Who loves to get mail?? This girl (insert thumbs pointing at me now). Plus, that mail song from Blue's Clue's really turns my crank. With the coming of the Ipsy subscription box to Canada and its presence on Facebook with many of my friends, I decided to give it a try. I love beauty products, so I thought I would like it, but what I quickly discovered while waiting for my first bag to arrive, was that the products weren't the only things that I was anticipating. I couldn't wait to get a package in the mail (even if it might be a big bag of poo for which I just paid $15!) I shop online for at least 80% of my purchases, so I am used to getting that little key in my mailbox to open the parcel slot with a bigger package inside (which will in the future be referred to as THE MAGIC SLOT... or maybe not.) But this was different - this was a different kind of anticipation, excitement, preoccupation, keenness or fervor (what did I do before thesaurus.com???). This was a fixation - a subscription box fixation.
So, I did what all neurotic people do - research everything there is to know about subscription boxes. Doesn't everybody? I had heard of Birchbox, so I started there to see if they shipped to Canada and before I knew it I had reached the motherload of subscription box information - www.mysubscriptionaddiction.com.
This, my friends, is where crack-whores go to get their first hit. This women has gathered and organized all of the subscription boxes out there and has put them into helpful categories. I LOVE CATEGORIES! If you look under SUBSCRIPTION BOX LIST it has a section that says SUBSCRIPTION BOXES BY COUNTRY and yes, Canada is there. This guardian angel has already researched which ones get sent to Canada. Did I mention she has them organized into categories, too? She also has reviews, forums, swaps, discussion boards... which will come in especially handy during report card time when I procrastinate by surfing the internet. Holla!
Of course, that wasn't enough information for my huge penchance for useless information. I then started searching for YouTube videos of people unboxing their subscription boxes to see what they were like. First step - search "subscription box", second step - look for which YouTuber has numerous videos pop up. Enter Subscriptionboxmom12. She gets loads of these boxes and reveals them all in tasteful and concise videos. Three words, people - REPORT CARD AVOIDANCE. This is a gift that will keep on giving. Her blog, www.subscriptionboxmom.com has a plethora of info, too and if you scroll along the right column there is a drop-down box with, you guessed it, CATEGORIES. Bless...her...heart.
So the CRTC doesn't fine me for only including US content, I found a fellow addict/fixator from Canada to follow as well. http://cdnboxaddict.blogspot.ca Let's give our fellow Canadian some blog love, eh?
Okay, it's time for me to have a squirrel moment. You know, when you get distracted by something, and you act like a dog when he sees a squirrel and then gets totally distracted. SQUIRREL! This has been bugging me for a while. (Apparently, I need to get a life.) Is it YouTube or Youtube? As a lover of all things grammar and punctuation, it really bugs me that there would be a capital letter in the middle of the word. I've seen it both ways, but mostly YouTube, but I just needed to get it off my chest. And for the record, people can't just go changing important shit like capital letter rules and think there is not going to be a backlash from concerned citizens. I say we all meet somewhere and protest YouTube or Youtube or They Who Shall Break Capital Letter Rules or whatever their bloody name is. It's all because of them that kids don't use capital letters properly anymore. Don't they realize they are ruining the futures of so many wonderful children?? Damn them. Whoo... that was close. I almost blew an O-ring. Thank the good Lord for boxed wine during these emergencies.
Anywho, there's my little foray into subscription boxes and how I began the subscription box fixation. I will be posting reviews/unboxings/smart ass commentaries here as the boxes arrive. A few have already arrived, but I want to think of a creative format for presenting them first. If you want to subscribe to any of the ones that I am trying out right now, check out my ABOUT page and the referral links are there.
CAUTION: Some of these subscription boxes have adult content. I will not be reviewing those ones here on my blog. I didn't say I won't subscribe to them, I just said I will not be reviewing them here. I wouldn't throw it away if by chance one happened to fall into my magic slot, I mean mailbox. Sheesh, that really doesn't sound good...
Well enough rambling for one night. I have already received a few subscription boxes, so keep reading in the coming weeks to see if any of them look enticing to you. Subscription boxes are not just for makeup, friends. Check them out! You, too, can have a subscription box fixation.
Til next time,
T.
