The 12 Days of Blogmas - Day 2

Happy Monday everyone! It was freezing this morning when I let Ali out!! Yes, Indiana peeps, by freezing I mean in the 40’s. I am a conditioned AZ wimp now. 

I haven’t done too much today. I went to PT, then a meeting, and then to Ulta to pick up an item for a tutorial I am going to film very soon. I am obsessed with cranberry and burgundy shades right now. I got a gold glitter liner by NYX, because I am planning on pairing it with some cranberry colors for the tutorial. 

I recorded my first voiceover for a tutorial last night! It was really easy! I used the voice memo app on my iPhone, and just recorded right along with the footage. Then, I Airdropped the file from my phone to my MacBook, and saved it to iTunes. Technology is SO great when it works! 

I’m still in quit a bit of pain from taking my “first steps” this past weekend. After I got home from my errands earlier, I just plopped down on the couch and put on my cooling machine. I would totally buy this VascuTherm machine if it wasn’t like $1500. With my track record, I should’ve just bought the darn thing a year ago! I am definitely feeling a little bit better now that I am off of my feet. My calf is still so sore from just walking on it! It feels like I ran a few miles after not having run for a year and a half. It’s a good sore! I am just surprised HOW sore it was after such minimal usage. 

I dropped off a bottle of Nerium to my friend Brandy today, who in turn gave me a tamale that she made this past weekend. BEST Christmas tradition ever!!! I told her to just give me one, because if she gave me five, for example, I’d eat them all in one sitting. My self control is exhibited at the grocery store. If I don’t buy crap, I don’t eat crap. Just ask the whole bag of Pumpkin Spice Oreos I bought a couple of months ago :-D. Seriously though, they’re like cookie crack. I couldn’t stop eating them. As much as I want to buy the red Double Stuff Oreos that scream at me from their
 display every time I am at the store, I have resisted buying them for that very reason! I mean, the red ones are that much better, right!? I know….they’re just dyed red. They’re still better. 

I just got these ColourPop eyeshadows in the mail today, and I am already in love! I have never felt eyeshadows like this, or seen such vivid, glittery colors! I ordered these around Black Friday, because they were having a really good sale, I had a $5 off coupon, and they’re only $5 a piece regular price. The price shocks me, because the quality by far surpasses the pricepoint! I will be playing around with these tomorrow, and taking lotsa pictures for the blog post. I’m cutting back on my cosmetics purchasing, because i just need to. There are a few reasons why, but the main one is that I have to pinch pennies while on disability. Plus, I have a lot of makeup!! Maybe I’ll take some pics of my newly organized makeup station/collection for tomorrow’s post, as well. I will also link some videos of collections of YouTubers that do this for a living so I don’t look so bad ;-). (Seriously you guys. Some of the ladies I follow have so much makeup that it makes what I have look mediocre!)

 

I seriously just lost my Fantasy Football playoff game because of that last minute TD by the Bears. They were going to lose the game anyway! Why did they need a stupid touchdown!!!! Ugh! #lame

 

Lastly, in case you wanted to know, I had my tortilla soup for dinner again tonight. I just can’t get enough of it! Stay tuned for the recipe Wednesday for WFDW! 

That’s all for today. Tomorrow’s post should be more fun and have a lot more pictures since I am going to be playing with makeup and filming videos all day! If you guys have any special requests of eye or makeup looks you want to see, please leave me a comment, tweet me, Facebook me, or email me! 

 

Have a wonderful night, and I’ll talk to y’all tomorrow!

 

Happy Trails!

Stacey