Tuesday, 26 April 2016

The Joys of Moving

At first you get really excited. A new place! We can decorate it the way we want, we can place things the way we want, we can get a new this or that or we can plan this or....

And then reality hits.

We need boxes for packing. Oh crap, now we have to pack. Sigh. What do we not need? We'll pack it right away. We'll just leave the basics we really need out. Crap, now we need more boxes. We have too much stuff, we need to purge! Oh, I know, let's have a yard sale once! Since we're so busy now we'll do it when we've moved so the stuff we want to sell we'll pack together and mark the box that it's for selling. Okay... Now... we need more boxes. Okay... now.... what? We need that thing we packed? We never used it for two years and now we pack it we need it?! Seriously?! Crap, what box is it in? We now have no more room for packed boxes. No, no, we can't block the cube freezer with boxes, what if we need something out of it? Days later: why don't we have this or that for dinner tonight? Soon we'll be eating just sandwiches since we'll have to pack everything. But that entails wading through boxes and climbing over others like a mountain climber and... Oh no! I forgot we need to thaw out the freezer before moving it, and...


Don't you jut love the 70s kitchen? Yeah, that wasn't our choice. The landlord wouldn't renovate or reimburse if we did it. We're moving from a small two bedroom apartment to a house. 

A HOUSE!!!!!! With a yard. A real yard! So now we have plans of a small garden, finding patio furniture and a BBQ and planting flowers... Do you have any idea the cost of patio furniture nowadays?! It's disgusting! I could get a new living room set for that! Or new fridge and stove!

Anyway, we're two days away from being in a new place. All the calls to transfer cable, internet, phone, etc... have been made. I'll be glad when we're there and our biggest problems will be finding which box has certain specific things. I marked them as clearly as I can, but I don't want to make a list on the boxes. And is it just me, or do you get nervous marking some things clearly on a box in case someone moving your stuff decides they'd like to keep it. "Oh, it somehow got lost in the move." No. You're not getting my stuff I scrimped and saved for. 

So at this moment I'm on the phone with the cable/internet company. We had everything set for the 1st, but that's a Sunday and they don't do work on Sundays so I called them. Well, looks like we have no available time for a tech to go set you up.... let me go look see what we can do. We could be without internet for a week or more. That kind of makes me cringe. I can amuse myself doing other things, but I can't even play on the PS3 because I need the internet to save my games (Playstation Plus member here). Well, the 3rd is the earliest they can come hook us up. Sigh. Oh well. 

Well, back to work. More packing to do. I can't wait for all this moving stress to be done with.

Sunday, 24 April 2016

I Love Free Stuff!

Who doesn't, right?

We're all looking for that contest or giveaway or group that gives free trials or gifts. We see the word FREE and our attention is caught. For some of us, we don't even care what it is we're getting free so long as we don't have to pay for it.

Free oil change with every tire alignment!

Okay! I don't have a car, but sure, I'll borrow one or something just to get it free!

And we're not the one who's "free" crazy then we all know someone who is. They're often also the coupon clipper. "Here. A coupon to save $200 off Lasik surgery!" But I don't need Lasik surgery! "Someone will need it and you'll thank me for the coupon!"

My mother would go crazy for sales. "Coffee is on for $2.99/jar!" So you got 30 jars? Will you even use 30 jars? My mother would give some as Christmas gifts to those who drank it. Sigh.

I'm afraid that I've inherited some of that. I don't buy 30 jars of coffee, but I clip coupons and I like free things. Today's economy demands it. I do save coupons on diapers for my daughters who have babies and toddlers. Oh, a coupon on such and such! I don't use it, but my daughter does!

Well, this time I'm the one who got something free. I joined Influenster, where you can leave and find reviews on just about anything and everything! Seriously, give it a try. Every now and then they pick some members to get a VoxBox with an item to try for free and review. There are rules, of course, but it's worth it. Mine was for the new L'Oreal Paris Root Cover Up. I did get it free, but my opinion here is my own and honest.

So yesterday after I showered and my hair dried I took the little spray can into the bathroom and liberally sprayed it on my roots. First off, don't use it liberally. Too much is not a good thing. My hair was tacky and dry, reminiscent of the 80s and all the hairspray we used to get those puffy hairstyles. But it did work. And it covers grey awesomely. It's great for in-between colourings. It was a little too dark for my blonde hair, and when I buy it I'd get the light blonde one, but it still blended fairly well despite that and I got compliments on it.  So definitely would recommend it for temporary coverage until you can dye your hair.

I may be a grandma, but I'm still only in my 40s and I'm not ready to go grey yet. Especially since I've been single for a long time and want to find a nice man.

As you can see, it did a great job. I'm prone to grey hair at the front and it covered it quite well. They recommend spraying it just past the roots to blend it in. I left it to dry a few minutes and then brushed it through. At first I didn't think it covered the dark roots too well, but looking at the photos, myself, I see it didn't do too bad. It's a temporary "fix" until you can colour. Especially if you have some event coming up and you can't get it coloured right away. Spray some on, wait a few minutes, brush it out and go. You can style as usual with it on  as well. 

Walmart.ca has it for $11.86 before shipping and taxes.
Amazon.ca has it for $13.49 to $16.18 before shipping and taxes.
Well.ca and Shoppers Drug Mart.ca  did not have any on their sites yet.

If you're interested in Influenster and joining them here is their link.

Let me know if you've tried the Root Cover Up and what you thought of it!