1. I hate to start off with bad news, but let’s just get this out of the way so that we can move on to better things… My beloved computer of three years has officially bitten the dust…
He’d been acting up for a few weeks before completely shutting down and refusing to start back up a few days ago (hence why I was working with pretty limited pictures in yesterday’s WIAW). I took him in to get looked at and they said it’s probably the hard drive. Great. The good news is that it’s still on warranty (thank goodness I decided to buy the extended one). The bad news is that it could take up to 3 weeks to fix. Ugh. At least I still have my laptop to work with… assuming that doesn’t go again…
2. In an effort to cheer myself up, I decided to do a little retail therapy… Okay, so I wasn’t really feeling crestfallen in the least, but seeing as there was a Shopper’s Drug Mart right next door, I decided to hop on over and see what they had to offer in the realms of beauty products and food. Apparently, they had quite a bit…
I walked out with some old favorites (TRESemmé heat protectant // Simple cleansing wipes), and some new finds that I’ve been wanting to try for a while (CHI silk infusion // Essie base coat // Bioderma cleansing water // Yes To cucumber facial wipes and moisturizer). I’ll let you guys know how I like them. Who knows? They may just end up in my monthly favorites…
3. While I was out and about, I came across what may possibly be the worst parking job I’ve ever seen…
Not only did this… wonderfully considerate person… take up two handicapped parking spots, but there wasn’t even a handicapped sticker on the car. Oh.so.fail.
4. Another fail? This dry shampoo from göt2b…
They were out of my favorite dry shampoo the last time I went to pick some up, so I decided to go out on a limb and try a new one. Bad idea. Unless you have grey hair or want to have grey hair, leave this one sitting on the shelf; and it doesn’t even work very well so you’re not missing out. There’s no way I’m even going to be able to salvage this one. It’s already in the trash.
5. Speaking of dry shampoo, did you know that you can use it to add some really nice volume to your hair? I have pretty fine hair, and getting it to show some enthusiasm in the volume department has always been a little tricky… but that was before I discovered the magic of [good] dry shampoo. What I’ll do is spray some on my roots when I finish drying my hair after a shower, let it sit for a couple of minutes, and then shake it all out. I know it sounds kind of crazy, but it makes my hair feel a lot thicker in addition to making it so much easier to work with. Seriously… give it a shot if you suffer from limp hair.
6. Dear computer…
By now, you should be well aware of the fact that, like Google (which you do not squiggly me for), Pinterest is indeed a proper noun. Get with the times. Please and thank you.
7. I’m embarrassed. It’s been almost 2 years since I’ve moved into my place, and I have yet to finish unpacking all of my boxes…
And the worst part of all? Those boxes are filled with my beloved books. The problem is that I’m not quite sure how I want to go about displaying them. I’d love to have a huge library a la Beauty and the Beast, but until my Prince Charming comes along and gifts me with one, I’m afraid that my books will have to keep hanging out in boxes and random places around my home, like in the cupboards and the drawers under my bed…
8. I’m really loving these longer, summerish days, but I have to admit that they make going to sleep early a bit of a pain in the butt. For reasons unknown to me, I was feeling extra exhausted last night so I decided to go to sleep around 9:30. It was still bright out 😯 I’m thinking that I need to invest in a good eye mask or something.
9. I’m really digging the new song by Thirty Seconds to Mars…
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10. And since today’s post started off on a sour note, let’s end it on a good one…
Nothing like free coffee to make you bust out the happy dance 😀
Happy Thursday, friends!
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What was your last beauty purchase?
What time do you go to sleep?
Funny story, my hubby totally parks like that. In his defense, he does have a giant truck with ZERO turning radius, but it drives me bonkers. He does NOT park in the handicap place though and does a good job of parking away from other cars.
My hair is super thin as well, to the point that I have to wash it everyday. Ive tried dry shampoo (ok, only one brand) and it didn’t get rid of the greasiness all day. It lasted for a few hours, then it was back and I was looking rather…gross. lol
I won’t give Ninja the stank eye as long as he’s staying out of the handicap stalls 😡 And I’ve tried a few different brands that didn’t work for me either, so you might want to keep experimenting… it’s seriously a lifesaver!
Ahh that’s terrible about the computer!!! I would cry without mine. EVERYTHINg is better free! Especially coffee 😀
I think I have similar hair to you, I used to use dry shampoo a lot more, I need to get back to more of that. Your poor computer, hope it gets fixed soon!
I am seriously guilty of thinking about using a handicap spot when the parking lot is crazy crowded..but of course I never do because I am a good person! haha but the thought has crossed my mind multiple times! I also am a horrendous parker…even got a note on my car the other day asking if I was blindfolded when i parked. I wanted to reply to the note with #sorryboutit…but then i realized i had no where to return the note haha so operation be a beezy went out the window!
Great idea about the dry shampoo for volume! I have been meaning to ask you about hair products.. you review a lot of beauty products but I don’t recall any on what you do for that gorgeous mane of yours.
Are you accusing me of playing favorites? 😛 I definitely prefer talking about makeup over hair stuff, but I throw those in every once in a while too (I’m really loving the deep conditioner and treatment oil from MoroccanOil, and Lush shampoos/conditioners). I also wrote a post going over a bit of my haircare routine http://www.runningwithspoons.com/2012/09/06/healing-malnourished-hair/
Sorry to hear about your computer 🙁 I know what a drag it is when one breaks down. Very stressful! Hope it gets fixed soon!
my hubs was in a military as a construction worker, he drives heavy equipment & we own a huge boat so his favorite saying when viewing an amazingly bad parking job/driver “if you can’t drive it, don’t buy it” (said with a slow southern Hank Williams drawl) makes me laugh every time! the best is when it is a super small car like a mini cooper…..
living in Alaska we are almost upon 24 hours of daylight- right now its over 20 a day so I feel your pain on the daylight! room darkening shades & a slow fan are the only things that get me to sleep by 11pm- those 5am gym trips come super early!
my last beauty find was at Target- found some super cheap $3 mascara in some off brand that actually works! love your photos & good luck on the computer hunt- I am an ipad owner & I love me some apple products 🙂
pc, i have no idea how to turn a mac on 🙂 but i do love my ipad! ideally i like to sleep by 9pm, but even when i have the opportunity to, i still stay up late..not doing productive things.. whoops.
I usually go to bed around midnight every night because I no longer have early wake-up calls. Plus, I barely get any sleep now-a-days, so if I went to bed at 9:30… I’d most likely wake up wide awake around 3 AM lol. You should get a little book shelf if you have any room in your apartment or donate some of your books! I know some places take books for $ towards books in their stores! I would love to be a MAC person, but I don’t have the money to join the club haha! And thanks for the dry shampoo tip! I have the same problem with limp and lifeless hair. Ooof!
Hehe… I was up at 4 this morning, which is why I try to avoid going to sleep that early. I can usually last until 10:30 or 11, but I was just beat beyond belief last night.
There are bad parking jobs, and then there is that. Like wow – inconsiderate much? That brings about a bit of an eye twitch.
Annnnd I am a PC person. Always have been, always will be. Whenever I try to use a Mac, it just feels weird to me. Ipods and Iphones I can handle, but I need my beloved Windows for my computer.
And I’m starting to get the same book problem…I have both Eric’s and my books crammed onto my bookshelf, so I literally could not fit one more on there if I tried. In fact, I’m starting a small pile next to my bed…and on the coffee table…and my side table…it’s all sorts of attractive in my apartment. I’m trying to figure out what to do with them, because we definitely don’t have room for another bookshelf…maybe in the next apartment, though. And I kind of wanted to live in the Beauty and the Beast library when I was a kid.
I hope the yes to stuff works well, I’ve been happy with the yes to carrots hand cream I bought recently!
Oh no, sorry to hear about your Mac!! Hopefully they’ll be able to fix it in a shorter time than 3 weeks! I’m a PC person to be honest; but I’m sure I could learn to love a Mac if I bought one.
I loveeee using dry shampoo to add volume to my hair, my hair is really fine too and really susceptible to breaking :/ I wish I had big thick locks haha!
I haven’t made a beauty purchase in ages, but my concealer has just ran out so no doubt that will be next on the list 🙂
Free coffee is always good! Hope they do this in the UK too!
I’m lagging behind…comments to cover the past two days:
-Hang in there. I think you are in a major transitional time…or rather the time right before the transitional time. You’re maturing and realizing you want more purpose and direction. Have faith. I don’t what else to say but to have faith. (((love))) to you.
-I’ve been meaning to ask forever…what the heck is a “dry” coffee???
Hehe I don’t think it applies to coffee in general, but to cappuccinos. A dry cappuccino is just one that has more foam and less milk. The usual ratio is something like 1/3 espresso, 1/3 steamed milk, and 1/3 foam, so asking for it dry is just reducing the steamed milk, thereby giving it a stronger coffee taste.
Is is amazing the number of words that computers do not recognize as real words. That squiggly line drives me nuts, especially when I am blogging on WordPress. Come on technology..get with it!!
You know, stores like Sephora will take back any product if you have the receipt, even if you’ve used it for weeks. You should try fishing that dry shampoo out of the garbage and see if you can get a refund at Shoppers. It’s worth a shot!
I wish I could, but I actually bought it at the grocery store and I’m not even sure where the receipt is 😕
I’m a big fan of the Say Yes to products so I’ll be excited to see what you think! I also love that song from 30 seconds to Mars… though I admit the video makes me a little dizzy.
I am up early like you so I totally go to sleep early…I can’t believe it is still light out by you at 9:30! Wow. I am so asleep by then lol….Last beauty purchase for me was a new Dior lipstick. Love.
LOVE 30 SECONDS TO MARS!!! Definitely one of my favorite bands, and I’m kind of obsessed with their new album. Good tip on the dry shampoo too – my hair is also very fine, and though I can usually get it to have some oomph right after I blowdry it….it sorta falls flat as the day goes on. Definitely gonna try that trick! And AAAH you got the new Khaled Hosseini book! I’m forcing myself to wait until it comes out in paperback….
I have the same problem with blowdrying not really lasting for very long. The dry shampoo thing definitely makes a huge difference though. And I honestly couldn’t wait for the paperback. I loved his other two books -so- much, and this one is really great so far.
I have always wanted to try dry shampoo. I am just gonna have to give it a shot! I go to bed super duper early! Usually by 9:30. Sometimes even 9 in my defense I get up at 5:20 every morning during the week.
I absolutely love Batiste dry shampoo! It’s the best dry shampoo I’ve ever tried! I also tried “Tresemme Dry Shampoo,” and it was good, but the nozzle kept breaking 🙁
I love the free cup of coffee they give you on your birthday if you’re a member of Starbucks!! It’s one of my favorite presents hehe
That parking job is hilarious! That brand of dry shampoo is extra white but its the only one that doesnt weight my hair down! I just brush it out really good
Oooh – I love those random free offers you get a restaurants or retailers, they always make my day 🙂 And I’m totally going to check out the “good” dry shampoo. I seriously have the limpest hair on the face of the planet and need some extra oomph every now and then!
Bummer about your computer! Retailer therapy always makes things better though! 🙂 Yay…you got a basecoat! I hope it works well for you! The Yes To cleansing wipes are pretty awesome! I use them fairly often and have been happy with all the products I’ve purchased from that brand.
As far as dry shampoo, I’ve tried a number of them and I pretty happy with the one from Salon Grafix (I think this was my last beauty purchase too). It doesn’t leave any residue or make your hair grey!
What a parking job!!! What was that person thinking!?!
I’m currently rocking the basecoat as we speak, and so far so good! I couldn’t find the Orly one, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed that Essie doesn’t let me down.
I got my first Mac a couple months ago, and I am in love. Never going back ever again!! I don’t wear makeup or use any special products…so I guess my last beauty purchase was shampoo. Exciting!
I usually try and get to bed between 9-11. I’m always up between 6-8 no matter what though! Cannot seem to sleep in!
I want to bash that parking job but as someone who is god awful at parking I feel it’s slightly inappropriate for me to do. Sorry to hear your computer bit the dust…that has got to be slightly (if not more) obnoxious. My computer bit the dust during college finals one year…that was awful because I was working on a 50 page paper. Luckily I had it saved multiple places so I could work on it elsewhere!
I’m pretty sure that as long as you’re not parking like a jerk in multiple handicapped spots, then you’re more than welcome to bash away.
Mac love all the way! So sad about your iMac, I hope they can give it some TLC to get it up & running in no time! And confession…I’m a total cheapskate & use baby powder as dry shampoo….nothing like your head smelling like sweet baby bum all day. HappyThursday girl!
I’ve heard about the baby powder thing, but I was always a little scared to try it… Glad to know that it works! And happy Thursday <3
Free coffee? Woohoo! And hey, I just finished reading that book And the Mountains Echoed. 🙂 You got some great finds, bummer about the computer though. Good thing you have a warranty, I think mine is out of warranty and I shudder to think how much it would cost to repair.
Sorry about your computer! That sucks. And I love dry shampoo for volume! It works great. I’m a PC person, Macs scare me a little.
Yay, retail therapy.
The drugstore actually can have some considerably good finds if you look around. Sometimes my favorite makeup products come from there.
I had to laugh at the car (well, not abou taking the handicap spot – rude), but I tend to do that actually because I’ve had SO many people hit my car because the parking spots are too darn close so sometimes I take up two. Oops.
I also love your huge collection of books.
I’m totally a Mac girl, don’t know what I’d do wtihout my beloved laptop!
Happy Thursday my love!
It’s actually kind of ridiculous how much time I can spend browsing the beauty section of drugstores – I find the most random things in there that I don’t usually see anywhere else. Like ketchup Popchips <3
It drives me NUTS when people park in the handicap parking without a proper sticker. NUTS I tell ya!
I always get excited when I get a free Startbucks drink or my students give me a Starbucks giftcard. It’s like living on cloud 9 for .203432 seconds. 🙂
Theres nothing like free coffee!
Personally I am a PC person, but I do love the MACs
Now when it comes to sleep, 7-8 hrs and I am good. Those times I get 6 or less, look out! 🙂
Getting up at 4:30 each day means bedtime is around 9:00 and that’s when all the good shows come on lol…thank goodness for Tivo 😉
“I’m really loving these longer, summerish days, but I have to admit that they make going to sleep early a bit of a pain in the butt. For reasons unknown to me, I was feeling extra exhausted last night so I decided to go to sleep around 9:30.” –> I was completely pooped last night and really wanted go to bed at 8:30…but it was still bright out. Not even light, but actually bright. So then I had to diddle around for an hour and a half and wait for it to actually get dark to go to bed. It was really annoying…and on a brighter note, I want free Starbucks!! Lucky duck. 🙂
Have you thought about getting a sleep mask? Or some blackout curtains? I’m seriously considering it because the days are only going to get longer and this girl needs her sleep!
I just bought some Revlon Colorstay Foundation because I’m sick of spending $50+ on what I used to use. I’ve heard good things about it, so we’ll see! Hopefully it works out for my skin.
And sleep is something I’m working on. Since moving to Miami and having a much shorter commute, it seems that I have fallen into the habit of going to bed much later than I used to. They funny thing is, I still wake up around the same time. This needs to change! I really do love my sleep!
I’m a MAC person. I’m really surprised your computer was giving you trouble when it was only a few years old! I really love MAC because I feel like I have fewer problems than when I used a PC. Does a haircut count as a beauty purchase? I think so! I try to be in bed around 10:30, but it has been so hard because of being light out. Makes me want to stay up late!
I seem to have some really bad luck with my MACs 😕 I’ll have no problems at all, and then the entire system will go. The hard drive on my laptop actually went out a mere 4 months after I bought it… so I have no idea if I’m too hard on my computers or what.
I loooove the CHI Infusion!! I own a huge bottle and I can not get enough of the good smell of it.
And I can relate on the bright night hours – I feel so odd being inside and in bed when it seems to be in the middle of the day outside!
Mac, and PC. I love my Mac, but I love Window’s Live Writer for writing my blog posts, so I use my PC laptop for blogging. Such a torn decision, though! I go to bed around 10. Sometimes before, sometimes after. Depends o nthe time I need to be awake the next day
Omg i love the books in boxes under the bed haha! That’s where a ton of mine are too….and i have book shelves but they’re full of my favorites. Joe suggested i donate some when we moved. I don’t think i’ve ever given him such a dirty look in our 2.5 years together. Get rid of my books? Hell no, sir…not going to happen 😛
Lol! That was the first thought that popped into my head when I read that part of your comment, and I have to admit that I got kind of worried that you were actually gonna do it for a second there. Glad to see that’s not the case 🙂
Yessss to retail therapy!!! Boo to dry shampoo. Okay, I shouldn’t say that since I’ve only tried one kind, but it doesn’t do a darn thing for me.
that is prob the worst parking job ive ever seen too 🙂 Seriously can people not see the lines or do they just not care…or I like when someone thinks they have a better car so they deserve 2 parking spaces because they dont want their car to get ding’d. DUH, And I just got into dry shampoo last year, good to know that brand stinks 🙂 lol
I know what you mean about these long summer hours being great and all, but it does make it really hard to go to bed early. In the winter i crawl into bed around 8, but now it’s still light out which makes me feel like i cant do that yet. however, it doesnt stay light til 9:30 on the east coast. it gets dark around 8:30ish. but we do get the sun streaming in the windows at like 4:30am, which, i kinda like. makes it easier to wake up 🙂
I think I may just have to pack up and move out east then! It seriously stays light out here until 10:30 in the middle of summer, which makes getting to sleep a little difficult. Got any spare rooms? 😉
I like the Yes to products. I’ve used the dark spot corrector and was a fan of it. I have super sensitive skin so I have to be careful what I choose.