Five for Friday

1. I've bought weird facial tissue twice in a row. The first time I bought patterned tissue (accidentally) which everyone seemed to find mildly disturbing. I didn't like it either. I made sure that I bought plain white tissue the next time, but still, I did not pay enough attention to the packaging.
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I bought Puffs plus lotion plus Vicks. When you put it up to your nose it clears your sinuses as you breath in. This might be an appreciated action if we were sick with head colds, but we're not. I didn't even realize I'd bought medicated tissue until Ken went to use one for the first time. Let me just say that Puffs plus Vicks would make a terrific April Fool's joke.
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2. We survived a ward boundary change last Sunday. A new ward was created which our ward significantly contributed membership to, including much of our leadership. I fared well, losing only 2 YW board members, but it was difficult to lose some of my girls. As an apparent ripple effect, Ken found out on Wednesday night that he is being released as High Priest group first assistant ,which is making me think I might know who the new Relief Society President (or maybe one of the counsellors?) is.

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3. Ken is a casualty of the ward shake-up, but thankfully not a casualty of the latest work-related shake-up. The COO (Chief Operating Officer) at Ken's company was fired late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. This change will have Ken working longer hours through the weekend and next week. I have no idea of what it will mean long term.
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4. I imported a new hair dryer from Target via Kelly and my parents. Hillary (private blog, not gonna hyperlink it) blogged about it and the spiral curling attachment, so I thought I'd give it a try.
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It's working for me! I'm using a curl enhancing hair product on my wet hair first, and then when the spiral *dreadlocks* are all done I'm leaving them for an hour to let the curl set before I comb my fingers through. Chloe wants to try it out this Sunday.

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5. A hygienist from my office is moving to Ontario to live closer to her family and I took on the job of buying her a group farewell gift. We collected $140 which was enough to buy her some accessories to match her Coach purse. After I bought the gifts I paraded my Coach shopping bag around the mall for an hour looking for a new jacket for Steven, and didn't get a single look from anyone. (Unlike walking down the mall after buying 24 gold helium balloons for New Beginnings. I was a super star with the balloons.)