Mandy's Minute

V-strings just don’t cut it anymore. I’ve been a Victoria’s Secret v-string wearing girl for years and years but recently or should I say after the birth of my son, the coverage doesn’t seem quite adequate. I still like that you can’t see “pantie lines” when wearing jeans but there’s something to say about having some more coverage on the derriere. Not that my butt is bigger after baby but it just seems strange to have something up your butt when you have a small child, maybe I’ll change my mind but for now, I decided to add some string bikinis and hip-huggers to my underwear collection and I have to say I’m pretty pleased. Yes, I’ll probably still wear v-strings when appropriate but not everyday like I used too.

We finally had some decent weather this weekend. Living in the PNW it’s sometimes a challenge when you have very wet fall, winter and springs. This spring has been ridiculously wet and cold. So when it’s not raining, you have to take advantage of it. We took an impromptu trip to the local zoo and had a great time. It was a little cool but by mid afternoon it warmed up…when I say warmed up we’re talking 50 degree-ish. When I lived in California, 50 is like freezing but here it’s creeping close to a heat wave. Anyways it was nice, certainly lifted our spirits as one can get really tired and crabby being cooped up in a house for so stinking long.

I have several reusable bags I use for the grocery store and I really like them but I didn’t want to use the same ones I use for food for other items when shopping at other stores and I’m tired of all the darn plastic bags. So I picked up a couple of reusable bags from http://www.reuseit.com. I picked two styles one is the dual-handled tote and the other is the reuseit Workhorse. I love them! I keep them in the trunk of the car and pull them out when I go to Target or similar store. They carry a lot of weight, easy to handle and easy to clean. Just throw in the wash on cold and then air dry. Perfect. I picked the solid steel color so they are not girly like some with all the flowers, so my husband uses them also. I would highly recommend switching to reusable shopping bags, I find them easier to manage than plastic and no guilt since I’m not throwing plastic bags away anymore.