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Squash Soup
 

the madness

What is it about knowing that you will have new bpal waiting for you at home that makes working so unbearable!!! I for sure have a box from the lab filled with tons of goodies and I'm hoping a box from the trading post too. But either way, it's there, mocking me, calling me, whispering, "Jessie, come open me....sniff me....you know you want to."   But I can't. I have to work.             But I will sneak off at lunch and go check my mail! Muahahahahahaha
jessiesquash

jessiesquash

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Is Anybody Out There?
 

Gnaw

Stupid Lord of the Rings. Arrgh. I seriously want to email my 101 instructor and be like, "Do you believe this freak??? OMGSRSLY!" I don't really want to, but I wish I knew if he would be surprised that my papers are rating so poorly.   I was so tired today that for a brief moment, everything I looked at was this odd shade of orange.   I have a presentation to give in my speech class on thursday. How stressed about that am I? Very little. Less than I probably should be.   Guh.   I didn't even get to nap today. And I haven't been to the mailbox, and I have swaps that need to go out. Speaking of swaps, I haven't heard anything further from Duck Mountain, though I imagine she's got a few things to get in order. I guess I was expecting that to be sort of straightened out when she sent the message.   I have never wanted a BPAL tee shirt as much as Pink Moon... and my mom snagged it for me! That sucker is going to be so very worn out it's not even funny.   Is it summer yet? Why is there another quarter of classes before the break? I want summer break noooooow. I'm hoping next quarter changes that mindset for me, though.   What'm I going to take in the fall? That's a good question. It's something fun to obsess over! A&P 1 for sure. Other possibilities: English 201, Statistics, Pre-calc, Speech, some sort of literature class, physical anthropology... Dunno! Probably statistics and literature.
smallvoice

smallvoice

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Monster Alice's Blog
 

What I have

These are the imps I've kept after testing, and the 5s I have. It seems I like resins and flowers mixed with non-florals.   Aeval Ahathoor Alecto Bess Black Dahlia Black Forest Chaos Theory III – MLXII 5mL Chuparosa Darkling Thrush 5mL Dee Delphi Dr. John Seward 5mL Endymion Euterpe Frumious Bandersnatch Gaueko 5mL pending Ginnivre 5mL Hesperides Kumiho Laudanum Maenad Morgause Nocnitsa Oneiroi Parlement of Foules 5mL Pool of Tears Silk Road Thalia Thanatos Tiger Lily Tzadikim Nistarim Uruk Venice Verdandi White Moon 5 mL Xiuhtecuhtli Yerevan
monsteralice

monsteralice

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Gaidig's Blog
 

Tintagel

Imp #9: Tintagel   "Spicy mulled wine flowing through the musky heat, warm leather and bright clash of armor, the damp branches of Cornish hawthorn, blackthorn, juniper, English elm and bayberry, and the magical tingle of dragon's blood resin."   Note: Late in cycle. Imp straight from the Lab, but about three months old.   In the bottle: Dragon's blood, bayberry, & juniper jump out at me. I don't get the leather, though there is a brightness. It is rather potpourri like at this stage.   On me: I think that the leather & hawthorn are coming out. I have no good way of identifying the blackthorn. I'm getting a slightly forresty mulled cider effect. The metal has gotten sharper.   1 hour+ later: It had decent throw for a little while, but now most of it is gone. Now it is mostly dragon's blood again, I think, with a little leather and metal. Not terribly exciting, but nice and clean in a woodsy sort of way, like a wood maintained by a forrester, not a rolling around in the dirt sort of way.
Gaidig

Gaidig

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Squash Soup
 

love me, love me not

I know this is not related to bpal at all but if anyone reads this, I need advice! So there's this boy....haha I sound like I'm in High School again! Anyway, we work together at JC Penney; but we do such different things that we never see each other. Let's call him L. I knew him from before JCP because I also work for a college where he was a student until very recently. I just recently took the job at JCP for some extra money. Naturally I wasn't allowed to pursue anything until he graduated but I've had a tiny crush on him for awhile now. My best friend also works there. My best friend is on a mission to hook us up and she's very persistant, she sees him often since their departments are right next door. Now I don't know the specifics but apparently the question of his manliness came up; he works in the salon so it happens quite often, and in defense he said a few things about his moves and how great of kisser he was and some girl that worked there verified. A lot of this was joking around, though he was being a bit of a pig. I think my friend called him on it because then he said that there was one girl that he knew before she worked there (JC Penneys) that he really respected. My best friend asked him if it was me and he said 'maybe'. So what, if anything, does that mean? Respect me? Like a sister or a friend? Of course, we don't even know if he was talking about me. I don't know everyone that works there. But by saying 'maybe' it implies that it is me. If it wasn't, surely he would have said no.....right? My friend "knows" that he was talking about me and is of the opinion that he was saying he's interested in more than having a fling with me. So what is he looking for then, a relationship? He hasn't even asked me out yet! And he doesn't seem like the shy type.   The worst part is that I'm a hopeless wreck when it comes to flirting. I get nervous and stupid and can't conjure up complete sentences to save my life. And if he really is interested, he's just as bad. Once we are together and actually talking, we're fine but what leads up to that is usually a lot of comedic error. I'd ask him out myself but see above. It would probably end badly.   I don't care what anyone says, ze boys ze make no sense.
jessiesquash

jessiesquash

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Goth Hobbit's Blog
 

It's been a while...

...time to take the chairs off of the tables and give everything a thorough dusting.   As you might have gathered, I am newly arrived from the Great White North yet again, and never before has that description been quite so lacking in hyperbole. The two storms that hammered Minneapolis while I was there left three feet on the ground in some places. The park across the street from D's apartment is so completely engulfed that it may not be uncovered come May. D. is six feet three inches tall, and I kid you not when I say that there are drifts and plow-bergs that would be over his head. I'm a foot shorter than him, and I had trouble simply walking in some places because the snow was so deep. Poor Maggie-dog; she loves snow, especially when she's in it up to her chin, but snow, ice, and cold are very hard on her knees.   The weather is hard on her humans as well; D. has a titanium rod in his left lower leg, and the cold gets into it in a very unpleasant way. I managed to get my feet soaked while we were walking Maggie, and he was scared half to death that I would get frostbite before we could get our very stubborn bulldog back home. D's final station in the Air Force was Minot, ND; as a medic, he saw plenty of cold-weather injuries without having them visited upon me. (My toes are just fine, by the way; I told him that if they were in danger of frostbite, they wouldn't have hurt so damned much.)   At any rate, the interview with University of Colorado went well. D. had an unofficial heads-up to watch for a letter bearing an official offer -- a letter which has not yet arrived. U of M hasn't said anything either, which has him rather antsy. He was hoping that all of the offers would be on the table before I left, so that we could discuss the options.   This week, hopefully. The plan is for him to drive down next weekend for spring break, puppy in the back seat, and weather permitting. With luck and the cooperation of the admissions committees of two different universities, we'll be able to make some decisions.   Of course, we've already managed to discuss things at length. Neither of us is particularly entranced with either Pittsburgh or Columbus. More to the point, neither of us knows the cities, nor do we have friends or family in either place. It would make things far more difficult than need be. If we are going to even think of starting a life together, let it present as few obstacles as possible.   In the meantime, I have a show on Saturday to prepare for. Since this show is an hour's drive and a high mountain pass away from here, I hope that the weather on Friday doesn't take a turn for the worse. I can't set up until Saturday morning, which means leaving here at about 6 AM if the roads are in good shape. And I need to finish most of the things on my workbench before then.   It's going to be a long week.
goth_hobbit

goth_hobbit

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Birdsongs
 

Lessons Not Learned

A few years ago I made myself really sick one day by indulging in donuts, Cokes, & chips at a work event. I thought I'd learned my lesson & had been avoiding big confluences of sugary foods. But Friday was the last day of work at our store (we closed a week ago, and spent this last week packing things up to return), and for lunch we had pizza & Cokes & birthday cake for two people who turned 21 that day. Since it was so dusty when we were pulling apart the registers & packing them away, I had two full-sugar Cokes after we ran out of diet. Then that evening when I was out having a birthday dinner with one of the coworkers, I had a strawberry margarita, & blam! The sugar & the alcohol brought on a major hypoglycemic attack - I fought off sleep & nausea until I was able to get home, where I spent the rest of the night alternating between passed out & feverishly cold, & throwing up everything I ever ate. That was two days ago, and still no food looks good. Fruit might be okay ... I should go buy an apple tomorrow.   The store closing has also contributed to general crappiness. I cleaned out six and a half years of debris from my locker (more tea than could be believed). Wherever the lockers go after the fixtures are auctioned off, they will have a BPAL Trading Post sticker attached ...   But in general, I am backsliding. I was doing fairly well with the breaking-up thing, but being in the same house is just too much. How can he be so happy with someone else already? He was so easy to talk to, and I miss that, even though he was often mean. He was also my experiment in being open & trusting, which comes hard to me. I can't imagine trusting anyone ever again.   Maybe tomorrow I will be able to eat again, & things will seem better.
spanishviolet

spanishviolet

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Do you have a flag?
 

Favorites

I'm making a list here of my favorites from the GC, mainly just for my reference. The ones I don't have bottles of yet have an asterisk. The ones that are next on my list to get are purple.   Bewitching Brews Jack Scherezade   Sin & Salvation Anathema Dorian   Love Potions Bathsheba Bordello Perversion Snake Oil - AGED Vixen   Diabolus Fenris Wolf *Kitsune-Tsuki Marquise de Merteuil   Mad Tea Party Eat Me Frumious Bandersnatch Mouse's Long and Sad Tale The Unicorn   Illyria Tamora *Titania   Wanderlust Tintagel Tombstone - AGED   Ars Draconis Dragon's Milk Dragon's Musk   Rappaccini's Garden Cobra Lily   The Salon Silence Two Monsters Three Gorgons   A Picnic in Arkham Miskatonic University   Excolo Loviatar Ogun Osun Santa Muerte Shango   Sephiroth Chokmah   And these ones are the ones I like a lot, but they're a step down from the "love" category. I wear them often.   Bewitching Brews *Blood Kiss *Intrigue *Lampades *Omen *Sudha Segara *Velvet *Voodoo Wilde   Funereal Oils *Midnight *Nocturne *Thanatopsis   Sin & Salvation The Bow & Crown of Conquest *Fallen *Hellfire Lust *Oblivion Sin   Love Potions *Carnal Loralei Salome *Spellbound Vicomte de Valmont   Diabolus Dracul *Hell's Belle *Hellcat Villain   Mad Tea Party Cheshire Cat *White Rabbit   Illyria *Lady Macbeth   Wanderlust *Hollywood Babylon Manhattan Morocco *Lyonesse *Pontarlier *Prague   Ars Draconis *Dragon's Heart *Dragon's Reverie   Rappaccini's Garden *Black Hellebore *Love-Lies-Bleeding *Moon Rose *Strangler Fig   The Salon *Three Brides *The Ecstasy of St. Teresa *Judith Victorious *Les Anges Déchus *The Sailor's Den   A Picnic in Arkham Al-Azif *The Music of Erich Zahn   Excolo *Grandmother of Ghosts *Kali *Mania *Oya *Queen Mab *Tezcatlipoca *Xiuhtecuhtli *Aglaea Vechernyaya   Voodoo Blends French Love *Love Me *Wolf's Heart   The Chakras Swadhisthana
filigree_shadow

filigree_shadow

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Is Anybody Out There?
 

Therapy and School

I'm going to start therapy as of March 12.   ....   This is a good thing, but I am rather scared. I need it to get me to an even keel, seriously. I can't afford to be a wreck next quarter, though. The classes are getting more difficult and more important.   And I'm still upset that I can't take archaeology. Heh. I still tear up thinking about when I dropped it- LAST SPRING. I love my instructor.   Ah, well. I'm looking forward to all of my upcoming classes, actually, though I may try and get into the bio class that my archaology instructor's wife teaches instead of this one. I don't actually know anything about her, or the guy I have right now, so I guess it only matters if he sends me home in tears or something. Which, I guess, isn't such a difficult task for the first day of classes. They aren't until April 2nd, and winter quarter ends April 21st! This is causing me great joy. Stupid Lord of the Rings.   We are 9 weeks into a 12 week quarter, and last week, my LOTR instructor complained that our second 100 point essays (of which there will be three, out of a total of something like 700 points, I want to say- but each thing is worth essentially 100 points, except for the reading quizzes, and do NOT get me started on those.) anyaway, he complained that our essays were too focused on FORM and not enough on CONTENT. He went on to explain that he isn't looking for your standard 5 paragraph essay that you learn in english 101, which is what the fricking prereq was, but nevermind that- no, he just wants us to write, concisely and impeccably, about the subjects we are given.   You can't really tell from the way I write here, but I am really good at writing papers for school. I learn what my instructor wants, and I do it. I got a 4.0 in english 101 writing political crap that I don't believe, for the most part. There are no words to describe how completely pissed off I was when he explained the format (or lack thereof? I don't really know, still) he was expecting from our essays. We've already written 2. I'm pissed that mine have been no higher than 85.   This is so frustrating, because of the way he has handled class the entire quarter. He keeps contradicting what he wants from us, and I sort of don't even want to do ANYTHING for the class anymore.   He gives a reading quiz every monday over the 100 pages we had to read the previous week. I do just as well when I don't read the pages as when I do. Don't ask for crazy details that I won't notice on my first time reading it through- and nothing in the course description even implied that it would be necessary to have read the trilogy, but that's how he has handled the class. Also, if you don't want english 101 papers, don't put that down as the stupid prereq! ARRRGH. I can't even get across how stupid and frustrating this is for me.   I don't even want to read the books anymore.   Anyway. Wow. That was a sucky and negative post. But... I dunno. I've just been feeling so very lackluster lately.
smallvoice

smallvoice

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Whiskers and Whispers
 

As above so below: Schwarzer Mond

This BPAL perfume is just perfect for the eclipse. I find the scent really matched the maroon, dark amber and russet shades that the moon took on as it slipped behind the earth's shadow. I could also have worn Blood Moon as that also is a very suitable eclipse scent, but tonight I felt like slapping on the Schwarzer...and it was a good choice.   It was one of the best lunar eclipses I've seen, especially in binoculars. My camera was playing silly-buggers with me so I only took a few photos...I'm not even sure how good my camera is with night images...I'll upload some on Monday if they are any good!
PurringPulsar

PurringPulsar

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Tempest Teapot's Blog
 

Getting to know me...getting to know all about me

Things I collect: Rubber Duckies Boxes Pretty Rocks Pretty beads Craft supplies such as pretty paper and yarn Books Miniture things comic books: for better for worse, fox trot, one big happy, Sanrio (especially the little frog guys)         Hobbies knitting beading chainmaille candles cross-stitch oragami flameglasswork stained glass scrapbooking photography     Authors Mercedys Lackey Anne McCaffery Neil Gaiman Margaret George Phillipa Gregory Steven King Douglas Adams Terry Prachet?     Series Serindipity Little Miss and Mr. Royal Diarys Dear America Dragonriders of Pern     Etsy Wishlist ~ Amazon Wishlist ~ Half.com Wishlist ~ Deviant Art Wishlist ~ B&B wishlist Woobie Wishlist ~ Bpal wishlist ~     Quirks: I don't like people in artwork. I love landscapes and sunsets. snow makes everything better I don't wear much makeup. Black eyeliner and black mascara. But I LOVE LOVE LOVE bath and body product that smell and feel wonderful.
tempestteapot

tempestteapot

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snowfox090's Blag
 

I did not want to spend my Friday night in the ER.

But I did anyway, because my body is an ungrateful brat.   I woke from a nap yesterday to find that I could not move. My lower back and butt were seizing so painfully that I could barely make it to the door without crying. Vicodin did not help. Ibuprofen did not help. Sleep did not help. My mom (long distance) suggested that I try to ride out the night and go to urgent care today if things didn't improve.   My RA, however, did not agree with this. She came by to check on me and bring me some alcohol (which also did not help), and upon seeing my condition, told me that if I did not come quietly she would call an ambulance. The other RA and two of the girls came with us, which was really awesome of them.   So we got to the ER, and I only had to wait maybe five minutes before being taken to the back--I didn't even have to go through triage. Audrey was even nice enough to come back there and sit with me. In the end, the doc determined it to be the Muscle Spasm from Hell, and shot me full of IV anti-inflammatories. She also gave me a couple prescriptions, and when I didn't have the money to cover them, Audrey was nice enough to pick them up for me and let me pay her back Monday.   So now I'm flat on my stomach in bed, watching Animal Planet and surfing the net from my laptop. Any plans for the weekend? Gone baby gone. Even after a long hot shower, a long session with a heating pad, and a muscle relaxer, it hurts to even shift position. And this could take weeks to resolve. My five-hour bus ride home next Saturday is really gonna suck.   And this is capping off a month that's included strained hips, the flu of doom, money troubles, midterm stress, and my mother having yet another surgery.   Send BPAL and alcohol, pls. I may not survive March otherwise.
snowfox090

snowfox090

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Eoywin's Blog
 

Babies on the Brain

Todd and I have decided to start trying for a baby when we get back from Disney   We were going to wait until fall of 2008, but I wanted to start sooner because it might take a while, since we only see each other (and have sex) on the weekends because of our work schedules.   He agreed and last night, he kept trying to convince me to go off my pills like now, which I don't want to do since I don't want to be pregnant for Disney.   I think it's sweet that he's as excited to start for a baby as I am!   But now I have babies on the brain, and now have another reason to wish for fall to come fast!
Eoywin

Eoywin

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Monster Alice's Blog
 

March LEs

I'm safe from the LEs this month. I nearly succumbed to the Fire Pig, and I did get a Crow Moon tee, but tees don't count, nor do "nearly." However, there are some new Bewitching Brews I want to sample eventually: Bien Loin D’ici, (can I call you Area) 51, and Brown Jenkins.   I'm planning to buy Pulcinella and Teresina this month, probably along with Silk Road. I'm starting to feel a little guilty about getting 5s when I still have a bunch of imps to try, though; I probably won't buy another big batch of imps off eBay. Once I've finished with this heap, I'll let someone else indulge.   In 5s I have a CTIII, Parlement of Foules, Darkling Thrush, Dr. John Seward, and Ginnivre. Tomorrow I'll try to post a list of the "keepers" I've got. Just in case my Switch Witch can see any pattern among them...
monsteralice

monsteralice

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Sourball Ho!
 

Update!

Another big one: Aries -- this actually sounds like a nice combination, but I’m concerned about the black pepper and dragon’s blood overpowering everything else. I’ll read the reviews instead. Ides of March 2007 -- I don’t really want cologney scents, and the reviews for the previous version made it sound too masculine for me. But this was a favorite for many and I’m glad old favorites pop back up. Ostara -- another blend of a bunch of cool-sounding ingredients, but there’s a lot of florals and I think I’ll order Fire Pig instead for my “spring fling” with fruit instead of flowers. Pink Moon -- this was a huge debate for me before the update, as I have a sniffie of the last Pink Moon and was really waffling on ordering a bottle if the formula was the same. The previous version reminded me of Love’s Baby Soft with extra flowers. However this version is different and carnation, while sugared, goes way too spicy-strong on me most of the time. Too bad. Roux-Ga-Roux -- pretty cool concept (a Mardi Gras curse!) but too many plants.   And more cool General Catalog blends: Calico Jack -- while I would love to order this for the name/image alone, I’m sure all I’ll get is detergent. I’ll read reviews to see if it’s more complex. Poisoned Apple -- this reminds me of the Snow White ride at Disneyland, it was considered a scarier “dark ride” that everyone rides through in those pod-type cars on a track. At one point you turned a corner and there was a mannequin of the Wicked Queen dressed as the Old Woman and she’s holding out the poisoned apple. Soon we realized if you reached out far enough you could quickly grab the apple! Yoink! So many of my high-school friends had little souvenir plastic apples. Sorry, Disneyland workers, who had to replace the apples! ANYWAY. The red apple with the hemlock sounds good, as I really liked Hemlock by itself. Bien Loin d’Ici -- red musk, honey, Moroccan spices, everything sounds good, can’t wait to read reviews. Croquet -- nice fizzy citrus, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pink lime The Dodo -- This one might be nice too, we’ll see *eyes cassia suspiciously* Knave of Hearts -- Roses? ‘Nuff said Queen Alice -- err, what’s sandy cider and wooly wine? I won’t get this because of the carnation anyway. 51 -- cool, an alien scent! I definitely want to read reviews of this one ( X-Files theme) Squirting Cucumber -- wonder if this is similar to the previous Blue Moon? That was very fresh cucumber-like on me. Voodoo Lily -- cool name, but I don’t like straight-up floral much except for rose. Brown Jenkins -- this sounds pretty nice, another lighter incense-type. The Deep Ones -- another detergent one, probably. But what does crushed coral smell like? In conclusion: I ordered bottles of Fire Pig, Boomslang and Western Diamondback
dawndie

dawndie

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Forum Updates and News
 

Neutral warnings / rules reminders

I really am not sure if this should go in Guidelines or Forum Mods, because it's both.   One of the cool things that IP.Board 2.2 did was create "user notes". Now, these "user notes", as originally implemented, could only be added to the warning log through the Admin Control Panel (or ACP), which is all and good but useless if we want our moderators to use them.   So, I wrote a fairly small modification to the warning system (and language and skin caches) so that our moderators could add them through the warning system without actually changing a user's warning level. (Unrelated, while I was there, I also added something so people will always get a notification when a warning is added or removed or a new reminder is added - we'll always be on the same page).   This will impact how things are done around here in several ways, and we're still working out what exactly will happen.   Right now, it looks like what may happen is this: for most things (duplicate topics, swapping outside the swap area, etc), instead of getting a PM or a warning, the first time will get you a reminder. A second offense will get you a warning. We may or may not take time into consideration (but, of course, will let you know how it ends up), so it could be that if it's been a long time, that second offense will just get a reminder as well. There will still be things that go straight to warning - but these are major offenses like trolling or abusive behavior.
ipb

ipb

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Golb? Blog? Bolg?
 

Snot and waiting for spring

My Jan 3 order finally arrived a couple of days ago. No love at first sniff this time, but I will try them all out again. My nose is really congested right now because of a stubborn cold that won't give up the fight against my immune system. But there's lots of snot making it's way out of my nose today and this usually means me and my immune system is about to win the fight.   Due to a misunderstanding with my order I had Faiza herself instead of Saw-Scaled Viper (I had written: "Faiza's companions: Saw Scaled Viper" instead of just Saw Scaled Viper. Stupid me.) I will try Faiza again - and if the jasmine doesn't ruin the whole thing she might actually be a keeper. Smut was much boozier than I expected. My sister and I both agreed on this description of Smut: "Sexy girl that likes to have a lot of fun on her way home in the wee hours after a night of just a little to much fun."   Now I'm waiting for Groundhog and Oborot. The postal service seems to be working veerrry slow these days. Since both my pending orders arrived/was sent I was allowed to make another one, so I've ordered Gennivre, Theodosius, 5 ml of Bengal and Saw-Scaled Viper (again! )   I've been so tired for the last couple of weeks. Some sunshine would cheer me up, we haven't seen the sun here for a week now - just clouds and mushy, slushy snow. Winter is long and dark up here, but I'm looking for some fresh, green, spring-time scents to include with my next order. Hopefully spring will be here soon.
Maia

Maia

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Monster Alice's Blog
 

Mwah-ha-ha

Finished the multiple pieces of the first little gift last night, with the result that the scissors now desperately need degunking. Tonight will be episode 3 of "Mr. Scissors, meet Mr. Nail Polish Remover."   Had to pick up a package at the PO today. It was DH's birthday present, arriving with a little time to spare. For a minute I was hoping it was something I ordered for my SwitchWitchee, but then I lifted it... uh, no, not at that poundage. Now I have to get it into the house, wrapped, and hidden, so DH doesn't guess what it is just from the size and shape.
monsteralice

monsteralice

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Odd Thoughts from an Odd Duck
 

Coffee or tea for me?

There has been quite a bit of discussion on coffee and tea on the Switch Witch thread, so I thought I should mention that I thoroughly hate coffee. I don't even like the smell of the stuff.   I would however like to acquire a taste for tea. So dear witchy, if tea is your thing, I would be quite pleased to get a sample or two of your favorite. If you do send tea though, please include detailed instructions. I suspect that I may not love it because I've been making it wrong. Too strong maybe?   Cocoa is really my thing, but I have plenty to last the rest of the winter. The husband was able to track down my hard-to-find favorite and stocked me up as one of my Christmas gifts.   For warm weather drinks, if you have any really good smoothie recipes, I'd love it if you shared. I'm a big berry person.
odd_duck71

odd_duck71

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Tempest Teapot's Blog
 

The LE mindset

It can be frustrating, especially for someone coming into the bpal world right now. I think there's over 1,000 blends that they've made in about 4 years.   So what do you concentrate on? The stuff that always avalible? Or chase the moon(s)? It's LUNACY I tell you   Ok enough with the dumb jokes. I flip-flop on this so much.   The hardest thing about LE's is that once you fall in love, you're in a competition with a hundred other people who are ALSO in love. But I'm not a competitive person.   I like the security of knowing that Amsterdam will always (hopefully) be there for me whenever I run low. But that doesn't mean that I'm not going to be called when the LE's show up.   But I want to try EVERYTHING! I've a collectors mentality...got to catch(try) em all. I have to know what I'm missing.   But then I end up spending 2x a regular bottle's worth for a half a bottle of Ides of March...and thinking I got a good deal!   Oh the smelly problems we have. Try the LE's and risk falling in love? or stay with the steady that you know will always be there.     This question will never be answered I'm sure. Oh my poor poor poor wallet.
tempestteapot

tempestteapot

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Tempest Teapot's Blog
 

Woobie Ratings

Woobie is my second favorite perfume and #1 for bath and body stuff. She has a LOT of the fruity/foodie blends that I absolutly love. *means I already have a 1/2 oz bottle. She's also got an Autoship feature on her site where you send her a wishlist, then someone can just select a dollar amount and she'll send a surprise package! How fun is that? A LOT! I've already submitted my wishlist to her, just put my name & email address in the comment section.     5/5 *Winterfruit Seduction Fruitcake *Wicked Witch Strawberry Mango Strawberry Kiwi *Reindeer Turds Dehydrated Peaches   4/5 Basics Champagne Dreidal Holiday Coma Rugalach Bite Me Deckthehallphobia Hazelnut Cream Cranberry Chutney Commercialized Insanity Clause Fruit Loopy Sufganiyot Twitters Disaproval Egg Nog Gelt Elf Farts Grumpy Mall Santa Violets Snickerdoodles   3/5 Sugar Fairy Marmalade Bah Humbuger Lump O Coal Plum Pudding Frankensince Dramatized Nes Gadol Haya Sham Stuffed Stockings Shopping Brawl Sunny Side Up   2/5 North Star Sugar Cloud Aloha holiday 3 Kings Menora Voodoo Yellow Snow Exotic Coconut Lavender Rose   1/5 Socks & Underwear Christmas Trees Frosty Wine & Roses Magic Heaven - Gabe says it smells like socks. I guess it's Chumley's heaven then Tinman Spirit Surreal Blitzed
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tempestteapot

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