Stuff

Mission
I have a mission, I think.
I own a lot of wonderful skirts, and a few wonderful dresses, and some nice slacks, and after two recent shopping sprees, I have a bunch of nice shirts too. But I'm still most comfortable in jeans and a t-shirt. Which, come January when I will be (hopefully!) employed, may not fly. So I think I need to get used to wearing dressier clothes on a more regular basis.
So I'm considering wearing nice clothes on weekdays for the first two weeks of school. It'll be quite a challenge, but it could be worthwhile. Jeans would only be allowed if they were nice jeans, worn with a nice top.

Packing
I take a RIDICULOUS amount of time to pack. I love doing it, and it's a good way for me to destress. I have two separate packing lists, one exhaustive and one more spontaneous. I have several boxes and bins and bags for packing in, and methodical ways of organizing everything. Last night, I spent about two hours watching a movie and deciding what to put into eight tins I bought. (The final selections: permanent markers, hard candy, Q-tips, band-aids, ponytail holders, nail polish, pencils, and cough drops.) Whether to put my glass cleaner in the trash can or the recycling bin for transportation is a big decision. I have set aside Monday and Tuesday for me to pack and get organized, and I expect to use most of that time.

Archibald
A few weeks ago, I made a penguin out of blue, green, and silver polymer clay. He's adorable. His name is Archibald.

Magazines
Northwest Airlines sent me a thingie where I had to choose magazines to subscribe to, using my frequent flyer miles. Otherwise, they'd just vanish without so much as a "poof." So I subscribed to about eight magazines. And then I was buying something on Amazon, and just needed to spend five dollars to save seven dollars on shipping, so I subscribed to another magazine (for $5!). And when my first issue arrived, I remembered how much I enjoy magazine subscriptions. I had at least one throughout almost my entire childhood, and I'd missed that. Magazines are fun. They're even more fun when they're "free."

Scissors
I always used to sharpen scissors by folding a square of aluminum foil in quarters and snipping it to pieces with the dull scissors. But I read in Real Simple ($5 subscription!) that you can sharpen scissors by cutting through sand paper a few times. So I'm torn. I only have one pair of scissors, but now I wish I had two dull pairs so I could do a comparison testing.

Deodorant
I've started using it at night because Consumer Reports said it works better that way, and it does seem too. I'm still somewhat chicken about it, and I put on a little in the morning too, but it does seem to absorb better overnight than during the day. Try it.

Commercial
I saw a commercial today that used a new coinage and defined it in a really... un-subtle way. I wonder if it'll ever stick. I doubt it. The word is rockstare, and it's that look you get when you're dressed like a rock star. And apparently K-Mart's clothes are rockstare-inducing.

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