at me and asked: “What happened with your eyes? Did anybody punch you?” I got so angry and embarrassed! I explained her that I knew that my make-up was weird, but I didn’t have time to take it off. She couldn’t stop laughing.
We went to the movies and my friend was teasing me on all the time. “Look! It seems that she was punched! I got so uncomfortable! I went to the bathroom and tried to take the make-up off by washing my face. But it didn’t make so much difference. My eyes were still very pink. And my friend continued teasing me. I was getting angrier and angrier. I wanted to punch her. I wouldn’t be the only one with pink eyes anymore, I thought. Although I really wanted to do that, I took a deep breath (it works! I mean, almost every time it does!) instead and told myself to calm down……she is one of my best friends, of course I wouldn’t argue (or even fight) with her because of this is stupid thing. Let her tease me, I thought, one day I will have my revenge. So, I put up with the teasing and didn’t even complain.
So…..that is it…..I will never put on pink eyeliner again! But, what about the other colors ? Well, I still don’t know how they look on me, I haven’t tried them yet. But I will do it. Of course I will experiment it before going out with my eyes blue, purple or yellow. I will only go out wearing the ones that look nice on me. If none of them works for me, I won’t wear any. So, them, will I have wasted money for nothing? Yes! Unfortunately, I am such an anxious person…..sometimes I get so excited about buying things that I don’t spend money wisely….but what can I do? We all make mistakes…..once, my mom bought a sofa of thee thousand reais (note: “reais” is the money here in Brazil) and turns out that it looked awful on our living room. My mom regretted it a lot. Well, at least my mistake cost me only forty reais. Besides, it is fine to make mistakes sometimes…..after all, we learn from our mistakes, don’t we? Okay, okay…..the truth is that I am inventing excuses so as not be so angry with myself…..I feel like hitting myself for being so stupid……but I am pretty sure that one day, in the future, I will see how important it is to learn from our experiences and blah blah blah……you know, these things that wise people is often telling us. I think I will start practicing it now! Let me see….What have I learned from my mistake? Ah, I think I know: “think wisely before buying something!”. No…..maybe it’s better this one: “try not to be an anxious person”! Or….isn’t better to say: “try on the make-up in the store before buying it”? I don’t know……I am not very good at this yet…..I know, I know, I should practice more……I promise I will do it, ok?!
Since I am on vacation, I went to the mall three times this month. I bought many cute things: new blouses, a beautiful skirt, lots of trinkets and a lot of make-up too. I bought so many eyeliners of different colors: pink, purple, yellow and blue. I didn’t by the black one because I already had it. At the time, I got very excited for buying many different colors of eye liners. But, do you know what? I am starting to regret it. Some days ago, I hang out with my friends and decided to put on some make-up. I thought: Isn’t it the perfect time for me to try on one of my new eyeliners? I decided to use the pink one. However, when I finished the make-up, I didn’t like the result: it looked a little bit weird. I wanted to take it off, but I am so lucky that my friends called me saying that they were already waiting me in front of the entrance of my building. I got so angry! I wouldn’t have time to take off my weird make-up! I took a deep breath. Maybe it’s not too weird, I thought. And then I went to meet my friends. One of them looked at me and asked: “What happened with your eyes? Did anybody punch you?” I got so angry and embarrassed! I explained her that I knew that my make-up was weird, but I didn’t have time to take it off. She couldn’t stop laughing.
We went to the movies and my friend was teasing me on all the time. “Look! It seems that she was punched! I got so uncomfortable! I went to the bathroom and tried to take the make-up off by washing my face. But it didn’t make so much difference. My eyes were still very pink. And my friend continued teasing me. I was getting angrier and angrier. I wanted to punch her. I wouldn’t be the only one with pink eyes anymore, I thought. Although I really wanted to do that, I took a deep breath (it works! I mean, almost every time it does!) instead and told myself to calm down……she is one of my best friends, of course I wouldn’t argue (or even fight) with her because of this is stupid thing. Let her tease me, I thought, one day I will have my revenge. So, I put up with the teasing and didn’t even complain.
So…..that is it…..I will never put on pink eyeliner again! But, what about the other colors ? Well, I still don’t know how they look on me, I haven’t tried them yet. But I will do it. Of course I will experiment it before going out with my eyes blue, purple or yellow. I will only go out wearing the ones that look nice on me. If none of them works for me, I won’t wear any. So, them, will I have wasted money for nothing? Yes! Unfortunately, I am such an anxious person…..sometimes I get so excited about buying things that I don’t spend money wisely….but what can I do? We all make mistakes…..once, my mom bought a sofa of thee thousand reais (note: “reais” is the money here in Brazil) and turns out that it looked awful on our living room. My mom regretted it a lot. Well, at least my mistake cost me only forty reais. Besides, it is fine to make mistakes sometimes…..after all, we learn from our mistakes, don’t we? Okay, okay…..the truth is that I am inventing excuses so as not be so angry with myself…..I feel like hitting myself for being so stupid……but I am pretty sure that one day, in the future, I will see how important it is to learn from our experiences and blah blah blah……you know, these things that wise people is often telling us. I think I will start practicing it now! Let me see….What have I learned from my mistake? Ah, I think I know: “think wisely before buying something!”. No…..maybe it’s better this one: “try not to be an anxious person”! Or….isn’t better to say: “try on the make-up in the store before buying it”? I don’t know……I am not very good at this yet…..I know, I know, I should practice more……I promise I will do it, ok?!
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