Welcome 2013

Monday, December 31, 2012
Last weekend, I cleaned out my bathroom vanity. I threw away hundreds of dollars worth of barely used eyeshadows, lipsticks, primers and powders. Two piles of products remained: the handful of things I...

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2012 Goals - Recap

Sunday, December 30, 2012
I made a series of 12 resolutions for 2012, one for each month. The problem with setting monthly resolutions for the entire year in January is that by the time you get to,...

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Pots and pans

Friday, December 28, 2012
Peter and I have never replaced the pots and pans we each bought when we moved out of our respective parents' homes, so in our kitchen you'll find a mishmash of cheap (particularly...

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Sick, sick, sick

Monday, December 24, 2012
Couple of sickos. Pardon my zero makeup and penguin jammies. It's Christmas Eve morning, get on my level Right on cue, just in time for Christmas, we're sick. I felt like low-grade ass...

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Countdown to Christmas

Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Last Christmas, I had a hard time getting into the holiday spirit and felt pretty out of it during the whole thing. I went through the motions: baked cookies, watched Christmas movies (at...

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Lessons learned

Monday, December 17, 2012
1. Honesty is the best policy. Just. Tell. The. Truth. Don't pussyfoot around. If there's a problem, be straightforward about it. I have always had trouble with this and tend to sneak around...

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Cheap Thrills

Monday, December 10, 2012
You know those annoying people that love to spill the beans on how much they paid for everything? You say, "I like your _____", and they immediately have to chirp where they found...

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A Little Sparkle

Tuesday, December 04, 2012
I've been making my Christmas list (STAY TUNED!) and there's a common thread: almost everything that catches my eye these days has a little sparkle. And I would not generally consider myself an...

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