Yellow teeth and frizzy hair...sexy?!

I don't know what is wrong with me, but lately I have been dreading doing all of my usual "beautifying" routines like straightening my hair, whitening my teeth, tanning, highlighting my hair and working out. I wish I could just stop doing all of those things and still look decent! I swear if I added up all of the hours I spent doing these things it would equal half of my lifetime. Whenever I complain about doing all of these things, Andy's answer is always, well then don't do it. What?! Is he kidding?! He certainly would not want to be dating frizzy haired, yellow teeth, pale ass Betsy. Let's take a look at what I could look like if I didn't put so much effort into my appearance....

Check out 4th grade Betsy (don't mind the freakishly skinny legs). Could the hair be ANY floofier?! At this stage of my life I don't think I knew what a curling iron was.















Let's take a closer look at the teeth. Pretty yellow for a 4th grader huh?! I can't imagine what they would look like now if I stopped bleaching them.

















The tanning is debatable. I really really know I should stop, but I am sooooo addicted! Last night I told myself I was actually going to stop going entirely, until I came across this picture this morning:




















How unbelievably white I was!!! I look so sickly. (And yes my shirt says "Naughty 01...I clearly made some bad judgment calls back then.) I really don't think I can go back to being THAT pale anytime soon.

I wish I didn't care sooooo much about how I look, but after years of being SOOO homely and having no friends I learned that the more attractive you are, the more people would want to be your friend. It happened to me in high school. There was a clear correlation between looking better and having more friends. In part, I am sure that looking better=more confidence=more friends, but still...you see my point.

I'll think I'll have to suck it up and continue putting in all of that extra time to make myself look presentable because there is no way I'm going to be a frumpy 24 year old who feeds the squirrels that live in her frizzy hair and blinds people with her neon yellow teeth.