I know it’s superficial and I’m being vain, but really it’s out of pragmatism. My hair is very long and fine. I can only untangle it in the shower with gobs of conditioner slicking it up—even then it can be hard to get a comb through it. I’ve read that eggs are good for moisturising your hair but that’s not practical to do every other day.

I had a hairdresser tell me once that you should only wash your hair a few times a week. Cutting back to every other day seems doable but more then that? I don’t think so. I’ll be spending some time online tonight trying to find some good recipes for home made shampoo/conditioners. The pioneer site looks like it has some good information on it about hair care.

Obsessing about my conditioner running out is one thing—but what is going to be gone first is the dish washing detergent. I did find a recipe here. “Part borax and part washing soda, add vinegar in the rinse compartment if you have hard water.” Sounds easy enough, but we do have hard water so I was thinking we couldn’t make do with a homemade dish washing detergent, but I guess I should give it a try.

I don’t know why but I feel so out of sorts. I guess part of it is a change in routine. Shopping, searching, wandering around the store thinking should I try this product or that is something I actually enjoy. I zone out when I shop—it’s almost meditative for me until I pull out my debit card and pay for it. Then it hurts. I’m probably not the only one that finds shopping this way. I think that’s why I named the blog StopShopping because I do realise it’s an addiction on some level. Maybe addiction is not quite the right word for it but it seems to provide me with a type of stimulus that seems to be unnatural.