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A friend owed me some money for her Bodyshop order that she had placed at my Bodyshop party the week before last, and the items where due to be delivered on daughters prom day, so I suggested she pop in during the morning with the money.
Well she didn't turn up that morning, so at 3pm me and daughter sat down to do her make up and nail vanish, well the vanish daughter had was no good so me and hubby went down the road and got some nail polish remover and a new bottle of gold polish.
We returned home and removed the yucky nail polish and there was a knock on the door......it was my friend with her son.
Well my friend took one look at what we were doing and offered to do daughter nails as she is a trained manicurist, mind you, she was trained years ago and hasn't done it as a career for over 10 years, but hey she offered so I said OK while I make some coffee.
Well she trashed the gold nail vanish we had bought and chose a red one we had, then screwed up two nails saying the weather was too hot for the vanish so I put it in the fridge for a while as the polish was removed again.
So this friend just took over and started to do daughters make up, while waiting for the polish to cool down, all the time saying she can't stay long.
I got the vanish out of the fridge and without even looking at it she said it was crap polish and was going to use something different so picked up the one I had just bought saying that it was because the other vanish was old it was no good.
This wound me up, but I let it slide, as by this time she was already painting daughter’s nails again.
She then moaned because I didn't have a sponge to apply foundation (I use a brush as I had been trained to do).
You see I have been trained on how to apply make up and to do manicures, but she didn't even ask. She is the sort of person who would push past a doctor at the scene of an accident because she is first aid trained even though her training is out of date, and wouldn't ask if her help was needed first.
So there she is doing my 'mummy daughter time' bit with my daughter on her prom day, poo pooing my choice of vanish and then using it, then she even said my choice of lipstick was all wrong and choosing a different one.
Then when I was putting daughters lipstick into her handbag for her I noticed she had used my choice of lipstick as I had said in the first place and when I said she had picked up the wrong one (for her choice) she just said that it didn't matter as that one went with her dress better, which was what I had said in the first place.
So apart from taking over and putting down my choice of polish and lipstick and then using them anyway, she did me out of my special one to one time with my daughter, the worst thing is she expected me to be grateful for all her help that day.
When I said about it to hubby he said "Well she did do a good job" as if I couldn't have done.
Just because I don't use make up very often doesn't mean I don't know how to apply it properly.
That was my special time; I will never get that back again.
Then as my friend left, she admitted she had come round late on purpose, as she wanted to see my daughter all dressed up and ready to go. I hadn't invited her to do that at all.
Now am I just being extra sensitive or am I right to view things the way I do???