OOTD: Kitty Style

Hey guys!  I have a couple of looks to show you today.  I was super excited all last week because I got my first ever order from Simply Be for almost nothing.  I only paid shipping!  So when I received my new shirt on Monday I immediately tried it on with my new pleather pencil skirt.  I thought I was looking pretty killer, especially with my new prop, these Chanel mother of pearl brown sunglasses.  I couldn't see a thing!

 

Top: Simply Be.  Originally $30, I paid $8.99.
Skirt: Worthington (JCPenney).  Originally $27, I paid $9.10.
Shoes: Jasmin.  So old I have no clue what I paid!
Sunglasses: Chanel.  Not mine, but they're in my house so I put them on for fun!

 

Swatch-O-Rama

Hey guys!  I've gone through about four or five manicures in the past couple of weeks.  I already posted the Nailtini mani yesterday, so here's the two Julep polishes I received earlier this month and the All Kendall-ed Up I got at ULTA!  Disclaimer:  I do not claim to be a professional manicurist and most of these were taken after a couple of days of wear without any touch up on the tips!  But you get the idea here!

Julep Viola

Random Life in Photos

Well, it's been a little while since I've done one of these!  Here's some leftovers from the past couple weeks, but no Thanksgiving leftovers.  Why didn't I take any pictures of Thanksgiving leftovers?  Ha ha.  Enjoy!

 

Nailtini 50% Off!!!!

UPDATE 12/03/12:  Hey, I just wanted to update this post as it seems there is a Millionaire dupe out there!  Check out the new Nicole by OPI Kardashian Kolors Holiday Glimmer and Shimmer collection.  A Gold Winter's Night appears to be an almost exact dupe of Nailtini's Millionaire, and some people are saying this collection is already on clearance at Target for $4.92!  So if you liked the "tinsel" look of this mani but missed the 50% off sale, A Gold Winter's Night would be a great substitute (and probably more readily available too).

Hey guys!  I wanted to wait a couple days to post my swatches (if you can even call them that) of the Nailtini nail lacquer I received in my ipsy Glam Bag, but I decided to share them today because Nailtini is having a 50% off Black Friday sale that ends on the 26th... that's tomorrow!  I can not express how excited I am to have discovered this brand.  Really, I wish I could jump out of the computer screen and just scream at you like they do on those closeout commercials.

Nailtini nail lacquer in Millionaire

OOTD: Black Celebration

Hey guys!  Sorry for the long break.  I told you last week was going to be crazy, and it was!  I'm calling this post "Black Celebration" for a few reasons.  I survived another Black Friday, and I kept thinking of one of my favorite Depeche Mode songs.  "Let's have a black celebration to celebrate the fact that we've seen the back of another black day.  (I'll drink to that.)"  Ha ha.  Oh, and because of this awesome black batwing shirt I picked up last week for $7.00! 

Top and Capris: a.n.a. at JCPenney
Shoes (not shown): Crocs Kaydee flats

Friday Rants and... Rants!

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been the best blogger this week.  Black Friday is coming up, and things have been getting pretty chaotic at work.  I haven't gotten to wear any cute clothes either because I needed to wear pants and jeans to dig around in the stockroom!  So no outfit posts this week, which makes me sad.  The good news is I've been stalking this pleather skirt and awesome sweater that finally went on clearance!  And it's all going to be under $20!  I'm getting them this weekend.  You'll probably see them next week.  I'm super pumped.  Anyways, now I'm going to unleash some rants!

1. Dead Sea Spa kiosks at the mall.  Why have you added another kiosk on the other side of the food court so that now either way I go I have to have an uncomfortable exchange with you?  I am simply trying to get a drink or snack on my break.  You see me several times a week and know I work in the mall, yet you insist on trying to slather some lotion on my hand and ask me what I use to moisturize my face.  I'm not going to suddenly change my mind and decide it is a good deal to spend between $40-$70 dollars or whatever price you decide to try and sell me on that day.  I don't like being a jerk to you guys every day so please stop.
2. Why are less than average looking guys allowed to be leading men on TV and in movies but women are not?  And they always have super hot wives or girlfriends, but it's never the other way around?  I understand Jack Black and Will Ferrell are funny and that's what they are famous for, but why doesn't the media ever make a big deal about their weight or looks like they would Melissa McCarthy or Rebel Wilson?  I mean, Melissa McCarthy has a show, which is cool for her, but the whole plot is based on her relationship with a fat guy she met at Overeaters Anonymous???  WTF???
3. Pedestrians in Gainesville.  If you walk in front of my car while it is in motion, I may not stop.  And quite frankly it is very distracting.  I'm all wondering if you're going to stop or keep going, because only an idiot would just totally walk into oncoming traffic.  But then I remember where I am, and I'm like, oh shit I better get ready to brake.  And then I'm all mad that I braked for you, because that could've caused an accident and I don't want to encourage people to walk in front of my car again.  It's kind of like standing in a crowded line, and for some reason people always want to cut through but only right in front of me.  That always happens to me and is also annoying! 
4. Blogger.  Some people reading this might think that I don't know how to use a computer.  Maybe I don't because I can't figure out why Blogger randomly decides to center some of my text when I want everything aligned on the left, or why some of my pictures have one line of space between them and others have like five lines between them for no reason.  Or I'll be typing and the size of the text will just change.  I know I'm not the most well spoken Blogger, but I work hard on this blog and it's really challenging when I spend like 25 minutes trying to align all my text only to hit "Publish" and see that everything is all over the place!
5. Adam Levine.  You are not hot and your band sucks.  I hate hearing eight mediocre Maroon 5 songs everyday at work... Not that there's a non-mediocre Maroon 5 song because there is not.  First, I had to watch this smug asshole on Access Hollywood the other night.  Then he was on Anderson Cooper.  And then this came in the mail: 

I HATE YOU!

By the way, it just took me 15 minutes to get this image to post UNDER the text instead of at the top of this post!  Blogger, you are so frustrating! 

 

That's all for now.  See you next time!

My First Ipsy Bag!

Hey guys!  Sorry about the make-up heavy posts lately, but here's another!  I signed up last month for the ipsy glam bag, and my first one came today!  Ipsy is a subscription service and online community started by Michelle Phan (she makes really popular make-up tutorials on YouTube).  It only costs $10 a month and cancelling is easy. Every bag is supposed to come with at least two full sized items and then a couple deluxe samples.  When I saw that the last two months each came with a full sized nail polish, I immediately signed up.  And if it really comes with two full sized products every month then I think it's worth it.   Plus, don't we all love getting mystery packages in the mail?  Here's what came in my first bag!



It came in a pretty pink bubble envelope with some other offers.

Shopping Trip to ULTA

Hey guys!  Just wanted to let you know before I get started here that I just took some NyQuil, so this post might be all over the place.  I have been getting sick over the past three days.  Body ache, runny nose, sore throat, but I still haven't had a fever yet, so I'm trying to sleep all this off now.  After today, I'm not going to be off until Thanksgiving, so I have to get better!!!  Okay, now I'm ready to talk about my first trip to ULTA!

We have a new ULTA here in Gainesville that just opened up, I think late last month.  I signed up for their email and they sent me a $5 off $10 coupon!  Yay!  I was going to do this great post where I took pictures of my whole shopping trip with pictures of the outside and inside of the store, but when I finally got out of work yesterday it was pouring down rain, so I scrapped those plans and only got pictures of my purchase.  Sorry!



Pretend this is a beautifully photographed storefront.

Random Life in Photos

Hey guys!  It's time for another installment of pictures I took last week that didn't find their way into a blog post.  Enjoy!

OPI Skyfall Collection

Hey guys!  Yesterday, the new James Bond movie, Skyfall, came out.  I doubt I will go see it, but I do luuurve the new collection that OPI created based on the film!  These polishes have been out for about a month now.  I had to do some serious research online before I could narrow down my choices to just three colors.  Really, they're just all that good.




Skyfall, Casino Royale, The World Is Not Enough

Rants and... Rants!

Hey guys!  I realized I've been doing a lot of photo heavy posts about make-up and clothes and such, so I decided to do something completely different today!  Rants and... Rants!  I was going to do some raves, but I feel like I've raved all week, and frankly I just want to bitch for a couple minutes.

1. Did anyone else notice that all the Christmas commercials instantly started on October 31st?  I was wanting to say something about this last week, but it never came up in any of my other posts.  I mean, I get it.  I work in retail.  Hell, if I could rave about one thing, it would be that the store I work in actually held off of the Christmas decorating through October 31st.  But seriously, I saw that Hershey's Kisses commercial where they make the candies play "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" like five times on Halloween.  And then I was mad because I wanted some Hershey Kisses.  All I'm saying is, just let me enjoy one holiday before another one is being shoved down my throat.  Cause I'm not ready for all the stress yet!
2. Why do clothes have so much stretch that they're hanging off of me at the end of the day?  Today I wore jeans to work that I could barely fit my crotch in when I was getting dressed, but by the time I got out of the car at the mall, I was having to hold them up around my waist.  And my shirt was the same way.  I put on a solid color, fitted crew neck tee shirt, and it was like a tunic by lunchtime.  Grrrrrr.  I'm going to get some pajama jeans at Walgreens because at least you know you're wearing elastic jeans that are going to look totally silly.
3. Why do super groomed muscled guys insist on getting the shittiest tattoos ever?   I keep seeing dudes on TV trying to how off their hot abs and then there's a yin yang on an ab and I'm all "eeewwww".  That's a complete waste of time to even try to fix that with a chiseled six pack.  Have another Dorito Loco taco, bro!
4. Why is this blond bitch on TV always singing about the pink lemonade 5 Hour Energy Drink?  Whoever is in charge of their ad campaign must think women are idiots.  I get so pissed every time she comes on.  She has a PINK guitar, and her PINK 5 Hour Energy Drinks, and then the worst part is when she tells you part of your purchase will go towards breast cancer.  That stuff probably causes cancer!  And don't even get me started on what I think about Breast Cancer campaigns.  I love girly things.  I've posted like five things in the past two weeks about nail polish.  I'm kind of a sucker for commercials.  But just because you turn something pink and make a donation to breast cancer (research? survivors? clinics?) doesn't mean I'm going to be all about it.  And I like energy drinks.  But that stuff tastes like shit and makes me feel like I'm on crack.
5. Drivers in Gainesville.  That's all I'm going to say.

See you next time!  

OOTD: Rrrraaaaawwrrr!!!

Rrrraaaaawwrrrr!  That's the sound a red leopard makes!  Now that I've cleared that up, let's talk about what I wore yesterday!



Another bathroom door picture!

I'm a Julep Maven!

Hey guys!  I found something that combines two of my very favorite things: getting stuff in the mail and buying nail polish.  Julep Maven has been around for about a year, but I just read about it for the first time last month.  I got the Bombshell introductory box, and it came in the mail on Monday!  Yay!

Free $5 Amazon MP3 Credit!

Hey guys!  I don't want to try and sound like I'm trying to sell you stuff.  Cause I'm not.  Except maybe on tomorrow's post.  Ha ha.  But I do like to share how to get FREE stuff.  Right now, you can sign up for Scott Shared Values and receive a $5 credit for Amazon MP3 downloads!  Just go to this website  to sign up.  You will have to answer a short survey about what Scott products you use, but I promise you this is not one of those offers where you will receive a bunch of spam emails or phone calls.  You can even uncheck the box to receive emails from them.  That's what I did, and the only email I got was my promotional code to get my MP3s!




This girl's totally jamming out on the couch, just like meeee!

OOTD: Purple People Eater

Hey guys!  I'm going to apologize again for the crappy bathroom door pictures!  I really want to do better with these outfit posts, and I will try harder to save myself enough time for the tripod.  I promise!

Anyways, here's what I wore to work on Monday.  Any good Depeche Mode fan has a TON of black in her wardrobe!  I have at least five solid black casual dresses, but this one has to be my favorite.  I bought it about four years ago for $4.97, and I have worn it everywhere.  This was my first time wearing it with these purple tights.  It was an easy and cheap way to make this old dress look like a different outfit!



Dress:  American Living (JCPenney)
Tights:  Xhilaration (Target)
Shoes:  Crocs Lily Bling (crocs.com)

Croc-odile Rock!

Hey guys!  Don't laugh at me, but I looooove me some Crocs.  If someone would've recommended them to me a few years ago, I would've laughed at them.  But my back problems started to become unbearable at my current job after years of abuse in flat shoes on a hard floor for 8+ hours a day.  I noticed that many of my coworkers were rockin' some Crocs so I finally gave in about a year ago and bought some Kadee flats.  I don't think I could ever go back to other shoes now.  I guess you could say I'm like the Mario Batali of retail.  Because we both wear Crocs, get it?

I've been wearing my ragged out Kadee flats all summer long because I just couldn't stand to wear other shoes to work.  I got some overtime in the last two weeks, so I decided to finally fork over $35 at the Crocs kiosk at the mall and get a new pair.  But when I went to find the Crocs kiosk at the mall IT WAS GONE!  Damn. 



Here are my old Kadee flats.  My feet are totally crooked so my shoes always end up look bent like this.

Random Life in Photos

Hey guys! Here's another installment of pictures I took that never found their way into a blog post. Enjoy!

Tasty Vegetarian Chili

 

Happy November, everyone!  I hope y'all enjoyed your Halloween.  I did!  I've been rushing this last week of October to do all of my favorite "fall" activities because we finally had a little cold snap here.  I bought some vegetables at the flea market a couple of weekends ago, and I had to make chili on Tuesday before my veggies went bad!  I love making this chili a couple times every fall and winter.  It is based on this Betty Crocker recipe.... Well it's basically the same except I add extra jalapenos and extra beans.  You could really add or take away anything you want.  I've tried this with veggie (fake meat) crumbles before, and I didn't really like it, though.  Enjoy!