The Chanel Ratonas Off-topic Thread

ElvenEyes

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Thanks everyone! Yes, Nordstroms certainly did not do a very good job with customer service, but they just lost a good customer in the process, so...their loss. In this day and age I am sure they don't even care, but I believe in karma and someday something nasty will happen back to them and they will see what it is like to be on the other end. Maybe someone will spill something on them and ruin their clothes and do nothing. Maybe they will suddenly lose their job or the place shut down. You never know what is around the corner. Right now I am still waiting for my back to heal and getting frustrated with that. But the tree is up and decorated and looks pretty so keeping my spirits up as best as I can! Life is all about the good and bad. You have to be able to handle both with grace or you end up very unhappy! Right now the little things cheer me, like this teeny weeny bottle of Be Enchanted body lotion from B&BW's. It smells so good!!!

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Eleentje

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I love bath and body works stuff! I keep moisturising my hands with their Japanese cherry blossom hand lotion, just cos it smells so nice! :D
 

ElvenEyes

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I love bath and body works stuff! I keep moisturising my hands with their Japanese cherry blossom hand lotion, just cos it smells so nice! :D

I've gone crazy for all of their things! Hand lotions, body lotions, Wallflowers (our home smells so good!), soaps, you name it! Some of my favourites are Warm Vanilla Sugar, Sparkling Berry Bliss, Be Enchanted, Twilight Woods and all their holiday scents!! I just posted on my blog about using up some products called Project 10 Bottle!
 

Eleentje

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I've just checked out your blog posts on these..I bet your house smells super delicious and Christmassy already.
Shame we don't have a B&BW shop in the Netherlands, I'd be all over it.
Now that it is starting to get dark quite early, I put my scented oil burner thingy on, so it smells like cinnamon in my house :)
 

ElvenEyes

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I've just checked out your blog posts on these..I bet your house smells super delicious and Christmassy already.
Shame we don't have a B&BW shop in the Netherlands, I'd be all over it.
Now that it is starting to get dark quite early, I put my scented oil burner thingy on, so it smells like cinnamon in my house :)

That must smell delicious! We probably like the same scents! Right now I have the Vanilla Bean Noel Wallflower plugged in and it basically scents the whole house. However, we also are finishing up burning a yummy Beanpod candle (100% soy) called Maple Pumpkin Muffin. It just makes me hungry for hot chocolate and fatty foods! I also picked up an "Iced Gingerbread" hand soap. Anything yummy and scented makes me happy!!
 

User38

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oh man.. my house needs some festive stuff too.. It smells of herbs tho.. lol.

Debi.. good way of accepting life and problems.
 

Anneri

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Hey guys! I'm back! I'm still a bit jetlagged and quite unused to being in the office today (booo!), also unused to the horrible grey weather we're having right now - but I'm back. We had the most amazing time in South Beach. I haven't been in the US for 25 years, when I was a child, so it was really nice to see (a very small part of it) as an adult. I loved everything - the people, the hotel, the beach, the weather, the food - everything! (I'd love to post some pics bit imageshack isn't available right now.)
The hotel my bf picked for us was wonderful, though very big, with two pools (one of them on the roof!) and situated right at the beach. I could spent ages at the pool on a comfy deck chair, reading magazines or books on my new Kindle. We went for long walks at the beach, went to the Keys (loved the Carabbean feel), and went shopping - of course! My angelic bf really has the patience of a saint - I had to browse through every Ulta and all the cosmetics counters in every store we visited, and he loved that it made me happy and bouncy. Of course I got a lot of brands difficult to get over here (Urban Decay, Too faced, China Glaze...), some MAC and - unplanned - a pair of black Michael Kors Mary-Jane patent leather high-heels with which I fell on love, some nice lacy stuff from Victoria's Secret (the bf loved those
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) and a jumper from Abercrombie & Finch (also difficult to get over here). There was also a thing called 'Sleepless Night' where all kinds of performers performed open air on all sorts of venues throughout the city, and that was lots of fun, too. We listened to a Symphony Orchestra in the city square, and university students who did some Glee-like musical numbers. Loads of fun.
I wish there could be only vacations, no work-time... sigh. I REALLY didn't want to leave! But the bf and me already made plans to come back (NY, SF and South Beach again are high on the list). Now I'm back in the treadmill - very unsatisfied with work right now. I'm really happy that christmas is in six weeks, so that means some time away from work, and then there's only one month of my internship left. Really don't know what to do then - the only sure thing is that I'll return to Frankfurt and my bf. Long-distance relationships suck!

Astrid, I kept meaning to answer you for the whole time, but after my three days in Berlin I directly went on vacation. I would've loved to meet you to, but I saw your reply to late, and then it was all very hectic with no spare time at all. So sad! Next time, right? And whenever you come to FFM (you too, bis, and of course all other Ratonas!) give me a shout over Specktra and we'll meet!
 

Eleentje

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:) Me too. I am a terrible sweettooth, especially when it comes to bakery. Cinnamon aroma makes me think of the huge cinnamon swirls my mom used to make, when I was a kid :)

That must smell delicious! We probably like the same scents! Right now I have the Vanilla Bean Noel Wallflower plugged in and it basically scents the whole house. However, we also are finishing up burning a yummy Beanpod candle (100% soy) called Maple Pumpkin Muffin. It just makes me hungry for hot chocolate and fatty foods! I also picked up an "Iced Gingerbread" hand soap. Anything yummy and scented makes me happy!!
Anneri, glad to hear you had a great time during the holiday. NY is on my to do list for the next 2 years. I can imagine it being rather tough to get back to drudgery that work can be sometimes.
And I agree, long distance relationships do suck! Yet the biggest part of mine was, and I hated it!

It would be great fun to meet you and the rest of European ratonas one day (I'm not even talking about the American ones --that would be sooooooo cool), and also very possible, since we're not that far off from each other (but then again, I love travelling, so I would gladly have an excuse to travel to another country, lol)

Oh yay, I've just realized I am now a Specktra Senior. Boy, do I feel special :) Now I'm an aknowledged chatty makeup addict :)
 

shadowaddict

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Anneri--Your vacation sounds lovely and so does the hotel. I'm glad you guys had a great time together. The shopping I bet was lots of fun and those shoes sound very pretty.

When I travel I love to shop at all the places. Hubby hates to shop so I try not to linger too much. When we were in SF a few years ago he wanted to go do something and I wanted to shop so I had him drop me off downtown. I had a few hours to walk all around and go into all the shops and stores we don't don't have here. I had him give me a call when he was done so that gave me a bit of time to finish up before he picked me up. This worked out well for both of us. Sometimes I really like to just wonder around by myself and not having to worry if I'm taking too much time for whoever is with me.
 

Miss QQ

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Anneri - Your holiday sounds perfect! I want to go South Beach too! Micheal Kors is opening the first store in a few weeks time here, and I'm excited. I don't know what the style is or what he has, so I'll browse online to get an idea. They are probably expensive, more so here. Yours heels sounds lovely!

I love B&BW Country Chic scent. I got the shower gel a few months ago and it smells so lovely, almost like the floral fruity perfumes that so many brands are doing for summer. Too bad B&BW is not available in my country too.
 

Bonitinha

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Anneri -- sounds like you had an amazing vacation. I love the beach. I grew up in Florida (Orlando area), but lived just 45 minutes away from the beach and we went there every weekend. I miss those days
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Have you already been to SF or NY? You will love both :) So many fun places to shop and eat.

Debi -- hope you continue to feel better. Sounds like your Christmas decorating is cheering you up -- love your tree!

Elena -- yay for becoming a Specktra Sr. -- you are hardcore now LOL ;)

MissQQ -- I am surpised they don't have a B&BW where you live. They have them all over the place here. I love it when they run the special deals -- sometimes I've gotten things for 75% off.


I finally found my dress for my husband's holiday office party. It is a black lace sheath dress -- I love that it is simple and elegant. It started out as $175 and I got it for $60. Woot! It reminds me a little of that "Madmen" style and will look great with the Velvet lippies
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Hope all of you are doing well!!
 

Miss QQ

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^^ The dress sounds understated and classy, and you got it at a bargain! Yes velvet lips will go very well! 75% off is such a great deal! B&BW should open here, I think it will make good business here.
 

katred

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^^ The dress sounds understated and classy, and you got it at a bargain! Yes velvet lips will go very well! 75% off is such a great deal! B&BW should open here, I think it will make good business here.

One of the things I always loved about visiting the US was going to B&BW. I understand that they've opened in Canada, but there's nothing in Montreal yet. (It's not uncommon for American companies to wait to open stores in Quebec.)
 

ElvenEyes

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Waves hello to everyone!

Bonitinha~My back is still sore but I am moving around fairly normal. It just suddenly starts to freak out when I've been moving around for a while and I quickly have to find a chair, or the floor, and give it support. I feel like I am falling apart. But the decorations are pretty!! :)

B&BW has become one of my favourite places to go nuts. Actually, our closest mall (which is 45 minutes away) is way too tempting. I need to win the lottery. MAC, Sephora, B&BW, Macy's, Nordstrom (phooey on them!), Body Shop, Lush, etc., all in one place, tempting me with all their goodies! Impossible to go home without something worthy!

I am excited. My scarf from Hautelook.com arrived yesterday and I love it. A slightly tie-dyed soft blush pink colour. Very me! Then my Two Faced goodies haul went up on my blog today. I am addicted to their fun packaging and their products are not too shoddy either! I ordered a few other good things and my birthday is not too far away! Except for the back thing, I have no problem or hangups with aging. Better than being dead! Now I need to finish a book and start another one. And get ready to do Christmas cards. Then shop, wrap and voila! Done!
 

shadowaddict

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Quote: Originally Posted by Bonitinha
MissQQ -- I am surpised they don't have a B&BW where you live. They have them all over the place here. I love it when they run the special deals -- sometimes I've gotten things for 75% off.


I finally found my dress for my husband's holiday office party. It is a black lace sheath dress -- I love that it is simple and elegant. It started out as $175 and I got it for $60. Woot! It reminds me a little of that "Madmen" style and will look great with the Velvet lippies
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Hope all of you are doing well!!






You are definitely my kind of shopper. I love the feeling of getting great bargin. The dress sounds gorgeous and what a great price.

I always check out the B&BW sales also. This summer I got some things at 75% during their annual sale.

I bought 2 Coach bags recently that were 25% off and then another 20% off that. They were both reg $378 and I got them for $227 each plus tax. I thanked hubby that evening when he got home. Silly man didn't even remember buying them
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ElvenEyes

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I agree with you all. One thing I learned fast was that you can buy a lot of beauty items on sale if you are willing to wait. Not MAC or Chanel, etc., however B&BW always has either a sale or coupon of some sort. Sometimes both and lots of them! Coach keeps sending me coupons for 100.00 off of spending 300.00 or more, so many of my bags cost around 250.00. All these sales from Sephora are making me wish I knew about them before now. Next year I will save my pennies for the end of the year! Lots of F&F sales going on. Department stores have some great offers too. And not too long ago I went into the Vera Bradley store at our mall because I wanted another cosmetic bag and really love their things. I found a perfect one and they signed me up for a surprise for my birthday month. Ends up I got 20.00 off a 20..00 or more purchase, so this month I bought 2 more bags....1 for full price and another for about 8 dollars! Not bad! I have a pile of coupons on my desk that I keep going through and using up. Rite-Aid and Walgreens have a lot of special offers so that is when I stock up on Revlon, Essie and other drugstore items. You just have to keep your eye out and put your name in everything and see what sort of goodies you get in return. Right now I am loving the special free gift sets you get from department store counters like Estee Lauder and Clinique, etc. I am learning what to buy at Sephora and what to save for a department store purchase instead! Maybe we should have a thread on this subject to share codes, sales, etc. Hautelook.com is fantastic and Twitter or FB pages let me in on a lot of deals I otherwise would have missed.
 

Bonitinha

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I agree ladies, I love getting a good deal. I love clothes and shoes as much as I love cosmetics, so I have to find good deals here and there!
 

User38

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I thought I would miss the sales at home.. but I found a 70% off sale in Paris.. and backed up my little truck
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if you can buy it cheaper...it would be a sin not to!
 
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