friday cool/dumb shit v5
I can’t believe it’s been 5 whole weeks of me posting these bullshit listicles. I love it, and I hope you do too. Am I going to start every one of these being like I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S BEEN X WEEKS ZOMG because that’s boring as shit.
As per usual, here I am shouting into the void to email me to feature your thing, leave a comment with a favorite thing you’re loving this week, or email me to tell me that this series is bullshit and I should stop wasting my time. Literally anything is welcome, and I won’t even be mad! snarkysara@substack.com. I may be the only person left on the planet who enjoys corresponding via email???
listicle rhymes with testicle, but not well.
Swear to god almost nothing makes me feel like the most basic bitch like these wrist wash towel scrunchies. Literally, just some towel materials scrunchies to wear around your wrists when you wash your face, because we were all victimized by Neutrogena commercials. I forget which influencer I saw using these but I couldn’t click buy fast enough. I feel both stupid for owning these - the side eye I receive from my loving husband is almost obscene - and also deeply satisfied with what they add to my face-washing experience, especially when a face-wash is the only kind of wash I’m able to get that day. LEVEL UP.
One of my favorite Substacks, Evil Witches Newsletter, put out a reminder that it’s 2 weeks until Mother’s Day. At the time of this publishing it’s now a mere 9 days away. If your’e a mother preparing for the mostly-disappointing (imho) holiday, you need to read this, and if you have a mother in your life [that you have a relationship with, want to celebrate, is your wife and mother of your children, etc. whatever] you need to read this pronto pronto. I cackled, I cried at the deadly accuracy of every anecdote.
Another favorite Substack and one of 3 that I pay for, Things Worth Knowing with Farrah Storr. The subheading is: “What if the secret to a happy marriage is sometimes behaving like you're not married?” …and I think that explains why it’s worth a read. Married, partnered, common-law-united, male, female, neither, worth the 7 minute read.
When Sephora was having their sale and beauty influencers/blogs everywhere were making their “must-get” lists, I saw Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta daily peel (link is Sephora search results to see all the options) on more than one list and felt *extremely* smug that I have been using these for a couple years now and love them. Originally heard about these from my cousin Millie, who is a mother of 4 and in general when she tells me to do or buy something, I do it immediately, and I have no regrets. There is a gentle version that I tried once and didn’t need the gentleness of, but if you have sensitive skin might be worth starting there. I started with the regular strength, and now use the extra strength though I may go back to regular after this box is up. I use these 3 to 4 times a week, at the start of my evening skin routine, which is neither actually routine nor religious, but if I do only one thing, it’s this. I’m no makeup girlie, but I love a simple impactful skincare thing.
some other bullshit
Substack - reading things here, publishing here - is giving me lots of idk like, LIFE or something. Having a regular thing that I am counting on myself to do at the same time every week is feeding me creatively and I really really hope it’s feeding you to, in the most non-gross way possible. IN OTHER WORDS: thanks for being here, for serious.
This week’s memoir, if you missed it, was about the clusterfuck of a weekend I had and how actually normal it is for weekends and days with small kids to be absolute nonsense.
Here’s a couple of emotional reflections on gun-related violence and how we can actually take some action even though it feels hopeless. It’s not! It’s terrible, but not hopeless.
And here’s some reflections of my attempt at journaling 100 days of me and my almost-3-year-old, when I was pregnant with J. #100daysofSaraandCharlie taught me a lot, and I’m still parsing it all, with you. The intro, round 2 with public pooping, round 3 featuring anxiety, round 4 so much transitioning, and round 5 the holidays with a toddler.
Could have included this in the link roundup, but it’s too heavy to be listed with dumb wrist towelettes. Some not-great things for women are happening / have happened in the NC legislature this week, so I want to share a very impactful and helpful instagram account my fellow NC people should give a follow. And for the love of your actual health and well-being, including that of the children you may or may not have, may or may not want, search for and then call your motherfucking representatives and leave respectful messages about which bills you do and do not support. I’ll be sharing my call-log receipts next week on my insta.
Then find some joy in some tiny towels to make your face washing very bougie, because life is about balance supposedly.
kbye!
