I’m not sure if Mum acquired this hand soap and lotion combo as a gift or not, but appeared in our downstairs bathroom this winter and has received some skepticism from yours truly. Now, when you think of hand soap, what sort of scents come to mind? Lavender? Vanilla? Something of a citrus variety? I would think these would be your “go-to scents” in regards to a hand cleansing. Did you ever smell a pine tree and think, “Man, that smells so good, I’d love it if my hands smelled like this all day?” Or perhaps, “Wow, the smell of trees is relaxing, I’d like to bathe in it someday?” I, personally, have smelled pine trees before and not once did I get the urge to rub my body all over said trees.
Don’t get me wrong, evergreen is not a bad smell. I enjoy the smell of a Christmas tree, or fake Christmas tree spray in a can or even a tree-smelling candle. But hand soap? If you think that evergreen is a weird smell for a hand soap, I’m in your camp (a camp surrounded by lovely-smelling trees, no doubt). Am I wrong to think this is weird? When I wash my hands in the downstairs bathroom, I could probably pick a liquid soap out of the shower to use instead… but I guess I don’t hate it enough for that sort of effort. Actually, I wouldn’t say “hate” at all… just weird… and maybe “ill-fitting.” But I will continue to use it since there is so much left, which actually makes me think I’m the only fool using this wacko hand soap. I have yet to use the lotion. Hand soap smell is bad enough, but I’m really not feeling comfortable with that scent really lingering for hours through a lotion. Now that I think of it, I don’t believe I’ve ever even SEEN an evergreen scented hand soap or lotion in any store. Have you? Would you buy it? Would you use it if it was given to you as a gift?
I had a birthday last Saturday and it was a lot better than I planned. Mostly because I had initially planned to do nothing. I was going to let 33 just slide by with maybe the normal joint birthday celebration with my brother whose birthday is the day after mine (but 12 years earlier than my birth). My brother surprised me with a special phone call a few weeks before the big birthday weekend to make some plans. We didn’t do the big celebration together last year since I spent the weekend with my girlfriends at JBP’s former Cape Cod pad instead. I figured he could have the family birthday fun night to himself for that year. Good thing, though, because my brother’s son (my nephew) initiated a strong upheaval amongst the Hull locals that resulted in a parking lot brawl… and my mother trying to defend him with her words. ::Sigh:: Anyway, I was pretty touched that it was important to my brother that I was able to attend the joint celebration this year, but a little nervous that similar shenanigans would resurface. Regardless, it was decided that the family would meet at the local Chinese restaurant/bar for some karaoke, drinks and cupcakes the Friday before our birthdays. I invited NF, AMR, Bykfam and Bykfam’s sister to join me in case I needed to pretend to not know my relations. Thankfully, everyone behaved themselves and such measures were not taken.
Also around that time, I was emailing with HEKD about not wanting to do anything for my birthday. She offered to bring back the “girl dinner” so all the usual attendees could bring a dish to her home and maybe there will be some cake and candles for me. How could I refuse? I do so love a girl dinner. Since I currently do not have a home of my own, the girl dinner has definitely become few and far between. A low-key night with 5 of my closest girlfriends (and HEKD’s coworker who I never met before) was just perfect. I received many thoughtful birthday cards and presents. RB drove all the way east and forced HEKD to purchase basic baking supplies to make my fabulous smiley face cake. So I had family fun karoake night on the 29th (with no parking lot fights) and girl dinner fun night (also no parking lot fights) on the 30th. All in all, it was a nice birthday weekend (with absolutely no parking lot fights to speak of – phew!).
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