Wishful product buying
I saw a blurb in the February issue of Lucky magazine about a product I just had to try: California Baby’s Overtired and Cranky Spritz. According to Lucky, it’s a perfect pick-me-up for both babies and grown ups during that dead zone in the afternoon between 3 and 5 p.m. I guiltily plunked down $12 because even the possibility of relief during the dead zone was too much to resist.
Verdict? Well, it doesn’t make me crankier. I think the phsyical shock of getting something cold and wet spritzed on the back of the neck might be what derails fatigue and crankiness as much as the fragrance itself. It may not be so much a calming thing as a distracting counter-irritant. Is it worth $12? Probably not.
January 28th, 2005 at 11:03 pm
Hey- Don’t feel guilty- MPR only bought the station after St.Olaf put it up for sale and hired a broker and everything.A religious station from California actually had a higher bid than MPR but St. Olaf wanted it to stay a public radio station. So no guilt.