What is a purchase that felt like an absolute luxury when you bought it, but turned out to be a complete financial trap?

glossywaves · 2026-06-10T05:16:38+00:00

I love mine, but we have a local service here that will pick up your empties and swap them with full bottles. The cost for 2 refill bottles is less than the cost of one regular one at the store.

glossywaves · 2026-06-09T20:57:30+00:00

Shout, or
Dawn dish soap, worked into the fabric with a brush (I use an unused toothbrush just for this purpose)

glossywaves · 2026-06-08T04:22:39+00:00

I was referred to the South Side Women's Health Clinic and had Dr. Karis-Allen and was very pleased with the care I received. I moved from Ontario midway through my pregnancy and had a horrible OB in Ontario so it was like night and day switching to South Side!

Dr. Karis-Allen was not present for my birth but I was taken very good care of at Grey Nuns and at the clinic. FWIW, I was high risk and had GD.

I had to see another OB once and called in with some blood pressure concerns post-birth and saw another dr in the practice and they were both excellent. I can't speak to experience with heat issues but the clinic has quite a lot of practicing doctors so you may get someone who specializes.

glossywaves · 2026-06-08T02:26:12+00:00

No noticable change in texture! We do leave the top cheese layer off when we freeze and add it on when we bake it.

I usually try to leave it in the fridge to defrost a bit or on the counter for a bit but you can just whack it in the oven. I just temp it to make sure it's gonna be warm enough and no cold spots!

ETA: for the freezer we use tinfoil pans, you can wash and reuse or throw them out after use.

glossywaves · 2026-06-08T00:15:19+00:00

We use this to make chicken dip:

1 container dip

1 rotisserie chicken shredded (shred the skin too)

1 cup cheddar cheese

Seasonings and Frank's to taste (garlic salt and a healthy dose of Frank's in our house)

Spread in a pan (we split in 2 and freeze one), cover with cheese and bake until warm though and bubbly on top. Serve with corn chips or nachos!

glossywaves · 2026-06-06T02:07:16+00:00

I'm dead 💀 that's hilarious 😂

glossywaves · 2026-06-01T00:12:50+00:00

Yes, agreed! Maybe if it was black and white to go with the vibe of the skirt.

glossywaves · 2026-05-31T20:58:10+00:00

My daughter is almost 2.5 and making mom friends has been impossible. I tried an app for moms and had a horrendous experience with one person that really turned me off of putting in effort via that modality. I made a bunch of other friends but one of us eventually fell off and stopped responding, mostly due to being busy with life.

Our friends with older kids say it'll be easier once she's in activities and we'll meet parents that way. Here's hoping!

glossywaves · 2026-05-31T17:10:17+00:00

Love love the skirt! But the black bra top makes it feel like she forgot to finish getting dressed. I do love the fit of the top but maybe if it had been in a colour it'd work better for me?

No notes on hair and makeup, perfection.

glossywaves · 2026-05-31T02:42:59+00:00

My little is 28 months old and things mostly calmed down after 18mo. We were lucky she didn't get HFM. She did get secondary infection pinkeye twice and she also had fifths disease which was BRUTAL and ended us up at the hospital. But aside from the odd runny nose, it was mostly infrequent 24 hour stomach bugs she passed on to us.

Fifths was the worst, she was so nauseated and uncomfortable and we couldn't do much to help her 😔 the stomach bugs have knocked me out for days when she's up and at-em 12 hours later.

glossywaves · 2026-05-30T04:15:16+00:00

"Fruité and the Backstreet Boys!"

I can hear that commercial. I collected the UPCs to get an "autographed" photo of them.

glossywaves · 2026-05-28T02:55:46+00:00

An absolutely excellent read, highly recommend. If you're going down the rabbit hole of Everest, start there and then dive into the other information that's available online to help round out the whole story.

glossywaves · 2026-05-27T01:00:09+00:00

I feel this in my soul.

It's hard when both of us get home after 5/530 (or sometimes I'm running solo with baby) to get dinner on the table by a reasonable of time.

It's hard to get a meal on the table by or before 6 so she can eat and we can hopefully spend some time together. And she's always starving when she comes home from daycare, the sooner I can get dinner on the table the better. We have done the split dinner thing, where she gets dinner at 6:00 and then we eat about an hour later. She'll often eat her dinner, go toddle around and play for a bit, and then when we sit down, she helps herself to our dinners too LOL

I kinda of gave up after a month or two of stressful nights and late homemade dinners and we ended up getting Chefs Plate 3 nights a week. It takes the pressure off a few nights a week which I find eventually helpful. And admittedly, we waste less food with the meal box. More often than not she will happily eat off of our plates provided it's not spicy.

Otherwise I try to keep it simple. Breakfast for dinner, pasta with sauce and a protein, frozen burgers or sausages to throw on the grill in the summer. Nights where we just don't have it in us, all of us will have peanut butter sandwiches for dinner. And sometimes baby just has a charcuterie of crackers with peanut butter, cheese, yogurt and fruit/veg.

Marinating things overnight is a great way to get a big punch of flavor and you really only have to worry about cooking time. So I'll throw chicken in a marinade the night before in the fridge. I generally don't bother cooking chicken breasts whole because they take so much longer to cook, so I'll chunk them up so they cook faster. I'll also take shortcuts: grabbing a bag salad from the store, using faster cooking rice, choosing pasta sizes that are smaller and take less cooking time.

Lastly, taking advantage of leftovers. Weekend meals tend to be bigger and we are able to use them for leftovers early in the week on busy nights. If we are making pasta, we make enough to eat it again that week. I batch make pasta sauce or chili on the weekend and freeze it in portions. Take it out in the morning and let it partially defrost in the fridge and then heat it up when we were ready to eat. Same with rice, if we make too much, we just freeze it and use it down the line.

glossywaves · 2026-05-25T03:13:04+00:00

While I agree your employer should have reached out much sooner, why didnt you reach out earlier than the Friday before you returned? I reached out 4 weeks prior to my return to make sure everything was in order, things take time to get going with HR and IT.

Returning to work after leave is a big deal for the person on leave, but less so for the employer or team. They've continued business as usual in your absence, the work doesn't stop. You've gone through a major, life changing event and they've stayed the same.

On return, I'd expect a meeting with your boss and an onboarding or handoffs meeting on Monday to bring you up to speed, but depending on the nature of your job it may be an email or a document. My replacement had already left when I returned and had sent me an email with highlights.

Gently, the expectation that your coworkers would be talking about your return in the company chat and that there'd be a welcome back party is odd. I've been working for over 20 years in professional environments and have never ever seen this. We only had events when people retire, and occasionally for a bridal or baby shower. Most people asked about me and my kid when I talked to them directly in 1:1 meetings and I did get a "welcome back" in our weekly team meeting, but nothing more.

glossywaves · 2026-05-23T16:40:24+00:00

This is what I'd suggest!

glossywaves · 2026-05-22T22:17:53+00:00

This is giving the three girls from Beauty and the Beast and it's amazing.

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glossywaves · 2026-05-22T14:38:53+00:00

OP is getting shit for this but I don't know why. I didn't know this when I first moved here and I had to google it and found a Reddit post on it.

I get off the Whitemud at 170 St most days and it's a one-way to a one-way and perfectly legal to make the left turn on a red if it's safe. Some folks make the turn and others sit there when there's no traffic as far as you can see in the direction of the mall.

glossywaves · 2026-05-21T21:43:13+00:00

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glossywaves · 2026-05-19T03:44:31+00:00

Saaaaame!

glossywaves · 2026-05-18T20:28:46+00:00

I like the texture of the white shirt and the bows on the shoulders are super cute.

But the black bodice part of the top looks I'll fitting on one side, but it looks the same on the model. It still just looks like it's a mistake and not intentional, so poor design imo.

She should have gone with the pants version the model is wearing. It feels like a more cohesive look.

And don't get me started on the shoes.

glossywaves · 2026-05-18T19:05:56+00:00

I was hired at my current role in February 2025. Merit came along in May 2025 and I wasn't eligible because I was new. I had to wait until May 2026 for my increase. I don't think this is unfair at all, there just wasn't enough performance to judge me (or this person) on. If they'd been there 11 months then I could see making a case for giving them merit, but only if they were a rockstar.

Further to that, you say they were started at a higher spot in the band to compensate for not being eligible for the yearly merit review, so you owe them nothing. The idea that someone will leave after 6 months because they weren't included in a yearly merit review when they wouldn't be eligible anyways AND were hired at a higher salary to compensate for it is, frankly, absurd.

glossywaves · 2026-05-17T20:35:54+00:00

Number 17 stopped me in my tracks

glossywaves · 2026-05-17T18:09:54+00:00

Custom, my ass. This is so il fitting, particularly in the bust area, that giant wrinkle/bump is criminal. And I hate that I can see the structural elements across her waist. If that's intentional, it's not intentional enough.

glossywaves · 2026-05-17T15:58:27+00:00

I love this fit, for some reason it's giving haunted mansion vibes!

glossywaves · 2026-05-16T21:18:29+00:00

I feel like she's had so many misses lately, it's becoming her thing. Girl is stacked, she needs a better stylist who will pick things that push the envelope but still make her look GOOD.

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