Hey Girls!
I've been following along with your adventures and read through everything. Things seem to be moving along really, really well for most of us!
I purchased a Simpson's lipglass - the purple one - and got a B2M of Plumful recently. I also purchased Reckless Lipglass from the ANR & bought a sample size of the melon pigment. Not too bad! Thinking of the new RIRI Viva Glam II lippie and lipglass, but not sure it's something I'd wear enough. I'm pale and it looks kinda ashy. Might have to swatch it in person to see if it's my cup of tea.
I did buy a bunch of drugstore stuff in the States - Milani - when we went down there - a lipgloss and 2 purple BU eyeliners (dupe for MAC's Perfect Purple liner). Milani is like a unicorn in Canada - so hard to find the stuff I want, but can find some of it in stores. I also got Gold Deposit MSF & Sex & The Oyster shadow at CCO. Turns out S&TO is pretty close to my stuff from that fun water collection earlier this year (why is the name escaping me?! ALLURING AQUATIC...yesss...). Ahhh, when will I learn.
DUPES. THEY ARE ALL DUPES OF EACH OTHER. haha.
Been doing a lot of thinking lately. Still having peaks and valleys in terms of my moods. It's strange - you almost get used to feeling down & having such intensely sad days. It's not normal though - not really. I think for me, routine and goals are key. If I don't have a regular routine I seem to go a bit funny. I have found when I'm taking classes I'm really effective at life. LOL. I need regimes & focus. I also over analyze everything to death. "Am I happy? Am I good enough? Will everything be great in my relationship always? When will I have deep and meaningful friendships again?" lalalala. On and on it goes. Hubs is usually pretty happy about everything. I wish my brain felt that calm haha. I really admire people who can 'corner off' parts of their brain - I'm starting to wonder if being grateful and compartmentalizing life are keys to success.
Lost a total of 17 pounds. Feeling very, very good about that. Still sticking to my dairy reduced and wheat free diet. Feeling stronger and more alert than before.
Been looking at my goals and life lately and I read a great article here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2014/08/20/the-buy-nothing-year-how-two-roommates-saved-more-than-55000/
It was really interesting as a concept. I love life experiments. Seriously considering doing this next year with hubs (we are discussing and he's on board) and then blogging about it. That would be a NO BUY ladies. NO BUY of EVERYTHING not essential.
I'm really good at writing & I figure I could save money, pay off debt, and practice writing techniques all at the same time.
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@Audrey C's return post - Thanks girl. Nice reading! To
@SassyWonder - girl you got this! I know it's a struggle sometimes. My hubs started noticing my makeup purchases too late last year & while he's pretty understanding, I could tell he was not impressed. It's not really until I was ready to make a change that I could be effective though. Outside pressures will not make a lasting impression in relation to your habits. Stick with us, we got you!
I've been reading a great book - The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. It's all about how you can change existing bad habits and replace them with healthy ones to make you more effective. Really eye opening too, as a lot of the book focuses on marketing loops and how we are conditioned to buy.
@burghchick,
@mel33t,
@veronikawithak,
@PeachTwist,
@PixieDancer,
@Ajigglin,
@Maris Crane - who else did I forget?! How ya going girlies?! Loved reading your updates ya'll! Keep up with the progress.
! Thank you for the article as well! I think if you do blog too it can sometimes be a really thing for accountability - if you have people following your journey you might be less likely to fall of the wagon. And a Use It Up project for something like a blog - more stuff used up = more content! 
