Friday, October 29, 2010
The bag of miracles and the flavor of love.
I carry my make up bag in my back pack that I take to work with me everyday. Some days it gets used, and others I could care less that it's in there. But, as I've stated before, I am always curious as to what's in that bag so I'll show you mine, if you show me yours!
I carry a mirror (the purple thing under the Ammo palette), Urban Decay Ammo, that's a Mary Kay quad compact (with Optic, Tulle, Snap, and Trendsetter), Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil, Bare Escentuals Mineral Foundation in medium, Bare Escentuals face duo. There's some Loreal Studio Secrets "face fixer" as I like to call it, in green, because green concealer tones down redness. A sample size of Benefit Garden of Good & Eva perfume (I like it), Clinique High Impact mascara and Loreal Voluminous mascara. Between the two I have decided that I will always be a fan of Clinique's WAY more than Loreal's. Brushes... A sharpener with a ponytail holder around it 'cause if that thing comes open in your bag it is a high holy mess... Nail clippers. Clinique lipstick in Raspberry Glace. NYX glosses in Brilliant (pink one) and Chestnut. Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden (love this stuff!!!), ULTA brand eye shadows in Yogurt and Twinkle, MAC eye shadows in Swiss Chocolate and Nehru, tweezers for that unruly brow... Garnier Anti-Puff Eye Roller for those REALLY bad mornings. LOL Eyeliners: Clinique's Cream Shaper in Chocolate Lustre ** this is credited to Mrs. Adventure as she got me hooked on this one!!** and Urban Decay's 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Zero. LOVE that liner!!! Last but not least, MAC lip pencil in Spice.
This is constantly changing but that's the concoction today. :)
Now, the flavor of love has many possibilities. Mine is currently in a state of vanilla. Kinda boring and a little dull. I have told y'all that I joined eHarmony. It's going ok. Most recently I have been corresponding with a guy who lives in Floresville. He's only got one picture up on his profile but it's a good one and he's attractive. This week we have sent a few messages back and forth and I like what I read. I sent him two lengthy replies recently and haven't heard back from him yet...probably thinks I'm Miss Run-My-Face-All-The-Time...LOL. I can be I suppose. I'm just as content just breathing though. I'm always super anxious to hear from him. He's had family staying with him this week through today so maybe our conversations will pick up some. Pssh! Who knows. All I know is that I am very interested in him and finding out more about him and seeing where this goes. I'm not the best at being patient. This suspense is positively killing me.... :) Wish me luck and say a prayer.
In other news, Monkey got his first haircut... It's taken me a whole minute not to absolutely hate it and resent my mother but the time for fury has passed and I am MUCH calmer. Let me explain.
As we were coming home from the wedding in Houston, my throat started to feel very sore and achy. The next morning, I took myself to the doctor where they confirmed that I had Strep Throat, again...for the SECOND time this month. I got some more antibiotics and some cough syrup with codeine in it. I went home, dosed myself with my prescriptions and fell asleep on the love seat for a nap. 4 hours later I got up and took my butt to bed. Mom gave Monkey a bath and cleaned him up. (A 4 hour nap is NOT normal for me. When I have something like Strep, mom and dad usually step up to the plate and help take care of Monkey. As much as it pains me to do it, I try and stay away from Monkey and have as little contact with him as possible. We got lucky both times I have had Strep that he did not contract it. The Lord works in mysterious ways...) Well, after his bath, she said he was sitting there being so good so she took that opportunity to cut his hair.
Meanwhile, as I said, I was feeling like this:
and laid up in bed, trying to break my fever (and we all know how fun THAT can be), and thinking the world was coming to and end it was starting with my throat. The next morning I got up and went to the kitchen to make Monkey a sippy cup...when I came back, I realized his hair was cut. I was FEE-YORIOUS!!! I could not believe my mother had done such a thing, such a BIG thing as a first haircut, without me present. In her defense, I did tell her that I wanted her to cut his hair...like, a month and a half ago!!!!! Since then I have decided that maybe I only wanted it trimmed since winter is getting here and I wanted him to have a little more hair on his head for warmth. UGH!!!! She didn't know that part. But still. I wanted to be there. And the SHOCK of seeing him without all those curls made my stomach lurch a bit. Now, he is beginning to look a little more like my Monkey in my mind's eye. Just taking the curls off dramatically changed his look. But I love him either way and am almost, ALMOST, relieved it's just over with. It was seriously stressing me out knowing he needed a haircut and me not being able to bring myself to get him one. LOL
How is everyone doing? Hope all is well!
G
This is constantly changing but that's the concoction today. :)
Now, the flavor of love has many possibilities. Mine is currently in a state of vanilla. Kinda boring and a little dull. I have told y'all that I joined eHarmony. It's going ok. Most recently I have been corresponding with a guy who lives in Floresville. He's only got one picture up on his profile but it's a good one and he's attractive. This week we have sent a few messages back and forth and I like what I read. I sent him two lengthy replies recently and haven't heard back from him yet...probably thinks I'm Miss Run-My-Face-All-The-Time...LOL. I can be I suppose. I'm just as content just breathing though. I'm always super anxious to hear from him. He's had family staying with him this week through today so maybe our conversations will pick up some. Pssh! Who knows. All I know is that I am very interested in him and finding out more about him and seeing where this goes. I'm not the best at being patient. This suspense is positively killing me.... :) Wish me luck and say a prayer.
In other news, Monkey got his first haircut... It's taken me a whole minute not to absolutely hate it and resent my mother but the time for fury has passed and I am MUCH calmer. Let me explain.
As we were coming home from the wedding in Houston, my throat started to feel very sore and achy. The next morning, I took myself to the doctor where they confirmed that I had Strep Throat, again...for the SECOND time this month. I got some more antibiotics and some cough syrup with codeine in it. I went home, dosed myself with my prescriptions and fell asleep on the love seat for a nap. 4 hours later I got up and took my butt to bed. Mom gave Monkey a bath and cleaned him up. (A 4 hour nap is NOT normal for me. When I have something like Strep, mom and dad usually step up to the plate and help take care of Monkey. As much as it pains me to do it, I try and stay away from Monkey and have as little contact with him as possible. We got lucky both times I have had Strep that he did not contract it. The Lord works in mysterious ways...) Well, after his bath, she said he was sitting there being so good so she took that opportunity to cut his hair.
Meanwhile, as I said, I was feeling like this:
How is everyone doing? Hope all is well!
G
Thursday, October 21, 2010
What's in that bag?
So, I found out that I will be able to attend a wedding for my cousin in Houston this weekend. And that means that I will get to see my lovely friend Mrs. Adventure again!! Can't wait!!
Today I have decided to do a "What's in the bag?" post. I am always so interested in other people and what their lives are like and even right down to what is hidden in that purse of hers. What's her secret? What MUST she have in her purse in order to feel comfortable about leaving her home or office? Is it a shit vortex like mine? So, I am going to reveal what is currently (and some of this is not usually in there) in my bag o' tricks. I'll also break out my make up bag and reveal that too... But before I do that, I recently dished to y'all about being infatuated with colored shadows and finding Marlena at Make Up Geek. I have the Urban Decay Ammo palette, but yesterday I purchased the Show Pony palette...I was really diggin' on the purple color "Flash"...
Now, on to the bag: Avon had a special bag a while back called the "Butler Bag". It went a little something like this...
I bought one...and this one is mine:
Now, in this bag, there is a ton of crap. Today especially because as stated before, it is a shit vortex. I shove everything in there and eventually when I get flustered enough about carrying around a ton of crap...I clean it out and remove the unnecessary junk. Do I like this bag? Yes. Sometimes. Well, maybe. I'll show you why.
Here are pictures of EVERYTHING that was in my bag:
This is the top view. It actually has compartments in the bottom of the bag to organize smaller items. Bigger items just have to sit on top... eh. Whatever. Again, some of these things were just thrown (literally) in there this morning.
Yes. Those are chopsticks on the far left. (I read somewhere that if you eat with chopsticks that it slows you down and your tummy can actually keep up and tell you when it's full better than if you were using a fork as a slatted shovel into your bottomless pit of a stomach.) Checkbook and pen, VIA vanilla flavored coffee, a sample of Johnson and Johnson's Soothing Naturals lotion, contact case, Bluetooth thingy, scrunchie, clip, and ponytail holder (ya never know which one you're gonna need, bluetooth charger (I threw it in there when I was traveling last weekend and never took it out...it will stay until my return from Houston on Monday. LOL). The thing that looks like it plugs into a wall actually does because it's a converter for my USB cable that charges my phone...aaaaand the car charger (that needs to be put back in my car).
This proves my love for Burt's Bees lip balm. Shown here are three of them: Rejuvenating with Acai Berry, Replenishing with Pomegranate Oil, and Sun Protecting with Passion fruit (SPF 8). A Covergirl compact for minor oil control, Kim Kardashian trial size perfume (it's ok), my watch that I forgot to put on this morning..., A+ Card brochure, McDonald's Monopoly game thingy and a pamphlet on the Feral Hog (don't ask). Clinique lip gloss in Fireberry, iPod, travel size brush, Equate Ibuprofen, Deo for the B.O., my planner, a book by the name of The Long Walk Home by Will North (I don't know what it's about. I haven't started it yet.) and my little Vera Bradley pouch thingy that I just HAD to have but have no use for it. I kinda do. Sometimes I put my phone in there to help protect it if I'm not going to be paying to much attention to it.
Inside that little Burt's Bees yellow bag is discretely hidden girl stuff. I will not elaborate on this. LOL Glasses case, camera (Kodak EasyShare M340), my charging cable for my phone, sliced green apple in a Ziploc (I needed something to snack on later), a Scentsy catalog and order form, and my wallet. (Not pictured is my Victoria's Secret Body Splash in Forever Romance...if you look carefully in the second picture, it's in there. Where's Waldo? LOL)
THAT, ladies and gents, is what is in my back of tricks. My bag of miracles (aka the make up bag) will have to wait. I have to get back to working... Ew.
Mr. G is a frustratingly difficult man at times. I just had to say that. I have yet to meet him face to face but I will say this: he has grown on me. I miss him when he and I don't text for several days but when we do, he without a doubt, always finds a way to frustrate the crap out of me... I don't know what that means. He is boring and interesting all rolled into an package I haven't met yet. So strange.
G
Today I have decided to do a "What's in the bag?" post. I am always so interested in other people and what their lives are like and even right down to what is hidden in that purse of hers. What's her secret? What MUST she have in her purse in order to feel comfortable about leaving her home or office? Is it a shit vortex like mine? So, I am going to reveal what is currently (and some of this is not usually in there) in my bag o' tricks. I'll also break out my make up bag and reveal that too... But before I do that, I recently dished to y'all about being infatuated with colored shadows and finding Marlena at Make Up Geek. I have the Urban Decay Ammo palette, but yesterday I purchased the Show Pony palette...I was really diggin' on the purple color "Flash"...
Now, on to the bag: Avon had a special bag a while back called the "Butler Bag". It went a little something like this...
Here are pictures of EVERYTHING that was in my bag:
This is the top view. It actually has compartments in the bottom of the bag to organize smaller items. Bigger items just have to sit on top... eh. Whatever. Again, some of these things were just thrown (literally) in there this morning.
Yes. Those are chopsticks on the far left. (I read somewhere that if you eat with chopsticks that it slows you down and your tummy can actually keep up and tell you when it's full better than if you were using a fork as a slatted shovel into your bottomless pit of a stomach.) Checkbook and pen, VIA vanilla flavored coffee, a sample of Johnson and Johnson's Soothing Naturals lotion, contact case, Bluetooth thingy, scrunchie, clip, and ponytail holder (ya never know which one you're gonna need, bluetooth charger (I threw it in there when I was traveling last weekend and never took it out...it will stay until my return from Houston on Monday. LOL). The thing that looks like it plugs into a wall actually does because it's a converter for my USB cable that charges my phone...aaaaand the car charger (that needs to be put back in my car).
This proves my love for Burt's Bees lip balm. Shown here are three of them: Rejuvenating with Acai Berry, Replenishing with Pomegranate Oil, and Sun Protecting with Passion fruit (SPF 8). A Covergirl compact for minor oil control, Kim Kardashian trial size perfume (it's ok), my watch that I forgot to put on this morning..., A+ Card brochure, McDonald's Monopoly game thingy and a pamphlet on the Feral Hog (don't ask). Clinique lip gloss in Fireberry, iPod, travel size brush, Equate Ibuprofen, Deo for the B.O., my planner, a book by the name of The Long Walk Home by Will North (I don't know what it's about. I haven't started it yet.) and my little Vera Bradley pouch thingy that I just HAD to have but have no use for it. I kinda do. Sometimes I put my phone in there to help protect it if I'm not going to be paying to much attention to it.
THAT, ladies and gents, is what is in my back of tricks. My bag of miracles (aka the make up bag) will have to wait. I have to get back to working... Ew.
Mr. G is a frustratingly difficult man at times. I just had to say that. I have yet to meet him face to face but I will say this: he has grown on me. I miss him when he and I don't text for several days but when we do, he without a doubt, always finds a way to frustrate the crap out of me... I don't know what that means. He is boring and interesting all rolled into an package I haven't met yet. So strange.
G
Thursday, October 14, 2010
To be or not to be ...girly!
SOOOOO many things have happened lately and I really don't know where to start.
Monkey bites: It has become a big deal for me to pick up Monkey from daycare and receive a clean bill of daily activity. In less than a month he was bitten 5 times at daycare by one of the many cannibalistic pirhannas in his class. At 18 months, he moved from the nursery to the toddler room. And those brats obviously do not have good parental instruction at home if they are not receiving a punishment that is sufficiently deterring them from snacking on my child. It is frustrating and I have made it known that I am NOT happy about this. The girls in that room do not want to be the one who has me sign the accident report after telling me he was bitten (again) and I prefer it that way. That tells me that they know there is a problem and that I will not receive that news well. Other than that, I will be glad when they can move back to the actual daycare center and into their new and improved room as it will be bigger and will have a window and a restroom for potty training purposes. NICE. (The DC center took 2 feet of water during a flash flood this season and it is currently under construction to fix the damage and make much needed, and forever wanted, improvements.) We're all pretty excited about it and anxious to get back to normal. We've had a few days of no bites. Let's see how long we can keep the cannibals at bay...
My office: I recently moved my office around so as to maximize the space that I have. I really need paint. My walls are gross and were that way when I moved in here. I am ordering it today along with a roller kit and a paint brush to that I can do it right. There's nothing worse than a sloppy paint job...
Getting fed up: Lately, I have been on this "If you don't want me in your life, I will not fight to be there." And this was really brought on by making attempts to stay in touch with people and them not reciprocating by even so much as a "Hey, I got your message but I am like, super busy with life right now and when it calms down, I will get back to you" or a "Hey, I'm glad you got a hold of me...this is what life is dealing me right now (because I care about what goes on in my friends' lives) and I'm sorry for not staying in better touch.." Either one of those answers would be acceptable to me, the one who is making an attempt to stay in touch, and would have quieted the feeling of being ignored. However, this has not been the case with several people in my life and I'm tired of it. So, as it so happens, I turned 30 recently and am turning the page and beginning a new chapter in life. I refuse to fight to be in peoples lives anymore. If you don't want me there...Cool. Deuces. But I'll be deleting these people from my Facebook and whatnot. Part of getting rid of all the negativity.
And last but not least Being GIRLY!!: I have always loved makeup. ALWAYS. And for the most part, have always been a failure at it. UNTIL I found Make Up Geek. Seriously. The receptionist at the salon that I go to for my waxing always has impeccable makeup. It's perfect. So I asked her one day where she learned to put her makeup on and she told me YouTube. I was like, "what?". And she said that everything she knows about makeup she learned from Make Up Geek. I had to check it out. Marlena, tells you how and SHOWS you how to do it all. Smokey eye is one of my faves and I never knew how to do it but I do NOW!!!! LOL And I never knew what to do with screaming bold colors but now that I know, it inspired me to buy myself this little baby:
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| Since I loved the movie and these colors are fantastic!!! |
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| This is the one out right now. It's the NYC Palette. Loving these colors too!! But we shall have to wait for this one. I'm just so obsessed with color now that I know how to use it that it all looks so fun! Hope y'all have a great rest of the day. I'm packing it up to leave work! G |
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