I can be stubborn.
And while I'm a financially conservative person, I'm not a cheap person. I believe that you get what you pay for, and there aren't too many things in my life I want cheap versions of. I read a great little quote a while back about how poor people can't afford cheap things (I'm unable to find the original quote - let me know if you know the source), and that's quite true. You can't buy something eight times if you have a limited amount of money. You need to buy the right one one time. I really apply that to everything. If I can't afford the nicest thing in a particular category - I don't buy that thing. I wait until I can.
But I've been having a little war with myself over something really stupid.
Deodorant.
I like a particular kind of soft solid deodorant. It's completely unscented and made for sensitive skin. I buy this kind maybe six at a time - one for my suitcase and a few for the house. Because it's a soft solid, it doesn't last as long as the regular solid, which is what started the war. I hate the regular solid in the same brand. I just hate it. And it's not truly unscented, which makes me stabby. The whole POINT of deodorant is that you don't want a smell in your armpits. I certainly don't need them to smell like jasmine or surf or whatever the heck these weirdos at deodorant companies come up with at the water cooler.
But my Instacart driver brought the solid by accident once. And when I got down to my last of the semi solid I glared at this wretched thing and decided I should use it instead of just throwing it away. Every day I curse at this thing under my breath as I grudgingly put it on. It's awful. But I can't make myself throw it away, even though it's just a few dollars.
The worst part is - it's lasting at LEAST ten times as long as my preferred one, and I'm not even halfway through with it.
Such a dumb war, but it is what it is. We are our own worst, bullheaded enemies sometimes. Or at least I am.
So check back with me in ten years to see if that darn thing has been used up.
In the meantime, how about a simple, vintagey Christmas card?
I'm one of those people who love the look of vintage cards, but struggle with them because I like clean, white space. But every now and then I can get into a vintage groove.
Black is underused in papercrafting in my opinion. It adds so much gravity to cards - I love it.
I decided to start this card with black cardstock, that I embossed with
a gorgeous 3D embossing folder in my
Gemini Jr. I love deep etched embossing. This folder has so much texture, I thought I'd bring that out with my
gold metallic ink. I just put some on a dry baby wipe (I leave one container of baby wipes open so I have a little package of dry, reusable towels - they last a million times longer than paper towels) and rubbed it gently across the raised design. It gave it a very cool, aged look.
Then I just die cut the
Happy Holidays sentiment with
no-shed silver glitter paper and glued it down.
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So what stupid battle are you having with yourself right now? I'd love to hear the story in the comments!
By the way - I made
these carrots this week and they're divine. My friend Lisa Stein pointed me to this winner of a recipe.
Loveyameanitbye.
