Here's the deal

First thing you should know about me, I constantly go off track. One thought leads to another and once I get to the end of my line of thought, the beginning doesn't seem to relate to the end. The reason I started to discover green living all started with a long search for wellies or rain boots. I never did find a good pair of wellies, but I did find a new interest in "green" products.

This is my mission:
1. To move slowly into green living.
-I'm a busy, young college student. I have a job. I have homework and tests. I don't have the time or energy to jump into things head first. Plus, I'm skeptical of everything, so with the time I do have, I put in a lot of research. I plan on taking this one product at a time.

2. Buy "green" things when I need them
-This ties into the first point of moving in slowly. I'm not going to drop everything I have and go replace them with "green" items. That's wasteful, in my opinion. I'm going to use what I have while I have it, and when it runs out, then I intend to replace them with natural or "green" products. Example, when I run out of my regular shampoo, I intend to replace it with a natural product.

3. Spend as little money as possible
-Have you seen the prices on natural products lately? They're pretty high. And like I said previously, I'm a college student. For those of you who have been through the college experience, you're fully aware that, even with a job, I'm still pretty broke. Still, I plan on working to find the best products for the smallest amount of money.

4. Remove the chemicals
-There are dozens of different concepts involved in "green" living. While I intend to focus on a lot of various topics, my most important mission is to remove many of chemicals involved in my everyday life. Several of my product reviews will probably discuss a lot of personal care items, such as shampoos, facial cleansers, and deordorant (my newest enemy, but more on that in the coming weeks). It won't be completely about those things, but there will come up often.

Now that that's out of the way, what can you expect from this blog? Aside from hearing from me once a week (which should be reward enough), you can expect to hear about my personal trials and tribulations, plenty of product reviews, and maybe even a little talk about raw food. Stay tuned!

-Stephanie