I've been feeling a bit lost lately. I can see from some past entries this is not uncommon. I feel like I have lost my mojo once again, and I'm not really sure I ever had it back to begin with. I get excited about something and then... the excitement dies one way or another.
I recently found an amazing thing... sort of my dream home. but it's about 400 miles from here, and would be about 180k to buy and then there are moving costs. Now, the 180k isn't all up front. we would need at least 30k up front, plus whatever it would cost to put in a bathroom and a kitchen, plus electricity and a generator. Then the other rooms could be built in as we go. But of course we don't have that kind of money. And if we sold the condo, we'd have enough, but no where to stay while it was going on.
And the hubby doesn't even know that he wants to move there. He's about 70/30 against it. I'm about 70/30 for it. but he's the one making the money right now, so my vote really doesn't count so... I just have to force myself to accept it isn't going to happen and try to be okay with it.
I am having a hard time being okay with it. Because I have the feeling that it is something I have to do. The same feeling that told me I had to take Sam home. The same feeling that told me we needed to get Jack, and Gypsy. The same feeling that told me I needed to buy a condo and get out of renting when I did. This feeling has never steered me wrong. So it's very painful trying to ignore it.
And it's making me very depressed. Because I know we can't afford to do it, even if I could talk him into it... We'd need benefactors. People to gift us money to do this. I'd need a sizable lotto win. Something remarkable would need to happen. And I'm just not that lucky.
Friday, July 6, 2018
Thursday, July 5, 2018
The Pink Tax
Today I shared a video in Facebook about the Pink Tax. That mysterious extra amount we women have to pay for our products because they are made for women. The way the women's razors cost more than the men's or the way our deodorant is more even though everything is supposed to be the same.
Well... The manufactures say they are "different" and the people in the video say they are the "same".
I started thinking about this. When I was in high school, I bought men's deodorant because the women's did jack shirt for me. I sweated like a whore in church in the middle of a summer heatwave out in the Sahara desert. Women's deodorant died about 30 minutes into my day. Men's at least lasted until gym class when I could reapply, and that lasted until I got home.
I never had a BO problem. I didn't smell. I just sweated constantly. I run hot. Always have.
So I was already buying men's deodorant back then, and didn't notice the price difference. I bought guy's jeans too, because they fit better in the ass. I picked up the cheapest razors I could find so I was probably buying men's there as well and didn't know it. So most of the cost difference in high school would have been lost on me.
Fast forward to college. I got on a hippie kick and went into natural products and recycled things. So my clothing and shoes came from second hand stores and my products from the natural shops. So I was saving money in one place and blowing it in the other. Because natural products were WAY spendy.
Fast forward to today. I still get my clothes from second hand places. I should probably point out that under garments have never been 'clothes' and were always bought new. Socks, underwear and bras all come new, unless they are special socks, like costume socks or thick winter wear socks that are mega expensive and were only worn once. I make exceptions for those.
My beauty products I get mostly from the devil itself, Wal-Mart. Makeup I order from overseas via Wish. Asian makeup is really amazing. And oodles cheaper, even with shipping.
I have also discovered Dollar Tree, and buy a lot of things there. Bath products mostly. Some other things. Razors are a pack of 6 for a dollar. Blue or Pink. They don't discriminate. Same with the shave gel.
So there are ways to get around the PINK TAX these days, if you know how to do it. You have to know where to look, and be willing to shop at various stores. You won't be able to get everything in one place.
Just my thoughts.
Well... The manufactures say they are "different" and the people in the video say they are the "same".
I started thinking about this. When I was in high school, I bought men's deodorant because the women's did jack shirt for me. I sweated like a whore in church in the middle of a summer heatwave out in the Sahara desert. Women's deodorant died about 30 minutes into my day. Men's at least lasted until gym class when I could reapply, and that lasted until I got home.
I never had a BO problem. I didn't smell. I just sweated constantly. I run hot. Always have.
So I was already buying men's deodorant back then, and didn't notice the price difference. I bought guy's jeans too, because they fit better in the ass. I picked up the cheapest razors I could find so I was probably buying men's there as well and didn't know it. So most of the cost difference in high school would have been lost on me.
Fast forward to college. I got on a hippie kick and went into natural products and recycled things. So my clothing and shoes came from second hand stores and my products from the natural shops. So I was saving money in one place and blowing it in the other. Because natural products were WAY spendy.
Fast forward to today. I still get my clothes from second hand places. I should probably point out that under garments have never been 'clothes' and were always bought new. Socks, underwear and bras all come new, unless they are special socks, like costume socks or thick winter wear socks that are mega expensive and were only worn once. I make exceptions for those.
My beauty products I get mostly from the devil itself, Wal-Mart. Makeup I order from overseas via Wish. Asian makeup is really amazing. And oodles cheaper, even with shipping.
I have also discovered Dollar Tree, and buy a lot of things there. Bath products mostly. Some other things. Razors are a pack of 6 for a dollar. Blue or Pink. They don't discriminate. Same with the shave gel.
So there are ways to get around the PINK TAX these days, if you know how to do it. You have to know where to look, and be willing to shop at various stores. You won't be able to get everything in one place.
Just my thoughts.
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