REAL cheddar cheese!

Day 3 of my shampoo/conditioner/product experiment is going well! Yesterday I was almost resolved to hide in shame. Today, I am so impressed and so excited! I woke up and fixed my ponytail and got ready for the day. When Johana saw my hair, she was so surprised. She didn't see it after I washed it yesterday and was shocked how clean and not greasy it is :) Then I went shopping.. I had a laundry list of things to buy. One high on the list were scented essential oils. One thing I love about a good shower, and a good clean head of hair is the smell. I buy shampoos based on the scent. So I have been missing the great smell of clean hair. I bought a whole bunch of scents because they only cost a dollar, and I got a bunch of bottles for all my stuff!

I am really psyched to use one so my hair smells good again! Don't get me wrong- my hair does not stink.. But it doesn't smell like anything. After I got home, I got ready to give my hair a spritz of scent. I took my ponytail out and was finger brushing it a little (I still need to find a boar bristle brush) and Johana came out of the kitchen and stopped. She asked what I did with my hair since it looks so smooth and straight!!!! Yay! I guess it's not all in my head :)

One thing I do need to do somewhat soon is get my hair cut. It has been WAY too long and the ends are a mess.

On the potty training front, day 2 was not very successful. We had multiple accidents, and no successful trips to the potty. I am going out to buy pull ups today. Hopefully they still have them at Exito.. They had the American Disney licensed Huggies Pull-Ups there before we left, but I haven't looked for them since. The Huggies "Pull-ups" they have here are like the swim diapers. You have to rip them to get them off if your kid poops. I hate them. I so so much prefer the velcro sides.

On another note- I found some real, authentic cheddar cheese!! I bought it in Ripley (a new Chilean department store) at a Carulla Gourmet inside!

Everything in there is imported. I also bought a bunch of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese! I got the last brick of cheese, and the workers there were all grilling me about it. "How is this cheese? Is the price similar to the US? [it was about $4 so pretty close!] How is this brand? Popular? [Crystal Farms!!!]" They were so excited to talk to me about it, and I bet that they had all been wondering how it was for a while. Cheddar cheese here is not common. The "cheddar" they have is super light and super mild. But this!! Oh!! This cheese is reason for celebration!! I know that this seems like an overreaction, but the varieties of cheese that are readily available here are not what I typically like. A lot of people that live in this city are accustomed to eating the same flavors they are used to. You don't usually get things that have really strong flavors. And definitely not a lot of spice. For instance. They have Old El Paso brand stuff for tacos, but when you go to the aisle that has that stuff, they only have the mild taco sauce on display. I have to go to the Import section in order to find the hot version. This is why I get so excited to find stuff from home! I am a big fan of spice, flavor, and pow! I love bringing stuff home that reminds me of the USA and it seems like every trip I make to the store I find something new that they have!