Tis' the Season

The post-holiday season is a great time to shop because of all the sales. And these past few weeks have been particularly great for me to shop because I'm on winter break. Therefore, I thought I'd post about my current product obsessions, sort of Oprah-style. Yes, it's vapid, but I really need to give my brain a rest.

Current Obsessions:

1. My new Dove Fresh Original Solid deoderant. I've been on a deoderant quest for the past few years, ever since I realized that Old Spice makes a man's deoderant that's perfect because it's both clear and in stick form, versus that normal clear goo that you ooze out in clicks. This means you get the invisiility of a gel without having to let the deoderant dry on your underarms dry for like two hours (any girl who's used gel deoderant knows what I'm talking about). I did find a girl's deoderant that's clear and in stick form, but it sucked. It did nothing form me and by the end of a hot day I would stink. I gave up on the clear gelstick and, last time I was at the store, decided to just grab something. The Dove that I bought on a whim isn't clear, but it is the softest, best-smelling deoderant ever; it smells like clean clothes and jasmine. I even wore it without any perfume one day and more than once I was complimented and told that I smelled really nice.

2. Amazing Grace products. This is an old obsession. I usually wear this fragrance in the summer bc it's really light, but the eighty degree weather prompted me to bring it back. I love all of the products - the perfume, the body wash, the lotion.

3. Epicurious.com. This isn't really a product but it's awesome. They have tons of recipes and one of the best websites I've ever used in terms of the way they have their searches and stuff set up. My only complaint is that the collection of Indian recipes is small and repetitive.

4. The Chi hair-straightening iron. Ever since Erin - whose opinion I take as gold - told me about how the Chi changed her life, I've been coveting it. And now I can say without any hesitation that it is worth every penny. It literally cuts the time it takes to straighten your hair in half, and afterwards your hair is all soft and smooth. Seriously, so far worth every penny. And FYI, they just started selling it at Bed Bath & Beyond, so you can use those 20% coupons they're always mailing out to save a bunch of money on it.

5. Scarves. Tons of 'em. The warms ones are on hold since, you know, it's eighty degrees out, but I'm confident that we'll soon make it down to a brisk 65 degrees and I can break them out again. And they're all on sale for like $5.

6. Fable: the Lost Chapters. Omg I can't get enough of this game. "Look, it's the chicken chaser!". This new version has all sorts of added content, some of which is hysterical (read: sex with an old prostitute) but most of which are expansions on the overall storyline. This is probably my favorite game for the Xbox so far (please don't kill me Bungie) so I did a little dance when the expanded version came out.

7. Francesca's. I'm always telling people about this store because I can't get enough of it. It's the best place I've found to get fun, interesting, boutique-style clothes without giving up the financial equivalent of your firstborn child. They always have great, unique clothes and good sales where stuff goes 50% off. Last week I got this awesome blue flowy skirt on sale for $12, and a geisha-sytle dress (similar to one I saw at Banana Republic for like $80) for only $22. Both items were on sale but I still think that's pretty good. They also have TONS of jewellry in all styles and lotsof random fun stuff like purses, photo albums, lip gloss, etc. Their website is new and has almost no stuff on it, but I think it does list their locations.

8. LipFusion. I have no idea if this product really works, but my mind thinks it does. I get all happy everytime I put it on, which is totally lame because probably it doesn't make any difference.

9. White Barn Candle Co.'s Spiced Cider Candles. Someone gave this to us as a gift and I burn it every night. I realized that it smells just like my mother-in-law's kitchen so it also makes me feel all nice and home-y.

10. White Barn's filled candles in Fresh Baked Cookie Scent. This needs no description. It's exactlt what you imagine, but even more wonderful. This line from White Barn has a bunch of yummy food-scents like Marble Cake, Fresh Apple Pie, and Hot Mocha. All of the White Barn products are available at Bath & Body Works.

11. Last but not least, Madonna's Latest. I don't usually like dance music because it's repetitive and pointless, full of obnoxious sound effects and girls with baby-voices. Dance music by Madonna, however, is different. I love love love this album.