@Oshare-girl wrote:
It's starting a busy time over here. It's the last month of school. I actually don't like summer. It's just so hot and humid. Like you all I prefer cooler weather when I can wear jeans and layers. Yes even in HI it gets chilly, relatively speaking. I also don't like wearing shorts so I'm in jeans or capris all year long.
Did I tell you we finally bit the bullet and got rid of our carpet? It's only been 9 years but 2 kids and multiple pets had destroyed it. We put in vinyl planks and it's been so nice. Now instead of the carpet holding all the hair and fur, it blows around in tumbleweeds and I know it's time to bust out the Swiffer. We also didn't move all the furniture back into the space. There's still 3 pieces that haven't been moved back. It's so nice to have the open space. I don't think those pieces are ever going to make it back in. We also replaced our fridge. It was literally ticking like a time bomb. We ended up getting a simple top freezer style without an ice maker. It's huge and so easy to get things out. More and more I'm seeing that simple is the way to go. Ice makers have always been the first to break so we just use ice trays. We also are living without a dishwasher. It bit the dust the other year and I'm been meditatively washing dishes ever since.
I have a love hate relationship with eyeshadow. I love how they look in the palette and I enjoy applying it, but by the end of the day, I think it makes me look tired. But I can't stop using the eyeshadows or all my palettes would go to waste. So I always end up in a cycle where I buy a palette then want to declutter another one. In the last couple of months I haven't bought any palettes. I'm still on the search for the perfect concealer. I've tried cheap, high end, correctors, liquid, cream, solid...I still haven't found it. When I don't buy makeup, I find that I buy more skincare. Replacing one thing with another. I try to buy minis as much as possible because I know I'll want to try the new stuff. @just bee I'm always tempted to buy WNW makeup because it's so darned cheap and many times have such good reviews. I've heard that those new palettes aren't as good as the old formulas so I haven't bought any. I decluttered so many of them over time but it was because I just had too many and they weren't getting enough use. I also had that Pearlescent Pink blush once but it was decluttered too. @aprilskies I stopped using and buying bronzer only this year. I finally realized that I just can't be bothered trying to make it not look like dirt on my face. I have a wide face so I really should be contouring... Instead I can't be without highlighter. I love that sheen on the cheekbones.
We have a trip to Japan coming up this summer. This time for vacation and not a mission. I can't wait to eat some fresh seafood! I wish I was 10 lbs lighter before then but that's not going to happen. The good thing about Japan is the amount of walking just in everyday life. We easily walk 8-10 miles a day so we don't feel so bad indulging. One thing I want to get is a new wallet. The button on my Kate Spade wallet no longer works but I've been holding out because I love the Japanese aesthetic in leather goods. Actually in everything. I wish I could bring an entire house with me. I love the simple lines and the use of wood. Aah, that would be so refreshing to come home to.
The much anticipated and dreaded Sephora sale is upon us. I will be stocking up on skincare. The one makeup product I want is a cream shadow from Supergoop. It's SPF for the eyelids. It's great for a simple one-shadow look, which is my fantasy eyelook. I plan to make that my trip makeup and maybe I can wean myself off of eyeshadow palettes. Speaking of SPF, don't forget to put it on your hands and between your fingers. I found a "beauty spot" inbetween my fingers this week on my left hand. I know it wasn't there before and I'm sure it's from sun exposure when I'm driving.
Finally, HEP was going pretty good because I gave up sweets for Lent. It actually wasn't hard. The longer I went without, the less I craved it. I didn't notice a change in my weight but DH says I look leaner. Maybe....but now that I can eat sweets again, it's hard to not eat them. They are everywhere. It's not even that I want to eat them. They just exist. Arg!
@geezerette I'm glad you are feeling better. It's interesting how we don't realize we need something until we are without it.
@Oshare-girl
What a great post!
1. We'll have a warm, sunny weekend with temps in the low 80s. I have my fingers crossed for rain midweek. I shouldn't criticize our climate here -- it's really better than most places. I do enjoy the high desert in that when the sun goes down so does the temperature. That is one fine feature.
2. I'm sick with jealousy. I want to be carpetless. If it was only me, I'd rip it out today and just have a concrete floor. But now that we have a working vacuum cleaner, I think we'll keep it while the dog is here. He's not getting any younger and he'll need padding. When we take him shopping, there are certain types of flooring that... well, floor him.
And I agree about washing dishes. I'll have to replace the dishwasher if we sell the house but I have no intention of having one while I'm still here. I actually enjoy washing dishes. And our glassware looks so much better now that it's not being destroyed by the dishwasher.
I dread replacing the fridge. We have to have a side-by-side because of the giant island in the middle of the kitchen. If we have to have water in the door, maybe we can just not hook it up.
3. It's weird. I was never that into makeup because it was just another step in getting dressed and out the door. Now I'm looking forward to that step. I don't know what happened. It's like ten minutes that I get to play. Strangely therapeutic.
Cheap makeup has changed my life.
4. A trip to Japan! I worked for a Japanese company for 13 years but never had the chance to travel there. I took a fantastic Asian Art class in college (Art minor) and I do like that esthetic you're talking about. It's also the simplicity, right?
And, living in landlocked New Mexico, I totally understand the need for fresh seafood. We finally tried that sushi place and I don't know where they get their fish, but it's definitely better than what we've had here. It can't be all that fresh -- it still has to make its way here -- but whatever they're doing is working.
5. I've been to Sephora once, I think, and that was just so I could sniff a bottle of Pink Sugar. I'm safe -- that sell won't tempt me.
6. Sweets. I forgot to buy marked-down Easter candy! I know I need to limit sugar, alcohol and carbs but at this point I'm unwilling to give up Amstel Light and Montepulciano d'Abruzzo. I will say no to candy and desserts before I give up alcohol. Plenty of sugar and carbs there. My big carb issue is bread, pasta and rice. BH and I had some old naan in the freezer that had to be used so I made naan pizza last night. Less crust and it still tasted like pizza.
That and a glass of red wine... strangely therapeutic.
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