It's finally Friday

This whole week has been a mess.  I told you about what happened Monday in yesterday's post.  The rest of the week was just one frustration after another.  My favorite example of said frustration? Yesterday, I tripped over the hose attached to the gas pump that was pumping fuel into my car and covered myself, my dress, and my car in gas.  (Sigh)

I spent yesterday's lunch break at Target.  It was my little cousin's birthday, so I needed to get her a card.  But because I felt so defeated, I decided to do a couple of nice things for myself as well.

1. I bought myself a new book.  

I have both a Kindle and an iPad, but sometimes I really miss having an actual book in my hands.  I have been wanting to read the Divergent series (yes, I have heard it all falls apart in book 3, but whatever).  The paperback of the first book was $8, so in my little basket it went.  Every time I remembered buying it throughout the day, I got a little thrill of excitement.  I could not wait to get home and read it. (Was instantly sucked in - stayed up too late reading - so much coffee has been consumed today).

2. I bought the stuff to make homemade shampoo.

If you are on Pinterest, you probably come across 10 pins about this homemade shampoo every time you get on the site.  Over the past 6 months, I have been trying to find a routine that works for my hair.  I have tried 400 types of shampoo/conditioner, changed up the frequency of washing, and was on the verge of buying Wen, which is supposed to be great, but $30 a month for shampoo is really more than I care to spend.

Anyway, I had been hearing that the homemade shampoo/"conditioner" was not as harsh for your hair as store bought.  So, I figured I'd try it.  All the ingredients were less than $2.

In case you don't have Pinterest or what not:

Shampoo - in an empty bottle, add 1 tbsp of baking soda for every 8 ozs (1 cup) of water.  Shake.  That's it.

Conditioner - in an empty bottle, add 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar for every 8 ozs (1 cup) of water.  If you'd like it to be scented, you can add essential oils (like lavender).  If not, your hair just doesn't smell like anything.  There is no vinegar smell.  Promise.  Shake before you use.  That's it.

I was excited to try it this morning.  I got in the shower, used both products and didn't really know how to feel about the lack of lather, etc.  I decided to let my hair air dry without using any products.  When I do that with shampoo/conditioner, my natural waves look frizzy and fried and don't really "wave" properly.  I wanted to see if the same was true for the homemade stuff.

After my hair had dried, I took a selfie in the car (because I intended to blog about it and knew my hair would end up in a ponytail inside of 30 minutes when I got into my office).

These are my results.  Not bad, right?

I'm pretty happy with the low budget, low maintenance hair care thing.  I'm going to stick with it.  I do think I will add some essential oils because I miss the amazing smelling hair part of shampoo.

So, for $10, I was able to do a little something nice for myself that made me feel better about this awful week.

Tonight, my fiance returns home for good.  No more kissing goodbye and missing him for a week at a time.

TGIF, y'all. T.G.I.F.