My Self-Control Is Nil to None

[masterofmidgets]

I am beginning to believe that the piped-in music they have at Trader Joe's is secretly transmitting subliminal mind control messages intended to make you spend obscene amounts of money. It is so hard to resist! Take today - I went shopping this after with the goal of buying bobby pins (so I can stop roommate's), purple hair dye (doing that again this weekend or next), and apple cider vinegar (experimenting with a vinegar rinse on my hair). I came home with:

• a 42-pack of small terrycloth hair ties. They are too small to use as ponytail holders (I don't think I could get a third of my hair into them!), but I have a lot of taper, so they should be fine for tying off my braids, and gentler on my hair than the ones I have. Also they are bright cheerful colors!
• 3 large claw clips. I bought these before I realized I don't actually know what to do with them. I FAIL GUYS. Any tips?
• ridge cut red bliss potato chips (with olive oil!). All natural chips are SO MUCH BETTER than Lays. It was a difficult choice between these and the popped potato chips, which I've had before and are delicious, but I was swayed by the temptation of eating communist chips.
• old-fashioned salted blister peanuts. OM NOM NOM. I love peanuts, enough to ignore an (extremely mild and usually only when they come in candy bar form) peanut allergy, because OMG SO GOOD. These remind me of the tins of Virginia peanuts my grandpa Jenkins gets sometimes.
• Refresh Citrus conditioner. Silicone free, full of essential oils and natural ingredients, cruelty free, and IT SMELLS SO GOOD. I'll see next wash if my hair likes it - it's a little more expensive than Suave, but not unreasonably so, so if works well and I can make a bottle last more than a week might switch over. We'll see, yeah?
• tangerine juice. Mmmmmm. I've never had before, and it's great - similar to orange juice, of course, but without the flat, kind of bitter aftertaste that makes me really dislike orange juice. Just nice and crisp and tart and light. I wish I'd bought more than just a single drink bottle.

And the vinegar, hair dye, and bobby pins, of course. I think I will have to abstain on any more shopping trips for a few weeks so my bank account can recover.
Also, on second thought, I probably won't be able to dye my hair tonight. That would be because our sink is nigh-on inaccessible. And that would be because there is a GIANT-ASS COUCH IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR ROOM. Roommate was supposed to get exchange student a sleeping bag last night, since she didn't bring one with her, but roommate failed to do this. We didn't want to make exchange student sleep on the floor or whatever, so. We went down to the lounge and stole a sofa. OH THE DRAMA.

Comments

[heavenly-rain.livejournal.com]

Giant claw clips are useful!

You can just put your hair up without the bother of hair ties... also if you're straightening or ironing your hair they're helpful too :P