Ever heard of YouTube? Stupid question, I know.  I have an account and I bet almost everyone reading this article has one, too.  Sometimes, the videos are funny and other times, not so much. And, sometimes, they are just unexplainable.  Take, for instance, the popular YouTube craze called Hauls.   In these videos, people show off the junk, er, stuff they buy.  Why?  Because they can.  Would you believe that lots of people watch these haul videos?

I heard about this a few weeks ago on Marketplace (American Public Media), and like the host, I’m baffled by why this would be interesting to anyone.  Why watch someone talk about the things they bought and the reason why – especially when you don’t know them?? Is this another way to “fit in” by watching and getting what the popular kids buy?

Could it be just one more way to encourage over spending and over shopping?  Could today’s haulers turn into tomorrow’s hoarders?  Yes, I know there’s a difference between hoarding and over shopping, but there’s a line between the two that some people dance over.  Perhaps I’m looking at this too negatively. Perhaps these girls (and boys) are doing product reviews so that we can make the right purchases. Right?  Still.don’t.get.it.

You be the judge.  This video by beautycakez was viewed about 8,000 times.

I got a beret which is like a hat…

The next thing I got is just a MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural.  I just wanted another one because I have one right now and I’m not really close to finishing it, but I just wanted to make sure I had one for when the school year starts.