I'm Dreaming of a White Thanksgiving

One of the best things about living in Maine (and believe me, there are a LOT of great things about living here!) is the weather!

I know a lot of folks would disagree with me on this (even a certain member of my family - gasp!), but I stand by my love of this beautiful, snowy place.

If you're thinking to yourself that Maine is too cold, you should meet my sister Faith, who moved to Alaska, because she feels that Maine summers are too hot.  (true story!)

We got our *FIRST* snow this week!  I know that folks way down south have gotten a lot of snow already, but here in Maine, we got our first this week.

I watched flurries through the day from my office window, and when I went out to get in my car, there were a few fluffy flakes hanging out on the roof.

Lovely little flurries!

From work, I had to go to Walmart to buy some dinner food, and pick up some socks (when it started snowing, I knew it was time to stop wearing the damn flip flops).  When I walked out of Walmart, it had started snowing in earnest.  Weird snowball type things pelting you in the face.

Weird Snow Balls

Of course, none of that was still around by 10:00 the following morning, but we've been hearing about this big Nor'Easter that was headed our way.  This morning I awoke to a wintry wonderland!!! Sadly, it's rained some since then, and I didn't think to catch a picture first thing in the morning (I was too busy being sad about not having a snow day).  

Here it is - the first real snow of the season - hopefully there's lots more to come!!!

In front of my office

Hooray for Neutrogena

I live in Maine - have I mentioned that before? If you'll look at the date on this post, you'll see that it's mid-January - which means, in Maine speak that it's "wicked cold" here.  One unpleasant side-effect of being in the wicked cold is what happens to your skin due to the dry, cold air outside, and the dry, hot air inside - your skin gets dried out.

Now, I'm not a teenager anymore, nor am I even in my twenties anymore - but I swear when I was younger my skin never needed moisture the way that it does at 32.  In my office, we aren't to wear anything scented - that includes perfumes, body sprays, and dun dun dun - scented lotions.  I've tried an assortment of different unscented lotions, and the end result always seems to be that my hands feel nice and greasy for about five minutes, then are back to being dry, tight, and itchy.  Being a determined gal, I just keep on trying.

It appears my determination has paid off.  I received my two pack of Norwegian Formula Neutrogena Hand Cream, and am totally blown away by how amazing it is on my skin.  It has absolutely no scent, AND - you can use it on your lips (of which I have two very dry, chapped ones on the front of my face), elbows, feet, etc.

This isn't an endorsed review or anything - I just know that I desperately needed a good hand cream, and have finally found it - hopefully this experience will help somebody out!