** THE GIVEAWAY IS closed ** This giveaway is closed, as well as the champion has been contacted (CONGRATULATIONS, EMILY!!!), however inspect back next Saturday for one more giveaway. Rise as well as shine, buddy o’ mine! great morning! pleased Caturday. I hope you slept well. I did. The infant slept for — get this — seven hours straight! I believe that’s the longest stretch yet. She’s ending up being a great sleeper (*knocks on wood*). I hope it lasts. ADVERTISEMENT Do you have any type of plans for Mother’s Day? Brunch? I believe we’ll stay home, probably. perhaps El...

** THE GIVEAWAY IS closed ** This giveaway is closed, as well as the champion has been contacted (CONGRATULATIONS, INDIA!!!), however inspect back next Saturday for one more giveaway. See, now, I understood I must have gotten that toy shark pincer claw thingy when I saw it at the Monterey Bay Aquarium a couple weeks back since I might truly utilize longer arms ideal now. I step around like a seal out of water! turning over in bed takes me 10 minutes (only somewhat exaggerating), as well as this is all to state that I can barely step ideal now,...

I just published a infant bump publish on the blog the other day, however I haven’t done a YouTube update in a while, so right here we are at 28 weeks! infant Girl, otherwise understood as My bit Ninja since she kicks all the time long, is doing fine. Your friendly community appeal addict, ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Karen P.S. Not infant related, however this may be of rate of interest to you if you’re a Clinique fan as well as online in southern California… From Clinique PR: “Clinique as well as Eden Passante, diy professional behind Sugar&Charm, celebrate the holiday season...

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Hello, spring (makeup)! right here I’m using the Chiang Mai as well as Thessalonique Eyeshadow Duos ($35 each) from the new NARS spring 2017 Wildfire Collection, which is reminding me that we have a looong method to go before spring I understand that this maxes out the Cheese-O-Meter, so my apologies for that, however you understand what I’ve always wished to do? It’s this thing I’ve seen on authorities shows where there will be a couple of authorities officers sitting in their cars and truck on a stakeout, as well as they’ll be viewing a perp (yes, I stated “perp”)...

I have finally — finally — caught up on my magazine reading, yay! It’s the little things, ya know? ADVERTISEMENT Anyway, among other things, this means that I found some new sources of makeup inspiration, like this blue beauty up at the top… Hoh! — I don’t even know where to start. Like, I love how the blue wraps around her entire eye, and how the shades shift from light to dark in a gradient, but what I really love is how her brow bone highlight is completely ??? bananas. See how it’s in the center of her brow and...

A persimmon from the tree in my mommy as well as dad’s backyard! You may be wondering, “So what in tarnation is this Monday Poll thing anyway!?” Well, it isn’t precisely a poll. It’s a lot more of a regularly evolving (devolving?), somewhat random listing of concerns I’ve been putting out to visitors every Monday morning for the past seven years. (It’s like a kickstart for your brain.) I’ve always took pleasure in reading your answers in the comments, as well as I hope you take pleasure in reading mine. What’s one thing you feel like you’re *always* doing? Oh,...

I like you so hard, Chanel 88 Noir Intense! I was speaking on the phone yesterday to a buddy who occurs to be a Chanel-o-phile like I am, as well as we both went full-on crazy when got on the topic of Chanel Stylo Yeux water resistant eyeliner in 88 Noir Intense. OK, it’s just a black twist-up liner — seemingly boring, right? — however babe, IT IS SERIOUSLY the very best BLACK eyeliner EVER. ADVERTISEMENT I wear it almost daily as well as have for months, ever since I figured out that, basically, it’s the sh*t. I have ventured...

Well…this just happened It’s not easy to carry around 15 bottles of bath & Body works lotion… OK, 14 bottles of lotion and one bottle of body wash. ADVERTISEMENT But it’s not easy to walk around the mall and drink your boba tea while you’re hauling around all that stuff. I can tell you that much! The last time I went all-out at a charm sale was last Sunday when these lotions happened. See, I’d gone to the mall to get a boba tea at the food court, but then I unintentionally wandered into the bath & Body works thinking...

Our tabby was on fire this morning! I believe something should have transpired overnight…either an alley feline jamboree, or possibly a raging celebration with the regional wildlife. I don’t know, however Tabs was in full-on poofy-tail mode, which was unexpected because, you know, he’s type of the king of the circle. He truly doesn’t have anything to prove, so when we’re inspecting the community during our early morning rounds, it’s much more of a maintenance thing. Sniff this corner, inspect out that corner. OK, everything’s copacetic, however today he was full-on orange alert tabby — tail poofed, huge jumps off...