A cold wind blows...

 This week has been a bit well mental. The temperature has gone crazy low so my winter coat has come out from its hiding place. The boiler at work is broken and so I've spent most of the day rubbing my hands together and trying not to drop things lol. Work has really not been great lately as we are massively short staffed so I spend many of my shifts running around trying to do multiple peoples jobs - not cool. It's funny though that things have gotten worse since I started but as I've been getting better at my job things are getting harder. I do really like and care about the people I work with though too, there's nothing like camaraderie amongst workers haha. 

I have done some fun things this week though! So here's a list...

1. Banner of Heaven. I started the show Banner of Heaven this week which is about a murder case that happened in Salt Lake City in the eighties. The show explores the "dark side of Mormonism" and what it means to follow and be part of a faith community.  It's very very good and even though I usually hate true-crime things it's different than what I expected, I'm also lowkey obsessed with Mormons and SLC so that helps. Recommended for fans of Jacobs's dad in Twilight (Gil Birmingham).

2. Autumnal scents. I'm not really a seasonal person but I do like autumn a-lot and the cinnamony-pumpkiny products it brings. The other day I purchased the Treaclemoon cinnamon bun shower gel and it smells like my autumnal dreams. I really love Treaclemoon's font choices - it's very 2000s blog layout, I do fear that the packaging for this shower gel is ai art though. sob. I'll forgive them <3

 3. Christian indie-rock girl Autumn™.  This week I've been working on two cd mixes because I kept getting carried away with the first once and had to slim it down lol. One of these mixes is very inspired by the band Cool Hands Luke who are one of those bands that I would find the lyrics slightly cringe if I wasn't Christian lol. I mean they aren't like worship music level 100 boss but also Jesus is mentioned by name in every track. I need a non-Christian opinion on this I think.

4. Cocoa butter. no explanation needed. Actually maybe lol. Anyone else's skin dry and crispy? Using a high tech combination of cocoa butter and E45 cream my skin is making it through this cold weather in one piece... it must.. survive. 

Bonus item. Today I discovered American doll girl magazines from the eighties and nineties and I am obsessed! As a kid I did not have an American doll girl but I did have the books they wrote about the dolls as real girls. I used to read the books constantly and there was this one I didn't have but used to get out of the library all the time called Samantha's Christmas Story, which I loved. I realise now looking at Samantha that I was probably obsessed because we look similar and also I wanted her outfits - I still do lol. 

this dress...