Before I review my goodies from this week, I have a confession to make.

I have a scratching addiction.

You’re probably scratching *no pun intended* your head wondering how that can be. How can someone have a scratching addiction? How can someone scratch so much that they can’t stop even while they are bleeding? I honestly cannot verbalize it. I do know that I have had this problem for years, probably since I was a child. To say I have dry skin is an understatement. I was born with eczema and never learned how to fully deal with it. As a kid, I would scratch and scratch and nothing would help. Oatmeal baths, eczema creams, lotions, and everything else failed. My skin would be dry and cracked especially in the wintertime (which is quite long considering I like in New England.)

I always tried to hide my skin (impossible, isn’t it?) with long sleeves, bandaids on my hands, just about anything you can think of. It wasn’t until I met my boyfriend that I really let anyone into my world. He tries sooooo hard (bless his heart) to help. I now wear gloves when I sleep and learning that they eventually fall off in the middle of the night, I now wear socks on top of my gloves. Seems drastic but that’s exactly what I need. Something DRASTIC.

Beginning in June, I began scratching my head. It began innocently enough. I switched shampoo and I started to get dandruff which bothered me beyond words can describe. So I began to scratch and then I found out I couldn’t stop. Like I literally could NOT stop. I knew I needed to considering I lost about 50% of my hair (no exaggeraton.) Now, I have stopped for the most part. It took nights and nights of me crying and crying and trying to understand why I did what I did. My hair is still thin and a more than average amount of hair is still being lost today. But I have hope that my scalp can heal and eventually I can be where I was just months before.

I am telling you my story for selfish reasons. It feels good to write about it even if no one reads this. It is hard to explain to friends and although I have tried (self-consciousl), no one can ever truly understand. The only person who is there for me unrelently is my boyfriend. And for that I am thankful.

I am trying to take things day by day. The past few weeks, the new “spot” so to say has been my neck and as we all know, that area is not the easiest to cover up. I am trying my hardest not to touch it in any way so I can move on with my life.

Maybe I found the reason for my blog afterall. It isn’t about pink or stilettos. It is just about me and my life. My battle with my scratching addiction and the things I am learning along the way…

xoxo,
h

One of my favorite sites for deals, whether it be for an online retailer or a physical store such as CVS, is slickdeals.com.

This site has it all. Printable coupons from manufacturers, online coupon codes, and basically everything you’ll need to find the best deal possible.

Today, I went into Rite Aid and there were literally 5 different shampoo/conditioner brands that were giving away freebies!! Let me clarify before you get too excited. The items had a mail in rebate attached to bottles ( not sure how efficient these rebate companies are – be sure to google them!). Since I have uber and I mean uber dry hair, it takes me some time to find the perfect shampoo. So with all my new goodies, I will review all the products I got and let you know which worked and which didn’t.

Cheers to good deals.

xoxo,
h

Hi and welcome to my new site. I have absolutely no idea where this blog is going to take me but I will be updating frequently and letting you on my life. Please leave me a message if you have any comments on anything I write (and I really do mean anything.) I would love to hear from you and I hope that you will find this blog informative and most of all entertaining.

Here is a little about myself: I obviously love anything pink, stilettos and of course if you couldn’t tell already, hot pink stilettos! My favorite thing to do is to bum at the beach and take a nap while listening to the waves hit the shore. My kryptonite (and I am NOT exaggerating about this being something that can kill me) is cleaning. I absolutely dread it and this makes things hard when the boy is a neat freak! So welcome to my site and welcome to my life.

xoxo,
h