No Buy, The Ultimate Test

I realize my last blog post was quite angsty, but clear skies have came and am honestly a lot less tempted these days. In part, I seriously owe my friends for that one. I've gotten so many hand me down bottles lately with a stroke of luck. It's certainly has made me very happy, and very appreciative. I think my favorite part of a no buy is learning to appreciate how exciting it can really be to be given a bottle of perfume. I guess I sort of forgot that feeling, I was used to acquiring so much, so often. The buzz lasted 2 days, maybe, before I thought of my next purchase. Perfumes feel different when they are gifts you didn't ask for. They are ultra precious, the buzz lasts because I think of who I got it from and it makes me feel happy. Then I enjoy sending other people gifts to make them happy in return. Perfumes change the world, this is noble prize material.

I think the big thing for me though was I had like the WORST pms on my life 2 weeks ago, and during those 3 days where I was reading to crawl a hole in the dirt and bury myself in there I managed to not spend a dime on body products/perfumes or anything fun, which is honestly a miracle for me. I mean I get bad PMS quite often but holy mama this PMS 2 weeks ago was a killer. I didn't get anything in the mail those days either and I still LIVED!!

I've been feeling so confident lately, with my 5 month no buy track record that I feel like I'm finally ready for the ultimate test. This summer when I finish up my final classes and graduate I want to find another job, and not just any other job, I want to fulfill my childhood dream of working at a perfume store! Hah, I know it's silly, but it was my childhood dream. I thought it would be soo f***ing awesome to work at Bath and Bodyworks or something of the ilk. This will (hopefully) be one of my last years working outside of the medical profession. I am also going to be looking for physical therapy tech jobs, but bath and bodyworks too. I'm prepared to leave bath and bodyworks (or whatever else) as soon as I find a PT tech job, but those jobs are a b**** to come by.

It's a silly little dream of mine, I still want to keep my job at the sushi bar on the weekends because it's good money, but maybe just 10-15 hours a week make some extra money at bath and bodyworks. Because...I'm silly :o)