Tuesday, September 30, 2008

You know what's a pretty bad idea?

online shopping while under the influence of 2 or 3 (can't remember just how many I took) of the prescription medications I got yesterday.

This doesn't mean that I haven't spent the day browsing etsy, I'm just saying it's a pretty dumb thing to do.

My current obsession is soap - I know, what's a dirty hippy doing buying soap? Well, the truth is that I don't think the dirty hippy thing is for me - I gave that whole baking soda shampoo thing a full two weeks and my hair has never looked more disgusting. Sorry, Planet Earth, I guess I'm too vain to save you all by myself.

But I did finally find an earth-friendly shampoo that makes my hair pretty fabulous* - it's this kind of shampoo, but I got strawberry flavor which kind of makes me smell like Strawberry Shortcake**. It's kind of the best shampoo ever. Because I liked the shampoo so much, I bought some soap from that same person - and it smells really good and makes my skin feel really good - plus, it's black and white - who doesn't like zebra-striped soap?

So, in spite of the fact that I'm stocked up on hippy shampoo and hippy soap, I can't stop shopping for it. Because there are so many soap sellers on Etsy, all of it starts to look the same after a while. I was browsing for some charcoal soap, which is supposed to be really good for your skin*** and I came across a bar of soap simply titled "Double-D" from a seller called DirtySanchez - and I sort of had to check it out. And after reading through all of her listings, I'm kind of crushing on the her - how could you not like someone who tags her products with tags like "punch a dear", "hot package", or "describe th ruckus"?

I guess the moral of this post is - I'm on medication and I'm not going to make any sense, go read about these soaps because the soapstress is really funny.


*It's also possible that my hair was just so disgusting from the baking soda that I would instantly fall in love with anything that didn't make my look like a dirty hobo.

** I used to wave my Strawberry Shortcake dolls in my brother's face because he hated the way they smelled. And I wondered why he used to beat me up all the time

*** I figure if it makes barbecued meat that delicious, how could it NOT be good for my skin?