Wednesday, February 10, 2016

15 signs you are addicted to shopping in thrift stores

1. You own a lot of clothes, like ALOT, like probably too much but you still have a hard time finding something to wear. So... trip to the thrift store?


2. When Macklemore's song "Thrift Shop" came out it became your anthem, like seriously you probably know all the words. Then after a while you became kinda annoyed because now shopping at thrift stores is cool and you did it before it was cool, you were the original thrift store hipster and people don't even know it!

3. Its like pulling teeth to get you to buy brand new clothes, they are so expensive how could anyone pay the full price!
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4. You have some of the weirdest things in your closet because sometimes you find something ridiculous and you just cant help yourself. 
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5. You've picked up some basic sowing skills and are really good at cutting up old tee shirts.
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6. You get REAL excited when you find awesome things and you feel the need to show all your friends and family what you bought.
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7. If there is a thrift shop near you, god help you! Every day off, ride home from work, or basically whenever you have free time you are there because you deserve it!

8. You think that $5 is too much to pay for something. Every Dollar Matters!!
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9. You go out of your way to discover new thrift stores whenever you travel, like 45 minutes on a crappy bicycle for one badass vintage sweater. 
10. You like to take you time which makes it hard to go shopping with other people who don't love thrift store shopping the way you do. 4 hours at the salvations army, why the hell not?
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11. You probably own more than 5 halloween costumes, cuz it was cheap and you are going to wear it eventually. 
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12. You are unfazed by ridiculous creepy kitschy stuff.

13. There is a bunch of pictures on your phone of you and friends trying on ridiculous outfits.

14. You have a collection of awesome patterned shirts, funny mugs, cool vintage dresses, overly large jewelry and a variety of dingy wigs. 
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15. You love the thrill of searching through a bunch of crap and finding that one gem because lets be real thrift store shopping is the best and you are a cheapskate. 


Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Outfit of the day 2/10/2016

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C'mon people, beware the electrical shock! Found in Patuxuay park in Vientiane, Laos

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Found in Nong Khai, Thailand

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Warning sign at Patuxuay park in Vientiane, Laos

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Found at a second hand store in Nong Khai, Thailand

DivaCup for a travel girl, I love it!!

The DivaCup changed my life, I really do love it and for someone that travels a lot the DivaCup is a lifesaver. This being said my experiences with the DivaCup have not been 100% positive, in this review I will go over the pros and cons of my experience.

Price 5/5
Function 4.5/5

So what is the DivaCup? (if you already know feel free to skip this section)

Here is a official introduction from the diva cup website:



I you aren't feeling up to watching the video or are in a public place and feel weird watching a video about periods and vaginas, a DivaCup is basically a reusable silicone cup that you insert into your vaginal canal to catch the period blood.

You insert it by folding it in half or into a cone shape and make sure it is in place by turning it around or by pushing the edges up with your fingers until you can feel that it is fully extended. I personally find it easier to insert it with the "push down" fold and then "popping" it up with my thumb (theres is a definite suction kinda feel when you get it in right), then i feel around to make sure the cup is completely unfolded inside the canal. Removing it is pretty easy as well. When I first started I would pull on the tail but when I got more comfortable I would bare down (like I was taking a poop) and squeeze the cup further down the vaginal canal until I could get a good grip on the cup and pull it out.



You can leave the DivaCup in for maximum 10-12 hours, which is very convenient and it holds up to 30ml of menstrual blood. The website say that if forms to each individuals body making it supposedly leak proof.

There are two sizes of the DivaCup,
  • Model 1 (in the pink box) is recommended for women under the age of 30 who have never delivered vaginally or by Caesarean section.
  • Model 2 (in the blue box) is slightly bigger and is recommended for women over the age of 30 who have delivered vaginally or by Caesarean section.
Maintenance is pretty easy, after and between use you wash out the cup with warm water and if available with non-scented mild soap. If maintained correctly a DivaCup can last for a pretty long time, however the website recommends changing it out after about a year.

Price wise a DivaCup is supposed to be sold at around $40, but on amazon it is $30 and i bought it at my college health center for $25. If you are interested in purchasing the DivaCup website has a map of all the locations where it is sold and also has a more detailed description of the Diva Cup.
http://divacup.com/

My experience with the DivaCup

I first heard about the diva cup because I was about to go on a 6 month study abroad trip to Thailand in my junior year of college. We were going to be doing a lot of hiking and staying with host families and so they recommended buying a diva cup so we wouldn't have to carry used tampons/pads in a plastic baggie when on trail (which is pretty darn gross). I bought my first DivaCup from my college health center for $25, which in my mind was a great price considering how much I spend on tampons (around $80 per year). I was so nervous my first time using it, I felt like a fluttering virgin about to be deflowered. I remember telling my housemates that I was about to attempt to use the DivaCup for the first time and they were pretty grossed out, it was a whole ordeal. To cut this story short (I'm sure you don't want a graphic recreation of my first fumbling attempts to insert the DivaCup, Wow this virginal metaphor is really working out); it was kinda a disaster. For first time users the DivaCup is not necessarily the easiest to use. I'm pretty sure I put it in wrong for about the first 10 times I used it which lead to some pretty serious leaking, hence why I always wear black when i'm on my period. I cannot remember the exact point when wearing the DivaCup really began to work for me, it just kinda happened and it was amazing. I am such a big fan! Before I got an IUD the DivaCup was pretty much all I used! This being said (and this is important) I would recommend cutting the little tail of the Cup so it doesn't stick out as much, this makes it virtually undetectable and much more comfortable.

I would totally recommend the DivaCup especially for girls who travel. Before I continue onto the pros and cons list I just want to tell a quick story that illustrates just haw useful the DivaCup can be for someone who like to travel, also just a warning this might me a little graphic. One of the most annoying parts of my study abroad trip to Thailand was getting my period while hiking in the middle of nowhere (most outdoorsy girls can probably attest to this). One time in particular I was in my first couple days of bleeding and I am a pretty heavy bleeder, like scene from the shining heavy. Even though the DivaCup says it is close to impossible to overfill the cup under 10-12 hours it happens to me all the time, it sucks. Anyway, After about 4 hours of wearing it could feel that my Diva Cup was full and that it had started leaking a little. I knew it was time to change it but alas, I was no where near a bathroom and the group i was traveling with were about the head out so i had approximately 2 minutes to get my bidness done. This is where the amazingness of the DivaCup cam into play. I found myself a nice tree to hide behind, cleaned my hand with some hand sani, pulled out the cup, flung the blood off into the woods, washed it of with water from my nalgene, put it back in, and BAM I was ready to go!. If I had a pad I would have had to dug around in my bag to find it, removed the used one put in the clean one and then carried the bloody gross tampon with me for the rest of the hike. Alright gross story aside lets move onto the Pros and Cons.

Pros

  • Its reusable. This means less money spent on buying tampons and pads and less waste.
  • It is easy to use, once you get the hang of it.
  • Once it was in I didn't feel it al all
  • It's small and convenient to travel with, plus it comes in a cute little bag so its pretty subtle. Now I don't have to fill up half of my bag with pads and tampons.
  • No more worries about having enough tampons. I used to be a tampon girl and in a lot of countries tampons are definitely not the norm. So when I traveled I would have to bring a crazy large supply of tampons with me. With the DivaCup there is no more worrying about whether or not you brought enough, it's one little bag.
  • Maintenance is easy
  • It is cleaner and produces less foul odors than pads and tampons. It's true I swear, look it up!
  • Not gonna lie, its kinda cool to see how much blood your body produces and keep track of it.
  • It brought me closer to my vagina. Now I know this one is a weird one, but it really is true. Something about the way you insert a Diva Cup really makes you feel around and understand the way your vagina feels and works.
  • Sexy time is not entirely off the menu with a diva cup in. Disclaimer: you cannot have sex with the DivaCup in!!! However, you can definitely do other stuff ;) There were several times when some heavy petting and over the pants stuff was very, VERY successful (if you know what i mean) all with the diva cup in my body and I'm pretty sure the guy didn't even notice!


    Cons
    • It doesn't work for everyone. I know for a fact that many people have problems with leakage and the DivaCup even after using it many times and correctly inserting it, I don't know why I guess its just the way that different bodies work*. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) there is not trial period for a DivaCup so you kinda just gotta take the plunge and hope it works for you.
    • It can be a little gross to collect all your blood, especially if you are squeamish.
    • Leakages do happen. It's pretty difficult to put the cup in 100% correctly every time, and sometimes it just overflows.
    • If you lose it you are screwed. This has happened to me before. The Diva Cup made me a little over confident and I did not bring any backup pads or tampons. I don't need to tell you guy that this was bad, like Carrie the musical bad. 
    • It can be painful to insert and remove. Compared to tampons and especially pads, a DivaCup is pretty large and it takes some getting used to. When I first started using it I was veteran tampon user, and, despite my mothers wishes, not a virgin. My best friend on the other hand is neither of those thing and for her even putting in the smallest of the tampons is a ordeal. There is no chance that she was about to get a Diva Cup up in there. 
    • My vagina sometimes would feel kinda tired after using the DivaCup, in which case i would switch to tampons or pads when I slept.
    Yeah, so thats my review. I personally would recommend the DivaCup but its important to remmber that every woman's body is different and it really has to do with you, the individual and what you feel comfortable with/what works for you. So yeah ladies go out into the worlds, wear a DivaCup or dont, either way Slay!