mmm... haulage. nothing gets me more excited than when i find a home for my newly purchased babies. i lay them out on my bed, swatch them all again, then enter each item on my excel spreadsheet. lame slash borderline OCD, i know. LOL.
i like to go in to the counter or store to test and swatch, but will normally only buy a couple things. the sales tax in chicago just annoys me. 9.25%!!! argh. so i usually compile a list of all the items i want and do a huge haul off the mac site every month. tax is only 7.25% or 7.5% online. it's saves me around 2%, but hey, that's still money i'm saving for future purchases! especially since i like $100+ hauls. besides, i get super giddy when i see that black box at my doorstep
every now and then i do pick up a few things off eBay, swaps, and random ulta/sephora visits. those hold me over til i can go crazy on my hauls. nothing wrong with little treats.