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May. 5th, 2025 06:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yuuagoThe trainer hasn't replied to my email yet. I wonder if she received it? It was sent through her website, so who knows whether it even got to her. Anyway, I'll leave it be for a few days - it's not like I'm on a schedule here.
On an unrelated note.
A while back I decided to put together something special for myself. I really like the idea of subscription boxes that introduce you to new snacks and treats and personal care stuff, but I can't afford that kind of thing - they're so expensive. So I decided to make my own "gift box".
I included a book that I haven't read yet, a scented candle, some hair masque samples, some cologne + nail polish, and some tea. And also some Ukrainian snacks that I picked up at the international section of the grocery store that I've never tried before. Aside from the snacks, all of the stuff going in the box was things I had around the house - either things I haven't used before (book, candle, samples, tea) or things I used quite a while ago and forgot about (cologne/nail polish). And by the time I opened the box a month later, I forgot all of the things that I put in it.
It was kind of neat to make trying the snacks a Special Thing. It made me think about the experience more than if I'd just done it the way I do anything else, I think. I kept it simple - a chocolate bar and a small package of cookies.
The chocolate bar was kind of disappointing. It was chocolate with a chocolate filling; the filling was too... gooey... I was hoping for something more like a creme. The cookies were quite nice, though. Baked milk flavour*, which I had not been aware was a thing until now. They're kind of a shortbread type, but with a slightly different flavour. A very everyday sort of cookie. I could see myself buying those again, I think.
I think I'll do one for next month, too. With snacks from a different region. Going to have to find a different box though - the one I used was too short for most of my unread books. Maybe I have a shoebox lying around somewhere (as obviously it would go against the point to buy a box for this).
On an unrelated note.
A while back I decided to put together something special for myself. I really like the idea of subscription boxes that introduce you to new snacks and treats and personal care stuff, but I can't afford that kind of thing - they're so expensive. So I decided to make my own "gift box".
I included a book that I haven't read yet, a scented candle, some hair masque samples, some cologne + nail polish, and some tea. And also some Ukrainian snacks that I picked up at the international section of the grocery store that I've never tried before. Aside from the snacks, all of the stuff going in the box was things I had around the house - either things I haven't used before (book, candle, samples, tea) or things I used quite a while ago and forgot about (cologne/nail polish). And by the time I opened the box a month later, I forgot all of the things that I put in it.
It was kind of neat to make trying the snacks a Special Thing. It made me think about the experience more than if I'd just done it the way I do anything else, I think. I kept it simple - a chocolate bar and a small package of cookies.
The chocolate bar was kind of disappointing. It was chocolate with a chocolate filling; the filling was too... gooey... I was hoping for something more like a creme. The cookies were quite nice, though. Baked milk flavour*, which I had not been aware was a thing until now. They're kind of a shortbread type, but with a slightly different flavour. A very everyday sort of cookie. I could see myself buying those again, I think.
I think I'll do one for next month, too. With snacks from a different region. Going to have to find a different box though - the one I used was too short for most of my unread books. Maybe I have a shoebox lying around somewhere (as obviously it would go against the point to buy a box for this).
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.