Essential Oils

Yesterday I received an unexpected, yet deserved, check in the mail. It was the last check from my at-home job (they took off the month of december and should start back after christmas), which I thought I'd already been paid for. I had a conundrum. Credit cards, groceries or christmas shopping?

Well, I decided against putting it on my cards, since my cards already had unexpected reimbursements last week, and decided on getting some groceries - stuff that can make nice quantities of delicious foods which can be frozen or saved for later. Basically, long-term foods. So, I went to the grocery store. And I spend almost ALL of that check, which actually wasn't that much, seeing as I was quite low on groceries. And I also finished up all of my familial Christmas shopping. And I also got myself a couple of treats. Yay for frugality and great deals, right?

Anyway, the treats I got myself were small, but I'm excited. I got bubble bath, and promptly gave myself a bubble bath with a flickering candle and a can of pizza-flavored Pringles. MMMM. For dinner I ate braunschweiger and pepperchini peppers. And Colby Jack cheese. MMMM. Why did my spellcheck just suggest Schwarzenegger for braunschweiger? Weirdo. I also had two bottles of Guinness.

I KNOW. I swore off spending money on alcohol, but hear me out. One of the long-term foods that make a great quantity that I plan on making is a great big pot of chili. One of the main ingredients for my chili, is Guinness. It's essential that the ground beef is sauteed in Guinness (and I add honey as well). Well, the grocery didn't carry the individual bottles or cans that I usually purchase for this recipe, so I was forced to buy the six-pack, even though I only use one bottle for the chili. So... that makes sense, right?

At any rate, I wasn't ALL lazy and indulgent today. The cable guy came over to fix my home internets, and I also enrolled in both college classes which start in January. I ALSO played my LotR game and finally won a game of it, and I ALSO typed out all of my short story which I've been working on for the past few weeks, at least as far as I had written out so far. I'm almost to the end. It's over three-thousand words and I still have the last eighth or so to write. And then the editing, throwing in of details and inner thoughts and the second story. But at least I got it all in electronic format tonight. And I owe it to the Guinness. Otherwise I'd've been distraced and/or lost my patience.

Oh, Essential Oils? As I was lounging in my bubble bath, I read the back of my bubble bath solution bottle. "Milk and Honey - with Essential Oils" it stated. OK. I get why bubble bath needs oils. But why even state that? It's rather vague. Then I turned over and was looking at my flickering candle. "French Vanilla with Essential Oils" it stated. WTF?

I'm perfectly Serious. It baffled me. Why state that there are "essential oils" without going into further detail about such oils? Is this a requirement by the federal trade thingy? Doesn't make sense.