In a bid to draw more, I'm going to start a "My Latest Purchase" thread, where I can document all my good, bad and indifferent purchases with quick little sketches. So here's post number one:
Carmelengo In A Bottle
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So I'm in Asda, my favourite place on the planet (okay, maybe not my most favourite place, but it's pretty high up there along with petting zoos and launderettes), and I think "Hmm, I could do with a new deodorant." Along I go to the personal hygiene aisle (which is ironically full of smelly fatties... my love of Asda does not extend to its customer base) and I peruse what they have on offer.
A) Liking a bargain and B) being particularly broke at the moment, my eyes are drawn to the roll-on with the roll-back sign on the bottom shelf - now only a pound. Sounds good, pick it up, make the purchase along with my other groceries. Now, a savvier person than myself may have thought "What's the reason for this deodorant to now be less than half of its original price?". When I got home and opened the lid, I quickly found the answer after being shot sideways across the room in the equivalent of nasal Hiroshima. Rosemary and sage in a potency so concentrated I'm surprised the plastic container hadn't melted. Why had I bought a deodorant to make me smell like a herb garden!? And more to the point, a herb garden circa 1127 tended by monks? Anyway, thus is the explanation behind Carmelengo In A Bottle (you gotta rub it the right way).