Save those receipts!
The good news: I just threw away some not-new mascara and powder-makeup plus some very ancient lipstick.
I got new mascara as a gift, bought new compact makeup that's the perfect color, replaced the old lipstick with a color that's not so girly, and even got eye shadow that I can probably mix to get the teal color I need.
The bad news: I also bought a big bottle of lotion that's not the "original" version I wanted. This morning I read the fine print Sunburn warning, and learned that this version has ALPHA HYDROXY ACID which can make us more vulnerable to the sun! Since I just finished radiation this week, I can't even use the stuff on the bottoms of my feet!
Why do you care? It took me a half hour to find the receipt. (Miraculously I hadn't thrown it away after I wrote it in my spending record.)
You know I can't easily throw "good" products away, so the lotion would have languished in the bathroom cabinet or the Bermuda triangle on the bottom closet shelf until I finally gave up on it in the far future.
I bought all this at CVS, so I can take the lotion back, but only with the receipt. Ask even at Macy's if you can return makeup and other products that don't work for you!
Then put a folder or a jar or even a plastic sandwich bag wherever you keep makeup and medicine. Put a label on this container that says RECEIPTS!
When you get your refund money, give yourself a treat for being so organized.
The good news: I just threw away some not-new mascara and powder-makeup plus some very ancient lipstick.
I got new mascara as a gift, bought new compact makeup that's the perfect color, replaced the old lipstick with a color that's not so girly, and even got eye shadow that I can probably mix to get the teal color I need.
The bad news: I also bought a big bottle of lotion that's not the "original" version I wanted. This morning I read the fine print Sunburn warning, and learned that this version has ALPHA HYDROXY ACID which can make us more vulnerable to the sun! Since I just finished radiation this week, I can't even use the stuff on the bottoms of my feet!
Why do you care? It took me a half hour to find the receipt. (Miraculously I hadn't thrown it away after I wrote it in my spending record.)
You know I can't easily throw "good" products away, so the lotion would have languished in the bathroom cabinet or the Bermuda triangle on the bottom closet shelf until I finally gave up on it in the far future.
I bought all this at CVS, so I can take the lotion back, but only with the receipt. Ask even at Macy's if you can return makeup and other products that don't work for you!
Then put a folder or a jar or even a plastic sandwich bag wherever you keep makeup and medicine. Put a label on this container that says RECEIPTS!
When you get your refund money, give yourself a treat for being so organized.
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