Beauty Tips for Ministers

Festival of Homiletics

I got so much out of the Festival of Homiletics last year that even though my professional expense account is drying up very fast (D.Min. tuition, don’tchya know), I am going to attend again this year. I will be on a sabbatical month in May, so why the heck wouldn’t I?

Will you be there?
Would you like to schedule a consultation’?

Contact me for more information if you’re interested.

Kiss of peace! PB

Quick Comment Check

Sorry to Michael J. Tino, who wrote a wonderful comment about rings for same-sex couples that was accidentally deleted as spam, and to someone called “[name]isreadyforachange” who chimed in with a shout-out to Superju’s comment about Dorothy Day.

Apologies to you both. I tried to save your comments from the mondo spam pile but they got swept away despite my efforts.

Kiss, kiss, everyone. Happy Monday.

The Benefits Of Buying Regular Toiletries Online

Dearest pumpkins,

PeaceBang does have to get after her sermon in a moment, but she wants to ask if any of you do your regular shopping for toiletries online. As I get older and time gets dearer and gas gets more expensive, and because I have pretty good brand loyalty and know what needs to be in my medicine cabinet and supply closet month unto month, I am finding that a visit to www.drugstore.com is a good option for me.

There was a time it seemed easy to jump into a CVS or Brooks Pharmacy, or to peruse the aisles at Target or to swing by the grocery store if I ran out of contact lense solution. I have less time and patience for this nowadays, and I find that when I DO “jump into” the local pharmacy, I often leave with impulse buys. So this month, I am replenishing my deodorant, toothpaste, mascara, moisturizer, floss, and a few other items through drugstore.com. As an extra bonus,drugstore.com often stocks discontinued favorites I can no longer find in the stores, like my favorite Max Factor Stretch & Separate Waterproof Mascara. I love that I can go to one website and find what I need consistently, rather than leave the CVS with half of my list unpurchased because they’re low on stock or whatever.

I have only ordered from drugstore.com once before and I don’t remember their packaging as being overly ponderous — I could recycle the box, and the rest of the packaging was the same as it would be in the drugstore (still too much, but that’s a post for another time).

Shipping is free for orders over $49 — this time it was about $6, which seems worth it in time, gas and aggravation.

Do any others out there get your basic toiletries online? Got any hot tips?

UU Blogger Awards

Dumplings!

Who makes you laugh and makes you cringe? Who is your devoted stage mother, wanting to send you out there looking like the star you are? Who noodges to sit up when you when you slump, and who risks eye infections to find just the right mascara for you at Sephora? Who answers your e-mails with personal suggestions for the best outfit ideas for candidating week, and who shops not only for her own clothing and accessories but always with YOU in mind?

PeaceBang, that’s who!

And who writes about all of this in such a way that inspires you to be a bit snazzier and more confident than you might otherwise have been, and who nags you in such dulcet tones that you cannot ignore her message of taking your ministerial image seriously? Moi, darlings. C’est moi.

So run on over to the UU Blogger Awards , won’t you, and show some love by voting for PeaceBang in the categories of Best Anecdote or Narrative (what that means is beyond me, but how nice to be nominated for it!), Best Use of Visuals, Best Minister’s Blog and Best Writing.

You don’t need to be a Unitarian Universalist, darlings, you just have to be a loyal reader who would like to cast your vote. And PeaceBang thanks you.

The Dish

The dish is, gang, that I’m real serious with a fella, but I can’t give you any more details than that because while there is a mutual feeling of having found “the one” (a phrase which still makes me barf, but it’s the easiest way to explain what’s going on), this is a time of finding out how it will all work. We are dealing with a very skittish spinster here, and I want to make sure he really means it when he claims that all he wants in life now is to be a one-man Ministerial Love and Support Committee.

Let me just say that this is a #1 super numero uno awesome dude. You know how I know? Because not only does he have 100% of the qualities you would list if you were looking for a great man, he let me persuade him to change his hair product use (it was a struggle, but I knew I’d prevail if I whined enough), and to start using skin products and to pick out all his new winter clothes. If anything could win the heart of PeaceBang, it is this. Because it takes a real man to admit that it wouldn’t be a bad thing if he started moisturizing.

PB On Vay-Kay

Darlings,

I will be in Florida for the next ten days, resting, reading and TESTING PRODUCTS! YES! I got a whole slew of wonderful little packets from Sephora in the mail today and I will be slathering my skin and hair with all manner of interesting potions to let you know if they’re any good. I will also report on the new very chic eyeshadow color, peacock green, because this is the kind of risk I am willing to take for YOU. If I look like a crazy woman, who cares? I’ll be in Florida! But I’ve been intrigued by this color ever since I saw it on the Emily character in “The Devil Wears Prada” and I’m dying to try it for myself.

Guys, I received a sample of Armani Code fragrance and all I can say, if you plan on wearing this around me I hope you can run fast, because I won’t hold myself responsible for my actions. That stuff could make any New England spinster steamy on a cold January night. On the right man, I tell you: we are cooking with gas. Owwww!

Ta-ta for now, darlings. Be good. No wearing of enormous chalice pendants over ponchos while I’m away. Don’t make me send out my flying monkeys.