When I stated the challenge almost a year ago, a few people asked, “Did you buy a bunch of stuff in preparation to not shop for a year?” The answer is no. This was an idea I had when I woke up one morning and I implemented it the moment I thought about doing it. 
Preparation for this would have defeated the purpose. Today, I’m running extremely low on peace and humor, not in the conventional sense, but in lipstick. I use Bed Head lipstick and the colors are ‘peace’ and ‘humor’.
Yes, I know what you’re thinking. I don’t wear much makeup, if any at all. I suppose this is an example of how little I do wear, as I started the challenge with less than a half stick of peace and a little more than half of humor. We all know that if you don’t have a lot of peace, you definitely need more humor, so at least my ratios were good. With just a few days left in the challenge, humor is low and peace is almost gone. In the beginning of the challenge, I kept thinking there’s no way this will last to the end. I guess I wear less makeup than I thought.
Just for the record, I’m not going to run out and buy any until they’re all gone. Why? I’m scared. Here’s a flashback and it was my first ever blog post. :)
You simply can’t discontinue happiness…
A couple of years ago, I did a photo shot of a woman and I couldn’t believe how well her lipstick stayed on and looked so perfect. First, let me start by saying I’m NOT a makeup person. But on occasion when I wear it, I usually just wear lipstick. So I asked her what brand it was and she replied it was made by Bed Head.
So I went to the store and found the perfect color called ‘happiness’. Well, as we all know, happiness doesn’t last forever so I went to the store to buy some more happiness. When I got there, I looked all over for happiness. Instead I found hope, love, passion, and even gossip, humor, peace and some others. But all I really wanted was some happiness.
I went up to the counter and asked if they were out of happiness. The girl told me that if it’s not out there, that happiness was more than likely discontinued. Seriously! Was she kidding? So I said, “Let me get this straight. Happiness has been discontinued? And what do they replace it with? Unhappiness? Sadness?” So I left the store believing that happiness was gone.
A few days later I stopped at another makeup store. Which by the way is torchure for me. I’d rather have a root canal or something. So I stopped in and asked for happiness. They had a bunch of it! It had not been discontinued. Yeah!
So I guess you just have to know where to look to find happiness. And if you’re not finding it, then look somewhere else. And keep looking. It’s out there. It has not been discontinued. ~
Since I wrote the original post, I have not been able to find happiness, although I haven’t looked in the past year. Happiness was replaced with peace and humor. I have gossip, which alway has more than I need. I had passion, but it dried up and I couldn’t use it anymore. When peace and humor run out, I’m going to go search for happiness again. I might consider looking for love, although I’m not sure that will work for me. Maybe trust? That might exist somewhere else. I know happiness out there, so I’ll keep looking for it while keeping my peace and humor.