Randomness, like usual

The kiddos and I had a semi-successful Christmas shopping trip this evening.  We went to the mall and picked up some things for a few people. It's getting harder and harder to shop for people..and now I think it's been long enough that I've known BF and his son that I think they should get separate gifts from me and the kids.

I'm debating whether or not I should give X a gift from the kids or not.  Last year I sent them a wrapped framed picture of them to give to him.  I don't know if he cared about it or not.  I just ordered prints of our 2012 portraits and ordered an extra 5x7 of one of them. I guess I should give it to them to pass along to him.

Anyway, the unplanned Christmas shopping trip happened because BF is at a bachelor party tonight and I didn't want to be sitting around thinking about how he would normally be here with me.  I think the kids really liked it, though, and it got us out of the house.  They were pretty well behaved and I rewarded them with small milkshakes, which they've never had before.  DD thought it was "soooooooo good".

This morning I had brunch with BF, his mother, and BFS. I'm not much of a talker and neither was his mom. I don't know how it went. I mean, nothing bad happened, but I don't know how she felt it went. I guess I'll find out soon enough. I sat in the backseat of the car with BFS for part of our time out and I think he really liked it. It was a rather nice short bonding time with him.

And on a random note, I made a cool discovery this morning. Well, not really a discovery.  I had read somewhere a long time ago that using hair conditioner as a shaving cream works really well. So I switched hair products recently and had some leftover conditioner and finally decided to try it that way. It was amazing! I switched razors a few months ago and while I had less irritation after shaving, the shave wasn't as close (which is probably why I had less irritation) and I was using a foaming shaving lotion. Using the conditioner gave a super close shave. So close that even after I got out of the shower and had goosebumps on my legs, I still didn't feel any hair. And there's no razor burn or irritation.  I may just switch to conditioner from now on and skip the gel/cream.

So, as a beauty tip -- and possibly a money-saving tip -- use your leftover conditioner as a shaving cream!  It works!  The only downside is I can't see exactly where I shaved last. BUT that's not a deal breaker for me.

I guess that's it for now.  Until next time...