So, just curious, why do you think her make up looked freshly applied? And why weren't the same cothes in some sort of disarray? If she was up all night in the same clothes she wore the day before and either killing her daughter and staging, or simply participating in the staging, doesn't it seem like:
1. The clothes would be a little worse for wear? I mean, maybe it's just me, but I can come home from work in business clothes, feed the dogs and tidy up the house and note a stain on my dress that wasn't there when I left work. Yet Patsy participated in all that staging, at the very least, and her clothes were fine?
2. The make up bothers me. Unless you are one of the very few who believe that the murder was premeditated by Patsy, wouldn't you assume she would have cried at some point in the night.? Either with the realization of what she had done, or that someone else had done, it doesn't seem like it would matter. I would still think there would be some emotion. But even if we assume that she just went into full "damage control" mode and didn't take the time for tears, her makeup wouldn't be messed up? Streaked, faded, smudged, etc.? After almost 24 hours it wouldn't look too good even if you exclude the murder and staging activities.
Or are we to believe that in the midst of all that staging and writing the War and Peace of Ransom notes she took the time to re-apply full make up? And if so, why not grab some different clothes?
That part of the puzzle has always bothered me.
I know people think the same clothes as the night before points to her guilt, or at least to Ramsey guilt, but that just doesn't fit for me. It never has.
For the sake of full disclosure I must admit, if I wore an outfit on Christmas Day that I would have selected as "Christmassy" and I only visited friends in it, so nothing strenuous, and I hadn't spilled anything on it, and I knew that aside from my hubby and kids, I would be not be seeing a single soul that I had seen on Christmas day and I was getting up at 5:00 A M that morning, I just might wear the same thing I had worn on Christmas.
Also full disclosure, while I am far from as rich as Patsy, a good portion of my income (according to my husband, too big a portion) has always gone to clothes which I love. But if I really, really liked a particular outfit for a particular occasion, and would be seeing different people, yep I'd wear it again.