The eye liners look so pretty, I'd be after them myself if the mac formula didn't irritate my eyes, so enjoy them!
Yeah I've had it before where I'm so engrossed with something else going on that when I've gone shopping I've completely switched off the makeup wanting need, Know that when you start to feel better and you're back to shopping as normal, that YOU CAN go out and avoid the temptation! 
Awww. Feel better!
Sending both you girlies lots of hugs and well-wishes to feel better soon!
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Glad you're loving your liners. I remember you saying you're more an of eye product person so I'm glad this collection had something for you
@ajigglin and @pixiedancer Thanks, everyone! I wore Good Kisser lippie today and the Superwatt color Electric cool shadow. Love love love the lippie. I actually don't have that color in a matte, so it's something new. I've never tried the Electric cools, either, and I like it. So that's the good news! I saw the Orthopaedic doc today who did X-rays of my knee and back. As I suspected, there are a few problems with my knee. A gap where there shouldn't be and bone spurs. He gave me a cortisone shot and said I will likely need knee replacement surgery, but that i should wait as long as I can. He's also ordering some kind of meds. Also the X rays show 2 of my vertebrae are "collapsing" as he said, causing the rest of the pain in my leg and back. I have to go for an MRI for more info on that. These are the same vertebrae/disk that I had surgery on exactly 8 years ago. Back then the surgeon suggested the most minor surgery first, which was cutting off the part of the disk that was bulging and pressing on my sciatic. That helped my leg pain but not so much for the back pain. So if I need surgery again, I hope they'll just do a fusion of the vertebrae. It's a more complex surgery with a longer recovery, but if it fixes the problem permanently it'll be worth it. I'm not happy about all of this, but it is what it is. I'll just have to deal with the pain until I get stronger meds and/or surgery. I am glad that the doc still okayed going to the gym with a few restrictions. It was really painful to work out tonight, which made me want to give up and cry, but I didn't. I need to lose weight so I'm determined to keep going as long as I can. Even though I feel stupid limping around from machine to machine. Trying to find the positive in this.there must be some somewhere! :nuts:
Trying to find the positive in this.there must be some somewhere!
So glad to hear from you, Peach! Sorry to hear that the health part of life is still crappy. I really hope it gets a little better soon.
I'm sorry to hear you have to go through this, but I guess one positive is that they were able to find causes for your pain and there are options to address them? I hope you are eventually able to be free of pain.Trying to find the positive in this.there must be some somewhere!
You are so right. I would always rather know the truth than to stick my head in the sand. The last time this happened I kept telling my Dr and they'd just give me anti-inflammatories. I had to call and insist that they do something because I couldn't sit at my desk longer than 3 hours. Once I finally found a good pain doc they did an MRI and said "it's a wonder you can walk let alone work." I had the same problem when I had cancer. My regular doc didn't know what the problem was. I was lucky I mentioned it to my Ob/Gyn and she referred me to a specialist who did a Ct and found it. (5 months after my back surgery. That was a bad year!) Since then I've become much more persistent when I have a physical problem. I have family who never go to the Dr, which is weird to me. Just because you ignore something doesn't mean it's not there! I'd rather deal with things. Most days I keep a positive attitude but the pain has really been getting to me lately. BUT, I can bend my knee today! That cortisone shot seems to be helping that a lot! It's so easy to take your body for granted until things go wrong. Thanks for the kind words, @boschicka! The people on this forum are the best!
Thanks! I normally enjoy working out. I can easily spend 1 1/2 hours at the gym, even when I'm in pain. As long as I have music I can suck it up and keep going. I don't have any female friends who go to the gym, though. I notice my family and friends seem to think that I'm hurting myself by going. I'm just an oddball, I guess. If the day ever comes where I can't do anything physically I think I'd rather be shot. I hate relying on other people.
I've been on a no buy since the Osbournes collection and will cut back on most of the fall and winter collections (mostly MAC) since I need to spend more money on college this semester. Being on this current no buy helped me go through more items on my stash and helped me rediscover my love for Impassioned and Vegas Volt lipsticks. I've been using non stop a combination of Impassioned lipstick with Kiss and Don't Tell lipgloss and Vegas Volt lipstick with Live it Up lipgloss and they are all amazing. I might do a nude and purple lipstick+lipgloss combination since Fall is heading near since it's been a consistent way for me to use my lip products faster instead of having them collect dust. I'm still skimming on which collections and items I'll have to put on the axe for the fall collections because the ones I'm interested the most are The Simpsons from MAC, the upcoming Matte collection from MAc, the new mineralized products (also MAC), the vampy OCC lip tars, the upcoming eyeshadow quads from Guerlain (I usually invest on these since they're of excellent quality and used for every occasion), and Guerlain's upcoming winter collection. I could use some sort of guidance on what to pick wisely.
Feels really good to know everything I got will get a lot of use. I also still have a reserve stash of unopened products and 1 more B2M for makeup "emergencies." I'm counting my 2 purchases against my September total so I have 3 items left. I know 1 will be the Naked 2 Basics palette and the other 2 will be for the AW collection. That should work out nicely because I think I've narrowed my list down to 2 anyway.
Yay! That's exciting! I was able to cross off Marsh but I'm still interested in Stony and Artificial Earth pending further info. The only thing I really want at this point is Breaking Ground CCB though.Well, Artificially Wild is going to be predominantly a skip for me, turns out. The eyeshadows, which are what I was most interested in, are not what I was hoping for/wanting, and the only other product I was wanting — Stone l/l — is permanent and not a massive priority, so money saved.
Nice! I like your five items a month list, seeing the empty spaces makes you realise how particular you have to be with shopping, a good way to keep in check! So for me it looks like SEPT: - ANR Quad - Myself lipstick - Tom Ford Nude Dip Quad - Tom Ford Softcore Cheek Duo - Marc Jacobs The Dreamer Palette - Sigma Steady Glow Eye Palette That's a lot of eye stuff, hopefully I can whittle that down because I don't want to be buying so much at once. ANR may launch next week here in the UK though. It's a shame they don't let you b2m for le lipsticks here coz I've got enough for 3 B2M! The marc jacobs palette id need to order from sephora, so it would depend on what I could add to my order that wasn't unplanned.. So it'd probably be stuff like deoderant and makeup brushes. I do need more staples like a msfn powder, shampoo and a body lotion too. things already launched and on my wishlist: - Charlotte Tilbury filmstars on the go in all about eve and breakfast at Tiffanys - Lime crime red velvet velvetine It'll be hard to not go crazy as I'll be coming out of my august no buy low buy and then september 8th is my birthday. Maybe I'll have a play around with my monthly number limit. I'll probably go for 8 as that's my favourite number.. I'll have to have a think!
