These are a few of my favorite things

Oprah has her 'favorite things', and so do I. (Her's probably cost a lot more though.) So, today I thought I'd share a few of my favorite new finds.

1. iPhone wallet case. This may well be the best invention ever. I don't leave the house without my phone, and now all I need to grab is my phone. It holds 4 cards (or 3 cards and cash) and is the real deal protective case too. Plus, it's a bright green/teal color, so- where I used to never be able to find my black phone in its black case- this guy is tough to lose. With that said though, if I do happen to lose my phone- I'm pretty freaking screwed. Phone, license, credits cards, cash- all gone in one fell swoop.* So maybe this is actually the worst invention ever? hmm.

*Note from a dorky word buff: My brain thought to write "one fell swoop" but I had to google it for spelling and meaning. It's something you hear, but really, what the hell does it mean? Apparently, "fell" is an old-world word which the Oxford English Dictionary defines as meaning 'fierce, savage; cruel, ruthless; dreadful, terrible'. So, where we've adapted the phrase to essentially mean suddenness, the original intent of the word was savagery. (Shakespeare used the imagery of a hunting bird's 'fell swoop' to indicate the ruthless and deadly attack by Macbeth's agents.) Now you know.

2. Cabinet sized lazy susans. Umm... where have you been all my life!? I am a dork. Yes. But I am an organized dork. And thanks to Martha Stewart's facebook page suggestion, I am now an even more organized dork. I bought four of these lazy susans. One for the refrigerator and 3 for various cabinets. It's perfect for spices and oils and vinegars that tend to get lost in the cabinet or the back of the fridge. Load these bad boys up, and spin away! Love it.

3. Eyebrow threading. So,this isn't really a 'thing', but it's a service, so it counts. AND, I love it! Why have I not been getting my eyebrows threaded all along!? As some of you may know, I have a weird eyebrow fixation (made even weirder by the fact that my eyebrows are so light they are basically invisible on my face). I am obsessed with waxing, tweezing, dying... you name it, I've done it. But never threading. I was under the (apparently ridiculous) assumption that, because threading is prominent in Indian cultures, you needed to have Indian-esque hair for threading to work. But, au contraire, mon frère! The lady who cut my hair last week (who incidentally was Indian) told me all about it and convinced me to have it done. Practically painless! Red-less! Perfect arch! Fast! And it apparently lasts longer than waxing! Also, where waxing actual takes a layer of skin, threading is just yanking the hair from the root. 
I am a convert. As Elvis is my witness, (he's the only one here right now), I will never wax again!
 

you tube video about threading, in case you've been living in a hole for the past decade or so... skip to about 2:40 to watch the actual process