While I am still working on my bucket list for summer with my family, I also have started realizing that there are some things that have made this summer pretty nice and while it is still one million degrees out there I thought I would share in case you wanted to give any of them a whirl (or share your own bucket “stuff”).
Summer Musts
I have rediscovered tictacs. Somewhere my Mother is laughing. When I was a kid I was OBSESSED with orange tic tacs. She once dated a very nice guy and honestly I do not remember much about him except that he played the harmonica and he brought me tic tacs. Smart guy.
I saw these JUMBO orange tic tacs a few weeks ago and, as we do, impulse purchased them at checkout. But the jumbo-ness of them didn’t sit well with me. The flavor wasn’t what I remembered. I realized that I couldn’t go back and reclaim it if things had changed so much. Then I saw that there was a new flavor – a flavor that I dig – green apple.
Now I have tried green apple gum before and it has been a disaster as the gum was actually a mint gum with a hint of green apple. WTF?! No. Not acceptable. So with trepidation I decided to give the green apple tic tacs a try. I am in love.
Butterscotch is my autumn. Peppermint is my winter. And now green apple is my summer. (no idea what spring is)
Corn. Watermelon. Whatever. I thought floss picks were for old ladies. These have turned me into a competitive tooth brusher. Not even kidding. I brush and then use a pick and feel SO triumphant if things turn up clean. More often than not I missed stuff. There is NO WAY you can get it all. And I am a horrible flosser the traditional way. (Horrible meaning I owned floss, I never used it.) This I can do.
So now that I got the flossing over-share out of the way…tweezing. Yup. The light is better than your bathroom and the rearview mirror or the vanity mirror in your sun visor will become your new best friend. Be prepared to freak out at first inspection. I keep a pair of tweezers in the car. (And some of my closest friends do as well)
Many months ago Mother asked me to pick her up a specific kind of face powder at target. That brand was next to the super-duper on sale bucket so I took a glance and found this Revlon foundation. I used to wear bare minerals but once my jar (that lasted forever) was empty I never purchased anymore. On a whim I scooped up the Revlon and decided to give it a try. It is awesome.
I am someone who has panic attacks in the heat so I often opt to not wear makeup if I know I am going to sweat. I keep this in my purse, blot my face with a paper towel, and then brush this on. It has a york peppermint patty thing going on. I do not know how – but it cools my face down. It is super light – I can cover my entire face or just parts where I am red or broken out.
Finally
The last thing on my bucket list for the summer was to call the clinic and find out WHAT NEXT. I have a phone appointment scheduled with my RE for the week after BlogHer.
Ok – now it’s your turn!
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Mmm… candy! Will have to keep an eye our for the green apple tic tacs. I know how to make candy infused vodka that tastes EXACTLY like all of your favorite flavors. Orange Tic Tac, Werther’s Butterscotch, Green Apple Jolly Rancher, Candy Cane. I’d bring them to the next PSMM event, but it might have to be a sleepover! Oh, and I keep tweezers in my car too. Happy summer! -Sarah
This was a fun post!! I have discovered spray on sunscreen. I may never buy a bottle of the liquid stuff again! LOL!!
I love the green apple Tic Tacs! Have you tried the Fruit Adventure ones? Oh! My! Goodness! They are delicious!
Also, I keep tweezers in my purse for that very reason.
Count me in as another floss picker. I was never able to manhandle the string around properly and it all seemed So. Much. Effort. Floss picks I can do.
Spray on sunscreen is pretty awesome too. And those mosquito repellant fan things, although I still do get some bites sometimes, so I’m not entirely convinced on those.
Good for you for calling the RE. Yay for planning!
Like Annie, I have also discovered spray sunscreen..I love it! No greasy gross hands!
I am also thrilled to know I’m not the only person sitting in the car plucking away. There are times when I will drive my parents around just so I can sit in the car and tweeze while they’re inside a store shopping.
BAH!! Competitive tooth brusher. That cracked me up.
I too keep tweezers in my car (I think I got that idea from JJ).
This summer, I have learned of Lemon Shandy and Summer Shandy beer(s?) (different but similar). They are so refreshing and not so “beery”.
I also discovered shimmery turquoise nail polish. I love it on my toes!
Peaches! And cherries! And all the other summer fruit! And homemade ice cream (which we still need to do).
Arbonne. One of my best friends started selling it and has been pushing, pushing, pushing. When she and I got together for coffee last Saturday, she sent home her bag of goodies for me to try out for a week. OMG. My skin is visibly better after just a few days of using it.
Cosmos. I had my first last Friday night when my sister and I were at the movies, and it was amazingly good.
Shimmery fuchsia nail polish on my toes. I’m in love.
As a teacher, I have a lot of time in the summer so this summer has been a bread making summer. I have a yummy yeast roll recipe that I make with homemade whipped honey butter. It’s YUMMY!! It seems like each summer I am a cooking/baking machine. It’s fun.
I too am a car tweezer. Best light for getting those baby fine hairs….
I just had to stop and buy tweezers last week after seeing myself in the rearview mirror…ack!
I’m not sure I am discovering much this summer beyond an increased tolerance for 100+ heat.
It’s annoying to get something you remember and liked from childhood to find it doesn’t taste like you remember. My big one was chewable baby aspirin which I used to love the taste of.
I also keep threatening to bring tweezers to work as the light in the bathroom is both amazing and frightening. I always find strays I’ve missed at home. My summer so far mostly consists of work. Looking forward to cutting back on the overtime.
I keep tweezers and a hand mirror in my purse so I can tweeze anywhere the light is good. I thought I was the only car-tweezer out there!
Glad to know I have the same obsessions, esp. the pick/floss and the tweezers in the car. I’m not alone!
Love this! (and I think the body shop’s pink grapefruit body wash is my summer).
Shared some of my bucket list today: http://www.themaybebaby.com/2012/07/bucket-list-for-summer-tech-edition.html.
This whole car tweezer thing….hmmm….I’m not a big fan of hygiene in the car. But maybe I don’t spend as much time in the car as others. the shimmery toe polish, now that’s something I could seriously get into.
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