The Chanel Ratonas Off-topic Thread

[Bonitinha]

Everyone needs the beloved Joyeuse! I cannot wait to get that collects blush & the peach lippie

Hope you met your deadline!! Good luck with everything. OK, I won't turn on QVC . . . unless you ladies tell me about something really good. Now I can't stop thinking about the Asia collex at Nordies . . . do you remember what the peachy lippie was called??

 

[shadowaddict]

I've never ordered from QVC either. But from what you guys are saying I think i need to stay far far away, seems very dangerous for me.

Oh I love everything Pottery Barn. Their vases are so pretty. I have several throughout the house. When my daughter was in her early teens we redid her room with PB Teen stuff. Their quilts are great and last forever.

 

[Shypo]

Hope you met your deadline!! Good luck with everything. OK, I won't turn on QVC . . . unless you ladies tell me about something really good. Now I can't stop thinking about the Asia collex at Nordies . . . do you remember what the peachy lippie was called??

Hi Michelle - the peach lipstick is called Desinvolte - you can see the items here:

http://www.specktra.net/forum/threa...nordstrom-near-you-anniversary-sale-exclusive

I wish I had a cleaning lady too!!!

 

[User38]

got back last evening from spending the day with mom and sis.. sis still trying to get better but that cancer is just so powerful and the medications are such potent poisions.. sigh.

hope everyone had a lovely weekend.

 

[mtrimier]

HSN got me this morning.

I had to get the Génifique today's special. i love that serum.

they got me good.

 

[Almus]

Hello Ratonas!

Today is insanely hot in here. We are heading to meet some friends in a moment, but I'd like to stop by and say hi. I have been reading the fall collection thread lately and, oh lord! Help me, cause my wallet is gonna be so injured!

got back last evening from spending the day with mom and sis.. sis still trying to get better but that cancer is just so powerful and the medications are such potent poisions.. sigh.

My heart is with your sis HG, I hope she will eventually beat the cancer. Stay strong!

 

[Miss QQ]

Nora - hope your company make it through this difficult time. I want to win lottery too! Lets hope all of us win some.

got back last evening from spending the day with mom and sis.. sis still trying to get better but that cancer is just so powerful and the medications are such potent poisions.. sigh.

hope everyone had a lovely weekend.

 

[LMD84]

got back last evening from spending the day with mom and sis.. sis still trying to get better but that cancer is just so powerful and the medications are such potent poisions.. sigh.

hope everyone had a lovely weekend.

i really hope that your sister stays strong and positive. i can't imagine what you are all going through but it is important to stay focused and positive.

i hope you are all having a great weekend guys! i have been busy today baking with nick this morning (it's our sunday morning thing!) and then this afternoon i have been doing blog posts and filming videos. with this weather i didn't want to go outside anywhere!

 

[Miss QQ]

^^ The weather is sunny today for me and it is a little too warm. I got to swim though, and the pool wasn't crowded which is good. Have fun baking together! I caught up with all your videos and blog posts except for the disney look. I like them all, great job!

 

[Shypo]

HG, you know I'm praying for your family - I hope you had a good visit - I'm sure you lifted her spirits just being there!!

Here's hoping everyone's weather settles down soon - Lou, there's nothing better than spending a rainy day inside baking and doing stuff you want to do! One of my favorite kinds of days! I'll look forward to your new vids!

Miss QQ - sorry for the enabling

- you should go check the quad out to see if you like it! I'm glad you got your swim in - it's always better when there aren't a lot of folks around.

mtrimier, I know exactly what you mean! Pace yourself!

Almus!! Hi!

I'm glad you stopped by! Try to stay cool and enjoy the time with your friends!

 

[Bonitinha]

Cheryl -- thanks for the link and info about the Asia exclusive. Why I am so giddy that we are getting it here?? Just more things to add to my wishlist!

HG -- hope you were able to have some nice family time. I'm so sorry about your sister. I hope her health improves and she is able to overcome. You must be such a strength to her.

Almus -- we are just now getting warm weather here . . . finally. Have fun with your friends!

Lou -- what are you baking today?? I have a huge sweet tooth and love to bake!

MissQQ -- let me know if you decide to pick up the quad!

 

[LMD84]

Cheryl -- thanks for the link and info about the Asia exclusive. Why I am so giddy that we are getting it here?? Just more things to add to my wishlist!

HG -- hope you were able to have some nice family time. I'm so sorry about your sister. I hope her health improves and she is able to overcome. You must be such a strength to her.

Almus -- we are just now getting warm weather here . . . finally. Have fun with your friends!

Lou -- what are you baking today?? I have a huge sweet tooth and love to bake!

MissQQ -- let me know if you decide to pick up the quad!

well we baked chocolate and peanut butter whoopie pies! amazingly they have turned out well (i'm not a good cook at all!!) and taste so good. i do find them quite filling though - i'm the kind of person that can eat a couple of things at a time but one whoopie pie is more than enough for me!

 

[Bonitinha]

^^ Yum! I have made chocolate whoopie pies with the marshmallow creme filling and they were divine. Your PB version sounds amazing. Sadly, I seem to be able to put away a whoopie pie with no problem LOL!

 

[LMD84]

^^ Yum! I have made chocolate whoopie pies with the marshmallow creme filling and they were divine. Your PB version sounds amazing. Sadly, I seem to be able to put away a whoopie pie with no problem LOL!

oohh these were very similar then! it just had peanut butter in the mixture and then had the same marshmallow filling and maybe it is because my whoopie pies are stupidly big? i swear i put barely any mix in the tin but they come out quadrupled in size! lol!

 

[mrslid]

I just got back from Nordie's - I was a bad girl. Got a number of items from Surf Baby (yes, Hibiscus among them!), 3 Guerlain lipsticks (2 KissKiss and 1 RA), and did a pre-sell on the Chanel Fall collection - it's coming out June 23rd! Yay!!

I also tried the Armani lipglosses, and found them to be not very pigmented, and way too sticky for my liking, so those are a pass. Guess I'll 'stick' to the ETKI as my go-to product from GA.......

Now if I can just figure out when the Byzantine collection is coming out.......

Almost 50 pages!!!!

Thanks for the review! I'm glad to be hearing more of this about the Armani glosses. I was so excited about getting a bunch when I first seeing other blogs posting on them but more and more the reports of stickiness and lack of pigmentation are creeping out so I think I may not even bother trying one. Those are two things that get a gloss axed right off my list!

 

[stv578]

Christa, I also tried a couple of GA glosses and was seriously underwhelmed by them.

HG, sorry to hear that your sister is not well.

 

[shadowaddict]

HG-- My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I know this must be very difficult for you. My brother has been battling the cancer beast this past year. Things are looking up for him now and seems to be doing fairly well.


OK guys, stupid question but what the hell is a whoopie pie?

 

[LMD84]

A whoopie pie.

The whoopie pie (alternatively called a gob, black-and-white, bob, or "BFO" for Big Fat Oreo) is an American baked good that may be considered either a cookie, pie, or cake. It is made of two round mound-shaped pieces of chocolate cake, or sometimes pumpkin cake, with a sweet, creamy filling or frosting sandwiched between them.[SUP][1][/SUP]

taken straight from wiki! they are awesome!

 

[Shypo]

Oh my, that is making me very hungry. One of my all-time favorite, but very rare, treats! My local market makes them, and has a variation with red velvet cake and a cream cheese filling....the RV version is too rich for me - I wish it had a simple marshmallow-type filling......I have a recipe for a marshmallow buttercream frosting that is divine in these!! And on top of RV cupcakes!! YUM!

 

[JennsJewelz]

HG - Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family! Both of my grandmothers battled breast cancer and are survivors, but I know it is the absolute scariest thing to watch someone you love battling it!

Ladies, those whoopie pies look amazing. I made Shrek "mudpies" for a presentation that had "slime" filling a few years ago when I was taking my Theatre for Young Audiences course, but it was just a vanilla buttercream dyed with green food colouring So yummy!!!

I've been doing my French AQ, and one of our activities was to share any French Canadian recipes we might know, so I've been wanting to make tarte au sucre, pouding chomeur and les pets de seour - basically all extremely sweet pastry/sugar sauce dishes made with pure maple syrup Hmmm, maybe I'll make some for the family in Jersey/New York when I'm visiting this week...