Early morning shopping

I woke up after an unpleasant night at 6, and I've been browsing amazon.co.uk for an hour now. Against my better judgment I decided to take a chance on a bra that seems very interesting. I like the Princesse tam tam mini wire bras but their biggest size, 36D is still somewhat tight in the cups for me. I was delighted to notice that the Topaze Half Cup Bra comes in a 36E.


It should fit me fine, and if the wires are not too long it might actually be comfortable. I'll let you know as soon as my bra arrives!

My Plush Folly order arrived!

I woke up late today, and after spending a few moments in the internet I heard the doorbell ring. I was surprised to receive my Plush Folly learning kit - they didn't send any notification that it had been sent. Luckily I was at home, otherwise I would have gotten the package only a week from now since I'm going to Helsinki for the rest of the week. 

Here are the contents: different waters, oils, essential oils, waxes. I have an internet exam I need to prepare for this evening so I can't really start to examine everything I got - I'll do that when the exam is over at 8pm. 

Going to bed hungry

Today I spent at home, feeling listless. I'm finally getting somewhat over my two-week flu, and I managed to feel like I accomplished something in the morning (washed two loads of laundry and folded some clean clothes). Things went downhill from there - I made a huge to do -list that contained study, blogging and cleaning related items but I haven't managed to complete any of the items on the list. Makes me feel like the minimalists are correct: if you prioritize you will get at least something done...

I played some dominion, took a nap, read some pages of the Idle Parent (a book I intend to review for my baby blog), and joined a free Finnish weight loss site, kiloklubi. I have a history of dieting and since I regained all the weight I lost on that diet I'm wary of diets. On the other hand I weigh more than I'd like to. A couple of years ago when I weighed 72 kg I felt content with my weight and it was no trouble to maintain. (I only gained weight because of an ill-fitting medication that made me constantly hungry.)

As I lie here on my bed I'm conscious of a slight emptiness in my stomach. I listed what I ate today, and if I managed to estimate the amounts of cheese and butter I ate today correctly I should be on my way to losing weight. I tell myself I haven't done anything today but I did make myself a salad! For me that is an accomplishment since I rarely prepare any food.

Kiloklubi itself seems conflicted about the efficacy of diets, just as I am: their articles talk about permanent lifestyle changes, whereas their weight calculator informed me that I could be in my dream weight within 27 weeks if only I create a deficit of 600 calories daily! This is clearly an issue I need to ponder a bit.

My experience with Pepsi gives me hope: making changes is possible, and sometimes a lot easier than we imagine. I haven't been craving Pepsi almost at all, and I feel like it will be just fine going on like this. Frankly I'm amazed. I have really been addicted since I was 17. What changes am I willing to make to lose weight and keep it off? I'm thinking now that I won't buy candy in the next weeks. I'll see how it makes me feel. Another option is to allow myself one piece of candy per day: that would maximize the enjoyment per piece, at least, although it might feel very frustrating... Another thing I feel it would be beneficial to focus on would be cooking (and regular mealtimes overall). Going outside for a short walk every day, yet another. I'll add these new habits one by one and give myself enough time to feel secure with the changes. I don't really need to lose weight because of my health (it might give a boost in fertility, however) so for sure I am not going to harm it by dieting.

iHerb order - the first in a while

Yesterday I remembered that once I shared my iHerb referral code on the internet and checked to see if anyone had gotten their $5 discount through it (and given me a small commission). I was happy to notice that I had $26 to spend on something from their site!

Since I've been feeling really tired lately and have had some skin problems I decided to get some B group vitamins. I'm trying both New Chapter Coenzyme B Food Complex (a brand I'm impressed by) and Garden of Life Raw B-Complex, and I'll tell you how I feel about them after I've had a chance to try them. Both are on the expensive end of vitamins, but I want to feel like I'm getting the best out there. If I notice no change in how I feel I might go back to a cheaper brand.

Since I've been wanting to buy an ecotools concealer brush I also got one, and a retractable kabuki. The prices at iHerb differ considerably from the price of buying the same thing in Finland.

I already got an email informing me that the order has been sent - great service! (For the record, my iHerb discount code is RIP254, use that if you are a first-time buyer to get $5 off.) I've really found iHerb a great company, I've ordered from them 4 times before and everything has gone smoothly.

Essay reading after a couple of lacklustre weeks

So Christmas came and went. As did the new year. I've been semi-ill for a week now, and I still have some residual flu symptoms.

Aside from feeling tired and unwilling to do anything I've been mostly excited about making cosmetics, reading the recipes in one of Aromantic's guides and thinking about which ingredients I would like to buy. But I'll try to be realistic: I don't have too much money to spend on supplies and some ingredients I would have a lot left over even from making many kinds of products. I'll wait for the Plush folly course to arrive, and see later on what I want to buy to experiment with. I have time. Also I remember that if I am to really succeed in even a modest way I need to get some friends excited about my products as well, and that is something I can't do yet since I don't have any experience about them myself! Ideally I would like to create products for my closest friends and go on from there.

I'm supposed to write an essay about the use and planning of 3d-modeling software for next Monday (it is Thursday now). As I sit here in my living room covered in sheep hides (I got two for Christmas and I'm in love with them) I'm reading the book Ihmisen ja tietokoneen vuorovaikutus (Human-computer interaction), edited by Antti Oulasvirta. Essays generally make me really nervous and my habit is to just give up, but this time I want to give myself all the time and freedom I need to write something barely passable just to get it over with.

I read about theory of action, and it brought to my mind the operating system I dreamed about a while ago. I would really like to be a part in developing such a system! Maybe there is something for me in this line of work after all.

Nevertheless I'm planning to take only one course next period - about the internet & networks. (Sound vague enough? I have no clue about what it is about either.) Other than that I'll focus on staying relaxed, go to Helsinki in January and to Barcelona in February.