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I like enough things that my usable value does average out to $35 even though I end up not using anything from some boxes. January went completely unused, for example, and May is mostly unused at the moment (most of the stuff in there is for the sort of weather most of the country gets in May but that my area doesn't get until mid- to late-June. There is no reason to wear a sun hat when it's cloudy and rainy). My month-by-month favorites and most-used (spoilered for space):
July
- Favorite: bag
- Most-used: bag
August
- Favorite: pretzel chips (So good with hummus, and I can get a version at Trader Joe's! My favorite probably would have been the granola, but one of my kitties ate it before I got a chance!)
September
- Favorite: scarf
- Most-used: bag (I wish it had the colors had been reversed -- pink with gray writing -- to make it easier to find in the bottom of my purse, though)
October
- Favorite: yoga socks
- Most-used: shampoo (my box was one of the last ones sent out, so I received a full-sized bottle, and I'm actually still using it because I rotate between many different shampoos)
Novermber (huh. I remember *loving* this box, but in retrospect, I haven't really used anything from it)
- Favorite: StyleMint card (I used it for a JewelMint mystery box and then sold some of the items)
- Most-used: yoga dvd (gave it away in our office white elephant exchange)
December
- Favorite: mugs
- Most-used: mugs
January (now that I'm looking at the box contents, I didn't really use much from this one, either)
- Favorite: watch
- Most-used: snack bars
February
- Favorite: lip stain
- Most-used: lip stain
March
- Favorite: tassel necklace
- Most-used: tassel necklace
April
- Favorite: perfume (I actually loved the bracelet, but I hate jewelry on my wrists, and my aunt decided she wanted it, so I gave it to her)
- Most-used: perfume
May
- Favorite: hat (I haven't used it yet, but it hasn't been very sunny here, so I haven't really had a reason to use it. I was actually thinking about buying a foldable hat like this for the summer because sun and I do *not* get along, so I was thrilled to see it in the box last month!)
- Most-used: lip tint (it would be the beautyblender, but I'm still using my old bb and haven't used this one yet)
Looking over the June box,
I'm thinking it's going to be a tie between the wrap and the book for favorite. Most-used will definitely be the wrap. Or maybe whatever I get with the
gift card. I wasn't going to get anything, but now I see that they have honeycomb earrings and necklaces (bees and honey are A Thing for my family because my great-grandmother was a beekeeper) as well as hummingbird necklaces (my grandmother *loved* hummingbirds, and when she was dying, she told my aunt that any time we see a hummingbird, it's her coming back to visit us).
Overall, I think my favorite and most-used were both from September: The scarf and bag. I used the scarf all through autumn, although I put it away over the winter because I needed a warmer scarf then. It's time to dig it out again, though! And I keep my perfume rollerballs in the bag so they're not all rolling around in my purse, and I use something from that stash just about every workday.
/emoticons/
