Something You Didn't Know About g1immer

Part 1 - I LOVE Fake Tattoos!

Above is just one of many examples! I love, love, love fake tattoos! Why? Well, there are multiple reasons I can dive into, but let's get started with a simple overview of where I get these amazing works of art currently and what my favorites are!

Starting off, I recently moved to a new apartment as many of you know from reading my previous posts, and that means I also had to pick out my local favorite stores. Luckily for me, my favorite grocery store is located in walking distance (I've only walked there twice, but it's totally thanks to the rain, okay). The first day I walked into my grocery store after grabbing a cart (note to self - if you grab a cart you always buy more 'cause you want to fill it up), I saw my favorite thing in the world - children's vending machines. Okay, maybe it isn't my favorite thing in the world, but it is close to it! They were also next to a ride-able dragon, which I would have been ALL over as a child, but now as an adult with a child heart I scooped up two quarters from my purse to buy myself a fake tattoo. 

There are three fake tattoo vendors and a few candy ones, but as a smart adult, I know that the candy isn't worth my precious quarter. Instead I put two up for random in the same tattoo vending machine every time, fit them in the little slots (which is a great feeling by the way, but a bit of a challenge with my long nails), push the slot in and presto - out pops the cardboard slab containing my prize! It's a much cheaper loot box than anything you'd buy from a video game. Not only is the feeling of pushing and pulling these machines a thrill, but also that little heart thump I get right before opening up the cardboard to see what tattoo I received! Oh, it's another lion tattoo surrounded by leaves...I've gotten three of these. Oh, well! Now the fun begins as I think of where to put it on my body this time!

Out of the three tattoo vending machines at the front of the grocery store, I've only placed my money in the one with animals and black backgrounds like the shark tattoo image above. The other ones are of miscellaneous images with the typical black tattoo pattern or an obvious market towards girls - pink and sparkly girly things. Don't get me wrong, I'm into the other two as well, but the animals always get me every time I stop by before or after picking up my groceries. The last time I visited the vending machines, I popped my quarters in and picked up a jaguar (my second one), then tried for another and the quarters wouldn't press in. I ran the poor thing dry. Not feeling ambitious enough to try out another machine, I pocketed my coins for another day.

I have, and I'm not joking, asked the cashier for five dollars in quarters. I even asked to split a twenty dollar bill once! Some of the quarters I leave in my car in case I need them for taking an accidental toll road (it happens to me more than you think), but I also wanted to add them to my bebe wallet for 

the next time I'm feeling down and need a little fake tattoo pick-me-up.

So, you may be thinking, okay glimmer what is this really all about? I can tell you by a few of my theories and you can determine which one seems the most plausible.

1. I'm a kid at heart. I love video games, stuffed animals, creatures with sharp teeth, animated movies, happy endings, toys, bright colors, playing make-believe, creating stories, dancing by myself with a hairbrush singing Backstreet Boys (okay that last one is a stretch, but they did recently have a new hit that is not too bad)! You get the picture. Fake tattoos are something I used to pick up when I was a kid and I don't know, they make me happy.

2. I love randomized...things. Something else I love to do behind closed doors is make new Pokemon nuzlocke variants (why behind closed doors?). If you don't know what that means at all...here's a link. I love to come up with new challenging ways to play my favorite games and usually that includes randomizing something in the game somehow. Pokemon names, where I can gain new team members, what moves they can learn...the list goes on and on.

3. I will never get a real tattoo, but I like the "flavor" it gives my skin. Okay, this one sounds a little weird, but hear me out! Tattoos are super cool, I especially like the smaller ones. I will never get a tattoo, mostly thanks to my nurse mother and her horror stories, but also because I like the feeling of having pure skin (but aren't those moles in the picture on your arm, glimmer?). Having a fake tattoo gives me lots of opportunities to put a tattoo wherever I like on my body! My favorite places are the hands, upper arm and back. I haven't tried my foot...but feet tattoos are cool! Guess where the wolf I just got is going next?

I am always going to "waste" money on fake tattoos. I will always jingle by carrying coins in my purse, even though I rarely use cash (honestly, only for paying people back because I don't trust apps like CashApp and like to spend it at food trucks). It's a weird thing about me, but it makes me...me. Hopefully this little insight can help you learn more about me.

Do you have something you always buy when you go to the grocery store? A can of beans? A danish? Let me know in the comments!

Love,

glimmer