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cadhla's latest CD, and am now giving it a first listen. (I love my brain, but sometimes it is disconcertingly fond of past patterns. It protested very very thoroughly on "River Lies" because it doesn't sound like just a studio copy of exactly the sound from the previous CD. Silly brain.) I got my catalog from the Vermont Country Store. This would normally not make the list - it was greeted with a sigh, and a "well, I did order from them, I suppose I should expect to be on their mailing list" - except that then I opened it and saw several things I want. I'll wait and think about it, but even if I don't buy, I enjoyed browsing. And I might buy.
Shopping was nice too: I found the sugar-free oreos, which turn out to also be within acceptable fat limits for my diet. I have not had oreos in years. I don't think I'll suddenly start eating them all the time, but it is nice to be able to have them now and again, at least. The herbal mint tea I bought tasted nice to me, which is always nice and not always guaranteed. And (on a less surprising, but still useful, level) I also got the pads I need to put on the dining chairs. We're going to move them into the hardwood floor area, and I'd rather not plow furrows in it. (The table will be on a rug. Not, alas, a well-proportioned one for it, but I could not find one in the stores that I liked well enough to get it, so for now this will do.)
Tomorrow the movers bring over the writing desk and the entertainment center, and a few other items, but those are the two with the deepest emotional resonance for me. They will also be very useful to us, replacing two inferior pieces of furniture (seriously: one was particleboard shelves) that we had been using and I hadn't bothered replacing because they were working. Pfeh.
And bpal has so far been nice to me. Testing more scents today. I can't decide if I like them, but neither triggered my allergies or the "omigod get it off" reflex (that's rare, but it can be hit), or even the "well this will make a humorous entry" reaction.
Gennivre is citrus mint with a powder cast to it; I get a slightly different scent each time I sniff. I can't decide if I love it or not, but I like it, at least. I must remember it is quite strong at first, though. It tames down nice but when it first went on I thought I wasn't going to get much more testing in because it scented my entire vicinity. I try to test with small amounts so that they are mostly there when I put my nose near my arm, but this one said, "excuse me? you want to ignore ME? I do NOT think so." It's still very there but no longer a cloud about me, but must remember that (not to mention that it soon dies back, else I'll think I've applied enough and be wrong).
Midnight on the Midway is harder; it has a woody smell to it on my skin, more than anything. I assume that's what others who are better sniffers than I have identified as nag champa, "kinda sandalwood and vanilla" although it's mostly the wood on me. At times the vanilla or floral scents rise and once or twice it smelled a bit like patchouli. And a tiny hint of something powdery but not quite baby powder. I'm not sure what to think of it; I don't love it, but I don't dislike it, and it's such an odd scent as far as waffling back and forth that I'm still trying to peg my reaction.
In a bit I'll test a couple more scents. And then I will take my bath and get all of them off me, as smelling like a perfume testing zone, although it is the immediate goal, is not really a great long-term hobby.
I received the swap items from someone else in one of my swaps (http://www.swap-bot.com/ - yes, I'm easily amused). I got my copy of
cadhla's latest CD, and am now giving it a first listen. (I love my brain, but sometimes it is disconcertingly fond of past patterns. It protested very very thoroughly on "River Lies" because it doesn't sound like just a studio copy of exactly the sound from the previous CD. Silly brain.) I got my catalog from the Vermont Country Store. This would normally not make the list - it was greeted with a sigh, and a "well, I did order from them, I suppose I should expect to be on their mailing list" - except that then I opened it and saw several things I want. I'll wait and think about it, but even if I don't buy, I enjoyed browsing. And I might buy.Shopping was nice too: I found the sugar-free oreos, which turn out to also be within acceptable fat limits for my diet. I have not had oreos in years. I don't think I'll suddenly start eating them all the time, but it is nice to be able to have them now and again, at least. The herbal mint tea I bought tasted nice to me, which is always nice and not always guaranteed. And (on a less surprising, but still useful, level) I also got the pads I need to put on the dining chairs. We're going to move them into the hardwood floor area, and I'd rather not plow furrows in it. (The table will be on a rug. Not, alas, a well-proportioned one for it, but I could not find one in the stores that I liked well enough to get it, so for now this will do.)
Tomorrow the movers bring over the writing desk and the entertainment center, and a few other items, but those are the two with the deepest emotional resonance for me. They will also be very useful to us, replacing two inferior pieces of furniture (seriously: one was particleboard shelves) that we had been using and I hadn't bothered replacing because they were working. Pfeh.
And bpal has so far been nice to me. Testing more scents today. I can't decide if I like them, but neither triggered my allergies or the "omigod get it off" reflex (that's rare, but it can be hit), or even the "well this will make a humorous entry" reaction.
Gennivre is citrus mint with a powder cast to it; I get a slightly different scent each time I sniff. I can't decide if I love it or not, but I like it, at least. I must remember it is quite strong at first, though. It tames down nice but when it first went on I thought I wasn't going to get much more testing in because it scented my entire vicinity. I try to test with small amounts so that they are mostly there when I put my nose near my arm, but this one said, "excuse me? you want to ignore ME? I do NOT think so." It's still very there but no longer a cloud about me, but must remember that (not to mention that it soon dies back, else I'll think I've applied enough and be wrong).
Midnight on the Midway is harder; it has a woody smell to it on my skin, more than anything. I assume that's what others who are better sniffers than I have identified as nag champa, "kinda sandalwood and vanilla" although it's mostly the wood on me. At times the vanilla or floral scents rise and once or twice it smelled a bit like patchouli. And a tiny hint of something powdery but not quite baby powder. I'm not sure what to think of it; I don't love it, but I don't dislike it, and it's such an odd scent as far as waffling back and forth that I'm still trying to peg my reaction.
In a bit I'll test a couple more scents. And then I will take my bath and get all of them off me, as smelling like a perfume testing zone, although it is the immediate goal, is not really a great long-term hobby.
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I've seen sugar-free oreos before... but the other day I saw 'organic' ones, which was wrong on too many levels to catalogue.
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BPAL is Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab and / or their perfume oils. They're a perfume company - the blends are really incredible, though subject to skin chemistry stuff. Someone once described them in a thread I saw as the Pokemon of perfume, and they may have a point, but since I started trying them I've found several scents I like and three that I simply adore. (Dragon's Eye, Wicked, and Bliss.)
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Must stop so much as trying the LEs. One of these days one will completely win me over and then I'll join the whimpering hordes chasing rumors of bottles hither, thither, and yon through the internet.
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Tell me I don't need another bottle of Bakeneko, though?
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*glares at airlines/postoffice/world in general*
I had just started setting up space and getting accounting in order to start decanting in two moons. And now I dunno if I can handle it. I'll have to see what the market will bear, for fair sharing of postage, because I canNOT afford to eat anything on it.
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Must keep testing imps.
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He doesn't mind smelling all girly when we're shopping.
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