Woke up sunday morning a little earlier than I wanted to, feeling a little tired still. I decided not to care, piped the ol' iTunes throught the AirPort, and finished the event prep, moving furniture around and zipping out for a last minute soda run.
Then it was finally time for the BPAL spree.
It has been just less than a year since we did this before, and I found that I really haven't learned anything. We still got very scent-fatigued by the end, having tried a monumental amount of imps! We did things in two rounds. The "wish list" round, and then the "giveaway" round. We went around the table and people read off their wish lists to see if anyone else had the ones they were seeking, and then we went around and tried to give stuff away. Since
The attendant BPAL testers were (around the table counterclockwise!): Me,
A side note about my house: I wish there were a few more inches so people could walk around the table.
Anyways! I have a few questions for the attendees: what are the websites/sellers where you can buy storage boxes? Not that I don't like my ragtag bunch of boxes as a solution, but maybe there's something better. Second, to Tracy, what unscented lotion do you use for mixing?
I have no actual scent reviews or comments to post at this time, except that this kind of event proves just how useless someone else's reaction to a scent can be! One person's "locker room" is another person's "pleasant floral"!
Later on the remaining smellers (and their assorted heterosexual life partners) cleansed our palates with spicy food from Chapala, which seems to have upped its prices in the time since I last visited them. But man... that was good. Then I spoke with my parents on the phone a bit, and Jack and I watched Koyaanisqatsi which I quite enjoyed, if that's the right word for it. At some point all the motion started to get to me and I actually felt a bit motion sick, but other than that I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy the score and patience and thoughtfulness in moviewatching paid off.
This morning we were greeted with news of the pet food recall and things have been kind of buzzing along since then. Still sort of hating on Crystal Reports at the moment.
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I am sure we will cross paths again (in person!) soon. :)
thanks again for the aspirin! Next time I will know to pace myself.
Turns out I was not only scent fatigued but totally fatigued at the end of it all. After I got home I could barely keep my eyes open. I fell asleep for about an hour and then still went to bed by 11:30 pm (my normal bedtime is closer to 1:30 or 2am).
Thank you sooo sooo much for hosting, I really enjoyed seeing everyone and sharing the experience. I have such a better idea of what scents I should try ordering in the future as a result of getting to smell and try so many. Next time I need to come up with a better way to divide up my available testing areas (arms, hands, etc) and come up with a better way of labelling what I put where - maybe little sticky labels? :)
I wonder what it is, neurologically, that happens with the scent thing to make it so tiring! And how do the people who work there handle it?
Keep thinking about ways to better organize the sampling! I am trying to decide what I want to do next. I think scaling down on Ebay is the answer and then I can focus on the ones I really like, and THEN find out if there are more out there that I really like.
This was another one I found http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=10132 - again way expensive (and sold), but it's another idea of how to create the insert.
http://www.twpinc.com/twpinc/control/product/~category_id=TWPCAT_3/~product_id=004X004C0300W36T
time to browse the hardware store perhaps.
http://www.archibaldsisters.com/
She'll customize whatever you want, and she'll even swap for BPAL. :D
So sorry I missed the swap . . . But I was thinking about you all!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54141455@N00/sets/72157594518636125/
I'm in the midst of paring down right now, but I definitely want to start storing upright... I went to reorganize last night and found a leaker!
If there is another swap later this year, we will keep you posted. :D
I'm currently wearing Highwayman, which I thought I liked, but today it smells like burning motor oil on me. BLEAH.