Happy New Year (finally!)

So I'm a little late....things happen, got busy with: life, the MIL still in the nursing home situation, ebay, the holidays and the drama associated with them,  I started a few posts here but this isn't the place for my personal rants & dilemmas. Well, not all of them.

Plus in the colder weather I tend to go into a funk.  I'm laid off from work and although this starts off well-me making good use of all the free time-fixing and cleaning up the house, doing ebay full throttle, going out and about (shopping usually) and occasionally working at work a day here and there, I eventually wind up funky.  Living in my pajamas, doing next to nothing a lot of the time, procrastinating, sleeping too much, not leaving the house for a couple of days at a time. See-I didn't even keep up with things here, either. Sometimes,  the more time on my hands the less I get done. Last week I went out twice in pajamas, it's cold out so a big coat conceals this. I decided it's time to go back to work, even if it's only one day a week. I'm not getting funky all winter like I did last year.

And new-ish development that has kept me away: pain and sleep. You don't know how good you have it until you get struck down sick or with pain. One little cramp in my thigh led to an almost excruciating pain in my hip and cheek, yes my butt cheek. At least I think the two are connected. Getting in and out of hubby's car, sitting in the car (or nearly anywhere else) made it worse. I loaded up on water, aspirin, tomato juice, calcium, didn't seem to help. On my opposite side I had a pain in my neck & arm. My neck has been occasionally cracking in recent months, and the arm thing was exasperated by spending a day scrubbing under the burners on my stove.  But the sleeping, all of a sudden I turned into a morning person. I keep getting tired enough for bed at 10, 11pm, and wake up around 7am. I normally go to bed around 4am and get up embarrassingly late. I'm fighting sleep now. Ok, enough. Whatever it is, it's getting better now.  Rant over.

Out with the Old~~~In with the NEW

I want Candy and for once it's not chocolate. I am not a fan of "sweets" in perfumes or actual candies. Sour candies, gummy anything, Sweet Tarts and crap like that= blech. A nice bar of dark chocolate is what makes me tick!

Prada from: http://www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/daily-billboard

Prada Candy. At first I wasn't crazy about it, loved the top & middle notes but the dry-down became annoying. It never seemed to end, the remnants of it on my clothes drove me crazy. It's muskiness struck me as being typical, like a lot of other current perfumes. It also reminded me of dryer sheets or something laundry related. We don't use laundry detergent (a whole 'nother post-it's on it's way), but I do have to use dryer sheets, especially in the winter.  I have to check out the dryer sheets boxes downstairs, one I like I think of it as "Lavender Popcorn", it's actually lavender vanilla, something along that idea. But the Prada, I tired it a couple more times and it grew on me, now I'm fighting with myself  whether or not to get a full bottle, a mini or a shitload of samples. There's something addictive about it, it just smells good, even the dry down. Kind of gourmand but not edible,  foody or overly sweet.  Smells warm and comfortable like a fuzzy sweater or my favorite pajamas, which I'm wearing right now. Only drawback is I find myself spraying a LOT of this on to get some silage. And when you think it's worn off (which starts in a shorter than expected amount of time) it comes back again. The scent goes in and out, I won't catch a whiff of it for a couple of hours and it reappears out of nowhere. Other times it seems to wear off and not reappear. I was beginning to wonder if I was getting a musk anosmia but I can still smell Candy and Muscs Koublai Khan so my nose should be ok. (I've also been fighting a cold or something) 

 As for the dry down, again it strikes me as common and it's alright. Musky and modern. Nothing earth shattering, but an enjoyable smell, something that can be worn at work (spray sparingly) or a night out (apply heavily), your mileage may vary.

Right now I'm taking a break from Candy, so by the time my mini and lotion arrive I can fully enjoy it! I decided to get a mini, I love it but I don't think my love will endure through a full bottle. I'm fickle.

But.... the dry down or something else reminds me of  Balenciaga L'Essence, although I can't find any common notes between the two. Will be looking into that.