A Saturday post, never published.
Without much introduction, here we go! Six things that are on my mind today (Saturday).
Teacher gifts. Today the kids and I went to Bath and Body Works and purchased gifts for four teachers and one teacher assistant: 5 soaps and 5 small tubes of hand cream. We will then place one bottle of soap and one tube of hand cream into a small bag, tie it with a twine or ribbon, and include a note from the kids. T suggested that we include a Dunkin or a Target gift card, too – a good idea. L’s aftercare has five staff members that all work together so they will receive a big box of Cheryl’s Cookies. The cookies are individually wrapped and the box contains 36 cookies so it about 7 each. They can do the division themselves 🙂
Health. Ugh, this morning T and were were like “UGH, I can’t breathe.” Everybody in our household is congested, has a cough or both (me and T). I continue to feel “off” with a general feeling of malaise. I hope we are better by next week – we are hosting Thanksgiving for the four of us and two of our close friends.
Black Friday shopping. No spontaneous, “oh this is so cute!” shopping will happen here (at least on my part). The stuff I like is in the cart(s) and I need to see if it will be discounted on Black Friday. If yes- great. If not – oh well. What I have in my cart are mainly gifts: for L, R, and T. I will be keeping my eye on Nordstrom, Etsy, and Amazon throughout the day but I probably won’t end up buying anything.
Christmas tree. T has been sent a Christmas tree and asked to give his honest review. So he did, and now we have an artificial, undecorated, but pre-lit Christmas tree in our living room! We usually go with a real one but why not try something new this year? No needles to clean up and it was free.
Hair. Olaplex, turns out, is worth it. I talked about how I had a mini heart attack when I paid $90 for two bottles of product. I have been using it once per week for about a month and I noticed a couple of things: new hair growth and my hair being very shiny. My hair is naturally straight, thin, with grays, not colored or processed so there is not much damage to fix. But, I’ll take shiny!
Nature. This tree just POPPED and it is so bright and beautiful! I keep looking at it in our yard. So pretty. Ahhh, little things in life.
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