Archive for May, 2009
remember for tomorrow:
since I get out of work earlier. I need to do the following:
- order and pick up my sash and tassel. I already have my cap and gown
- graduation photoshoot from a friend
- pick up graduation tickets from the main ticket center (commencement) and tickets from my counselors office (departmental)
- bible study
- Transfers meeting (???) [...]
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Tags: General, to do list
So today is the club banquet and me and EC (the guy I’m dating) went shopping for his nice shirt. As I was holding his hand, it felt really scaley and it was dry that was when I decided to pull out my 1 oz Nivea tin (must I mention it’s 99 cents?). I love [...]
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Tags: cheap thrills, Nivea, skincare
Figuring out
I’m trying to figure out the purpose of my blog other than just makeup and clothes I buy. I noticed I’ve added a few personal anecdotes and greening my lifestyle from laundry detergent and trying to budget. So far I am liking how it’s going because I’m able to show everything and talk about things [...]
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project 10 pan
I’ve seen this all over the blogosphere, it’s very disciplined way to not buy any more makeup until they hit the pan or finish up ten beauty products. This is a way of making beauty collectors use to really use their product and make them think “do I really need blah blah blah??” But I [...]
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Tags: project 10 pan, Recessionista
The last time I bought a scrub was around December the warm amber scrub from the Body Shop and it was about 20 dollars and using it every other day, it got me through one month. The scrub was nice but not enough for me to buy one every month.
Bam, you have Trader Joe’s Sea [...]
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Tags: cheap thrills, Green, Recessionista, skincare
move over starbucks
I am loving the McCafes–my favorite item is the hot mocha but too bad the closest McCafe from is in Santa Monica so I have to take the bus to get one. A medium size–something I RARELY buy is less than 3 dollars. I usually buy a small for specialty drinks because it’s the cheapest [...]
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Tags: Coffee
no buy
I want to go on a no-buy on makeup until the new Chanel fall collection comes out. So no brushes, no lotions, no drugstore, no high-end. Besides as much as I looove my blushes and actually use all of them, I’m gonna cut down on buying the blushes — I have my own box just [...]
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Tags: life, Recessionista, spending
sorry about the hiatus…
wow, sorry about the hiatus. Been busy with school. Anyways my recent purchases.
Yesterday I went to Ross and i was trying to look for a blue dress for next week’s banquet and i found one for 9.99!! it’s plain but there’s so many ways to wear it. hen it comes to buying dresses, I’m now [...]
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Tags: Alba, Cargo, Chanel, Clothes, Green, Hair care, Korres, MAC, Recessionista, skincare
Darn! and it was a free sample too! I liked the results and it never broke me out but I would like to try something new and something green. I’m planning to try Alba Sea Plus Renewal Cream. It’s cheaper than the Total Effects and WAAAY cheaper than La Mer. I swear one of the [...]
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for under 30 dollars that is!!
- 2 tops from Wet Seal–they’re just basic tees on clearance. There was a one cent sale on their clearance too! Buy one and the other for one cents. I got one shirt clearanced at 3.99 and the second shirt at 1 cent!
- 2 blouses from H&M which was buy [...]
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Tags: cheap thrills, Clothes, Recessionista
