My new distraction project: Decorating my future house via MyDeco.com. This is so Matt can see why I want to register for an awesome wall mirror or rug instead of maybe, forks. That’s why we have hands.

I want to be this girl’s best friend. Gene Shalit better watch his back because this 3 year old is gunning for his job.

While standing in line at the grocery store, buying something last minute (per usual) for the Valentine’s Day potluck at work, my eye caught the Go Girl energy drink stand. The nomad display always sends me on a mad hunt every four months or so when I crave an energy drink. But what stood out were the similar blue cans next to the signature pink ones.

They have to be Go Guy energy drinks! Must buy one for Fiance for Valentine’s! Alas, I was next in line and there were several people behind me, antsy to get to their work potlucks, no doubt.

After finally going back today, I discovered that the mystery blue cans weren’t meant for guys (sorry babe! hope you liked the cupcake that I definitely slaved in the kitchen over and definitely didn’t swipe from the potluck!) but it was a new, sister drink called Go Girl Glo, touted to promote healthy skin.

Junk Food Blog says Go Girl Glo is a “light pink-orange, and comes with a light, tropical and bit of raspberry flavor with a starfruit and pomegranate juice blend.” Having never been good at identifying what I taste (I’m much prefer the Say What You See game. Blue can! Computer! Neglected work!) I would have guessed the flavors to be a dash of almost-as-good-as-Go-Girl-1.0 along with faint bubbles, non-pink and sweetness.

Apparently aloe is a for-real ingredient in the Glo. Last time I checked that plant has prickly edges, which makes me wonder, is it edible? Because I don’t want the toxic glow a la the drugged up Mr. Burns. So naturally, I ask my go-to chemist extraordinaire and fellow Go Girl aficionado Christine.

Me: Is aloe edible?
Christine: Sure, it’s a plant.
Me: But all plants aren’t edible, right? Like those ones with the red berries they always told us not to eat when we were little?
Christine: Yeah, but I don’t think it’s toxic, since you put it on your skin.
Me: Okay, cool. (Glug, glug.)

So she has taught me not to show hate to our friend aloe. I shouldn’t have hated, after all aloe unmutated my hand when I burned it on Fiance’s fireplace. Word to the wise: fire + metal = hot. fire + metal + palm of hand = owie^5 billion.

Even though Go Girl Glo boasts skin-enhancing technology, the tech savvy stopped there. The only official mention of the drink that I could online find is on their Go Girl’s MySpace. Well, come to think of it, that’s probably the best place to put it, all things considered. But I shouldn’t complain about them not having a website, because in researching it I re-found The Impuslive Buy, one of my favorite blogs that I forgot about because I read it in my pre-Google Reader days. His reviews are much better than mine, so you may want to skip the rest of mine and read the Go Girl* and Go Girl Glo ones.

To put my review in a highball-shaped teal and silver can, Glo Girl (what it should have been called) is good. I would drink it again, but Go Girl 1.0 is still my number 1 bestie.

*Brilliant review, bad language. Beware.

Hey Ladies–if you go to Oprah.com by 5 p.m. today, she’s offering Suze Orman’s book free! It’s called Women & Money.

Thanks Oprah!

This is definitely an upgrade from my other favorite pink-canned beverage: Go Girl. I have yet to try it but, as CasaSugar said, it would be great to sip during the Oscars! Or it could be perfect for Valentine’s Day. (Hint, hint!)

I would like to start this post by admitting that I have a problem. Let’s move on now that we have that covered.

One of the many stores that sends me email almost daily had the following subject: Better Then Chocolate. And I just couldn’t help but pressing the link to feedback@company.com. I just had to let them know that it’s THAN not THEN. It’s a matter of comparing versus timing. This same sin was committed in the book I was reading on Friday.

I just couldn’t take the torture any longer. And I repeat: I know it was a jerky thing to do. (It’s especially jerky from one who still has trouble with the whole “affect or effect” issue.) Whether it’s menus or manuals, I have a lot of pent-up corrections in me and I consider my feedback email to be the pot boiling over.

Thanks for understanding.

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On sale. Cute. Jean tuckable. What are you still doing drooling over that photo? Go! Click size 8 and buy it for your favorite blogger! (Psst! Your favorite blogger=me. Got it? Okay, good. Just making sure!)

After loving Google Reader for about a year now, I figure now’s a good time as any to start sharing noteworthy blog posts by some of my favorites.

Click here for a link to my shared posts. And here for the RSS feed. I’ll also add a link to my sidebar soon.

And if you want to alert me to some of awesome blogs–even though my count is at about 45 blogs, there’s always room for more–send me an email: emily at emilyatwood dot com.