Thank you, that will be $2, sucka

I work in the IT department of the local hospital. This afternoon I had to go over to one of the nursing stations to look at an application they were running. On my way over, I started to wonder, like a lot of women do at certain points throughout the day, if there was anything embarrassing going on with my appearance since the last time I checked a mirror.

There are a number of things that can happen through the course of day: Make-up can run. Eye lashes can fall out and land on your cheek. One introduction to an outside element and hair can look like nothing you every intended when you left the house that day. So it's a good idea to check every once in a while. As I was crossing the bridge carrying nothing but my iPhone, I started to wonder if there was any way I could check my appearance before arrived on my destination unit.

I was fully aware that I could either (a) use the camera option or (b) stop in a bathroom and look in the mirror. But instead, I searched the apps store for any kind of "mirror" application. I found one for $1.99 that had a five-star rating. Equal parts curious and vain, I entered my husband's password, eager to purchase the mirror application.

Seconds later, it was on my iPhone. I clicked on the app only to find that it worked exactly like the camera, except you could put three stupid looking frames around your face. (OK, one of the three frames was actually kind of cute, but that's NOT the point.) I even got a picture of myself looking annoyed and perplexed as I clicked on a button that took my picture, without knowing it was about to take my picture.

And then I texted my husband:
"I'm a sucks."
"Sucks."
"SUCKA!" (Damn you, autocorrect!)
"I owe you $2 for being stupid. Downloaded a mirror app that works the same as the camera."

"Nice. Didn't you read the reviews?"

"Can we just assume I'm a dumb Donald dodo and move on with our day?"

For the record, there was nothing in my teeth and my hair and make-up looked just fine. I may be $2 poorer, but today I learned to read the reviews along with the rating before you download anything. I suppose it's better that it was a $2 lesson than a $200 lesson.