Shoes and soaps and sealing wax, cabbages and rings

[ailbhe]

Shoes

While passing through Galway I went back to the little children's shoe-shop in the Eyre Square centre where we got her some canvas things three months ago. And lo! They had a lovely pair of boys' ankle boots in navy blue, size 6.5G, Start Rite (which means she'll outgrow them quite soon, but who cares?) and neat-looking - not suffering from that odd but fashionable hiking-boot-cum-trainer look afflicting so many boys' shoes these days.

I was dreading shoe-shopping on our return to Reading. Now I don't have to do it for another 8 weeks or so.

Soap

My mother bought me some handmade soap wrapped in linen (to be used as an exfoliating cloth!) while she was on her holidays, and I bought Radz and Niall some handmade soap made in Swords but called Aran Mist while I was on my holidays and I was again reminded that I intend to remove all traces of MegaCorp products from the bathroom. So. How do I go about choosing a home-made solid bar shampoo? I currently use Dove shampoo and conditioner, because it works and requires no thought and I end up with lovely hair, but it's incompatible with the whole "try not to hurt the planet" thing even if I do recycle the plastic bottles. And the farmers market has a soap stall. So. I already know a few of the things I want to look for in soap. Shampoo-buying tips, peoples?

Sealing wax

I need to sign a box of ten books, seal them, and ship them with an invoice.

Cabbages

We are in credit with our organic supplier so we have a fridge full of nyummy brassicas.

Rings

My missing wedding ring showed up while the house was turned upside-down by the central heating installation. Hurrah!

Rob has taken Linnea swimming to tire her out for a better bedtime experience tonight. Tomorrow we have to leave at 8 am for our Swedish lesson. Sunday we are doing diddly-squat.

Comments

[kightp.livejournal.com]

Lush hair products are quite mildly scented, despite the descriptions, and you can order on line if the stores are bothersome for you.

I have fine, straight, rather dry hair, and like the Seanick and Ultimate Shine solid shampoos, both of which have very little scent (don't be put off by the glitter in Ultimate Shine or the seaweed in Seanick; neither of them leaves bits in my hair). I've found the reviews in the North American Lush forums to be of limited utility, since people's tastes vary so much.

I've been amazed how long the round solid barslast, too - just a few swips through my wet hair works up a lot of lather, and if you make sure not to leave them resting in a puddle of water, a small bar easily outlasts 2-3 bottles of shampoo for me.