even more subscription box fun

so, subscription boxes.  while i cancelled my monthly birchbox shipment a long, long time ago, i managed to get myself sucked into a different beauty box.  this time, though, it only arrives quarterly and is usually chock full of stuff that the old lady and i end up sharing after we look it all over.

it's the fabfitfun box:

cute packaging, right?  and we all know that's what it all starts with.  if your shit doesn't come in a cute box, you're starting off on a bad note already.

there were some postcards with promo cards on top.

the first item i opened was this contouring set.  i'm not usually one to do much more than a little shadow, liner and mascara on a daily basis, but this is a nice looking set that i'll bust out on those occasions when i want to look a little more polished.  they're few and far between, but it's nice to have stuff like this when they do come up.

i've tried using argan oil-based products on my hair.  it's supposed to be really good, but maybe i'm doing something wrong because every time i try it, my hair just ends up looking greasy and gross.  the old lady perked up at the sight of this though, so it went right into her stash.

what i like about this box is that it isn't full of only beauty products.  this little necklace is super cute and i've already worn it about half a dozen times.

i'm not a bath person.  like, at all.  i don't have patience to wait for the tub to fill, i get bored easily and i always splash water all over books when i try to read in there.  i'd rather take a quick shower and do my reading and stuff afterwards, you know?  so this package of bath bombs also went to the old lady.  they smelled really good, at least.

now this might come in handy.  my hands and feet (and skin in general) are always really dry, so maybe this set of keratin gloves and socks will help.  i'll give it a shot and see how it works out.

i haven't done traditional yoga in forever, although i do have a couple of videos that can incorporate this stretchy yoga strap.  i don't know.  i set it aside and maybe i'll get to it one day.

 i'm sure the next box will come out around summertime.  there are probably still spring boxes available too, if you like anything you see.  i have a referral link that you can use, if you're interested. i mean, i'm not trying to sell these things or anything, but you know, if you want one, hook a sister up.  heh.

snacks snacks snacks snacks snacks snacks!

so the old lady and i signed up for a really fun new subscription box service.  this one, though, isn't beauty or make-up related at all.  no, no, this one is called skoshbox - a cute little box filled with all sorts of super fun japanese snacks!  i found it via the official pocky instagram account, when they announced that the december box was going to feature my most favorite snacks of all time.  i signed up right away, and just a few weeks later i received this in the mail:

the snacks are carefully wrapped inside a layer of tissue sealed with their cute origami logo printed on a kraft paper sticker:

and inside, i found this:

yes, they have some funny sounding names for their snacks.  but whatever, dude - they're delicious!  i mean, you can't really go wrong with treats made by glico, makers of pocky.

and each box comes with a little brochure that tells you exactly what everything is.  since a lot of it is labeled only in japanese, this is pretty important.

the café au lait sandwich cookies were really tasty.

and the mini cones were light and crunchy and left me wanting about a dozen more.

the old lady and i pretty much mowed right through the entire box over the course of one "general hospital."

our second box arrived last week, and we managed to hold off for a few days before we broke it open.

let's go through it, shall we?  first up:  a little package of cherry-flavored gummy snacks.  these went right to the old lady, since cherry is one of my least favorite flavors.

the description for these corn puff sticks said they were "grilled chicken skewer flavored."  i was torn between "ewwww" and "RIP IT OPEN," and went for it.

i made a really inappropriate comment about what it looked like before i took a bite and found that it was SO SO SO SO DELICIOUS. the old lady was seriously so lucky that i gave her the other one to enjoy.  holy crap, i'm drooling just thinking about it.  NEED MOAR.

the next bag contained what looked like salad croutons.  the brochure said they were "crispy sugar rusk cubes."

there were peanuts in the bag too, and we liked these a lot.

this package said it contained "mouth-staining color soda gum."  neither of us was really ready for that madness, so we've set it aside for another day.

but this "chewy cola flavored soft candy stick" looked promising.  i split it in half and we sniffed it like...well, we sniffed it really hard.  and it smelled just like OG hello kitty candy.

it was a little hard at first, but kind of like a tootsie roll once it softened up.  tasted just like it smelled, and we liked it.

we saved the best for last - double chocolate panda face cookies!

each one had a different little face on it, and they were all super cute.  but even more importantly, they're really yummy.  and packaged adorably (although i didn't get a picture because i was too busy stuffing my face).

i totally saved those pictures in my phone so that we could head to our local japanese supermarket and see if we can find more of the snacks we liked best.  this box was a total win, and i can't wait to see what we get next month!

is it super bad that we've somehow managed to do our snack sampling after the bean has gone to bed...both times?   that's kind of mean, huh?  maybe next month we'll have to be sure and crack it open after dinner and share it with her.

maybe.