Black Friday 2015

Black Friday Shopping 2015

Black Friday shopping is the only Friday where I actually enjoy getting up at 5:30 in the morning. No, I don't enjoy the 5:30am wake up call and dealing with massive crowds - but I will not let a few bad eggs ruin my entire day!

For the most part, people are generally polite when I go shopping on Black Friday. My Gram and I have had the same schedule for Black Friday since I started going when I was like 15. She's had the same schedule for like 20 years probably! My family is not one to start shopping on Thanksgiving. We spend our time together and we enjoy it.

Our Black Friday Schedule:
5:30 AM - Wake up call!
6 AM - Don't get glam, just get dressed because we're walking out the door at this time.
6:15 AM - Kohls, which is a department store that we particularly enjoy. I love the sweaters they usually carry and I've gotten some of my absolute favorite dresses from here. It was surprsiingly empty this morning which made for a pleasurable shopping experience. 
8:30 AM - End store one, head to store two. (JCPenny) Which was fairly busy at this point, but everyone was still in good spirits and we were feelin' good. We got some coffee and continued on our adventure! 
12 PM - Hangry and ready to eat! Food court here we come!
As soon as we got everything in the car and we hit the food court we all went our separate ways and got the food we wanted. We all reconvened at a claimed table and ate until all the hangries went away!
We always make sure to hit Bath and Body Works, Sears, Victoria's Secret, and a couple other smaller stores inside.
12:30PM - Mall time!
We always make sure to hit Bath and Body Works, Victoria's Secret, Dillards, and a few other smaller stores inside. Chris and I got a Christmas 2015 ornament for our tree customized with ours and Busters name on it!
3 PM - Ornament pickup and then we're out! B&BW was an absolute cluster-f***. It took us over an hour to checkout because they were so slammed. VS took 45mins, the only thing that was fairly quick was the Estee Lauder makeup counter at Dillards.

Afterwards we may hit a couple more stores but by this time we're usually tuckered out and ready to go home and take a nap. (which I did)

This is a typical Black Friday excursion - I did however do quite a bit of xmas shopping before black friday this year because I did not want to try and get everyone done on one day this year. I did spent quite a bit of money - but managed to stay pretty close to my budget. Can't wait for the credit card bill this month... /cries

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Mini Target Haul

Mini Target Haul

I don't haul many things very often - but this past Sunday I grabbed a few things that I definitely (didn't) need. But I did grab a few things that I DID need.

August Favorites

August Favorites

There have been a few things that I have loved this month.

Beauty:

It may be plausible that I bought all these things on sale or were all under $10.

Rimmel London Scandaleyes Waterproof gel liner in black: To be completely honest, I'd never used a gel liner before. I bought this one while it was on sale at my local drugstore and I picked up the same version of liner in a liquid form as well. I figured "Why not try it?" Lets just say, the liquid liner still isnt even out of the package yet. I absolutely love this gel liner. I goes on so smooth and pigmented, and stays that way all day. I got it in black, and it has actually completely replaced my pencils and liquid liners for now.

e.l.f. Studio Duo Concealer/Highlighter in Light: $3.00 pricetag, and another one of those "Why not?" purchases that I've fallen in love with. I the concealer end under my foundation to lighten the areas under my eyes and when I'm really lazy to actually use it as a eye primer. Please note: I do not use this as an actual concealer to cover my blemishes, more as another highlighter. The actual highlighter I use on my nose, cupids bow, and the arches of my eyebrows. When my fiance sees me do this he calls it my war paint. Haha!

e.l.f. Mineral Infused Face Primer: I've been using this little delicious thing as my primer for my face for the whole month of August! It has an SPF of 20 in it which has seriously been helpful in this awful August heat and sun. Please note this product is silicone based. So if you don't like silicone based things on your face then I wouldn't recommend it for ya. But its worked nicely and helps my makeup go on smoothly.

Fashion:

I haven't really had any fashion pieces that I'm seriously loving this month, but I can let you know one thing that hasn't changed - my love for maxi skirts and dresses! Every time I go out I keep looking for new maxi dresses on sale and although I haven't found any new ones I'm still lovin' them. I'm particularly fond of this multi-color one that I don't currently have a picture of but will post.

Also I've been loving these seriously OLD black flip-flops that I found while I was cleaning out my apartment. They are so comfortable and easy to just slip on and off when I'm running to pick Chris up from work or to toss in my car in case of rainy days. I love wearing them with my anklets. It makes me feel like I'm a little bohemian.

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Happy Labor Day!

Happy Labor Day Everyone!

Over here in the states Labor Day is a national holiday where no mail runs and the only person who seems to have to work is my fiance! It's also the last holiday of summer and traditionally marks the end of summer. I usually spend this holiday with my Aunt and Uncle, Grandparents, and parents on the beach sunbathing and overall having a great time. This year though, my Aunt and Uncle couldn't make it and Chris has to work today! I also made plans to go work on my Engineering Design project with my group today. So Labor Day will be exactly that, Labor!

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