When she finally stopped she looked absolutely horrendous, but she didn't care. Billy handed her a tissue, and she wiped her eyes, and then blew her nose. Not the most flattering thing to do in front of other people but she didn't care.

This is a great, perfect example of "show, don't tell". A brief description and you have a whole picture or characters and mood.

I am LOVING this. I will star reading from the first chapter right now! Thank you for sharing!