The Weather Outside is Fightfull...Sort Of

Supposedly we are in the midst of some winter storm weather. For once, it looks like the only time I have to be at work is 4pm on Saturday or out of the house in general. I've already been to the grocery store to make sure that I had some milk, bread and one or two other things.

With winter storms it's always the same old song and dance type of thing. Make sure that the house it cleaned up. That cleaning means that vacuuming was done, dishes are done and 90% of the laundry has been done. But I do have to remember that I live in the snow belt of Ohio. It could be a couple inches or a foot of snow. I just wanted to make sure that many things are in order if I lose electricity. The less dirt I have to look at, the better when the electricity goes out.

If I do lose electricity, I have plenty of candles to get me through at least a couple weeks. I still have a Leather and Brandy candle going and the next two candles that I have picked out are Vanilla Bean Noel (three wick and single wick). If I lose electricity and use those candles that I picked out already, I have no idea on what candle that I will use up next. I really do want to start using my candles but when family members have complained, I guess most of my candle burning will have to wait until spring. You know, when the weather warms up and stays warm.

In terms of perfume, I was doing some cleaning and found that my full bottle of Lolita Lempicka was on it's side and most of the perfume was gone. There was only a smidge of it left. So the bottle was thrown in the trash and it was a shame since the bottle is cute. The only saving grace at this point is that the original Lolita Lempicka is cheap enough but I am not exactly sure if I want to go replacing it. If the top make it easy for the perfume to either evaporate too quickly or spill out if it gets tipped on it's side, I am a little reluctant to go replacing it. Maybe way down the road, I might consider it but I am trying to keep my perfume resolution here.
 

Gearing Up for Another Storm

 Right now, it looks like another winter storm is headed my way and naturally, I am going to be working. Well, I only have to work one of those days but it still sucks. When I go into work tomorrow, I will be dealing with tons of people panic buying groceries. I live in Ohio and this kind of stuff is nothing new. It rains and it snows here. What I am doing and going to be doing is trying to get stuff down around the house and really keep on it. Who knows if I will lose electricity and I don't want a sink full of dirty dishes from the night before and with no way to wash them and I have to remember that tonight I need to take the garbage to the curb. The less I have hanging over my head, the happier I will be. All I know that is I am fully stocked on candles and if the power goes out, I will have something in the way of light and the fireplace for heat. Candles don't give off a lot of heat even if you burn 10 at once. I'm hoping that things won't be too bad. I don't want to go through 2020's snow storm fiasco again. Days of no electricity and running waster was horrible.

I finally bit the bullet and cancelled my Barkbox add on. What Jake and Sydney had was a double Barkbox and since Jake is gone, Sydney doesn't need 4 new toys every month and 4 bags of treats. So she is just getting a regular Barkbox now. It's still so strange not having Jake around and how many adjustments that still need to be made to not having him here. Today is the day that I had put away Jake's bedding that was in my room and I have started to adjust to not having Jake snoozing on my bed at night. I still say goodnight though.

For the past couple months, I have been wearing no 5 and craving it at all times. Other favorites seem to annoy me at the moment but I am starting to crave Tobacco Vanille more and more and starting to hanker for Lost Cherry. I have travel sprays of both and I am debating on when the Sephora spring sale comes, do I want to go down the Lost Cherry or the Tobacco Vanille full bottle route? I have enough no 5 to last me for the next 10 years. It's funny on how I've never paid a whole lot of attention to Tom Ford offerings. Maybe his prices are even more outrageous than Amouage's prices. We shall see what the future brings between now and April.

Valentine's Day and Amouage Lyric

 

Valentine's Day is winding down and there is another winter storm coming. Valentine's Day isn't a very interesting holiday to me. Probably because after the 5th grade, there were no school parties that were held and the joy of the whole day ebbed away. So Valentine's Day is just another day.

So there is another winter storm bearing down on my neck of the woods and I have most of what needs to be done finished up. I did say earlier that I have 3 weeks worth of which candles I want to use. It's now up to 14 weeks and I usually go through a candle a week. Now I am just hoping that the power doesn't go out and if it does, doesn't stay out for long. I am not game for spending 2 or 3 days without electricity.

While writing this, I am awash in Amouge Lyric for women. I haven't been too keen on trying the new Amouage offerings. After I tried Lilac Love and another more recent Amouage, I couldn't bring myself to try anything new with Amouage. But Lyric was one of the first, if not the first great perfume love when I was falling down the rabbit hole and wanted a bottle for the longest time and finally got one about 5 or 6 years ago. I had initially purchased a 1.7 ounce bottle but the company that I ordered from ran out of the 1.7 ounce bottle but offered me a 3.4 ounce bottle for the same price that I paid for the 1.7 ounce bottle. I have taken to wearing Lyric a little more often that I have in the past year. With the travel set, full bottle and body stuff, it's easier to do. It's a perfume that I wouldn't wear to work but I wouldn't wear any of the Amouages that I have to work. I don't want to ruin Lyric with work.

Very Impatient for Spring

 It's the end of January and I am very sick of winter. I am getting sick of the cold, the snow, long sleeved shirts and hoodies. Dry skin, the snow storms are getting incredibly old and fast. There is another storm front moving in but it doesn't exactly look like it will be as bad as the previous storm but I can never be sure about how accurate the forecast is going to be. I am mainly hoping that I don't lose electricity. Yeah, I have a ton of candles but don't exactly want to go through them all in one sitting. Speaking of candles and being sick of winter, I want to be able to open my windows and have a candle going for longer than a couple hours.

When I was at work, I smelled Coco Mademoiselle on someone today. Quite frankly, it was a welcome scent since I have been smelling so many perfumes on people that just plain don't smell good. This made me wonder about my relationship with Coco Mademoiselle. When it first came out, I was one of many that owned a bottle and wore the snot out of it like everyone else. Then, I started to hate it and hated Mademoiselle for the longest time. I think it's because everyone else wore it and doused themselves in it. Then things slowly changed. Women didn't seem to wear Mademoiselle too often and if they did, the mass quantities of it wasn't as prevalent as it once was. I am happy about the fact that Mademoiselle isn't as worn so widely as it once was.

Spring Like

In Cleveland, we are getting a blast of spring like weather. It's more than warm enough outside and I have the windows open. Hey, I've got to let the stale winter air out of the house somehow and doing some kind of spring cleaning around my wacky work schedule. Some of the crocuses that I have are blooming but I am really waiting for is the hyacinth and lilac bushes to start blooming.

But thongs have changed. Hoodies and sweaters have given way to short sleeved shirts. I wouldn't say that it is tank top weather, it's not even close. Short sleeve t-shirts feel very strange right now after going through months or wearing long sleeves. Even three quarter legnth sleeves feel strange.But looking around and seeing if Gap and a couple other places to see if there might be something that would perk up my wardrobe. But it looks like there is not. It must be because of the fact that we are between seasons.

This time of year is more of a transition period from winter to spring. So perfume choices are goofy and I am looking at my collection to see what exactly would fit. I've been wearing a lot of Theorema, vintage Bal and no 19. Sometimes I would add Jicky into the lineup but not quite often enough. I do wear my Amouages no matter what the weather but I'm careful with them in heat. The tiniest little bit usually does it but I am not in the mood to apply an Amouge today