Showing posts with label winter break. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter break. Show all posts

Bits of my day.

This is how much snow there is outside now! I'm definitely not ready for real winter weather to be here, but I'm glad that we got such nice weather before yesterday, haha.  Here's some shots from my morning.  I got the whole house to myself, it's nice to have a little bit of peace and quiet.
My love for bagels and chive cream cheese continues .. These are fresh bagels and the spread is also fresh, love getting bagels from a local bakery.

I just opened a brand new box of green tea! Love starting my morning off right.

I ran some errands today, bought some new items while I was out.  I finally bought hair dye and touched up my roots a bit, got rid of some of those nasty white hairs >< I also decided to buy some things that would make me look and feel good.  Although I have quiet a lot of skincare items already, I couldn't resist from buying these from ULTA. and a few other goodies from Target.
 Buy one, get one free deal! Excited to try the body sugar scrub (:
 This was also on sale, I hope this turns out to be a good hair masque!
 Bleach blonde to re-do my ombre highlights, and the brown to touch up my roots and such. The girl's face on the right is just .. LOL.
 I'm super excited to see if this helps out my hair! I already tried it, and a little bit really does go a long way! So far so good.  I've heard so many good things about argan oil.
Finally picked up the Revlon Colorburst Butter lipsticks and repurchased my all-time favorite liquid liner by Physicians Formula.
Here's the lipstick in Candy Apple. The color goes on very well, it's so smooth, and super hydrating! Loving it already! The packaging is very nice, and for only $6.50, it feels very high quality (:

Hopefully I can do a full review for some of these products as I use them and get to know them a little better. I'm about to head out to watch the game with some friends.  I'm super sad that this is my last weekend before heading back to college, siiigh.  It was fun while it lasted! Second semester, bring it on!

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This happened today.

It snowed almost all day! There were flurries everywhere, the snow just kept piling after I took this photo in the morning.  It was just terrible to drive in.

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An Organized Mess.

Bright red button up top for today.
Pedobear peeping from Rare's front car window.
Panera Bread, I'm a sucker for everything bagels with chive and onion cream cheese.
Our adventure into Bookman's Alley, a hidden bookstore.











Today was actually quite an adventure.  I made plans with my friends, Rares and Ray.  I see Ray on a regular basis, but I haven't seen Rares since we graduated high school in May of 2011! Rares is a great photographer, you can definitely tell by looking at some of his photos on Flickr.  He just started shooting in film, and was kind enough to give me a pair of batteries for my Nikon EM so I could start shooting some film photos.  It was really great catching up with an old friend, as well as photographing again.

We stopped into a hidden bookstore in this alley in downtown Evanston.  It's called Bookman's Alley, and although it looks very small on the outside, it's a great big maze of books on the inside.  There are many chairs, books, figurines, and other knick knacks scattered around.  It was a great big organized messed.  All of their books are for sale.  This would be the perfect place for me to study during the school year if it weren't so far away.  I'm definitely planning to come back here to shoot another time.  I have a feeling this place is always changing.

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I buy the weirdest things from the thrift store, but I don't care, I love this horse jacket (:

Quick buys.



Madly Blush by NARS


Slaktin & Co. Mint Chocolate Three-Wick Candle
I didn't do too much today, just hung out with my boyfriend for a little and then I went around the mall to shop before work.  I managed to go to the Victoria's Secret Semi-Annual sale and bought a couple new bras for myself! I did not choose to put the photos of them up on here, haha. I finally bought Madly by NARS, which I've been eyeing for a while now.  This is my first NARS product ever (: It's gorgeous as a blush alone, or even a blush contour.  The color is so flattering! I also stopped by Bath and Body Works for a 3-wick candle, it was one sale for only $8 (they regularly sell for $19.50). This one smells so amazingly minty, I can't wait to light this baby up!

I really should be saving up, but I can't resist! There are such good sales going on right now.  I'm most likely going to spend my pay check on new clothes this weekend .. I'll start saving up after this weekend, I swear! (;

New Toys

Nikon EM
Urban Outfitters Typerwriter "T" Watch
Madden Girl Zorrba Boots in Black Paris
These are just some new items from the holidays for the new year.  I was gifted the camera and the watch.  This is the first film camera I've ever owned myself, and I can't wait to see how my photos will come out.  There's always just something so magical about film photos. The watch has been living on my wrist for many days now, this is the first watch I've ever really had.  I look forward to expanding my collection of watches as the time goes by.

It's 2012.  I'm excited for what is to come.  I know that this year is just going to be better than the last.  That's how it usually is, the following year is always better.  There are only two weeks left of my winter break, I can't believe half of it has already gone by.  I'm hoping to catch up with some old friends this week.  I gotta make the most of it before I get back to the books!