And then there are the packages themselves. Everyone has received a weird gift, a thoughtful gift, a mundane gift. But when you receive a gift that is all at once weird, thoughtful and mundane--and when you receive such on a frequent basis--that's literally remarkable.
But I wouldn't do any good trying to describe the sort of thing Jen brings home. I won't try. What I'll do, however, is show you what Jen has brought home and ask you to describe, in your words, what these pictures say to you.
With love, this post, from me (Malcolm) to you:
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This says, you need to bathe with a "dramatic new discovery": soap
I've had the Beatles in my head all day...
loved these pics haha
Unbelievable - Some of those soap have to be from the early 70's ... If you don't want 'em, I'm sure the Smithsonian will!
They smell like the early 70s. Not in a bad way--just in a potent way.
One whiff of them reminded me of the "Avon closet" she had in her Comanche, Texas, home. . . .
Grandma sold Avon for many years when it was a veritable social enterprise, requiring saleswomen to actually "call" on customers (not just put brochures in office coffee rooms). She kept a stash of most-ordered items in her linen closet, and the thing smelled heavenly--a terrific combination of powders, perfume, new makeup, bubble bath, lotions.
When we went to visit, my sister and I just wanted to sit in front of it and look at the carefully placed items and smell their soft smell. I can remember how the ordered lines of lipsticks looked; the smell of that old Skin-So-Soft bar of soap brought it back.
Top Five sort of way??? Dangerous.
never knew lever used to be lever brothers
oh, if you haven't unwrapped the "Feelin' Fresh" soap, can I have it? I think it looks cool.
First off, I couldn't even come close to gift wrapping a gift like that one. Even after about 4 years of retail...she's got me beat with her skills. Then, the soaps that she's collected over 40 years...wow. Those are vintage.
you have not even begun to see her gift-wrapping skills
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