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katred
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I think my wallet was hoping that someone would tell me they were terrible... It's bad enough pairing food with wine, but now I'd be getting dragged into pairing lipstick with wine too...
I am back! We have our electricity and we are home! The house is freezing and we are getting it toasted up, slowly, but it is so nice to be here!! I have to admit that my parents were amazing at making us feel at home at their house, especially since they are both in their 80's and have their routine down so much it is adorable! I guess that is a true testament to a good marriage that has lasted 56 years so far! They filled our bellies with good food, but their sofas and bed were too soft for my poor aching back so it is good to be home. I love being back with my stuff!
I was having fun right before this all happened. In resting my back I spent a little less time online and more cleaning up and organizing now that I am done selling off tarot decks and keeping the rest. I started organizing my MU collection, tossing stuff I didn't really use and moving a few things around. I was about 80% done when we lost our electricity, so hope to be able to work on that again tomorrow and in the next few days. In the meantime I am revisiting all my lovely goodies I acquired in the past 10 months and seeing what I love, what I don't like, what didn't perform well, what I want to use more often, etc. and moving stuff around. I need to do this more often. I even tossed a bunch of nail polish until I got it back down to fitting into just 1 drawer, which really wasn't that hard. I have too much. So, hopefully things will get back to normal again soon!! Hope everyone else is doing well!
I was having fun right before this all happened. In resting my back I spent a little less time online and more cleaning up and organizing now that I am done selling off tarot decks and keeping the rest. I started organizing my MU collection, tossing stuff I didn't really use and moving a few things around. I was about 80% done when we lost our electricity, so hope to be able to work on that again tomorrow and in the next few days. In the meantime I am revisiting all my lovely goodies I acquired in the past 10 months and seeing what I love, what I don't like, what didn't perform well, what I want to use more often, etc. and moving stuff around. I need to do this more often. I even tossed a bunch of nail polish until I got it back down to fitting into just 1 drawer, which really wasn't that hard. I have too much. So, hopefully things will get back to normal again soon!! Hope everyone else is doing well!
katred
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Welcome back Debi! I hope that you're able to get things back to normal as soon as possible. Poor you! I'm actually amazed that we didn't get any of the storm. Normally, Montreal gets hit with snow at every opportunity.
My downstairs neighbour is currently playing his stereo so loud that things on the tables and walls up here are shaking. Ugh.
My downstairs neighbour is currently playing his stereo so loud that things on the tables and walls up here are shaking. Ugh.
Thanks Kate! Yes, things are pretty much back to normal though we still need to fill up our fridge again. Sadly we had just gone grocery shopping for the week when this happened and lost all our produce. The lights even flickered for a moment this morning and we both freaked out. That means a power loss could happen again at any time. Either a branch is still on the lines or they are working in the area restoring things.
On a happier note, I am putting up the Christmas decorations! I usually do it early because I decorate a lot and like it up for a few months! Everything is looking festive over here! Dining room, family room, den and kitchen. In the next few days the creche and big tree go up in the living room and that just leaves the window and outside lights. We get the wreathe and kissing ball in a few weeks when they show up at the local nursery! I just put my B&BW Holiday Haul up on my blog, so feel free to drop by for some festive cheer!
Hope everyone is well. It is very quiet here!
On a happier note, I am putting up the Christmas decorations! I usually do it early because I decorate a lot and like it up for a few months! Everything is looking festive over here! Dining room, family room, den and kitchen. In the next few days the creche and big tree go up in the living room and that just leaves the window and outside lights. We get the wreathe and kissing ball in a few weeks when they show up at the local nursery! I just put my B&BW Holiday Haul up on my blog, so feel free to drop by for some festive cheer!
Hope everyone is well. It is very quiet here!
I am just waking up. My back is still sore, still healing. Nordstroms called and said my clothes are ready to be picked up. They said the cleaner got out most of the spots but not all and some look faded. My husband needs to go pick them up this weekend. Not a single apology and they sounded mad at me. Why? I didn't do it! They are the ones that ruined my things, not the other way around! Did they seriously think anyone they did that to would just shrug their shoulders, say "no problem" and walk away? I don't think so!! So, gathering all the info for my letter to Nordies. As for the clothes we will see how they are but I am sure I cannot wear them out anymore. I hope I can at least wear them around the house and if not, I will tuck them aside to wear while painting walls or doing messy gardening. At this point, at least I have my bag and the holidays are here. I am not going back to that store, ever. But I won't let them ruin my favourite time of the year either.
And on that happy note, I have started decorating! The dining room, kitchen, den, family room are all done! All that is left is the creche and tree (this weekend hopefully!) and outside lights. And now our town has decided to have trick or treating on Sunday from 5-7pm. Great. Right in the middle of supper. We will have our candy ready, but we doubt we will get many. Two homes are empty, hardly any kids here or at least not of trick or treating age (older now and stopped) so I would be shocked if we got up to 10 kids. Time will tell! But my Halloween decorations outside are even down and I am not putting them back up at this point!!!
And I am having fun organizing my MU yet again! My goal is to have it perfect by my birthday!! Wish me luck!
And on that happy note, I have started decorating! The dining room, kitchen, den, family room are all done! All that is left is the creche and tree (this weekend hopefully!) and outside lights. And now our town has decided to have trick or treating on Sunday from 5-7pm. Great. Right in the middle of supper. We will have our candy ready, but we doubt we will get many. Two homes are empty, hardly any kids here or at least not of trick or treating age (older now and stopped) so I would be shocked if we got up to 10 kids. Time will tell! But my Halloween decorations outside are even down and I am not putting them back up at this point!!!
And I am having fun organizing my MU yet again! My goal is to have it perfect by my birthday!! Wish me luck!
Organizing is good, but still working on it! I have a few new ideas for one of my drawers and I need to tinker with it a bit! In the meantime we just put up the big Christmas Tree (7 1/2 feet) and the lights, so next is garland and all our decorations, which takes about 8 hours to put up. But we have trick or treaters from 5-7pm since it was postponed due to the snowstorm and all the power outages, so I will probably pick at it during the week until it is done. The rest of the house is all decorated, so shopping, cards and wrapping and I am all set! Hubby takes care of the outside lights and will do that next weekend. Wreathes and kissing balls won't be ready for 2 more weeks. And my birthday is on the 27th of this month, so I am fully in the holiday spirit, in spite of my back and putting Nordstroms on the backburner. I don't need them to ruin my holidays! Bah, humbug!
This is our tree last year, so it will look pretty much the same, just new skirt and deocrations, garland, etc., in different spots! Listening to Christmas music too and the house smells delicious from those wonderful B&BW wallflowers!!!
And night time!
This is our tree last year, so it will look pretty much the same, just new skirt and deocrations, garland, etc., in different spots! Listening to Christmas music too and the house smells delicious from those wonderful B&BW wallflowers!!!
And night time!
katred
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Your tree makes me feel festive, Debi, which is actually quite difficult. I get so annoyed with the constant Christmas songs and commercials and tacky plastic displays that I find it difficult to get through the holidays with any measure of good cheer. Which is kind of sad, because I love the more "old-fashioned" elements- wreaths, trees, candles, good food... I'm really all about any holiday that allows me to cook a lot and light stuff on fire. I've already started thinking about what to do for a holiday dinner this year, although it's just going to be Dom and me. (My mother can't come up, since she's recently had a hip replacement...
) And that would mean Christmas dinner in my case, since Thanksgiving is long passed here.
I pulled out my one and only Cle de Peau lipstick today, on a totally different note. I've been doing a lot of lip-centred looks lately and I wanted to try out something a little more nude (T3, Baby Julia, which I bought almost entirely because our one little feline girl is named Julia). I don't know if anyone else has experienced something like this, but the shade just seems to glow. it's a brownish rose, sort of a ubiquitous colour, but I put it on and I can barely stop looking at my lips. So beautiful! I am trying to avoid the temptation of buying any of their other Extra Rich lipsticks, since you basically have to be extra rich to buy them...
I pulled out my one and only Cle de Peau lipstick today, on a totally different note. I've been doing a lot of lip-centred looks lately and I wanted to try out something a little more nude (T3, Baby Julia, which I bought almost entirely because our one little feline girl is named Julia). I don't know if anyone else has experienced something like this, but the shade just seems to glow. it's a brownish rose, sort of a ubiquitous colour, but I put it on and I can barely stop looking at my lips. So beautiful! I am trying to avoid the temptation of buying any of their other Extra Rich lipsticks, since you basically have to be extra rich to buy them...
Thank you, Kate! I definitely prefer the more old-fashioned Christmas mood. Right now we have candles burning and the house smells delicious. Bayberry Cinnamon to be exact! While our tree is fake, I don't mind because I love the glow of the lights and how pretty it all is. We never host Christmas here, except occasionally a dinner for my parents. Now that they are in their 80's they don't always come over and we go to their house or my sister's. Last year we didn't go anywhere because everyone was sick, except my husband and I! We keep our holiday pretty simple and more atmospheric, eating in the dining room with fine Christmas china every night by candlelight and soft Christmas music. It just slows down the day so perfectly. We watch all our traditional movies. Since we don't have children I was firm on setting some traditions like every Christmas eve opening a few gifts, then reading The Night Before Christmas in turns, illustrated by Tasha Tudor (now passed away, but an artist who lived her life like it was 1830 and a huge role model for me) then getting each other's stocking filled, turning off all the lights except the creche, creeping down in the dark together and setting them up, turn off creche light and back upstairs in the dark! No peeking until Christmas morning!! Of course, if I could have my true dream, I would be living in a thatched cottage in the deep woods with low beamed ceilings and cozy fire heated rooms! I was born in the wrong century. There is nothing like snuggling in a wing chair by the tree, listening to the wind howl outside and watch snow coming down, while reading Dickens!
Glad I am not the only one who stares at herself over and over again when wearing a favourite lipstick! That was me two days ago with MAC's Bare Again, which surprisingly proved to look rather fantastic on me! At first I thought it would look ridiculous but it settled into my lips and gave a lovely warm nude pink/peach glow to my lips that would have set off a nice winged eye, if I had done one!!! Future look, definitely!
Glad I am not the only one who stares at herself over and over again when wearing a favourite lipstick! That was me two days ago with MAC's Bare Again, which surprisingly proved to look rather fantastic on me! At first I thought it would look ridiculous but it settled into my lips and gave a lovely warm nude pink/peach glow to my lips that would have set off a nice winged eye, if I had done one!!! Future look, definitely!
Debi your tree is epic! wow! i am stunned by it's beautiful - esp in the nightime pictureOrganizing is good, but still working on it! I have a few new ideas for one of my drawers and I need to tinker with it a bit! In the meantime we just put up the big Christmas Tree (7 1/2 feet) and the lights, so next is garland and all our decorations, which takes about 8 hours to put up. But we have trick or treaters from 5-7pm since it was postponed due to the snowstorm and all the power outages, so I will probably pick at it during the week until it is done. The rest of the house is all decorated, so shopping, cards and wrapping and I am all set! Hubby takes care of the outside lights and will do that next weekend. Wreathes and kissing balls won't be ready for 2 more weeks. And my birthday is on the 27th of this month, so I am fully in the holiday spirit, in spite of my back and putting Nordstroms on the backburner. I don't need them to ruin my holidays! Bah, humbug!
This is our tree last year, so it will look pretty much the same, just new skirt and deocrations, garland, etc., in different spots! Listening to Christmas music too and the house smells delicious from those wonderful B&BW wallflowers!!!
And night time!
lol Thank you! The Epic Tree now has lights and garland on it and about 1/4th of the decorations, so I will be picking at it all day tomorrow and then taking rests for my back, which is healing, but terribly slow. I am so afraid of injuring myself again as I still feel it cramp up and spasm when it tires out, which is far too often. My tree is cheering me up though!!
Miss QQ
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Debi - Beautiful tree! Great that it is cheering you up.
katred - Is the cdp lipsticks the ones with the normal packaging, or those long ones like Dior's serum lipstick? I have a long one, and the effect on is really pretty, pigmented with a gloss finish, and it feels very moisturising. But I picked up the wrong colour, a peachy warm pink which I don't really like. The ones in the normal packaging are very impressive too. I've swatched a few of them, but now I stay far away from the counter when I'm in the store. And lol on the extra rich pun, they are really very expensive.
katred - Is the cdp lipsticks the ones with the normal packaging, or those long ones like Dior's serum lipstick? I have a long one, and the effect on is really pretty, pigmented with a gloss finish, and it feels very moisturising. But I picked up the wrong colour, a peachy warm pink which I don't really like. The ones in the normal packaging are very impressive too. I've swatched a few of them, but now I stay far away from the counter when I'm in the store. And lol on the extra rich pun, they are really very expensive.
katred
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The Extra Rich ones are the ones in normal packaging. The tall thin ones are the Extra Silky lipsticks. I haven't tried those yet, although I got very tempted this summer.
shadowaddict
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Debi--your tree is gorgeous.
I'm hate to hear how Nordies handled your clothes. They should have offered to pay you for them since they were unable to clean.
I'm hate to hear how Nordies handled your clothes. They should have offered to pay you for them since they were unable to clean.
