I hadn't been able to find Ultra for a long time. I don't think it had been in the SoCal market, and I seem to recall having had problems finding it in Michigan too.

I don't know what's up with your lack of Super, though. I refuse to panic about lack of my favourite tampon. I've been using them since I moved to the US (closest thing to Lillets), and I don't want to switch either.

I vote sets too, Perkins.

I had originally tried to find my sister wooden earrings on etsy, but without a more specific idea than wood, it was just too imposing to navigate.

We get each other jewellery most years (when it's not goats). She gets me earrings, and I get her a necklace. Except she's an earring fiend, and I'm compulsive about necklaces. Oops. But this year I remembered.

I wonder if she's getting me anything this year. She found me an antique sword in Thailand, which I'm covering part of the cost for. I'm so excited about that, I don't need anything else. Travel gifts are good enough for Christmas.

Which reminds me, I should ask her what "we" got our parents for Christmas.

Oddly enough though, I am drinking a clementine Izze.

Ain't nothing odd about it. It's the one true non-Ting carbonated beverage. I'd be drinking one now if they were already cold. Instead, it's San Pellegrino.

flea, I was wondering the same, as Target had NONE. Not even a space for them.

Today has been long: market, Target, TJs, leaves, holiday market ( [link] ) where I got tshirts and spoons and dish towels with interesting things on them. People don't tell me what they want, this is what they get.

Now I need to walk to the pool, then hit Giant and bake some cookies.

Well, I have been reading this [link] and there is a lot of concern that o.b. is being discontinued overall. Scroll all the way down. Apparently they were bought by Johnson & Johnson.

FUCK. I cannot use playtex or tampax or the moon cup, due to issues resulting from Casper's birth. And I do NOT want to go to pads. Apparently there is a web site that will ship you Lillets from the UK, but I've never used them and am not sure if they would work for me.

Fuckin' A you do not mess with a woman's menstrual products.

Seriously, I'm alternating between rage and near-tears. What the fucking fuck?

drugstore.com shows having Super in stock [link]

What makes the ob so good for you, flea? Just out of curiosity. I tried them once, and had a bitch of a time getting them in properly.

I have consistently found OBs to be the most absorbent. I get way fewer leaks with them than the few times I've tried Playtex or Tampax. I would seriously look into getting Lilletts if OB went away. I've also become weirded out by applicators, because I so rarely use them.

Snowing now - just changed from giant snowflakes to more businesslike smaller flakes.

Huh, that did not come up when I searched on o.b..

I like them because they are shorter than playtex and tampax, and I have a degree of uterine prolapse - tampax get pushed out, but the ob are pretty easy to keep in. I haven't tried the diva cup but I think it would be problematic keeping it from leaking with the way my cervix lies. I used ob long before I had kids, and have never had any trouble inserting them. I like the version they make in Europe better than the US version - I think maybe I started using them when I lived in Greece. The US kind have also recently changed for the worse - their vaunted "spiral grooves" and "smooth coating" both make them less absorbant for me. But they stay in, which I can't say for the alternatives.

Oh no! I am going to have to stock up on OB-- I can't use the others.