One Item from AA here too. Pet Me, Please.
I'll have to check out that app. I don't have any purchases planned for the summer (although I know I'll run out of BB cream and might need a darker shade anyway); I'm stocked. I know I'll check out the fall collections though. Oh, and I might BTM for that green e/s in Moody Blooms. I'm back up to a bunch of empties again. I swear they breed in the bag I store them in.Yay @ILoveMakeup84 & @NaomiH!
I realized that I won't be able to go to the in store launch next Thursday and 4/6 of the eyeshadows were sold out online so I did buy SS after thinking about it for a couple of hours. I'm okay with that since it's been on my mind for a while.
Off to join @PixieDancer in the punishment chair!
I also checked out my Habit Streak Pro app and my last makeup purchase was 36 days ago! That's over 5 weeks of good behaviour! Hoping to hold off on anything else until June 19 for MB (not even sure that I want anything at this point). Spacing it out like this has really helped me and given me a focus point to look forward to. Still adding/removing things from my Sephora list for the November VIB. I also keep track of the date added and date removed so I can see what my habits are like.
That's awesome! I think you deserved your little splurge then.Yay @ILoveMakeup84 & @NaomiH!
I realized that I won't be able to go to the in store launch next Thursday and 4/6 of the eyeshadows were sold out online so I did buy SS after thinking about it for a couple of hours. I'm okay with that since it's been on my mind for a while.
Off to join @PixieDancer in the punishment chair!
I also checked out my Habit Streak Pro app and my last makeup purchase was 36 days ago! That's over 5 weeks of good behaviour! Hoping to hold off on anything else until June 19 for MB (not even sure that I want anything at this point). Spacing it out like this has really helped me and given me a focus point to look forward to. Still adding/removing things from my Sephora list for the November VIB. I also keep track of the date added and date removed so I can see what my habits are like.
Thanks!That's awesome! I think you deserved your little splurge then.
I'd like to think so lol. I'm happy with my final list. Working on being more mindful a little step at a time.
I finished a foundation, two CSGs, got bored of a lippie, finished another and have an empty eye makeup remover. I BTM for three e/s for my daughter in March; those are depotted, she finished a blot powder, a brush cleanser and a refill All That Glitters so she's got her six and my little daughter has two depotted e/s, three empty l/g and a BTM bronzer I'm never going to use. The stuff BREEDS here, I tell ya. This is since March break. Eighteen freaking empties. Mind you, five came from BTM e/s. It's a circular process!Check it out for sure! It's helped me a lot. I have it set to remind me to update it every night @ 10PM. Tonight it'll reset the counter so tomorrow will be Day 1. And it also lists your best streak and the total number of successful days you've had. Loving it.
Also.. I wish my empties breeded!! I have about 10 right now. I'm trying to wait until I get 18 (the max my store lets you take back at once) so I can limit my trips to the mall this year. Also by then hopefully I'll have used up a few more lippies and adding 3 more will be a nice restock.
Thanks!
Yes it definitely is! Having a few of you working on them helps too! I think mine have collected over the past 6 months or so.. I like to save them up in big batches and get 3 at once since it feels like this epic haul and I don't have to pay for it lol.
Awwww! Thanks goes to us all! Now get over in this chair w me and @mosha010! LOLI've started reapplying as well since I like the Lustre and Cremesheen formulas and they have shorter wear. If I'm not crazy about a color I'll just wear it at home lol. So I'll usually wear a regular color throughout the day and then a more bold one at home. I've also B2M several unfinished ones in the past (lol @ the lipstick boneyard - reminds me of the Lion King) but I'm getting a lot better at color selection so it's happening less and less..
I think I have over 20 lipsticks now if you count the Loreal Color Riche balms and things like that. Working on it!! Hopefully by the end of the year I'll get down to a number I'm happier with.
If Huggables are out again in the fall I'm definitely trying them though!
It's a process.. but I'm learning a lot. Before my strategy was just to go cold turkey.. but then I wasn't really wearing the things I did have and I also couldn't be on Specktra which I missed a lot. The low buy thread has really helped me turned this into a manageable interest rather than a ON or OFF addiction.
Thanks @PixieDancer, hope you can hear this from your time out chair.. You're THE BEST. Even (especially?) when you're being naughty.
Awwww! Thanks goes to us all! Now get over in this chair w me and @mosha010! LOL
What are you doing in the low-buy thread? You got lost?
You dirty mind.... HeeHee
Woot! That's great! I wish I could say the same. I think I *should' aim for a no-buy for a while instead of a low-buy, because I really have enough stuff, but the addiction is too strong.Yay @ILoveMakeup84 & @NaomiH!
I realized that I won't be able to go to the in store launch next Thursday and 4/6 of the eyeshadows were sold out online so I did buy SS after thinking about it for a couple of hours. I'm okay with that since it's been on my mind for a while.
Off to join @PixieDancer in the punishment chair!
I also checked out my Habit Streak Pro app and my last makeup purchase was 36 days ago! That's over 5 weeks of good behaviour! Hoping to hold off on anything else until June 19 for MB (not even sure that I want anything at this point). Spacing it out like this has really helped me and given me a focus point to look forward to. Still adding/removing things from my Sephora list for the November VIB. I also keep track of the date added and date removed so I can see what my habits are like.
It is strong.. but so are you! The more you practice, the easier it is to delay. My problem is once I open the floodgates I want to keep going. Working on it!You dirty mind.... HeeHee
And get the hell out of the AA thread! It will suck you back in! Get out! Get out nowwwwwwww!
Sorry.. I just had to. It was right there. Lol.
I know I know.. Thoughts are so easily implanted in my impressionable mind.Fortunately almost everything is sold out lol.
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Woot! That's great! I wish I could say the same. I think I *should' aim for a no-buy for a while instead of a low-buy, because I really have enough stuff, but the addiction is too strong.
I know I did.... HeeHeeSorry.. I just had to. It was right there. Lol.
I know I know.. Thoughts are so easily implanted in my impressionable mind.Fortunately almost everything is sold out lol.
It is strong.. but so are you! The more you practice, the easier it is to delay. My problem is once I open the floodgates I want to keep going. Working on it!
