Debi--cool pics of Hocus Pocus place. I watched it a long time ago with my daughter and it was good and not scary. She also like Practical Magic with Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock.
I love your handbags on your blog so pretty. I don't really wear glitter polish so haven't had that problem. I will check with my daughter-in-law though since I got her Henley Regatta. She loves glitter everything. I'll tell her your trick Lou to get it off.
You are lucky your Nordies lets you try the n/p. When I was in Vegas and did a pre-order of six I asked the lady if I could swatch them and she said no that it would break the seal (that little piece of tape thingie on one side) and then they couldn't sell it. They didn't have any testers. And I was thinking all I have to do is walk out into the mall open them and see what I think and walk right back in and return them if I wanted as they have a great return policy. I'm excited about our Nordies opening in a couple of weeks as it was scheduled to open next spring. I'm sure the contractor got a huge bonus for finishing it before Christmas shopping as that is usually how it works.
I saw on the Macys site last week that the "Material Girl" line of stuff by Madonna and her daughter that they have a n/p line now. It's funny the bottles are just like Butter London with pull off square thing to get to other top. I think these are a wee bit taller but not by much. I was placing an order anyway and ordered 4. Actually I had to place an additional order a few days later and ordered 4 more. They are $7 for 1, 2 for $12 or 4 for $20. I have swatched them but not given them a try.
The 2 glitter ones I got (Labyrinth & Wild Flower) I'm not very impressed as they are kind of sheer. But I do think they would look good over a color base. Harlequin is a pretty glitter blue but not as full on glitter. Phantom is a black/grey I thought my daughter would like but it turns out she has something almost exactly like it. In the second order I got Guilty Conscience and I wonder how close it is to Fash Pack. It may lean a bit olive. I like the color though. Midnight is really pretty but I will have to wait for my Butter order where I got Royal Navy free and see how close in color they are. Psychadelic is a pretty purple. I see shimmer of some level in all of these. However it could be my lighting or older eyes. The last one I got was Hot Holly and is a great red. They have 10 colors and that is 8 of them. I am anxious to see how they apply and wear. I really hope they do well at $5 each.
Side note to anyone interested--if you do order you will probably have to call and have them adjust your order for the price if you get more than one. They are still working on it and the cart is not reflecting the discount and they will go in and fix it.
Here's a link to take a peek:
http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=597918&CategoryID=58073#fn=sp=1&spc=26
Lou--I get the whole eating out as I have weight issues as well. Also I tend to go overboard when eating out. To be honest I do that at home as well. I really have got to get myself back on a healthier eating plan. I was doing so well but I'm a stress/emotional eater. When I am under huge stress or upset I turn to food. I have always been an all or nothing type person in pretty much every aspect of my life and have a hard time practicing moderation and balance.
Before I go anywhere to eat I do a search for a coupon and clip ones from the newspaper and the little coupon booklets we get in the mail. Our favorite thai place will have coupons for $5 off two dinner entrees and I'm always so frustrated when I forget and leave it at home. My husband says it's ok, no big deal. But I'm like it's still $5 and all those $5 here and there add up. I think this comes from our first few years of marriage. Paul had a year left in college and married a ready made family with Adam being from my first marriage. I then got pregnant with Cassity right before he graduated and money was very tight.
And now 24 years and several promotions later I still feel guilty getting that $100 haircut. But Paul tells me he doesn't want me to feel that way or not go as often to stretch it out that he knows those things make me feel better about myself. He finally has said to me just this evening that he is glad that I do these things. He said he knows he gives me a hard time about my makeup thing but he likes that I want to look nice and feel pretty and he likes being seen with his beautiful wife. Yay the grump left. But that was very nice of him to say.
He used to not understand any of this stuff as I probably have mentioned before his mom and sister are extreme plain Janes so he was never exposed to seeing women applying makeup or shopping for pretty clothes and handbags and all or anything of that sort. Honestly they do nothing to help their appearance from frumpy clothes, no makeup, no real hair style or color, no pretty nails nothing girly. I seriously do not get it as they are not unattractive, not great beauties but with an even small makeover they could look so nice. But I guess it's like Paul said they just don't care how they look and it's not that they don't care about themselves. It's they have no interest in improving their appearance. They are not slobs or unclean and it is not for lack of money there is plenty of that for really nice things. I know I've babbled on about them but truely I am so clueless and it boggles my mind as to why they are like this. It is unlike any other female I have ever been around. I simply cannot relate to any of it.
This all came from a conversation tonight that led to how different our families are and how we were raised. I told him that I love and care for each member of his family but I just have nothing in common with them. His older brother is the only one that is competitive and I am super competive so we have that but that's it. His younger brother there is nothing whatsoever. His sister I can talk some books with her. But even then she reads way different stuff than I do. I like classic lit and nonfiction and she reads everything, belongs to 3 different book groups and loves sci-fi fantacy and all like my daughter. I was telling Paul that really that is all we have in common and that she way smarter than me. She is beyond super intelligent and has retained every bit of anything she has ever read, heard and learned. She can tell you every freakin king, queen, wives, husbands, affairs, and all about the entire history of it with all the political, how religion played a role in this part and that part and all to the smallest detail going so far back it's crazy. And that is just an example, she is like that with everything. She is really nice and is not the "I'm so smart" type, not at all. After saying this Paul's reply was quite funny. He said yeah but I bet she couldn't take 10 different eye shadows and come up with a pretty looking eye. I did appreciate that he does indeed notices the effort I put in even though he doesn't say it.
sometimes we do have a take out though from papa johns as a treat.. but that is like once a week or once every two weeks.
