Friday Finds & Check-ins, Volume #727

Haul: Not much. I hunted down and purchased an old Dior quint that was a LE release from holiday 2018. It includes a deep brown shade that I suspect will be my perfect neutral brown but it hasn’t arrived yet. I also picked up the Keranique hair care system to see if I can slow the rate of hair loss that I am experiencing. I used 5 bottles of Vegamour without seeing any change. I am trying not to go on Minoxidil but may have to resort to it if I want to have any hair left by this time next year. Still debating between the Tom Ford holiday release and the Chanel. Awaiting reviews here on the blog.

Weekend plans: I have a young man coming to do some work on my house. He had painted it in July and when painting had removed some damaged Hardy Board which is a cement board that is used in construction in forested areas as it resists burning. Anyway, he had planned to come back and replace them and then got busy and I think just forgot about it. He was suppose to start working on my front porch and my back deck but over-extended himself so that won’t get done until spring. I contacted him recently to tell him that it needed to be finished before we are too far into winter as it will damage the inside wall and my brand new, expensive flooring. He told me he would be here this weekend to do it but so far haven’t seen him.

Halloween: Needless to say, living out in the woods does not lend itself to celebrating or even decorating for Halloween. The few neighbors that I have are either already gone for winter, are leaving imminently or are grandparents and don’t have children to worry about the holiday. We don’t even have enough local businesses to have a community “main” street Halloween celebration. We have two gas stations, one little grocery, three bars, a motel and about 6 churches. I am sure the little elementary school will do something but I am not aware what exactly. I do sort of miss seeing all the little kids dressed up in the costumes. It was my favorite part of the holiday when I lived in the city. They were always so adorable. I loved getting Aislinn dressed up and taking her out in our neighborhood in Sacramento. We would also take her to my parents mobile home park where she knew everyone and I can remember her very first Halloween where she was dressed as Barney. She was just walking well enough to not have to carry her around. Because she knew everyone, when they would open the door, she would say the usual, “Trick or treat,” but she was already in their houses and headed to the candy bowl. Hard to believe that she is old enough now to celebrate Halloween by going with a group of friends to a corn maze, drinking apple cider alcoholic drinks and generally just having fun. She also went to Disneyland for their dress up day about two weeks ago where she and her group of friends all dressed up as their favorite Disney princess.