I actively wanted that glitter polish, but I DID NOT WANT the pink polish (I hate pink nail polish on me. I may be a 40-year-old who works in corporate finance, but my nails do *not* reflect either of these things. Fortunately, I live in Portland, the land of eternal twentysomethings, even when the bodies are fortysomething, and the grunge era is coming back, so no one bats an eye when I show up for work with skulls all over my nails or concrete-colored polish), so I was unwilling to buy the set. I'm absolutely thrilled that they sent this set even if I will not use the pink polish: If something is sent in one of my subscription boxes, I don't have to feel guilty about acquiring something I will never use. I can just throw it up on my swap page and see if I get any takers. If not, it's not like I'm out any money.
One thing that occurred to me when I read the book jacket: They probably picked this book partially because it was JK Rowling** but also partially because it's about an *election*. Very timely pick in that sense. I'm washing the socks right now (I hate wearing *anything* that hasn't been washed first due to skin irritations), and then everything is going to be tucked away for Monday, aka the first day of my vacation -- aka the day before the US general election. This is very much a staycation-in-a-box for me, although I have to add my own tea, blanket, and kitties. It's so synchronic I can't believe it actually happened!
Overall, I could count the ways that this box might as well have been custom-assembled for me, but I'll save that ramble for my blog. I will say that I was initially bummed to get a rose candle because I'm not really a huge rose fan, but I just remembered that I'm in (and a native of) the City of Roses, so even *that* is right for me. I'm really looking forward to breaking out everything in this box next week!
** Regardless of how you may feel about the book or what the reviews say, it's currently third on the NYT hardcover fiction bestseller list. It was just released on September 27th. We're not talking about some piece of crap book that has been languishing in the warehouse for so long that they can't even remainder it, so they just want it *out the door*, and this is the *current* list, so people are still buying it like crazy. Last week -- when these boxes were still shipping/arriving -- it was number one. Dismissing the book because "anyone who wanted to read [it] bought it when it came out" just doesn't make sense because a lot of people are still buying it, and then there are people like me who won't buy a hardcover because they're far more expensive than paperbacks, and even then, I prefer to get my books from the library so I can spend my money/storage space on other things, like Cherry Bomb Whisky, horror movie t-shirts, and more deep purple eyeliner than one person will ever be able to wear. I read *far* too much to be willing to buy every book I want to read.
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