The Chanel Ratonas Off-topic Thread

[Bonitinha]

Hi girlies!!!

Michelle, your table is lovely, and I hope the girls had a fabulous time! I know your daughter will always remember THIS birthday! And I'll throw my hat in on the C version of Chloe......

Kate, I hope things get straightened out very soon.....it's so unsettling.........

I ended up back at INGLOT one more time before I left......and the guy was in there again, but one of the other SAs helped me. I don't know if he remembered me from Sunday, but I think he did. I was very cool toward him, and he ended up being somewhat helpful, if a bit snobby about it.

I also wanted to let you know that I got the cutest little trinkets at the MAC Pro store - from the Quite Cute collection - Suzanne gave me these little plastic balls (like from a coin operated toy machine) that had little metal pins and rings - I'll take a pic later (the weather here is very grey today)....very 'cute'! I haven't forgotten about the other pics I promised, so stay tuned!

I also wanted to let you know that I had received a sample tube of the LM tintend foundation (the one that says 'Illuminating') and I have to say I REALLY like it! And I'm quite fussy when it comes to foundation. It really is illuminating without being shiny and over the top - I was pleasantly surprised.

Lastly, I also have LM gel lip color in 'Rosette' on order - I think I'll have almost all of them after that.......

Should I tell my sister than ALL of the Chanel ladies prefer Chloe to Khloe? I really do think she is making a mistake with that spelling! But she doesn't seem to care what I think about that haha
Too bad you had to see Mr. Snootypants at Inglot again. Some people are not happy in life, I guess, and that is why they treat people like that. Hopefully he got the hint you were not pleased by him!!
I have heard good things about lots of the LM foundations -- I need to get my hands on some samples!


Enjoy your weekend ladies! This week has been lovely and glorious because the weather has been perfect. But looks like we are back to cold and rainy next week (cries). So I'm going to enjoy it today

 

[Bonitinha]

Elegant -- which 2 dresses did you get from Anthropologie? My husband just got me the Oblique Blossoms dress, but the skirt is made of very fine lace -- it arrived with tons of loose threads and even came with a warning that it snags very easily. I am wondering if I should just exchange it for something else. I am obsessed lately and want everything from there!

Did you get the Homegrown mug from there? http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?color=000&navAction=jump&id=073732
I think they are so darling!!

 

[User38]

Michelle, so glad the party went well.. it could not go wrong it was too gorgeous!

I too prefer the C and not the K for the Chloe name -- it's just more classic and has been around for a long time -- KK will be an old bag in 15 years, and nobody wants to be named after an old bag.. except me (I am named for Queen Isabella)

Elegant, I got the very same warning -- flash red last evening so I closed my browser and went to watch some movies with the boys -- Dog motel.. lol.

they love it!!

I was wondering too why we had that horrific warning which said a virus attack was being planned.. skeeery.

I am today bu my Hibiscus as well as a Clementine

-- the reasone I love these so much is because they are like a stain very pigmented but not drying.. and that is very important to me having meaty lips.. lol.

 

[Bonitinha]

^^Thanks HG -- it was fun doing the party. My daughter's name is Isabella! I have loved that same since I was a young girl. So beautiful.
Yikes, I hope my computer doesn't pick up some weird virus . . .

 

[Shypo]

Oh goody....more fun with hackers. Man, they're like mosquitos and cockroaches - nothing to redeem them.

I am considering backups of the LMs - how sad is that? Are they LE?

 

[LMD84]

Thanks Astrid. The story with the charges is that they far exceeded our monthly allotment for downloads/ bandwidth usage/ uploads. Canada has ridiculously restricted internet access, so we're all capped at fairly low levels and beyond that limit, you pay through the nose. It's a stupid situation all around.

Glad you enjoyed the 30 days of lips! I finally finished it up with my all-time favourite Mac lipstick, Mystic. Which, as with all things I love, is being discontinued. I have an uncanny ability to pick the unpopular choices in any assortment, I swear. What scary is that I could do a few months, without even getting into the glosses. I definitely have a heck of a stash.

I also reread some of the previous posts in this thread and I was happy to see another writer on here (particularly one who does short stories, since that's mostly what I've done)! I'd love to see your writing some time.

just droping by to say i am so sorry about what happened to you. this is absolutely crazy. a similar thing happened to a work mate a few months ago. somebody hacked onto his wireless internet and downloaded lots of stuff so he had to pay an extra £180 on his bill. luckily he got them to half the total but £90 is still lots for something that was not his fault

 

[elegant-one]

Just got back from the Nordstroms Trend event

soooo tired! I have been up since 3 AM! We had to leave at 6:30AM to get there in time by 8.

We had a great time (even hubs did

) Half way through the event, the electric went completely out - can't use the escalators, only one register for the whole store worked!!! They had to use flashlights on the models & speakers They got it fixed about 2 hours later.
It was fun - we got to meet the head of Nordies Beauty, & another head of beauty something - I can't remember. And, one of the gorgeous models came up to me & we had the best personal non-beauty conversation. I loved her! But - dang was it wall to wall gaggles of women packed in everywhere - you could barely look at anything which kinda makes me crazy. They did give us MU bags & all kinds of freebies, & Chanel gave me a bag with with a bunch of goodies. I think most women went to get free food

I was told that the LM gel ls are all sold out LE! NOOOO, glad we got them while we could. See, thats what makes us hoard

I bought 2 gorgeous LM es in Baroque & Cognac, Chanel's long lasting concealer, a pair of shoes snuck in there too

C - I wanted to swatch Rosette but it was gone today. I'll wait to see what you think of it. It can't be anything but lovely. And I wish I would have gotten a sample of that LM tinted foundation.

Michelle - 2 maxi dresses - 1 pink, 1 ivory. I wore the deep pink one today - I love it on. Oh no on a snaggy skirt - that would make me afraid to wear it. Yes, Anthropology has been a long time addiction for me. Sometimes though, it is hit & miss on styles for me. I buy a lot of their cami tops. Glad you & the girls had fun & survived it.

HG - I freaked out about the warning! They can be so destructive! Last time (only time) I got one on Karlasugar's site - it took us forever to get my laptop restored. I hate those ignorant people that do such destructive things. Turds!!!

Hi Almus

Hi Cutie

Hi Katred.

Hi Chanel peeps!

Lou - you prolly don't want another pm from me

dear heavens

 

[LMD84]

Just got back from the Nordstroms Trend event

soooo tired! I have been up since 3 AM! We had to leave at 6:30AM to get there in time by 8.

We had a great time (even hubs did

) Half way through the event, the electric went completely out - can't use the escalators, only one register for the whole store worked!!! They had to use flashlights on the models & speakers They got it fixed about 2 hours later.
It was fun - we got to meet the head of Nordies Beauty, & another head of beauty something - I can't remember. And, one of the gorgeous models came up to me & we had the best personal non-beauty conversation. I loved her! But - dang was it wall to wall gaggles of women packed in everywhere - you could barely look at anything which kinda makes me crazy. The did give us MU bags & all kinds of freebies. I think most women went to get free food

I was told that the LM gel ls are all sold out LE! NOOOO, glad we got them while we could. See, thats what makes us hoard

I bought 2 gorgeous LM es in Barouque & Cognac, Chanel's long lasting concealer, a pair of shoes snuck in there too

C - I wanted to swatch Rosette but it was gone today. I'll wait to see what you think of it. It can't be anything but lovely. And I wish I would have gotten a sample of that LM tinted foundation.

Michelle - 2 maxi dresses - 1 pink, 1 ivory. I wore the deep pink one today - I love it on. Oh no on a snaggy skirt - that would make me afraid to wear it. Yes, Anthropology has been a long time addiction for me. Sometimes though, it is hit & miss on styles for me. I buy a lot of their cami tops. Glad you & the girls had fun & survived it.

HG - I freaked out about the warning! They can be so destructive! Last time (only time) I got one on Karlasugar's site - it took us forever to get my laptop restored. I hate those ignorant people that do such destructive things. Turds!!!

Hi Almus

Hi Cutie

Hi Katred.

Hi Chanel peeps!

Lou - you prolly don't want another pm from me

dear heavens

sweetie that is what i am here for! do not worry! i know how frustrating these things can be - i have reported everything to the web guys but nobody has gotten back to me yet - i think it's because they don't work saturdays sounds like you had an awesome time today though!!

 

[Bonitinha]

How fun Elegant!! I can't believe the electricity went out -- that must have been insane. So glad you got to mingle with some fun peeps!
I didn't know the LM lippies were LE -- sadly, I missed the boat on that one (I really wanted Dollface, too -- boo).
I'm eyeing a few Anthro summer dresses as well. I think I will exchange the one my hubs got me. It is so pretty, but I am too afraid to wear it. I need something a 'lil more practical!

I'm off to a BBQ -- talk to you ladies soon!

 

[elegant-one]

How fun Elegant!! I can't believe the electricity went out -- that must have been insane. So glad you got to mingle with some fun peeps!
I didn't know the LM lippies were LE -- sadly, I missed the boat on that one (I really wanted Dollface, too -- boo).
I'm eyeing a few Anthro summer dresses as well. I think I will exchange the one my hubs got me. It is so pretty, but I am too afraid to wear it. I need something a 'lil more practical!

I'm off to a BBQ -- talk to you ladies soon!

mmmm, BBQ! Have fun

I do love Anthro's skirts big time! And why YES! that is the mug I bought - its so cute! I was so happy that my initial had the PINK print

Actually, everyone was really chill with the electric being out & just went about like business as usual - weird huh. They did have dimly lit backup lights, but it was kinda strange.

 

[Shypo]

That sounds like quite an interesting event.....sounds like you had a marvelous time despite the power failure!

I meant to tell you all that I had bought another Guerlain Rouge Automatique, got it home, and it had been used. I called Nordie's customer service to complain, as this is the 4th time this has happened with them. Different lines, different stores. I told them I wanted someone to get back to me to let me know they had received my complaint, and nada. That was last Friday (a week ago). Not happy. I'm going to call them again next week. It happened to me with a Dior (LE) powder, a BB (LE) shadow, this lipstick and one other item that I can't remember right now (I remembered it when I told her, but I've got mushy brain ATM).......so disgusting. And inconvenient. And while the CS person was nice, I don't think she quite got the point.....yes, it's yucky, but it's more than that....it shows lax practices, is terribly inconvenient for customers, and the problem needs to be addressed.

I ordered backups of HB and Clementine today.......I also received my Dollface and Rosette colors.....after seeing Rosette, I don't know what took me so long to get it!

My son comes home from South Africa tomorrow, so I'm terribly excited - I hope you all have a great rest of the weekend!

Have fun at the BBQ Michelle!!

 

[elegant-one]

^That's very unfortunate!

Aw, that will be so great to be with your son

So, what does Rosette look like - is it a red rosey or mauve rosey or pink rosey?

 

[elegant-one]

elegant - thanks for the swatch! Enjoy your Clementine!

You're so welcome

 

[Bonitinha]

Cheryl -- eeeew, I can't believe they re-sold used lipsticks!!! They really need to do something to make that up to you.
Yay, for your son coming home from South Africa! Have fun!

We got rained out at the BBQ tonight -- bummer. It has been so nice all week . . . but looks stormy for next week

 

[Almus]

On the lipstick (and the other previous products). On the other hand, I hope you have a great time with your son Cheryl ...

Oh Michelle, so sorry to hear about the bbq =(

Yesterday I went shopping and I got a beautiful fresh summer cotton dress in navy blue, a couple of t-shirts and a light shirt, everything in Zara. The summer collections will be on counters next monday, yeyeee

 

[User38]

C! that's horrible.. and especially damaging to the reputation of a great store.. ugh. Things like this keep reminding me why I am a germophobe.. lol.

Elegant, Rosette on me is a deep rosy reddish shade -- but that's cause of the pigmentation of my lips.. I love it tho. I just bu'd all my lm ls -- cause they go fast especially HB which I seem to use a lot of.

Have a lovely Sunday everybody!

 

[Miss QQ]

Cheryl -- eeeew, I can't believe they re-sold used lipsticks!!! They really need to do something to make that up to you.
Yay, for your son coming home from South Africa! Have fun!

We got rained out at the BBQ tonight -- bummer. It has been so nice all week . . . but looks stormy for next week

Sorry about the rain. On the other hand, great that your daughter's party went very well! I want to go to the party too. The pink pops that you have on the table looks like what my local starbucks is having, birthday pops. I had one before and it looks so cute. I went to anthropologie website and the clothes are beautiful! I want them too. I love the name Isabelle too.

cheryl - so gross that the lipsticks are used. And it happened 4 times! The store should take the problem seriously. So happy for you that your son is coming back!

 

[elegant-one]

^HG - ok - I ordered it last night

I had to have the last color. Yep, I can't believe how fast I am going through the HB color.I'll need to stop wearing it with my nightgown

I also ordered another LM es in Twilight Grey. I swatched it yesterday & it was such a pretty color.

Have a relaxing Sunday!

Almus, the clothes you described sound lovely.

Miss QQ - That is just awful about the spyware!!!!!

I want to know how they are embedding it here. These kind of people that do these viruses & the scammers need to get a real life & find something better to do with their time.
I was thinking about getting a MAC book - I heard that they didn't get the viruses.?

 

[Miss QQ]

^^ Yeah the apple servicing guy told me that it could not be a virus because apple don't get viruses, so it must be "some third party program" (to quote him) that I installed and I must uninstall it and remove it completely. This spyware must be quite powerful to infect us and the interface and name of the program was so believable - MacProtector, so I was tricked and the servicing guy told me yesterday he had two customers coming in with the same spyare infection. I've been using my macbk for almost two years and I have no viruses or any spywares at all until this.

 

[Miss QQ]

Isn't this lovely to carry our makeup in?

http://shopping2much.blogspot.com/2011/05/chanel-lipstick-bag.html