Book Club Friday!

Book Club Friday,

I have missed you.

I am addicted to The Hunger Games.

I previously wondered what all the hype was about,

now I know.

[via amazon]

Book Description: 

"Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place. "

My Review:

READ IT.  NOW.  I can't believe that this series is marketed as teenage literature, but it is fantastic.  I fell in love with Katniss immediately.  I blasted through the first two books in a week, and am on the third now.

I just came to say hello!

My yearly bonus at work has finally arrived!

Sooo... I went shopping. ;)

Notice anything different?

Mmm hmm....

I splurged and bought myself some gorge extensions.

I figured I would save a lil' moola though & sewed the clips in myself, which ending up being an epic fail.

I sewed them in backwards.

So I assembled my own little sweat shop of my 2 best girly friends to sew them on. =D

Don't worry, I paid them in gummi bear shots (delish)

[with more pieces... please ignore the red eyes, apparently my computer can't edit phone pics?]

Aaaand. I bought my birthday dress. ;)

[sneak.peak]

&&a manicure that will make you smile (or keep me smiling all day...)

Made with Sinful 'Savage' and Sally Hansen's 'Set the Stage'

Have a great week everyone!!

<3

MIA.

Please don't mistake my absence for a fabulous vacation.

Don't get me wrong, I had some fun.

But there was also a lot of stress.

Pipe Dream was great, I need to get the camera developed.

My mom & Mark had an awesome time on their honeymoon in Sturgis.

My mom's dog is a beeeetch.

 She made it a point to jump the fence at least once a day.

A friend took me to dinner one night,

I got home to a flooded house.

NO JOKE.

Over a foot of water in the basement.

Basement = my domain.

Good things about vacation...

I got lots of sleep.

I watched quite a few movies.

I got to hang with my girls.

Oh, I lost internet access at work.

BOO.

That's where I *secretly* do did my blogging.

I MISS YOU.

I hope to become consistent again.

Fail.

I went shopping.

I avoided clothing impulse buys though, and I'm proud of myself for that.

Plus, I get paid tomorrow... and I like to think that I deserve a treat every payday. ;)

[buy it here]

Terrible quality pic, my apologies.
Pretty little bikini for this weekend.

Okay, can you tell that I'm excited for Saturday!?

What could possibly be better than floating with your best girl friends, drinking tasty beverages, and prowling for guys.

Well, that's a typical weekend for us, minus the water.

I will be making my signature drink, Panty Droppers! =O

I also bought a waterproof disposable camera to capture the exciting moments.

I couldn't find a floating radio though...

Also purchased at Target...

a mini e.l.f. haul!

[buy here]

essential beauty school 32-piece eyeshadow palette $5

I repeat, 32 eyeshadows for $5!  Very good pigmentation and looovely colors.

(I purchased Vol.2)

I hadn't been wearing eyeshadow lately, just thick teal liner... this purchase will change that.

 

[buy here]

studio waterproof lengthening & volumizing mascara $3

I didn't have any waterproof mascara, so I'll test this out this weekend.

[buy here]

studio contour brush $3

I have heard SO many great things about the studio line of brushes, so I picked this up to apply my new eyeshadows.  I LOVE IT.  It's perfect.

So What! Wednesday

This week, I'm saying SO WHAT! if...

• I'm stupidly addicted to a couple few games on my phone... including but not limited to fashion story, bakery story, WWF...
• I've been eating leftover meals from dinner for breakfast every morning... healthy, right? (potato soup this morning!)
• I'm going to look for a new inexpensive swim suit tonight to wear on the float Saturday... VS swim suits & river water just don't mesh.
• ^^ that means I will most likely fail at my "not shopping" goal
• I've been pulling off the high bun like it's my job 'cause it's wayyy too hot/humid lately
• One of our customers loves us & brought me flowers today for my birthday (early), &for Sarah so she wasn't left out ;)

[our pathetic attempt @taking a pic together!]


 

What are you saying SO WHAT! to this week?

Head on over to Life After I "Dew" &link up!

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

[lovelies]

top &skirt, younkers shoes, madden girl

I attempted to do a fancy manicure on Saturday before going out.

I started with black nail polish, and was going to do the tye-dye effect (dipping nails into water with polish swirled around...) and it was a total disaster.  By the time I removed all of that polish, I only had an hour before I needed to shower, which didn't give me enough time to do a solid color, so I just splattered over my base coat.

Wow, so here you have it.

It could be better, but could've been worse too.

p.s. I couldn't wait and ordered my shoes already...

KELLAN will arrive in 4-7 business days! =D

Some assistance please? :)

It's the 1st of the month,

which means that my justfab account has been updated with new selections!

I'm terribly indecisive, especially when it comes to SHOES.

Since it is only the 1st day of the month, there aren't any reviews of the newest ones yet...

but there are some others that I like that have already been reviewed.

Check 'em out &let me know which ones are your favs...

[estelle, 90% recommended]

[kellan, 100% recommended]

[alameda, no reviews]

[mason, no reviews]