ALIVE. I promise ( Read more... )

went out shopping with my mom for my birthday today. For ages, she's been wanting to get me a nice bottle of perfume, something that'll last me for a few years, so I took her out to Dillards. It's funny-- almost everything I disliked greatly; there were no 'maybe's-- and the one I found, I absolutely loved. It's Gucci, and I only feel a little bad ( Read more... )

there is something magical about new toiletries. And having money to get the -good- stuff, not the "well, I need it and it's cheapest so ( Read more... )

soooooooooo tired ( Read more... )

I hate getting surprise wake-up calls because I'm one of those people who get up freaking out a bit. Today was one of those days. I was sleeping-- soundly sleeping, which is weird for me because I'm a light sleeper-- when I got the "KIIIIIM! KIIIIIIMMM!" from downstairs. Heart attack. Stumble out of bed, ripping off the covers, tripping over books ( Read more... )

Today, I was in a shopping plaza. It was one of the fancier plazas in the area, mostly specialty stores, like a children's toy shop, a specialty meat place, a wine accessory store, Starbucks, the sort of shopping plaza you get in a fairly wealthy area where the denizens (is this the right word?) sit amongst themselves, "We've got a grocery store, a ( Read more... )

I hate shopping.

No. Scratch that. I love shopping, but I have having to do it for work. Today was one of those days. I needed new work shoes and white shirts ( Read more... )

For the past eight years, I've needed this http://www.noblecollection.com/catalog/product.cfm?id=NN7639 like I need air. And looking at it all, this entire website http:// ( Read more... )

Nine words. Mint-condition mint green Betsey Johnson purse for $7. This was AFTER I was telling a friend earlier, "I'd kill for a Betsey Johnson purse but I can't afford it. I can't afford ANYTHING, really." (This isn't so much "I'm a pig-headed consumerist" as it is, "I really appreciate the colors and styles Betsey Johnson employs. I really want ( Read more... )

Last-minute plans popping up out of the woodwork YAY! Going to the mall to browse through Torrid, meet up with Shannon for lunch, come back home, get some stuff done, and head back out for this evening ( Read more... )