The biggest drawback to the not-enough-makeup thing is that Derek can probably see her flush bright red.

Never again. Never AGAIN do I leave the house so underdone!

Effie plunks herself down in as ladylike a manner as possible at the table and lays her journal out on the surface.

"Your standards are obviously very low," she chides, probably too sharply. "I don't want to take too much of your valuable time. If you could even give me the general idea, I can probably figure it out."