More hair!

I was amused today when I didn't do anything to my hair and it came out sort of emo. Not that I mind at all, since emo is just less whining and more anger away from being punk. ;) And it means that even if I'm too lazy to put a little mousse in it, it still looks okay! And now my pic:

Best haircut ever!

Super duper excited because yesterday I got my hair cut! After much debate on my part, these were the two pictures that I brought with me to give the hair stylist an idea of what I wanted my hair to look like.

 I took Jenn's advice and had Rebecca cut my hair and she did a simply amazing job. :) She knew exactly what I wanted and did a really great job of making it look good on me. And here's the cut!

This was after she styled it quickly with a curling iron to give it some texture. Normally, I'll scrunch it with mousse after I get out the shower and let it air dry. And here's a picture that shows the back sort of.

I'll post another picture after I wash it and everything, but I really really like it so far! I'm definitely going to redye it now too. Though it's funny, everyone has already been commenting on the color again now that it's shorter.

Summer here I come!

Good news on the job front. Yesterday I got an email from Nottke sharing the Dropbox folder with all of the set plans for the Williamstown Theatre Festival (both the Main Stage and the Nikos). So, now I have an inkling as to what the beginning of my summer is going to look like, which is nice. And then, even better in a way, I got my contract and info packet today in another email from the Company Manager. Finally answers to all those niggling questions! Also, rather exciting to have a real contract for a real theater job. Whoohoo!

Bad news, I'm still having trouble finding a good pair of black work pants. :/

Deals and Steals!

I had some fun the past couple days getting some really good deals on some random things. I went out shopping yesterday for the purpose of picking up Lilly's Baby Shower gift. I'd done the "ship to store" option so that I didn't have to pay to ship it twice, and then I had to go all over to find the other part of her gift (which turned out to be on sale when I finally found it, yippee!). But anyways, here were my deals:

This is Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm in "Red Dahlia." I've been wanting to try it for some time now, but seeing as it's usually $7, I was having a hard time justifying buying it. I got lucky though and they had some Burt's Bees products on clearance at Target, because the packaging had changed, so I got it for less than $5! I also picked up a body wash that was on clearance at Target since I'm almost out of my birthday cake one I got from Sephora on my birthday. It is a nice subtle tint and smells delicious to boot! (The lip balm, not the body wash, though that does smell good too.)

Then today, I took advantage of a couple coupons I had. I had one for a free Good 'N Natural bar, which it turns out is sort of like a Cliff bar/Balance bar type thing. Except that it's gluten free and vegan. But hey! It was free, so I figured, why not? Apparently they only carry them at CVS or Rite Aid around here though. So, when I was over at Stop and Shop, I ran into the Rite Aid. I decided to also use the $1 off on Wet n Wild product coupon I had. After some waffling I settled on a polish. Some of them were $1.99, but I said what the hell and got one of the 99 cent ones in a deep, shimmery purple color. I spent a total of 15 cents at Rite Aid. Pretty darn good.

I'm never going to be a super crazy couponer because a) it takes way too much effort, b) it drives you crazy, and c) you have to go to so many stores! But it does feel really good to take advantage of sales and coupons to buy something random and fun every once in a while.

Crackle!

Here is my first attempt at the crackle. It's harder than I thought it would be. Really weird texture. But I think I'm gonna have fun with it. :)

Lots of stuff!

Lots to write about! To start off, a couple of things that I apparently left out/didn't blog about. I realized I hadn't, because I wore/used them today. Firstly, this awesome cuff!

It is kind of like the brown American Eagle one I've had forever, but so much better because it's black! I foresee wearing this a lot this summer. Speaking of which, I totally scored on a $4 light-weight, black hoody from Savers today. One more thing off my if-I'm-wearing-blacks-all-summer-do-I-have-what-I-need list. Back on the list is all black tennis shoes, since I tried wearing my Polo Ralph Lauren ones all day today at work, and I made it shy of three hours before I ran and took them off because I was in so much pain. They are now in the donation bag.

The other thing(s) I wanted to mention that I apparently never wrote about were some e.l.f. products I got the other day. This I have been using under/as my eyeshadow all weekend and I'm in love with it.
It's the Studio Cream Eyeshadow in "Dawn" (though it's less pink and more gold than this photo). I'd originally wanted to try it in "Pewter" (a grey/purple) since I tend to use that color a lot, but Target doesn't carry it, and I didn't really want to pay shipping. So I bought this one instead and I'm really, really liking it. Sad to say, I think it beats Clinique's version (Touch-base, which I have in "Canvas"). It doesn't crease at all and the lid actually screws on tight so that it won't dry out. I also picked up the e.l.f. bronzer since my old bronze was a) too dark and b) broken into a million pieces. With this, I've also been gaga for my new e.l.f brushes. Specifically, the "Eye Shadow Brush." I decided to buy all of the $1 e.l.f. brushes that Target stocks and this was one of them. It's super duper soft and applies eyeshadow so beautifully. Between this and the cream eyeshadow, my make-up has been looking 10x better.

So now to my "haul" for today (it's seriously sad how often I blog about my shopping trips). Today I went to Five Below after work, which is sort of like the Dollar Store on inflation. Everything is $5 or below, hence the name. I went there because Karisa had mentioned that they had the "crackle" nail polish there, 2 for $5, which is a pretty good deal. But, of course, I couldn't keep from picking up a few other things.

Right when I walked in the door I found these adorable sunglasses. My rose tinted sunglasses broke around Christmas time and I haven't had a chance yet to glue them or replace them. I have another pair of glasses, but the lenses are really dark. It's hard to tell in this photo, but the tint isn't super dark on these glasses. I like that for days when you're squinting, but it's not crazy bright out. And they're cute.

My other impulse buy was these "party cubes," aka cubes you can freeze and put in drinks, but that won't water down whatever you're drinking. I'd been toying with the idea of getting something like this for a while and the fun colors just clinched the deal. 

And yes, I did get crackle. They had a bunch of colored ones, but I figured I'd stick with having the color underneath. There were two others though that I was also choosing between- a silver, sparkly one and a black, iridescent one. I ended up going with these as pretty classic colors, though I do keep thinking about the silver one. Karisa had a gold one that was really nice too, but they didn't have any of it today. If I really like these, I may go back for another couple. For now though, I'm just super excited to try it out. And I will of course share the results.

And last, but certainly not least, I came home to a package! I got super excited since the only package I'd been expecting I wasn't expecting for a while, but I knew it must be my Hunger Games Trilogy!!! Mum ended up getting another set (for reasons I won't go in to) and I think that's the set she ended up sending me. But of course, they didn't just send me books, oh no, my box was full! I also got round, old fashioned peppermints and Old Dominion Cashew brittle (I'm guessing re-gift from one of her students). And the box had the Clinique Lilly's been trying to send me forever.

You have no idea how excited I got about that. She not only sent me the Moisture Surge (center) she'd promised me, she sent me a bunch of other goodies, most of which were from her "gift with purchase." From left to right I also got: Almay foundation- SPF 15 and auto-tint for your skin tone. I'm super excited to try it out. Lipstick/gloss duo- it's hard to see the color in the photo, but it's a nice, warm neutral tone that's just darker than my lips making it a nice everyday shade. Moisture Surge- I get to start using this as my night cream. High Impact Mascara- only Clinique's best mascara (according to me) and one I was almost out of. Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion- garbage for my face because I have the wrong skin type, but it works great as a ultra-hydrating hand lotion. Oh yeah, and the bag is frickin' adorable! Like, I want to use it as a clutch adorable.

I think that's it for now. I'll see if I can try and come up with a blog NOT motivated by a package or shopping trip, but I'll probably fail. Also, nice new format, eh? I randomly chose to not center a picture and realized I could make the text go beside it. I think I prefer it. I would ask what you prefer, but we all know that no one reads this. ;)

Nothing much to report

We're still waiting for Mike to hear back from Olny (in Maryland) about whether or not he got the job down there. Currently, we're operating under the assumption that he hasn't gotten it. I gave my four-week notice at work on Monday and they were very sad.

I came on so I could show off two things. First, to further along my bathroom organization, the following:

I now have cute receptacle for my q-tips, cotton balls, and cotton rounds. The bucket was from Target and the jars are cleaned out candle jars.

Second and finally, I finally painted the birdhouse I got a few weeks ago.

 Annoying thing is that I was pretty good at not getting the trim colors. On the main part while I was painting it, but then when I put on the poly, the purple and green bled. :/ Not that it really matters, but it made me sad. Not sure where I'm going to put it, but at least it's not raw wood any more.