Putting on the pounds

Today a pupil worked out that I was about the same age (well, a few months younger, but who's counting?) than her Mum. That was a sobering thought.

And another pupil said "Miss, you're putting on the pounds." When he saw that I wasn't exactly overjoyed at that comment, he added, "I'm just letting you know so you can do something about it."

Joy.

Saw myself on a video ... far too much lipstick, all over the place. Embarrassing! Oh dear.

What was that Robert Burns said?

O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us
An foolish notion:
What airs in dress an gait wad lea'es us,
An ev'n devotion!