Smaggle gets more goodies in the mail

I have a confession to make regarding the arrival of items purchased in my $150 challenge article. My beautiful silk blouse from Spotted Moth arrived at my house last week. I also received my matte pink eye shadow from Sugarpill. I haven’t yet shown you these items because I’m ashamed of my behaviour. Allow me to explain…

A mere four days after I placed my order at Spotted Moth I received my package. I opened it. Inside was a brown paper wrapped parcel, bound with twine and adorned with a tea-stained swing tag bearing the image of a bird resting on a twig. I took a deep breath and slowly reached for my camera to immortalise the moment… but instead, in a split second of utter lunacy, I literally tore the wrapping off with my teeth. How terribly frenzied of me. Had I no self-control? Naturally I swore I wouldn’t do that again but that was before the Sugarpill incident.

Today I received a neat little rectangular box in the post. On the box was an inconsequential cartoon of a kitten with heart shaped paws. I’m an adult. Kitty cat pictures should be rating about a zero on my scale of importance. After retrieving my package from the post office, I nonchalantly walked to my car, tossed the box on the passenger seat, thought better of it and promptly tore the bugger to shreds. I also managed to give myself quite a nasty little gash on my index finger with an industrial packing staple. Tasty.

At least this time I managed to snap a shot of the cuteness before the tantalising contents distracted me. The gorgeous creatures at Sugarpill threw in an extra eye shadow in a mad leprechaun green shade as well as a handful of pretty stickers. It doesn’t take much to please me. With all the pink tissue paper and free gifts, those Sugarpill babes are totally speaking my language.

As for the blouse? It’s divine. I used their handy sizing guide and it fits to perfection and with the silk and cotton blend it breathes like a Vicks snorting baby. Love.

What about you? Do you labour over the unwrapping experience? Or do you hack right into your packages when you’re barely out the door of the post office?