Friday Flotsam

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr r r r r a y!

You guys, I am this close to buying Exclamation perfume (!) for Natalie this Christmas. Talk me out of it. Or into it!

See, this is why. I accidentally bought her theee most jank little tween perfume. I’m not even going to tell you where from. From where. Fromst wherist. But it’s bad. Smells like every retail store in the early 2000s. Thing is, the (sealed) box was tricky – it was this pretty pink floral illustration, so it hooked me like a pretty pink floral illustrated fish. Thought it would be a dainty scent. Nerp. It’s terrible. The bottle is super cute and she’ll die. And it’s going in her stocking anyway so I’m not overly worried about it (it was v v cheap), but now I feel like I need to do her right with a classic ’90s perfume!

So tell me, Exclamation?

SUNFLOWERS? omg.

Or Tea Rose? (<–my personal favorite even though I had all of these and wore them on obnoxious levels.)

She doesn’t need perfume. Not at all. But that’s beside the point. And it’s not even for her body. It’s for her room. She sprays scented stuff in her room constantly and makes this entire family gag. So I figure, if we’re smelling up the room, let’s do it ’80s/’90s stye.

Which one? Also, which one did you wear back then? I’m forgetting others I’m sure.

WAIT. POISON, OMG! This girl Kelly would wear Poison perfume in junior high to church and I always thought it was unbiblical hahahahahahah. I’m dying.

Okay which one?

Okay, what’s the cozy Christmas movie vibe this weekend? It’s still early December, so we have to plan this strategically. I normally wait until mid-Dec for The Family Stone and Little Women. But we might be feeling that now. I also always wait until Christmas break for You’ve Got Mail. (and all the other big hitters)

Oh! Wait! Christmas in Connecticut! That feels like this weekend. Have you seen it? Here, watch this. It’s a story about a woman with a big cooking/homemaker lifestyle column at a big city magazine, yet she can’t cook. And isn’t married. And has no children. It’s all a complete facade. And she gets invited to cook for a fan and things go hilariously awry.

So maybe that and The Family Stone? I’m feeling it.

What are you watching?

POLL: what do you think Taylor’s LAST SURPRISE SONGS will be on Sunday night? And will you stay up to watch it? The old lady in me is a hard no. The Swiftie in me is like, coooooome on, Bev!

(spoiler alert – the old lady will 100% win.)

Weekend plans? It’s veeery chill around here. Next week and weekend are a different game, so I’m soaking up the downtime this weekend and hanging dried oranges, finishing my mantel, stringing cranberries for the tree, wrapping gifts while watching The Holiday, bagging up old dead plants and calling it. One soccer game on Sunday eve and that’s it! Tacos tonight? Tacos tonight.

From this week! A simple Mushroom Risotto that will become a soul favorite. And the video for it!

Okay so really, which perfume? And what movie? Spilleth.