Well, i couldn't believe it! The MAC store down here had a lot of customers yesterday, but there was no crowd near the HC display! And the only SA rummaging through the drawers for HC stuff was helping me! I was so thrilled to look at those beauties all over again, my enthusiasm rubbed off on the the SA a bit, and she began getting all excited about the items.
I confess i was in a hurry because i had to pick up some medicine for my mother and there was rush hour traffic stopping up all the freeways, so i didn't swirl hunt. So all y'all's pictures are making me drool all over again.
And, well, i caved a bit. Besides what's waiting for me back home in my pre-order (Stratus blush + 4 e/s) + the items i added to my bag later (Earthshine MSF & Solar Ray blush), i picked up:
Light Year MSF
Star Wonder MSF
Sky E/S
So my haul is tamer than some... "just" 3 MSF, 2 blushes, 5 e/s, and no lip products.
But yesterday i was even thinking of getting some lip stuff, because the store had SOOOO much product in the drawers! I'll be here for a week, but i'm trying to stay away! I tried on Pleasureseeker and Cut a Caper and thought they were nice but not amazing during my pre-sale swatching. But my willpower keeps weakening with every new swirly post and swatch picture! (and there are MAC counters in dept. stores closer to my mom's - oh, i am so weak!)
And, yes, this is the most i've spent on any collection, too - my hauls from Fabulous Felines and Quite Cute pale in comparison. Fortunately my HC purchases have been spread over two months, since i had to pre-pay my pre-order. So while my wallet is dizzily reeling, it isn't collapsing and passing out.
Edited to Add: Fortunately for my wallet the only earlier collection this year i really hauled was Casual Colour (4 blushes out of 8). And none of the new collections i know about coming out in August and September are exciting me.