Love

Having recently (and finally ) squeezed the last pearly drops of Pantene out of my gigantic BJ's bottles that have been in my shower for moooonths, I found myself perusing (which actually means to read closely, did you know that? but not in this case...) the aisles of CVS for a new shampoo. Yes, yes, I know...it's not very chic to buy your cosmetics at CVS but I am a) a teacher (an assistant, at that) b) a grad student c) not all that chic to begin with. So I stumbled upon this:



I don't know what drew my eye to it (maybe the shiny bottle...) but I decided to buy it because I found the scents, Rosemary Juniper and Rosemary Mint, intriguing. Plus, I didn't know what sulfates are, but if they're advertising that there aren't any in it then they must be bad and well, hey, I don't want them anyway!

So I'm in love with these shampoos. Turns out sulfates are rumored to be carcinogens and Lord knows I need less of those in my life. But more importantly (but really probably less importantly), they smell so good and my hair feels so clean now. I'm sure they're full of all kinds of other nasty chemicals, but it smells like you're washing your hair with a delicate herb garden. And no, you don't end up smelling like lamb, in case you were worried (like I was). It's definitely more an emphasis on juniper and mint than on rosemary (who am I kidding? what the hell is juniper?)

Anyway...I highly recommend.

(Sidenote)

Please reference the "Things That I Want" post a few posts down, dated Feb 2009. I just read it and got really depressed because I realized I have accomplished none of those things yet. Sigh. I'm closer than ever, but still poor and insanely busy...and contemplating extending my second license into a second master's. I'm getting close to an iPhone, though...so there's that!

A Fresh Start

How do you like the new look? I figured a fresh start required a fresh template. It's simple, I know, but hopefully the thoughts I jot down here will be SO riveting that a jazzier background would just distract from their amazingness (right...).

Well, I have a lot of work to do, so I'm only going to leave with one thought. Buy these:



Oatmeal Dark Chocolate. And (relatively) healthy (for a dessert). Yum squared. Need I say more?

Wow, remember this blog?

So, it's been over a year since my last post. I'm sure many of you ("you"...as though there are actually any readers out there)have assumed that this blog is dead. But no! Here I am.

I have been inspired to start blogging again by a number of things. A combination of life events and hours spent reading food blogs and blogs of good friends (you know who you are) has reminded me how, despite having a totally directionless, relatively unpopular blog, I miss posting things here. So...stay tuned for some new thoughts, most of which will probably be food related.