Girl Talk Thursday is Mommy Melee’s weekly event, and I really love the thought, so here it comes: my thoughts on the topic of “What would you spend $50 on, guilt free?”!
My first thought was a pair of shoes. I hate nearly every pair of shoes I own, except for my flip-flops, which fortunately I’m able to wear nearly every day now. I need at least one pair of “dressy” shoes. Something with a cute little kitten heel would be awesome. I’d throw them on with a pair of jeans and strut my stuff like a peacock.
Hopefully I could squeeze in an eyebrow threading with that too. At our old place, I went to this beautician where threading was $3, but everyone around here wants like $15 to shape my brows. Ridiculous! Maybe that’s why my eyebrows are wild things that haven’t had any tending to since, oh… last May?
Knowing me, though, if I had $50 FOR MYSELF (as in, I had to spend it on me), I’d buy food. Not pre-made, not at a restaurant, but I’d go into a grocery store and pick up those little indulgent items I usually pass. Organic produce. A nice bottle of balsamic vinegar, not whatever’s on special. A savoury loaf of fresh-baked bread as well as a loaf of sweet cranberry & pumpkin seed, with a sharp cheese to pair with the former and a creamy spreadable cheese for the latter. Maybe some specialty salt. A nice portion of salmon. And I’d probably buy a bottle of that juice that’s in the produce section that costs like $7 apiece, but has all sorts of cool fruit and veggie flavours in it.
Then I’d eat that food while my antsy baby squirmed in my arms. Sigh!
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I totally hear you on food items. Fancy olives! Fancy cheese! Smoked salmon!
you like the threading? I’ve seen it, but never tried.
Mmmm food. Fancy cheese and crusty bread and a bottle of wine.
Yumm. That’s a great way to spend free money.
All that made me hungry!
$3 for threading?! wow! I thought I was getting it cheap for $10
I’m with you on the bottle of juice, I love those things!
Okay. I have a low grooming IQ. What is eyebrow threading?
Your ideas are giving me food lust.
I honestly don’t know of one place in the Salt Lake valley that does eyebrow threading. I’m going to go google now….not that I’d ever venture out to have it done haha.
My tweezers work fine. LOL
I’ve been getting my eyebrows waxed for years…is threading better?
Eyebrow threading is where the beautician twists a piece of thread really tight, holds part of it between her teeth and in her fingers, and uses the tension created to tug out stray hairs… I dunno, I just like it way better than waxing. I mean, I like the ‘heat’ of the wax, but threading is sooo fast. Also, waxing always ends up with me having at least one bloody spot and a horrible red splotchiness around my brows for a day…. threading is a light redness that goes away more quickly. I have sensitive skin though so that may be why waxing is kind of obnoxious to me.