Spring and Upcoming Stuff

Spring is supposed to be on it's way. What is funny, the past few days, we were in the low 60's and on Saturday, we hit the low 70's. What bummed me out on Saturday was that I had to work until 8pm and I couldn't enjoy the weather. But here I am on St. Patrick's Day with temps in the 30's but do get to enjoy some 70 degree weather on Wednesday. In ways, I really hate this time of year. I never know what the weather is going to be. We might have a day or two of warm weather and then it's a week of cold and crappy weather.

Since the weather is pretty odd, I have taken to having only 4 or 5 full bottles on my nightstand. Partly to see what I can do with finishing full bottles. The only full bottle that is 100ml is Amouage Lyric. The rest are 30ml or 50ml. But I do have a couple travel sprays and a fist full of dabber samples that I want to use up. Yes, I am still on the using things up challange.

I made a pact with myself is that I am not getting anymore full bottles of anything until I finish at least 5 bottles of perfume. I say this after I decided to order a full bottle of the original Lolita Lempicka perfume. The price was a little too good for a 1 ounce bottle. I have a smidgen left of my 50ml bottle. Three years ago, my bottle of Lolita Lempicka had tipped over and I lost most of the perfume and I didn't realize it right away. Some of the reason was that when there was a monster cleaning going on in my bedroom, my aunt was helping me for some reason and she was just carelessly throwing my perfume into a storage tub. I didn't catch that part right away but when I did, I had to bring her up short. Every perfume nerd has quite a few perfumes that cost major money and I had to tell her that I wasn't game for losing bottles of perfume that kind of ran to be $200 and above. In a way, I was happy that the original Lolita Lempicka didn't cost me a lot when I first bought it and it's still inexpensive.

Since finances are still a sore spot, I had to sit down and look at some things. I have Mother's Day and two birthdays coming up in May. With my TBI and ADHD, I do have issues with execuative function. I might have a few weeks to plan gifts, I can't wait until the last minute. If I wait until the last moment, I won't really have the financial means and I run the risk of whatever I get to not arrive in time. My mother's birthday is a week and a half after Mother's Day and my friend's birthday is 3 days before my mother's. This friend and I have a boundry of gifts that will be exchanged are to be no more than $15 to $20. I mostly have my Mother's Day gift ready but have to get going on thinking on her birthday. Worst comes to worst, I have $300 worth of Ulta points that I can use and gwt her a Dolce and Gabanna travel spray set. But I still have the time to come up with ideas. Or wait until Sephora has their spring sale and save 15%.