Bodacious Boomer

Last night was the fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald house in Houston. The event was “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”.  There were stations where women could get air-brush tattoos, get their nails done, make-up done, etc.  Frankly, I was a little apprehensive. I’d painted at a lot of high-end special events before. However, they’d always been for mixed crowds- both men and women. In the past, I’ve tended to be intimidated by wealthy women. I think it started when Doug and I were working at an event and referred to as “carnival folk” in a condescending tone by an affluent woman. I remember correcting her and told her that Doug had an MBA and I had a degree in art. Perhaps she thought after I painted her child’s face, I was going to guess her weight.

It amazed me just how many women I painted last night were virgins. (They’d never had their face painted before.) As far as I could tell they all enjoyed their paintings. I had a good time and  felt good about supporting such a wonderful place.

My apprehension of earlier in the evening proved to be unfounded. I painted a number of the women last night and they were all just great, really fun to be around. After I showed the ladies their newly painted and glittered faces I handed each of them a flier that explained all the different activities that we can provide at corporate events. I also gave them a business card that had Bodaciousboomer. com on it. I explained what my blog is about and encouraged them to visit and share it with their friends. Hopefully the night was a big success not only for the Ronald McDonald house but for me as well. There’s nothing wrong with that is there?