If that's being shallow, I must be a tiny puddle on the sidewalk then.
How's this for shallow?
I used to be a gamer. Played World of Warcraft for over a year. (Yup, if you can get addicted to something, I'll be the one that does it.) Now being a gamer requires that you sit on your fat @$$ in front of your computer for hours at a time. So I used to force myself to do 2 hours per day on my treadmill so my butt wouldn't end up not fitting through the door. Would it have made more sense just to stop playing the game? Of course! But I was addicted. However, even in the middle of my addiction, I was that concerned about physical appearance.
I have, for many years, been almost a fanatic about making sure I have my (large) sunglasses on when I go outside. Everybody knows that squinting in bright sunlight causes crows-feet, right? (Ummm, like smoking isn't even a greater cause of them???)
I do regular manicures, not because I care about the color of my fingernails, but to hide the yellow staining.
I have a full tooth-whitening kit just sitting there on my bathroom vanity waiting for me, and an upcoming appointment for a thorough teeth cleaning and polishing. (My quit date is July 1st.)
One of my separation techniques is to hop on my treadmill. One of the few places I don't (usually) smoke....mostly because there's no good place to put an ashtray. *blush* Hopefully that will even out any extra food I start putting in my mouth as a result of quitting.
Am I looking forward to just being able to buff my nails and not having to wear nail-polish all the time to hide the yellow nails? You bet?
This whole discussion about caffeine is bothering me though. I found I couldn't seem to play World of Warcraft without a cup of coffee next to me. (And my cigarettes, of course.) Since I was often up until the wee hours of the morning playing, I finally had to switch from regular coffee to decaf, or I literally wouldn't sleep all night. I'd finally crash into bed at about 10:00 in the morning, and then not wake up until it was time to log into the game and keep going. Now it looks like I'm going to have to give up coffee altogether. Grrrr! 🙂