Sharing and Pink Eye

I got my hair done this week.  I don't remember the last time I dyed my hair.  I think it was before I got married.  I have done highlights a few times (less than 5) since getting married.  But after 4 kids and each of them earning at least 50 grey hairs each, it was time to dye it.  A friend does hair at her house and so I went with her to pick up the hair dye at the beauty supply store.  While there, she told me about this great shampoo, conditioner, hair oil, hair clips and flat iron.  So I splurged a little (or a lot) and got it all.  (I actually didn't get it all.  She told me that I need a $100 blow dryer if I want to do away with the frizz.  I couldn't justify buying that this month too.)  I only bought the things I did because I am so tempted to cut my hair short again because for one, Mario wants me to and second, I don't know how to take care of long hair.  I thought maybe spending a fortune on products would do the trick.

I brought home my bag of goods and put it on the table.  Erin comes home and immediately starts emptying my bag and one by one, takes everything out and up to her room.  I don't mind sharing, but holy cow, I had just spent a lot of money on that stuff.  I told her that I would share, but the products have to stay in my bathroom because I certainly didn't want her brothers using them.  I quickly found out that Erin isn't so generous with her belongings.  Keep reading....

So, now my hair is looking good, only because my friend styled it and not me.  I'm sure there's not any amount of money I can spend to make it so I know how to style hair.   I'm just not a girly girl.  I decided to put on some eye makeup.  My eyeliner needed sharpening so I decided to try out Erin's new eyeliner that she got on sale for a dollar.

By last night, my eyes were an itchy mess.  I couldn't stand it.  I took some Benedryl and immediately went to bed.  I knew for sure that I must have gotten pink eye with my cold.  I woke up to crusty eyes and immediately called the doctor.  They got me in right away and so I had to cancel tutoring this morning.  I knew I shouldn't tutor with pink eye anyway.

Turns out, no pink eye.  It was an allergic reaction to the $1 eyeliner.  So I text Erin this morning and tell her about my eyes.  Here's a copy of our texts (ignore the first couple that were from yesterday):

Erin just makes me laugh.  Everyday, I have to retrieve about 5 things from her room or bathroom that she has taken from me.  But then I am the one with an allergic reaction from borrowing her stuff one time.  I told Mario that the eyeliner cost me $40.  He thought I meant that I paid $40 for the eyeliner. No, I lost $40 in tutoring money today because I was at the dr office and not tutoring.  He was relieved that I wouldn't spend $40 on an eyeliner for our daughter.