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January 28, 2007

Makes A Better Turkey Sandwich!

Finally catching up! I guess I forgot how hectic college can be. I also didn't realize how far behind I am on entries, so I guess this will be an all-encompassing entry to not-so-fully describe the past week or so. First, while I was still at home, my mom and I tried to bake bread. My mom had successfully made it a few times herself, but it was a complete disaster this time around. I have a couple shots of the process because I was hoping to have a "Try this, here's how!" kind of entry... but no such luck. Our bread came out completely.... flat? I don't even know how to describe it, but it 1) didn't rise and 2) well, there isn't really a 2, it was just awful, so that can be 2.

I would have put this picture up and described how we had to heat up milk with yeast:

Then I would have showed us putting the dough in the bread pan:

And the final result... which should not look anything like this:

In conclusion, we successfully discovered one way to not make bread. The bread came out really "dense" with no air in it at all. Oh well, we tried to swallow a couple pieces of it (covered in jelly to mask the taste) but ultimately gave up and threw it all away.

Also before coming back to school, we got our first real snow in Greenwich! I was so excited that I ran around taking a bunch of pictures in various places outside but, luckily, decided to spare you the 18 shots of what snow looks like on grass. The answer is white, it looks white. Here are a couple (still useless, but less redundant) shots of the snow:

Back at school, I moved in and found my camera about three days into the process (hence my lack of pictures). I still have no idea how I fit all my stuff into this little, tiny dorm room. I've made the best use of my space possible but still have a number of permanent fixtures in the middle of my room like my desk chair (that doesn't really fit under my desk) my garbage can, a fold-up turquoise table, and my fan. I keep telling myself I'm going to find a place for everything eventually, but the fact of the matter is that there really isn't a place for anything. I live in a prison cell without bars (only because I'm 3 floors up). For the most part, I think I've done a good job with my room, though. Once I neaten up, I might do a tour of my room entry so that you can see some of my favorite things like my purple shag carpet (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen brand, of course).

Moving on.... One of my favorite recent purchases is the Philosophy Microdelivery Peel. I got hooked on the Philosophy product line recently and have been trying to get everyone I know to start using it. The microdelivery peel is the best facial product I think I have ever used. I read an online review of the product, and it's actually rated as more effective than dermatologist/plastic surgeon administered microdermabrasions and it's definitely way cheaper. It's a two step process, first you put on a vitamin C slash microcrystal scrub and rub it in for one minute, then you put on this peptide activating gel that makes your whole face get warm and start fizzing and you rub that in for 2-3 minutes. After you rinse everything off, your whole face has brand new skin! What it does, is it gets rid of the top layer of your skin so that any sort of discoloration, dullness, scars, wrinkles, etc. disappear. Most of all, my skin feels so incredibly soft and my makeup goes on much better now too. Anyway, I got mine at Nordstrom but you can get it here on Amazon too.

Philosophy Microdelivery Peel:

Of course, a blog entry of mine wouldn't be complete without a couple completely random, unnecessary pictures of Brent and me, so here they are!

This is my favorite, although it sorta looks like Brent is trying to strangle me:

And again:

Finally, I have a funny story that proves that you can sell me anything. Brent and I went to CVS the other night because I had to get new soap, exfoliator, etc. I was walking down the shower products aisle when something new caught my eye! Right in between two different brands of shampoo/conditioner was something called Miracle Whip! I was fascinated by the packaging and thought it was absolutely adorable that they called their product "dressing" rather than conditioner. I had no need for new conditioner, but how could I pass up such a clever idea as hair "dressing" called Miracle Whip! I examined the bottle and would have put it in my basket to try it out if I hadn't at the last moment noticed that it said "Makes a better turkey sandwich!" Oh, apparently it was sandwich spread that someone put back in the wrong place:

Oh well, isn't this what The Blonde Excuse is all about? Anyway, I hope you all had a great week and I promise to keep on top of my blog a little better now that I'm slightly more organized. Goodnight!

Posted by lauren at January 28, 2007 10:38 PM

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