I am now the proud owner of 8 pairs of Old Navy flip flops. I have no idea when I’ll wear them all, or if I’ll even want to, but they only cost $1.65 each, so it seems silly to return just a few pairs of them.
As long as they’re comfortable, I’m sure I’ll be able to wear them throughout the summer. It’s not like we’re invited to fancy dress parties where a tuxedo and ball gown are required. I can even wear them to work without a second glance. It just seems crazy to have EIGHT pairs of them at my disposal.
I was just a sucker for the multi-colored plastic cheapness of them. Let’s hope they don’t hurt my feet!
Luckily, the title of this post is the title of an article in the New York Times, NOT a description of anything happening in my life right now.
I admit that I’m sort of fascinated by some of the credit crisis stories out there. While Mr. Martini and I are trying to be careful and watch our pennies, you never know what might happen to turn your financial world upside down.
In this article, the author was an economics reporter for the New York Times, and still got in over his head with a mortgage and lifestyle he couldn’t afford. It goes to show that even people with jobs in finance can find themselves over their heads and drowning in debt.
I am having the hardest time finding a face lotion I like with sunscreen. The oil-free ones don’t moisturize enough, and the ones that moisturize feel like an oil slick on my skin. I tried one recently that’s supposed to reverse sun damage (since I haven’t been using sunscreen because I can’t find one I like, I figured that was a good idea) but I think it was responsible for the rash I got on my chin and neck. I don’t need lotions with acne treatments and I don’t need lotions to plump wrinkles.
Grr. I just need a lightweight, somewhat moisturizing lotion for normal skin that has a sunscreen in it, that won’t make me feel like I’m wearing a mask. I guess I’ll have to keep trying them out until I find that perfect formula.
I always thought that when I grew up, I’d automatically know things like the difference between whole and term life insurance, how to play the stock market, and when to buy stocks or bonds. That didn’t happen.
Instead, I’ve discovered that what makes me feel most like a grown up is watching the traffic guy every morning, and leaving early if I see there’s going to be a back up. Weird, I know, but since I don’t have a house payment, this is as close to feeling like a grown-up as I get these days.
It never fails that when I find a hair care product that I like, it will disappear from the shelves the week after I decide that it’s the perfect product for me. Dove used to carry a smoothing cream that was perfect for my hair – the only way it could have been better was some secret ingredient that doubled as a fat burner. Since its disappearance, I’ve tried four or five other products that have been OK, but not great.
I finally settled on L’oreal’s vive pro glossy style smooth gloss anti-frizz cream. There are so many words on the tube, I’m not quite sure what the official product name is vs. just product descriptions (hee!). I have to say, it’s a little heavy and I have to be very careful how much I use in the morning, since my hair isn’t particularly “frizzy.” But my hair is very fine and has a tendency to get all fly-away crazy if I don’t use a smoothing cream – but if I use too much, it weighs it down.
I admit that if Dove ever brought back its smoothing cream, I’d switch back in a heartbeat. But in the meantime, I (finally!) found a very good alternative.
At our current apartment, we do have an outdoor space. It’s a patio/deck area just off of our living room. It’s big enough for a couple of chairs and a small table. I’m sure someone with a green thumb could do wonders with a small container garden out there. I am not that person.
I keep thinking that someday I’d like a really big yard, but in reality I’m not sure what I’d do with it. I’ll admit to being totally girly-girlish, because I’ve never mowed a lawn in my life (thanks, older brothers). I can’t imagine gardening, because I have insane allergies and am fearful of bees. Really, all I can imagine doing with a big yard is buying one of those gazebo kits, setting it up in the backyard, and hanging out inside of it through the hot summer months. Which sounds perfect to me.
I’ve been trying to lose weight recently (again, some more, etc. etc.), but by doing simple things like moving more and eating less and drinking more fluids. I know that water is best, but it’s really hard for me to force down more than a glass of plain water. I bought a few of those Crystal Light individual packets to dump in my water bottle, and those have made all the difference.
For real, I’m drinking about 3 times as much fluid as I was a week ago. Granted, I’m making a few more trips to the ladies room than I was a week ago, too. But I have noticed that I’m feeling more energetic (a co-worker thought I was taking diet pills, because between the fluids and the sunshine I’ve been super chipper) and have been sleeping better, for the most part.
Eventually I might cut back on the Crystal Light and try plain water, but I figure if it gets me to drink more fluids? I’ll keep some handy.
