(My nephew pronounces things as "tings," which I find pwecious.)
I figured that instead of keeping everything in the
survey, I might as well make separate posts for the things I REALLY
want to talk about. So, the best things I have bought in the past year.
They are,
in no particular order: my Christmas tree, my Dr. Scholl’s Fast Flats,
my nasal rinse bottle, Rubik’s Twist, and a maid service.
First, the nasal rinse bottle. Sometimes I get
sick. And sometimes I get sinussy grossness that comes with being sick.
And in the past I’ve managed this with hot tea, steamy showers, and
feeling sorry for myself. There are people who swear
by that Neti pot thing and it kind of scares me. I can’t get over the
mental hurdle of POURING water up my nose. I feel like I would drown. So
when I learned there was a
squeeze bottle that used the same
concept of flushing out one’s sinuses, I gave it a whirl. And it’s
great! I love it! As much as one can love something that involves
squirting warm salty water up one’s nose.
Getting a Christmas tree has really become an
expense I can justify, even though I live alone. The cost and hassle and
the feeling like I shouldn’t bother getting one because it’s just ME
and what does anything matter is fully eclipsed
by the fact that I HAVE A CHRISTMAS TREE! HOORAY! CHRISTMAS TREE! It
just kicks up my general mood and Christmas spirit and it looks so
pretty in my house with all the lights and ornaments and it makes me
HAPPY. So, sixty bucks for huge booster
shot of happiness in the winter? Sold.
Speaking of Christmas, let me tell you about the Rubik’s Twist! I had seen it before on a couple of Swistle’s gift idea lists and I always kind of thought meh, I don’t really LIKE Rubik’s
cubes. And then when I saw it was more something
you PLAYED with, I thought well then what’s the point? Oh how wrong I
was. I have a bunch of nieces and nephews ranging from age 1.5 to 14
years and the majority of them are on the upper end of that age range. I
feel like they are getting more difficult to
shop for-- I can’t just Melissa and Doug everyone and call it a day. So
I re-perused Swistle’s lists and ended up buying Rubik’s Twists for a
couple of my nieces and nephews and they were SUCH A HIT that I ordered
more of them so that we could reduce the household
bickering (sometimes *I* wanted to play with one and NOBODY WOULD LET ME). Anyway, two thumbs up for the Rubik’s Twist. Who knew? (Swistle knew.)
Right before Christmas I went to Vegas (with the
boyfriend (BOYFRIEND)) to watch my USC Trojans beat Fresno State the Royal Purple Bowl
(Sidebar: remember when I called this blog Royal Jewels?). ANYWAY,
Vegas involved a lot of partying in dainty high
heels, and then jumping up and down at the football game and walking
walking walking A LONG WAY (part of the way) back to our hotel afterward
and then some walking down the strip just to walk some more for good
measure. And so my feet, they did not want to
wear my heels OR my boots anymore. We stopped in at Walgreens and I
bought THESE:
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They are some seriously awesome emergency flats. I
wore them out that night and I kept exclaiming “I love these shoes, have
I mentioned that?” Which, yes. I had mentioned it. I’ll be bringing
them everywhere with me from now on because
they fold up so tiny and cute in their wristlet that they basically
take up NEGATIVE space in my bag.
And finally, maid service. A couple weeks after I
had recovered from my little skin issue, my mom said to me “I’m thinking
we should get someone into your apartment to, you know, really CLEAN
it.” It sort of made me feel like my mom thought
I caught Butt MRSA because I live in squalor and filth, but whatever!
You want to hire a maid service to come clean my home? I won’t be
fighting you on that. So they came the one time and then I decided to
have them come back once a month because OMG having
someone else clean my house is just the best thing ever. I CAN clean my
home. I have the skills. But it won’t all be clean at the same time and
I just don’t do things like dust the shelves or steam mop the floor.
Not going to happen. And coming home from work
to a clean apartment and a made bed is just delightful.
