I Have Been Cut Off

This week marks the beginning of the time when I am no longer able to buy all the things I love. It is a sacrifice I am willingly, but not happily, making. Per the request of my parents to get all of our wedding gifts out of their guest room closet, and all of the cute things that are already in our apartment, we have decided to buy a house. I am extremely excited about paying for something that is ours instead of throwing money at a crappy apartment that I would not buy even if I could, but having something that costs upwards of $200,000 means that i have to stop wasting money on all the stuff that only costs $60.00. In the past three months I have nurtured my online shopping addiction to the max via my newfound shared income, much to David's chagrin. David has not bought ANYTHING for himself in the last three months except the 300 graphic novel. He hates shopping of all kinds, so he basically just grimaces every time there is a UPS post it on the front door when he gets home. I went shopping with my mom yesterday and looked on as she bought two very cute purses, and I bought nothing in any of the departments that we stopped at. Also, I have decided that Monday after work I am going to my nail salon and getting my acrylics soaked off and having my nails painted a cute color and be done with it. The acrylics cost us about $65.00 a month, which we need to be saving. So long beautiful fake nails! Thankfully, I am pretty well stocked on clothes, shoes, and misc. items for a while, so saving is hopefully going to be somewhat easy. We shall see. Oh! David has agreed that the iPhone is something that I desperatley need, so we are also going to be purchasing those this summer....a light at the end of the tunnel. Kind of.

Since I cannot buy anything else, lets talk about some of the things I have already bought that I would like to report on. Specifically, I mentioned in my last post that I had bought Bare Minerals make up, and I would let you know how it worked. I LOVE it!! It is extremely fun to apply and the brushes are very luxurious, so you feel very pampered every morning. However, it is a big change for someone who has worn liquid foundation for a while, because the look is very natural. I like this, though, especially since I have also decided to not tan this year. I have tanned for about three months out of the year since I was 18 or so, and this year I am only going to be as tan as the sun lets me in the time I choose to spend outside doing recreational activities. So, I will be rather white this year, but the Bare Minerals really gives my skin a healthy glow. So, after watching the DVD they send you, which is even more fascinating than the infomercial, I decided I need some Bare Minerals blush and eye shadow and some more brushes. So a few weeks ago I ordered the limited edition Natural Exotic Collection from Nordstrom.com.

It is amazing, and has allowed me to replace almost all my makeup with Bare Minerals, except for a few eyeshadows that I love. I even keep the yummy lipgloss in my makeup bag and apply it in the morning, and it does not wear off until lunch. And it is lipGLOSS. Bonus: it tastes like coffee, even though it is this very pretty pink color. So I bought a new makeup bag to accomodate all my new powders and brushes, and I feel awesome and organized every morning. You can apply Bare Minerals as quickly or as detailed as you want, and all the items are multi-purpose. For example, the foundation magically becomes concealer with a switch of the brush, and the Spice eyeshadow is also my blush on more dressy days. I will post some before and after pics this morning after I take my shower. I needed to wait to do them here because the light in my apartment is horrible.

Bare Minerals: RECOMMENDED HIGHLY
Bare Minerals DVD: RECOMMENDED HIGHLY even if you don't wear the makeup. So much fun!

P.S. I am having a Product Party! This is something that I made up as an excuse to get my friends together and give away two huge baskets of free products. These were not free to me, but I love them and want to see them appreciated, so I am hoping my friends will like them and take them. Once I announced my plans, all my friends wanted to bring their stuff too, so it will be more like a swap meet. I will post pics of the event, which is this coming up Wednesday night.