ranch tacos? no.

I had homemade tacos tonight. Homemade meaning I bought taco beef seasoning and taco shells and cooked it at home. When I took my first bite though, something tasted off. What was it? It was the shell I realized, and saw that my fingers had some powder on it. Turns out we bought ranch flavored taco shells. Ranch flavored? Yes. This extra flavoring was not welcome in my tacos. I'm a Cool Ranch Doritos lover, but I must remember to read product labels with greater care.

don't get this bag

Please. Just leave this bag alone. Because I have one, and I don't like seeing everyone else with one. So forget that it's under $50. Forget that it's designed by Joy Gryson, who used to work for Marc Jacobs. I won't tell you that it's soft, and roomy for all my things, and not at all cheap looking. And it's white, which is a perfect color for the warm months coming ahead.

So when you go to Target, skip the handbag department. And save yourself $44.99.

Its the inside that counts

I admit that packaging and nicely worded promises entice me. I should be more suspicious about things Borba claims, but I saw the Borba Skin balance water on sale at my neighborhood Gelson's and I couldn't resist trying. So I bought 2 very nice looking bottles of Borba for 2/$5. I got the pomegranate flavor as it claims to clarify oily skin and clogged impurities which I suffer from. I knew that I probably couldn't see a difference after just 2 bottles but I thought just maybe it would be a miracle juice. I wanted to see if this juice was tasty even though it is 0 calories. Actually, you can taste the 0 calories. They use some kind of sugar substitute, I'm guessing Splenda, and you can definitely taste that artificial-ness. It's also on the tart side. On the Borba website you can get 12 bottles for $36. Which I guess isn't so bad but if you need to keep drinking this it sure adds up. So for the taste and the price (plus my skin doesn't seem any more clarified than normal)...I'd stick with good 'ol water.

wait, is this worth it?

So I finally thought I'd do a major cleanup of my closet. I came out with huge piles of clothes to donate, but there was another smaller pile I decided to try to sell at Crossroads. I only chose clothes with some popular labels - Seven jeans, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Abercrombie, H&M, etc.

They took most of the stuff I brought, and told me my total was $125. Guess how much of that I got? $43. I opted for cash instead of store credit, so I only get 35% of what they sell the items for.

Sure I get the cash right away, but I should've just donated it all. It's tax deductible, and when the clothes are sold, the profits go to a good charity. Plus, I'd come out feeling good. Because even though the clothes Crossroads rejected were first rejected by me, I don't like having a wannabe-80s-hipster-teen telling me my clothes aren't good enough for their store. Grrr.

I still have another bag of clothes to get rid of (closet cleaning takes multiple evaluations), so Goodwill here I come!