Profile of a Tired Girl - Michelle!

Profile of a Tired Girl – Michelle!!  This wonderful woman taught me that it's okay to put on your pj's the moment you walk in the door from wherever you happen to have been - regardless of the time of day.  She also sent me this ecard once:

First name: Michelle

Tired Girl product(s) recommendation: 

Original Noxema in the big blue tub (not store brand) for a clean face

Litter Genie for cat poo-poo (It really does work and you can put a week's worth of poo in it and it DOES NOT smell at all!)

Try 4:30, right Michelle?

Roomba.

Favorite non-tired activity: 

Bowling (I have my own purple bowling ball, cute purple/white bowling shoes, and pink bowling bag)....if you're going to bowl badly at least look good doing it!!  

Walt Disney World, especially Magic Kingdom.

Least favorite chore and how you work around it:  

Vacuuming. I don't mind vacuuming but I really hate fussing with the stupid cord. I refuse to wind it up correctly around the cord holder. I bought a Roomba and it does work well! I have it set to vacuum every morning when we are gone to work so when I come home, the floor is clean (unless the Roomba gets caught in some stupid spot or sucks up a cat toy).  

I also am an ironer. My mother was an ironer. My grandmother was an ironer. Bert helps me now when I iron so I don't feel so alone doing it. I iron and hand the items to him. He hangs them up on a hanger on the rack and also controls the remote so I have entertainment.

Unloading the dishwasher. I don't know why it is a mental albatross b/c it only takes like three minutes to unload it. I try to get Bert to do it or I just suck it up and do it. I will try to unload it in a commercial or something so I go faster.

Your go-to most tired dinner (take-out doesn’t count because as we know that is our MOST most most favorite): 

Stauffer's Grandma's Chicken and Rice. Buy at Publix when it is on sale although it is worth the $8 it costs. Cook 15 minutes in microwave and then about 30 minutes in oven. To make it extra homemade, open a can of layered biscuits. Put one layer in a cupcake pan in each spot. Spoon in the chicken and rice. Put another layer on top of the chicken and rice. Bake a bit longer until the biscuit looks cooked. Then you have a little mini pot pie!! Looks homemade!!

I keep frozen meatballs on hand at all times. They can be thawed in the microwave and used in a variety of easy meals without having to keep fresh hamburger on hand. Spaghetti and meatballs. Sloppy Joe sauce over meatballs in a hot dog bun for a meatball sub. Add some brown gravy in a packet to the meatballs and mix in with a package of fat egg noodles.

real iffy

Your most tired work outfit (whether your work is away from home or at home: 

I have Lee pants in black and in tan. I have Gloria Vanderbilt pants in blue. I wear these alternating all week to school with random tops. Doesn't seem fancy but I'm almost 50 years old so I am not trying to win Fashion Week! When I need more pants, I order online!!

Biggest Tired Girl splurge: 

Roomba. 

Week at Sandals Montego Bay with a butler. Butler suites come with 24 hour room service no matter where you are on the resort. We once called at 10pm to inquire about getting some cake delivered!! Need ice in the middle of the night? Call the butler! And your room gets cleaned twice a day. Even if you are lying on your bed at night, the maid offers to come in and turn down your sheets. The butler does anything you would need---unpacking, making sure you have a reserved beach hut area with towels in animal shapes, stocking your frig with whatever you want to drink, having a specific snack in your room every day at the same time that you want it. Want a bath in the jet tub in your room? Don't fill it yourself, call the butler to do it. If you are eating at one restaurant and want dessert from another restaurant, no problem!

What is your most Tired Girl comfy uniform:

My purple and white checked nightgown.

Current toenail color:

Currently purple. Last week was blue/gold alternating for Michigan Wolverines. I go to a spa to get my toenails done. I used to go to Star Salon by Walgreens and I do love it there but it is often so busy. Now I am going to Dee at Today's Nails and Spa in the Publix Stoneybrook center. ** I don't consider a pedicure a splurge.**

Tired Girl philosophy: 

I order everything I can from Amazon. I use Subscribe and Save for items to be automatically delivered once a month or every other month, etc. Good prices, saves a trip to the store, and you get 15% off all items in your order. If I want something, I try to find it on Amazon b/c I have the program to get free two day shipping. It would take me longer than two days to get to a store to buy the item!! I would much rather shop online in my pjs than go to a store with random people trying to find what I want.

I also go to www.retailmenot.com for coupon codes for online shopping. I always save money.