Call me a hypocrite

I know, I know, yesterday I said Suave shampoo was CRAP. But guess what. I still love their body lotion.

Via FreeSamples4All I received a small bottle of Suave's new violet and sweet pea lotion and I immediately took the accompanying coupon and bought a vat of it.

Can you imagine? VIOLET AND SWEET PEA TOGETHER FOREVER! What a winning fragrance combination. It's subtle, and I love how the very common sweet pea scent is mixed with the violet for a little ooomph.

Now I'm off to try cross-breeding real-live plants so I can come up with my own delicious smells to rub on my skin.

Keep an eye out for my new shampoo commercial.

Over the last couple of months I've been visiting a website that rounds up freebies available to the public. FreeSamples4All is legit and I've received some great products that I now use regularly.

All these years I didn't realize how CRAP Suave shampoo really is. I've never been picky with my hair care, and I have always purchased the least expensive shampoo/conditioner available that seemed to offer good results. With Suave I was eventually able to stretch my shampooing to every-other-day, but no longer.

Then I got a free sample of John Freida's Root Awakening line. And I didn't have to wash my hair for THREE DAYS. With all that free time I could have done something really productive! But I didn't. I just walked around feeling my hair and admiring how clean it still felt without washing for half a week. I figured that by spending a little more on a product I use less frequently, I come out even when it comes to cost. So I caved and bought it. I love it.

Everybody, Everywear: Colored Pants

Do khaki pants count as colored pants? I mean, they're not the usual jeans I'd wear on a chilly day, so that's the point, right? This month's challenge over at Everybody, Everywear was colored pants. Lots of bloggers went all out and actually dyed a pair of pants, but since I forgot to care that much, I just pulled these cords out of the bottom of my pants pile.

Speaking of piles of clothes, I started a little wardrobe challenge for myself a few days ago. Instead of staring at my closet and then pulling out something at random, I'm forcing myself to go down the line of tops I have in order to see what I want to keep. I have so many tees, button ups, blouses etc and I fail to rotate them through my wardrobe enough to warrant keeping all of them. So... I just pull out a top and create an outfit around it. If nothing works, then the top will go away.

Yea! It's fun. You should try it.

Oh and yes, that is Aspen locked behind a gate watching Baby Signing Time from the hallway. She refused to let me open the gate and invite her into the living room. And she refused to put on pants at all, let alone colored ones.