The Ordinary Review

I have a blue and white flowered skirt that looks exactly like the blue and white flowery border at the top of this page. (Note to readers: if I happen to change the template one day, please remind me to update this entry.)

I would rate the way it feels very highly. It is soft and silky and the fabric feels cool to the touch.

It doesn’t look as good as it feels, though. In fact, it looked so weird when I wear it that I ended up trimming the bottom edge to make it look a little better. I didn’t even sew the edge after I trimmed it, and it still looks better than it did before.

I can’t complain much because I got it for free at a clothing exchange. A clothing exchange is an event where you bring in all the clothes in your closet that you are sick of, and you go home happier with a small bag of other people’s unwanted clothes.

So all in all, I rate the blue and white flowered skirt that looks like this blog template pretty well.

When I moved into my apartment, I was delighted to find out that it came with an old maroon leather sofa that wraps around. Sofas are luxury items for recent college graduates, so I was quite pleased.

The sofa is extremely comfortable due to its age. It is wonderful to sleep on and can accomodate two guests. The cushions are deep, so I would imagine that sleeping on this old leather sofa would be comfortable even for people who are obese.

This old leather sofa that wraps around is a bit ragged, also due to its age, but I don’t mind much. It is possible that part of the raggedness is due to the scratching of cats. To anyone with cats who is thinking of buying a sofa, I suggest that you choose a non-leather one because the leather will deteriorate quickly from cat-scratching.

One drawback is that the cushions get loose if I sit leaning forward. But isn’t that true for all sofas? I think so.

The Epson Stylus CX4600 is the first printer that I have had in awhile. I bought this printer soon after I graduated from college, because I no longer had access to the free on-campus printers.

I bought the printer for $130 (minus $30-50 in rebates). I don’t know if this is still the case, but at the time all of the electronics and computer stores were waging a printer price war. So I walked away with a pretty amazing deal.

The Epson Stylus CX4600 has a built-in scanner and copier. You can select black & white or color copies, which is nice because it saves you ink. Also, there are 4 separate ink cartridges, so you can just replace the color that runs out without replacing everything.

This printer is fabulous because you can print photos without needing a computer. Just insert your memory card or stick into the appropriate slot (it accepts all the common memory cards/sticks) to print contact sheets. Then fill in the SAT-style bubbles beneath the pictures that you wish to print, and finally put the contact sheets into the scanner window and press the button.

One problem is that you have to clean it frequently, because the printouts start to have lines across them. Cleaning is easy and automatic at the press of a button on your computer screen, so it’s not a problem, but it does waste your ink.

I highly recommend this printer for both novices and advanced users. I see no reason to buy a more expensive printer, unless it is a pricey color laser printer.

Oh, my goodness. Puffs Plus with Lotion are the best tissues on the face of the earth. I wish I had better words to express the divinity of this brand of tissues.

My love for tissues with lotion began in childhood. Embarrassed by the soreness of my nose, I demanded that my parents buy me tissues with lotion. I had been using ordinary toilet paper, which was damaging both to the heart and to the soul. Sympathetically, my parents agreed to purchase a box of Kleenex tissues with lotion.

At the time, Kleenex was the dominant brand of tissues. It still dominates, but I have found it to be overrated. Puffs Plus Tissues with Lotion are of much higher quality, due to their additional softness and their generous dose of lotion. Puffs offers a much more generous dose of lotion than Kleenex, by a lotion mudslide. The folks at Kleenex are much more stingy with their lotion.

I never have to think twice when purchasing Puffs tissues. Regardless of the price, Puffs Plus with Lotion tissues are far superior to Kleenex Cold Care tissues, or whatever you call those lousy Kleenex tissues.

I have to say that generic, store-brand iodized salt is a must-have product for every household. There is no need to buy anything but the generic store brand version, because salt is salt is salt.

Salt is one of the best condiments because of its flavor, versatility, and cheapness. Salty food is almost always preferable to bland food. Sweet food is sometimes preferable, but who cares!

The particular generic brand of iodized salt in my house is called Shaw’s. Shaw’s is one of the grocery stores near my house. Shaw’s brand products are the only generic products that they have in stock. Fortunately, one generic brand is all I could ever want.

The Ordinary Review is where ordinary products get reviewed by an ordinary person. I don’t have very much money, so I am limited to reviewing only the products that I already own. I am honest, so I will only review products that I actually own.

And I am ordinary, so the reviews might be pretty ordinary like myself. I have no expertise in reviewing products, so please be patient and bear with me. I don’t have enough of any single category of product to provide a good comparative review, so don’t expect much.