about blogging, at least. i have been so busy at work that i haven't had the desire to come home and type away about something. . . especially since that something would have to have been about work, since that was all that i was doing. this week should be better. still, i spent the weekend recovering, so there's not much to report.
i did see blades of glory on friday night, with william at home. funny!
britney's situation is getting sadder and sadder.
i am coveting a pair of brown leather tall boots at aldo this weekend that i really want. finally, boots with a kitten heel and that don't look like they came from the ranch. but i have to be good. does anyone out there want to buy me brown leather boots from aldo? come on. . .
i went to barnes & nobel with a gift certificate and bought a few books. hooray!
which, you ask?
bitter is the new black
lipstick jihad
the little black book of style
specialty topics in calamity physics
yay!
groceries today.
i live a very hott lifestyle.
oh! wait! i did get a free small sample of la mer today. that's right. la mer. now hopefully i'll have celebrity-clear skin. at least for as long as the sample lasts.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
heard 'round the world
so, checking my stats:
Serbia
Victoria Canada
Sweden
Australia
Brazil
What? How cool! I can't tell you how excited I am about that. international penpals? Hooray!
Also, more traffic on the blog. All over the place. I don't know if it was from a link or what, but please say hi when you stop in (this is not directed at you regulars). I tend to get paranoid when I don't know who's reading me! Stupid if you put things on the internet, but true. More paranoid is people in MN who I can't figure out who they are from the city they check.
Plus, I almost ALWAYS say hello.
This week is going to be nutso. A dress fitting for a friend's wedding (I'm a bridesmaid), talking to a class about getting jobs in my field, a little party, and a lot of work. Laundry, groceries, etc., also calling my name.
Deep breathing will be in full use this week.
I got nothin' interesting today.
Serbia
Victoria Canada
Sweden
Australia
Brazil
What? How cool! I can't tell you how excited I am about that. international penpals? Hooray!
Also, more traffic on the blog. All over the place. I don't know if it was from a link or what, but please say hi when you stop in (this is not directed at you regulars). I tend to get paranoid when I don't know who's reading me! Stupid if you put things on the internet, but true. More paranoid is people in MN who I can't figure out who they are from the city they check.
Plus, I almost ALWAYS say hello.
This week is going to be nutso. A dress fitting for a friend's wedding (I'm a bridesmaid), talking to a class about getting jobs in my field, a little party, and a lot of work. Laundry, groceries, etc., also calling my name.
Deep breathing will be in full use this week.
I got nothin' interesting today.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
every woman loves a deal
i am constantly on the lookout for good shoes. i'm really picky, and i can't really wear heels (too much pain, people!), and, well, i hate a lot of things. i love ballet flats--thank god they are in style right now--but a lot of them are clunky or matronly, so i'm picky about those, too. i have lots of shoes i lust after, but i just can't have. i can't deal with heels. kitten heels, cool, up to about 2 1/2 inches, but after that, i'm done. i have one pair of super high stilettos. they're dark purple mock croc mary-jane style, and they are hot. me lying in bed the next day, moaning about my sore back? not so hot. they don't get a lot of wear.
so today, i found two pairs of flats--on sale! exciting. i'm looking for some colored shoes, because most of what i own now is black, gray, or brown in various styles. now that my wardrobe is mostly black and gray (am i a new yorker at heart? i never get sick of either color), i feel like i need some color somewhere, and shoes seem like agood place to start.
here was what i really wanted:
and
but as you can see, imposing heels. 4 1/4 inches? out of control. do you know, for one thing, how tall that makes me? about five-eleven. no, not necessary. cameron diaz i am not. for my balance and my back health.
ok, so then i found these:
and these, which i got in that same dark purple as the toe on the other one (there were none left on the website):
so i think i did pretty well.
it was an unplanned shopping trip with my mom. one second i was helping her with her computer, and the next my car was driving itself to the mall with her in the passenger seat. this happens, sometimes, when we get together, and i have to say, it is some of the best free time i spend. i love that my mom and i are such good friends.
my mom is an awesome lady. she is funny, smart, helpful, generous, beautiful, and very kind. she has always put everyone else first, her whole life. she loves being a mom and it shows. i often think to myself that my mom is a far better mother than i will ever be. she always let my siblings and i do our own thing, encouraging us every step of the way. she always loved us, without reserve or condition. she's imaginative and resourceful. she is a great listener and loyal. she has taught me so many things about being a good person and living a good life. she cries with you and laughs with you. and sometimes tells you to laugh when you want to cry. if i grow into half the woman she is, i'd consider my life to be pretty successful.
i'm lucky because i'm entering into a family where i get a mother-in-law who is great, too. she has accepted me into the family, including me and making me feel comfortable. she shares cooking tips with me and shows me her latest crafty projects (you name the craft, this woman has done it). she is always telling me about the bargains she gets--talk about resourceful! one of the best parts about her is her giggle. she has a really funny sense of humor, almost bordering on an impish way--like she's been naughty, but she's one of the least naughty people i know. she is a good person, inside and out, very devout, but also loves to have a good time. she has really supported william and i in our endeavors, which means a lot to us. i look forward to getting to know her even better as time wears on; i know that eventually i will have even more nice things to say of her. i feel extremely lucky to be gaining another strong woman in my life. you can never have too many of those.
i got a good deal.
so today, i found two pairs of flats--on sale! exciting. i'm looking for some colored shoes, because most of what i own now is black, gray, or brown in various styles. now that my wardrobe is mostly black and gray (am i a new yorker at heart? i never get sick of either color), i feel like i need some color somewhere, and shoes seem like agood place to start.
here was what i really wanted:
and
but as you can see, imposing heels. 4 1/4 inches? out of control. do you know, for one thing, how tall that makes me? about five-eleven. no, not necessary. cameron diaz i am not. for my balance and my back health.
ok, so then i found these:
and these, which i got in that same dark purple as the toe on the other one (there were none left on the website):
so i think i did pretty well.
it was an unplanned shopping trip with my mom. one second i was helping her with her computer, and the next my car was driving itself to the mall with her in the passenger seat. this happens, sometimes, when we get together, and i have to say, it is some of the best free time i spend. i love that my mom and i are such good friends.
my mom is an awesome lady. she is funny, smart, helpful, generous, beautiful, and very kind. she has always put everyone else first, her whole life. she loves being a mom and it shows. i often think to myself that my mom is a far better mother than i will ever be. she always let my siblings and i do our own thing, encouraging us every step of the way. she always loved us, without reserve or condition. she's imaginative and resourceful. she is a great listener and loyal. she has taught me so many things about being a good person and living a good life. she cries with you and laughs with you. and sometimes tells you to laugh when you want to cry. if i grow into half the woman she is, i'd consider my life to be pretty successful.
i'm lucky because i'm entering into a family where i get a mother-in-law who is great, too. she has accepted me into the family, including me and making me feel comfortable. she shares cooking tips with me and shows me her latest crafty projects (you name the craft, this woman has done it). she is always telling me about the bargains she gets--talk about resourceful! one of the best parts about her is her giggle. she has a really funny sense of humor, almost bordering on an impish way--like she's been naughty, but she's one of the least naughty people i know. she is a good person, inside and out, very devout, but also loves to have a good time. she has really supported william and i in our endeavors, which means a lot to us. i look forward to getting to know her even better as time wears on; i know that eventually i will have even more nice things to say of her. i feel extremely lucky to be gaining another strong woman in my life. you can never have too many of those.
i got a good deal.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
R.E.M.
you know what i love?
SLEEPING! FOR TWELVE STRAIGHT HOURS!
that felt so good. i can't even tell you. i feel like i could go back to sleep, still, but i feel much better than yesterday. i was in bed by 11, and i just woke up a litlte while ago. william must have gone for a bike ride, so it has been blissfully silent around here.
ah, to be surrounded by pillows, blankets, and hazy sleep, with a dog that makes me feel like "hey, it's ok to sleep the day away." (while my overachieving fiance is out riding around and getting in shape, ha.)
mmmmmm, sleep.
SLEEPING! FOR TWELVE STRAIGHT HOURS!
that felt so good. i can't even tell you. i feel like i could go back to sleep, still, but i feel much better than yesterday. i was in bed by 11, and i just woke up a litlte while ago. william must have gone for a bike ride, so it has been blissfully silent around here.
ah, to be surrounded by pillows, blankets, and hazy sleep, with a dog that makes me feel like "hey, it's ok to sleep the day away." (while my overachieving fiance is out riding around and getting in shape, ha.)
mmmmmm, sleep.
Friday, September 21, 2007
makeup, makeup!
my camera is missing its charger right now, but otherwise i'd have photos to show you my embarrassing amount of makeup, like nanette and wan's posts. i'm going to write about it anyway, and then post photos later. (there's a bonus photo at the bottom of this entry).
i remember the first makeup that i got my hands on. or at least i can say that it's the first makeup i remember. my mom always wore "barely pink" lipstick, and it came in a navy blue tube with a clear plastic top. it could have been wet 'n' wild. she had another plummy color which i don't recall the name of, but she let me put on when i wanted to dance around our living room to bruce springsteen (she had the born in the u.s.a. record).
i was always a beauty girl. i loved watching my mom get ready to go out, her curling iron, her blush, her navy blue eyeliner. i loved when she let me put some on. i can remember the first eyeshadow i ever owned--it was mary kay, a single eyeshadow pan, very light pink. i can't remember how it came into my possession, but the rule was that i couldn't wear it to school. i can't remember how old i was, exactly, but i think i was probably in third grade. i remember taking it to school in my pocket, and putting it on in the bathroom. i was like eight! that's obsession, my friends.
then i remember the first makeup i wore to school. i convinced my mom to let me buy a maybelline palette of shadows, four browns, in a super-slim navy blue case. it was a major coup. and the catalyst to the rest of my makeuppy life.
let me illustrate to you out of control this has gotten. a couple of weeks ago, william literally began tossing products out of the bathroom into our kitchen, and told me that if i didn't find a place to put them, they were getting tossed. a scare tactic, but hey if we're talking about my beauty products, scare tactics are going to work! i ended up filling one of those flat boxes you slide under a bed for clothing--full. Then we have an ikea closet in our bathroom, which was also kinda full (i blame that on poor shelving options for small objects). ok, so then a couple of weeks later, we went to ikea and got me the equivalent of a craftsman tool chest. not as big, but six drawers. full, nearly. my shower currently has three shampoos and conditioners (six total), soap, three face washes.. it goes on and on.
i have daily routine, though. i just probably experiment more than the average girl.
in a given day, i wear:
tinted moisturizer--"inner light--by aveda. spf 15, ladies! sheer coverage. perfect.
stick concealer. i use max factor at the moment (and i think it's the best, even though it's drugstore), but i found out it's part of a horrible scheme of animal testing, etc., so i am leaving it soon. stick concealer for under the eyes (don't forget those corners!) and little red spots i get since i am so fair.
i use a primer on my lids to keep shadow put--hands down the best beauty trick ever. i have used urban decay's potion, nars' primer, and mac. i think they all work really well. i usually wear two-three shades of eyeshadow (highlighter, sometimes on the ball, and the crease), plus eyeliner (usually powder or gel, not almost ever the stick, it just doesn't last long enough). i also wear tons o' mascara because there is nothing more fab than great lashes. (i like tarte's lights, camera, lashes) but my favorite mascara is l'oreal's voluminous. totally underrated, better than diorshow. and it's only $7! or less when it goes on sale at target.
i usually wear some kind of powder blush, but i redden very easily, so i tend toward peach or bronzy tones so that i don't make myself redder. buff by mac is my favorite. my favorite bronzer is origins, although mac makes some good ones too. i love to put a little pink over the top (old makeup artists' trick)--i've been using the barbie loves mac in blossom. i have used tarte's cheek stain in a couple of different colors, too.
oh, then the lip. i love lip gloss and lipstick, but i tend to rub my lips together a lot and touch them, and thus it comes off. lip pencil was a great invention for people like me, helps keep it all on longer. i tend to wear sheer lip colors because usually my eyes are pretty done up. . . my favorite lipstick is pomp-adorable from mac, which is now discontinued (WHY oh WHY God, WHY???). i bought up a bunch though, so i have a few stocked up. it's the perfect shade of purple. in the nicest purple ever. so pretty. although i occasionally wear red lipstick, lady bug, by mac, or something dark and crazy, normally i have a lighter lip.
i'm also a lotion freak. lots of it, all the time. part of that is having dry skin. washing my hands int he winter, especially with public bathroom soap, is killa. my hands immediately start itching and burning. anything with butter in the title is like buttah in my mind. my favorite smell is fig and brown sugar from bath and body works, but i also love all the body butters at body shop. oh. hell. i love lotion. there are a lot of places i'd take it from.
i also love benefit's some kind-a beautiful sheer foundation stuff. great. sheer. easy to use. good coverage. no cakeyness.
i could seriously go on and on.
oh! wait! dr pepper chapstick is actually my favorite lip product of all time. it's true. a little shine, a little color, yummy taste. it's awesome.
add to this that part of my job description is "beauty editor." it's true peeps. i get to write about it for a living!
and we didn't even touch hair products. . . (quick and dirty: catwalk's curls rock line, all of it, matrix's smoothing line for straight-hair days, tresemme hairspray, bumble and bumble's hair powder.)
it's a colorful world, people.
when i went to prince with my friend ang, we went and got our makeup done by my favorite artist (i'm picky). this is way overboard, but this is prince people! avril makes me feel like a million bucks. we had a fun night that night. i cropped this photo so you can see the awesome makeup job (and yes those lashes have help.)
ang, i didn't post your photo cos i wasn't sure if i could. don't be offended! i can add you back in!
i remember the first makeup that i got my hands on. or at least i can say that it's the first makeup i remember. my mom always wore "barely pink" lipstick, and it came in a navy blue tube with a clear plastic top. it could have been wet 'n' wild. she had another plummy color which i don't recall the name of, but she let me put on when i wanted to dance around our living room to bruce springsteen (she had the born in the u.s.a. record).
i was always a beauty girl. i loved watching my mom get ready to go out, her curling iron, her blush, her navy blue eyeliner. i loved when she let me put some on. i can remember the first eyeshadow i ever owned--it was mary kay, a single eyeshadow pan, very light pink. i can't remember how it came into my possession, but the rule was that i couldn't wear it to school. i can't remember how old i was, exactly, but i think i was probably in third grade. i remember taking it to school in my pocket, and putting it on in the bathroom. i was like eight! that's obsession, my friends.
then i remember the first makeup i wore to school. i convinced my mom to let me buy a maybelline palette of shadows, four browns, in a super-slim navy blue case. it was a major coup. and the catalyst to the rest of my makeuppy life.
let me illustrate to you out of control this has gotten. a couple of weeks ago, william literally began tossing products out of the bathroom into our kitchen, and told me that if i didn't find a place to put them, they were getting tossed. a scare tactic, but hey if we're talking about my beauty products, scare tactics are going to work! i ended up filling one of those flat boxes you slide under a bed for clothing--full. Then we have an ikea closet in our bathroom, which was also kinda full (i blame that on poor shelving options for small objects). ok, so then a couple of weeks later, we went to ikea and got me the equivalent of a craftsman tool chest. not as big, but six drawers. full, nearly. my shower currently has three shampoos and conditioners (six total), soap, three face washes.. it goes on and on.
i have daily routine, though. i just probably experiment more than the average girl.
in a given day, i wear:
tinted moisturizer--"inner light--by aveda. spf 15, ladies! sheer coverage. perfect.
stick concealer. i use max factor at the moment (and i think it's the best, even though it's drugstore), but i found out it's part of a horrible scheme of animal testing, etc., so i am leaving it soon. stick concealer for under the eyes (don't forget those corners!) and little red spots i get since i am so fair.
i use a primer on my lids to keep shadow put--hands down the best beauty trick ever. i have used urban decay's potion, nars' primer, and mac. i think they all work really well. i usually wear two-three shades of eyeshadow (highlighter, sometimes on the ball, and the crease), plus eyeliner (usually powder or gel, not almost ever the stick, it just doesn't last long enough). i also wear tons o' mascara because there is nothing more fab than great lashes. (i like tarte's lights, camera, lashes) but my favorite mascara is l'oreal's voluminous. totally underrated, better than diorshow. and it's only $7! or less when it goes on sale at target.
i usually wear some kind of powder blush, but i redden very easily, so i tend toward peach or bronzy tones so that i don't make myself redder. buff by mac is my favorite. my favorite bronzer is origins, although mac makes some good ones too. i love to put a little pink over the top (old makeup artists' trick)--i've been using the barbie loves mac in blossom. i have used tarte's cheek stain in a couple of different colors, too.
oh, then the lip. i love lip gloss and lipstick, but i tend to rub my lips together a lot and touch them, and thus it comes off. lip pencil was a great invention for people like me, helps keep it all on longer. i tend to wear sheer lip colors because usually my eyes are pretty done up. . . my favorite lipstick is pomp-adorable from mac, which is now discontinued (WHY oh WHY God, WHY???). i bought up a bunch though, so i have a few stocked up. it's the perfect shade of purple. in the nicest purple ever. so pretty. although i occasionally wear red lipstick, lady bug, by mac, or something dark and crazy, normally i have a lighter lip.
i'm also a lotion freak. lots of it, all the time. part of that is having dry skin. washing my hands int he winter, especially with public bathroom soap, is killa. my hands immediately start itching and burning. anything with butter in the title is like buttah in my mind. my favorite smell is fig and brown sugar from bath and body works, but i also love all the body butters at body shop. oh. hell. i love lotion. there are a lot of places i'd take it from.
i also love benefit's some kind-a beautiful sheer foundation stuff. great. sheer. easy to use. good coverage. no cakeyness.
i could seriously go on and on.
oh! wait! dr pepper chapstick is actually my favorite lip product of all time. it's true. a little shine, a little color, yummy taste. it's awesome.
add to this that part of my job description is "beauty editor." it's true peeps. i get to write about it for a living!
and we didn't even touch hair products. . . (quick and dirty: catwalk's curls rock line, all of it, matrix's smoothing line for straight-hair days, tresemme hairspray, bumble and bumble's hair powder.)
it's a colorful world, people.
when i went to prince with my friend ang, we went and got our makeup done by my favorite artist (i'm picky). this is way overboard, but this is prince people! avril makes me feel like a million bucks. we had a fun night that night. i cropped this photo so you can see the awesome makeup job (and yes those lashes have help.)
ang, i didn't post your photo cos i wasn't sure if i could. don't be offended! i can add you back in!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
so tired
hi kids.
crazy working continues--i got home at 7 am today, after working since 830 the morning before. typing this is actually quite difficult. sleep is such a good, good, good thing. molly's here to help show me the way.
that's all for now.
crazy working continues--i got home at 7 am today, after working since 830 the morning before. typing this is actually quite difficult. sleep is such a good, good, good thing. molly's here to help show me the way.
that's all for now.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
crazy, crazy
hi there. i'm back in crazy mode with my professional life, which will continue through the weekend and into next week, so stick with me if posts are few and not very well thought out.
it's finally gotten cooler here. it smells like fall in the air. nooooooooo! i will go kicking and stomping my feet. it's just not right. it's not officially the end of summer yet, but tomorrow's only supposed to hit 55 degrees. my building hasn't even switched our heating/cooling to the heat side, so we don't have heat! i'm seeing blankets and hot showers in my future.
god, thinking about this now, i feel like i could really go for a Vichy shower. too bad, no cash. maybe i can treat myself after this work project is over.
william and i haven't been up to much, seeing as how i have been professionally preoccupied. molly has been reaping the benefits of long hours over at my parents' house, where my dad feeds her "beef, with a little bit of gravy, like she likes it." seriously? my dog is going to get obese.
we have started looking into places to stay on our honeymoon; we're going to kauai after we get married on maui. there are some really kick ass places for super reasonable amounts ($140 a night? $100 a night? sold!)i really hope that if we do the helicopter tour my fear of flying doesn't kick in. i don't want to take xanax for that (yes, i medicate on flights, no other times). i wouldn't want to be all zoned out for that! i can't believe how fast our engagement is going... time has just flown.
ok, off i go to edit some stuff. i hope you are watching tv and eating ice cream for me. can you relax for me and send me some of that energy? thanks, friends!
it's finally gotten cooler here. it smells like fall in the air. nooooooooo! i will go kicking and stomping my feet. it's just not right. it's not officially the end of summer yet, but tomorrow's only supposed to hit 55 degrees. my building hasn't even switched our heating/cooling to the heat side, so we don't have heat! i'm seeing blankets and hot showers in my future.
god, thinking about this now, i feel like i could really go for a Vichy shower. too bad, no cash. maybe i can treat myself after this work project is over.
william and i haven't been up to much, seeing as how i have been professionally preoccupied. molly has been reaping the benefits of long hours over at my parents' house, where my dad feeds her "beef, with a little bit of gravy, like she likes it." seriously? my dog is going to get obese.
we have started looking into places to stay on our honeymoon; we're going to kauai after we get married on maui. there are some really kick ass places for super reasonable amounts ($140 a night? $100 a night? sold!)i really hope that if we do the helicopter tour my fear of flying doesn't kick in. i don't want to take xanax for that (yes, i medicate on flights, no other times). i wouldn't want to be all zoned out for that! i can't believe how fast our engagement is going... time has just flown.
ok, off i go to edit some stuff. i hope you are watching tv and eating ice cream for me. can you relax for me and send me some of that energy? thanks, friends!
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