How funny it is:

That I said I was going to keep up with this blog. I want to. I am stressing out really bad. I wish I didn't but it's the holidays and they do that to me. I have to rush over to Charming Charlie's to go pick up my Secret Santa's present thats "due" tomorrow. Joy! The one thing I am looking forward to this week is staying up late Wednesday night and waking up late on Thursday, seeing Whitney for the first time in 8 years on Thursday, and talking to Jack.

I swear, if I hear "All I Want for Christmas" by Mariah Carey one more time then I am going to scream!

I hate my compulsive spending.

I now have so much make up, I don't know what to do with it.

I have a make up gig August 8th. It's a wedding. I'm totally stoked.

I think I'm going to pull the plug on this.

I'm happy:

I'm so very happy. Today kind of started to suck. I woke up super groggy, barely here. The lack of sleep is totally getting to me. I set my alarm for 6 am but ended up getting up at 6:40ish. I ended up somehow motivating myself to move fast enough to be ready to have at least an hour to study and review this morning before the exam. I am not so sure how I did. Every time I say I did well on a test, I always jinx myself. There were some questions that I remember studying last night. I am hoping I did better than what I had been doing on tests in that class. I just need to at least get a C. I can't afford to fail any classes or else I won't be able to concurrently enroll into UH.

Work was slow. My boss has me doing more IIF documents. It was nice while it lasted...the break from the IIF. They have the SST scheduled in the same burg as the IIF, so now it's going to be a bitch for me to sort through them all when I'm trying to figure out who hasn't taken the IIF according to Ohio. I should have been given the task to take over the IIF workshops from the first place. Ever since I started doing it, I have them all filed on the server and the hard copies in the filing cabinet. My boss has lost lots of sign in sheets and now we're pretty much fucked. How am I to prove someone has already taken the workshop if they are salary or if he's lost the sign in sheet? I can't keep going back into oblivion in OPC. I don't have time like that...unless they want to up my pay rate.

I was totally drifting off in outer space at work and then my phone rang. I noticed the number was out of state, so I decided to answer it. Who was it? Whitney! What a goober. I'm so so so stoked!!! She's going to be here next Thursday!! I think this break is going to be sweet. She's going to be staying with me for the most part till the 5th of January. We've already started planning stuff out. I haven't seen this girl in about 7 years. It's insane. We've kept in touch this long. Even if we stop talking for a while, which we did stop talking for about three years, when we talk again it's not any different than it was the last time we talked. She's going to be 21 on the 21st. Golden birthday. She told me we're getting smashed. I don't remember the last time I really drank without getting queasy and feeling disgusting. I am not sure how long this drinking escapade will last. I try not to be a party pooper as far as drinking goes but I totally lost interest after high school. I have go buy her birthday/Christmas present.

I am so poor. My car payment is due Sunday. I'm going to a sex party on Saturday and I'm not even sure if I can buy anything there because I am that poor. I still haven't bought my grandparents t-shirts that I was going to get them. I need to get my ass in gear.

It's really nice to listen to music while sitting at the computer. I don't have any music program on my laptop but I have been sitting at my dad's computer for the past two hours or so taking quizzes online pertaining to my final for tomorrow. I am listening to so many bands I used to listen to but they are still excellent.

I'm really starting to have a thing for British female artists but definitely not in a lesbian way. Want to know who? Adele and Kate Nash for starters. I've already liked Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse. Duffy is OK. You have to be in the mood for her.

Oh Christmas tree:

As much as I love the holiday season, I secretly hate it. I know there are some out there like me who look forward to hearing Christmas songs and putting up all the Christmas decorations but then when it comes down to it, it seems like a chore. I spent most of the weekend cooking, cleaning, decorating, and organizing. It was a pain in my ass. I can't even listen to anymore Christmas songs without going insane. There is nothing I can't stand more during this time of the year than going grocery shopping and everyone in the store is singing along to the Christmas jams they are playing throughout the entire store. I sound like the Grinch but it's not intentional. I think Christmas is one of the most precious times of the year because you get to be with your family and friends. Also, right after Christmas comes a brand new year. Another moment in life to remember that time flies, especially the older you get. I truly do love the holiday season but I enjoy it more when everything is done and less chaotic.



Speaking of time flying, finals are here. I can't believe that the semester is already over. I remember the first day of my humanities class. My professor told us, figuratively, that she had a cat on her head. I had my humanities final today. It was hands down the easiest final I have ever taken in my whole 14 years of school. It was essay form, so being the excellent writer I am, it was a piece of cake. Biology 2 is Tuesday and I'm actually scared. How come I can tell you anything and everything about biology but I can't test over it to save my life? I hate multiple choice tests and I hate takings tests. I am not a test taker especially if it's multiple choice. I sit there and stare at the test and all the answers begin to look good. I think tonight, I am going to write out notecards while I'm studying, to study. The one thing I have taken with me from my favorite teacher in high school was to always rewrite your notes because your brain will remember it more. Wednesday is my last final. I am taking History 2. I am sort of worried but then I'm not. It is multiple choice but she basically gave us the exam online. I'm going to be spending Tuesday night taking the quizzes over and over again. Plus, my professor really likes me. How do I know this? She told me. She tells me randomly all the time how much potential I have. Friday after our last test, she pulled me aside and said "I like you kid, you're quite the smartass." It made me laugh out loud. I don't really know why she likes me so much. Maybe it's because I laugh sometimes at the things she says. I feel sorry for her though. She's very quirky and so many people think she's insanely crazy and hate her. I think she's quirky in her own little ways and if people really payed attention, they would see that she's just a big smartass and is making fun of half the kids sitting in the class.

Today is one of those days...where you feel really sluggish and not in the mood to do anything. I didn't feel like being at work today. I went to bed at 2am and I haven't done that in a while. I am usually used to getting only 5 hours of sleep but as of late I've been trying to make better habbit. With Christmas break coming really soon, I'm going to screw my sleep pattern all up. I am not so sure how that is going to work out for me considering that my co-worker is about to pop any day now and I will have to come in even earlier to work since there will be one of us missing. Oh the joys of pregnancy. I think she planned this baby out at just the right time.

A fresh start:

Hm, it's Sunday already...awesome!

I decided to start fresh as far as the blogging goes. I started out with livejournal, just like everyone. I got tired of that and then moved onto Xanga...got way tired of that. I blog on Myspace here and there but it's not very permanent. Since everything else has been pretty premanent in my life for the past three years, I feel as if I need a permanent blogging destination. Why not a better place then blogspot.com? Some of the gurus that I watch on youtube have blogspot accounts. I figured that I'd jump the gun.

Other than that senseless intro, I have been compulsively buying make up as usual. I watched a guru the other day on the tube, Julieg713, and she did some swatches of this one product by Jesse's Girl Cosmetics. So, I've heard about them for a while now but I wasn't that interested until I saw her swatches. She swatched these things called Eye Dusts which are comparable to MAC pigments. I ordered 4 of them. They aren't mineral pigments, which is great. I really dislike mineralized eye shadows. Usually the color payoff sucks and you have to keep building the product up just to get some sort of pigmentation to show. Also, they create much much more fall out than usual pigments. Anyway, I was totally impressed by these pigments and the quality. I can't wait till they come. Perhaps, I'll swatch them and show them off on here if they get an A+. I also ordered these Formula 13 lipglosses. Another guru on the tube, SarahVictor, talked about it in one of her videos saying that they are very comparable to MAC Dazzleglasses. Now, I LOVE the dazzleglasses. Knowing there is something out there exactly like it with a nice affordable pricetag makes me really happy. I ordered 2 of them in the colors Wild Berry and Pappaya. I also ordered a nail polish in Gunmetal.

Friday night, I went to Walgreens since they are having a big sale on their cosmetics. I got a few things. I got 2 Revlon Sheer powder blushes. They remind me of MAC MSF and my Laura Gellar Blush N Brighten except these aren't baked and do not have any veining. The colors are in splotches and when mixed together, you get the same effect as the MSF. Revlon was having a buy one, get one free on all their products. Then I got a CG Trushine lipstick. I don't usually like Covergirl products but it was on sale, so I just did it. It is a hot pink color and I don't know the color because it got peeled off with the seal. It's number 445. Lastly, I saw Sally Hasen lip products were on sale. Now, I really like Sally Hasen's Diamond Lip Treatment but I saw they had these mineral smoothing lip treatment. The colors were really pretty, so i got a purple one in Amethyst. It's really nice. It almost reminds me of MACs dazzleglass in Funtabulous except it's not as sparkly and it's more of a plum purple. It smells really good and looks amazing on and on top of my hot pink lipstick I got.

Black Friday, I decided to go shopping. I was kind of scared because when I went shopping on Black Friday in 07, I was in Austin as well but we went to this new shopping area by my grandmother's house that had just opened, so it wasn't busy. This time, my sister and I decided to go to Barton Creek Mall and we didn't wake up early. We got to the mall around 9am and it wasn't busy at all. Maybe all the shoppers had left but we were still surprised. Of course Torrid wasn't having any sales. That kind of sucked because I found a really cute shirt that looked so adorable on me and really showed off my weightloss but it was 54 dollars and there wasn't much to the shirt for it to be that much. I ended up buying my sister a shirt she had been wanting. Then at Lane Bryant, they were having buy one, get anything free. My sister and I decided to buy some bras. We both bought a bra and got another bra free. It was pretty freaking sweet. We were so surprised there were so many options left. We thought since we came late that all the cute bras would be gone but we got lucky! Then of course, I went to Sephora. I told myself that I wasn't going to buy anything but I couldn't really help it. My sister convinced me to buy this Urban Decay eyeshadow pallette. It had 10 shadows, a basic flat shader brush, and a mini UDPP for 36 dollars. I swatched all the colors and I was impressed except for one color. There is a white color in that pallette called Uzi that has huge silver glitter chunks in it. When I wiped the shadows off my hand, that awful silver glitter was stuck all over my hand still. What I dislike about this pallette is the brush sucks. I will never use that brush, ever. It's too stiff and it doesn't pick up the shadows well. Second, there are some shadows in there that are gorgeous but have too much glitter in them. If you don't pack the shadow in carefully, you will get tons of fall out and then your face will look like a disco ball. I prefer to keep a matte look all over my face, so that was a big negative. I also picked up this Smashbox lipgloss set. I got 6 lipglosses for 29 dollars. I LOVE Smashboxes lipglosses. They have amazing color payoff and they smell awesome like vanilla cupcakes. This set was so cute and had all the necessary colors needed. I find myself using the nude color the most. There were a few other things I want to go back and get. Tarte has a gift set with a tray of about 20 shadows, 20 lipglosses, and then a tray of a highlighter, contour, 4 blushes, 2 make up brushes, and a mini mascara for 57 dollars. These eyeshadows are FANTASTIC! I didn't even use a base when I swatched them and they are SO pigmented. The texture is amazing, creamy, and so smooth. I didn't swatch any of the glosses but I'm sure they are just as great. I also saw a Lara Mercier pallete for 48 dollars, I believe. It's a pretty neutral pallette but the colors are wonderful and so nice for fall/winter. It comes with a duo sided mini make up brush. The shadows are all soft and creamy as well. It has 3 matte shadows and the rest are all either a satin or frosty finish. Lastly, there is a NARS ligloss set that I HAVE to get. I LOVE NARS. I love NARS more than MAC. I think NARS has outstanding products. Sure, they are more pricery than other brands but its so worth it. The quality of all their products is worth every penny.

I suggest that if you've been wanting to try out different brands that now is the time to go shop at Sephora. There are a lot of really great deals going on since it is the holiday season. Also, if you can't afford that, check out all your local drugstores! L'oreal HIP must be getting rid of some of their products because at CVS they have some products discounted at 75% off and they are having a sale of Buy one, get one half off or free.

Hopefully this helps anyone who was curious!