Please note that while I have no inclinations to try Uppercase Box or LitCube again, I’ve gotten Fairyloot several more times and it has proven itself equal to OwlCrate. I think I was probably getting some Beauty and the Beast burnout, though. I also wasn’t super excited about Fairyloot at the time (that month’s book was Hunted). I wasn’t at all impressed with LitCube – there was damage to several items in the box (none of which interested me anyway), and I still haven’t read that month’s book Bellamy and the Brute. It is not very impressive, but it exists! Uppercase Box was a little too contemporary for me (that month was By Your Side by Katie West). That month’s theme was “A Night at the Circus” and I was ALL about it. To make a long story short, I really liked OwlCrate and have gotten probably 19 of the last 24 boxes. Still, that inspired me, so I tried four different book boxes in February, March, and April. So that was an instant mistake, and I passed the box forward to a friend who does like romance novels and she enjoyed it. I also tried a book box… which I subscribed to without really reading the description well. It’s perfectly fine for what it is – I just lost interest. I tried Awakening in a Box which I kept for a couple months. When I started back up again, it was early 2017.Īt the time, I was trying to refocus my life, diving into things like yoga and reiki. That broke me on subscription boxes for a couple years.
I found Escape Monthly to be hugely underwhelming for its price, and they have since gone out of business. The idea of getting fun, interesting stuff every month by mail was awesome. Thing is – this was the first I’d heard of subscription boxes, and I wanted in. Nothing time consuming – I like to channel my inner Kat Dennings. And when I do, it’s dark red lipstick and mascara. If you knew me in person, this would confuse the heck out of you, because I almost never wear makeup.
It was Ipsy.įor those of you unfamiliar, Ipsy is a makeup subscription box. My first ever subscription box wasn’t a book box, though. Unless I’ve already read the book (totally called Ace of Shades as OwlCrate’s featured book earlier this year). I’m not one of those people that tries to guess what book I’m getting – I used to try, but I am usually wrong and it doesn’t work out for me. Book Depository mail! :O Especially because their shipping takes soooooooo long, I usually forget that I ordered anything at all! XDĮven more exciting than that are subscription boxes. An ad or catalogue from Bed, Bath, and Beyond, or Ulta.Some sort of notification from our insurance company.An advertisement from our internet provider trying to get us to add a cable package.A normal day at my mailbox consists of the following: Like – real mail, with an envelope and a stamp. “He took his biggest challenge and made it his biggest blessing,” Herndon says.I’m an old fashioned girl, and I love getting mail. On his upcoming album, Jacob, out July 15, Herndon pulls from his journey on songs such as the joyous, hopeful “Til You Get There.” He notes that the album title is derived from the biblical story of Jacob. He was also diagnosed as bipolar last year. He credits that call to “angels” and soon returned to rehab, where he focused on continuing to heal. Herndon told the outlet that he didn’t take the pills, because his phone called a friend - though Herndon says he doesn’t remember making that phone call. There was not a stitch of daylight in my apartment. Herndon recalls sitting in his apartment, holding 27 Ambien tablets. His struggles worsened on New Year’s Eve in 2020, after he’d relapsed on crystal meth.
It’s given me some of the ugliest nightmares that I could never even describe.” “Crystal meth has been a pandemic of my soul,” he added.