A frugal beauty tip I found in this Wise Bread Forums topic:
1-2 times per week, put 1/4 to 1 cup of olive oil in your hair (depends on how much hair you have and how well-coated you want it). It feels very odd at first, as it soaks up whatever you give it (start slow and you can always add more). Wear a shirt that you can ruin, of course, and you’ll want a disposable shower cap OR I just use a ponytail and then 1-2 plastic grocery bags tied near the nape of my neck.
Leave on for at least 1/2 hour, and you’ll want to do this right before washing your hair. When you shower, shampoo and then use a regular conditioner.
I assume it doesn’t have to be pricey olive oil, or else that would defeat the whole frugal angle.
For the first time ever in my life, I actually bought myself a nice bed. Between the bed frame, the mattress set, and all the new bedding I bought for it, I easily spent upwards of $1,700 (which made me a little queasy at first until I realized my Macbook cost me around that much [...]
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Another one of those theories I have, but not one I’ve bothered to Google yet, because, um, my head hurts too fucking much to do it:
I’ve been a smoker for the majority of my adulthood, except for my pregnancies (for those, I’d quit until after delivery, and within a few months after, would go back [...]
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But until we meet him, the solution to the single person’s isolation may be simple: shut the lid on our laptops, and get over ourselves – you don’t have to do it all on your own. We’ll only find the comfort to our singles’ loneliness by spending time in the physical presence of people we [...]
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As a reminder to myself that I need to pay better attention to the word choices I make:
The problem with excuses, I have recently gotten really clear about, is that the Universe hears them as instructions.
I learned years ago to stop saying things like, “I can’t afford it” or “I don’t have time” to requests [...]
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I’ve still got eight more years until I’m old enough to join the AARP, but knowing I’m becoming a grandmother this year has already started to impact my view of myself and caused me to think about ways I can ease into that new role gracefully, but without losing my vibrancy or attractiveness as a [...]
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Finally got the word that I’m approved for the new apartment (not that I was worried about the approval, just annoyed at having to wait so long to have them confirm it).
It will be a nice expansion: from 809 sq ft to 1,117 sq ft; from one bedroom/one bath to two bedrooms/two baths; and a [...]
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So I went to the doctor today. This means I’m really sick, because getting me inside a doctor’s office for anything other than my annual gyno exam is next to impossible. And being really sick means:
I haven’t bathed in days, so I stink;
I haven’t washed my hair in days, so it’s oily, and sticking to [...]
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This is the second time in as many weeks that I’ve run a fever after having been out in public for an extended period of time. Maybe I’m not meant to be around people.
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I came across this and immediately sent it to my friend Julie; it’s totally us!!
Miranda: Maybe it’s time that I stop being so angry.
Carrie: Yeah, but what would you do with all your free time?
Sex and the City really was such a great show, I need to remember to add The Complete Series on [...]
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