Retail Therapy

Tarhee & All Ye Girly-Lipstick-Lovers,

HERE YA GO:

Can take this info. to the drugstore...got' em at CVS & Wallgreens.

I bought L'Oreal: Infallible lipsticks...2 reg. looking tubes/clear top/silver tubes that last all day, and 1 different lipstick that's in a nifty silver/white small square compact--one side small lip sponge tip/other side clear conditioning balm to go on top/they slide in&out of case. OMG!!! LOVE IT! So great for my purse AND the lipstick stays on for FOREVER! Ya can't even get the stuff OFF your lips UNLESS you use waterproof makeup remover! I use a non-oil glycerin remover for ALL of these lipsticks...takes it off like MAGIC!!...:) Waterproof makeup Wipes do NOT do the trick on the compact style one either!! Maybe cuz not enough remover on the wipe. I call it my car paint lipstick...;)



Maybelline: SuperStay14 Hour lipstick is Awesome also! Need serious remover for that sucker too!



And Revlon ColorStay Ultimate Suede lipstick is grand! As is their Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain (crayon type deal)!

ALL of these lipsticks stay on ALL DAY...I promise...:)



Whew! All Done! Please share if you try these...or if ya already have them!

Maybe I'll post the COLORS I bought another time...;)

Ooo, I'm a lipstick addict -- I used to be so bad, I couldn't leave the house w/out wearing it, not even to go the grocery store, hah. I'm not quite so vain now, but I still have a vast collection, esp. in dark colors. My fave. is Sephora's house brand -- rich colors & always something new each season, decent staying power, doesn't feather, creamy, & only costs $12 a tube (midrange between drugstore prices & the dept. store brands).

But my #1 absolute fave, my default lippie, the one I love above all others is Chanel Vamp. I keep hearing it's going to be discontinued, & I swear they start that rumor so ppl like me will stock up (which I do ).

Violet, that's the L'oreal I use. Infallible. I swear by it too! A fan for 4 yrs. plus the shiny case works as a mirror to apply!
Global, it does not look dry. You can reapply the clear gloss stick all day to keep it moist.



Most of the colors are plummy/natural. There's not really a true red. (I like Yves St Laurent reds) I just bought L'oreal Garnet (750) which isn't really garnet red but is more like a pink. Hibiscus is another color I like. The color names don't really match the hues IMO. I occasionally buy others, but Violet, we are both in the same fan club. :-)

Batcat, I love the Sephora lipsticks too. Really a bargain, especially online markdowns.

I was happy to realize today that I was agonizing over a decision that had nothing to do with BC! After rads today I poped into Winners and saw that they were starting to put out their boots. They had some short leopard print uggs that I was planing to go back and purchase once they had all the stock out. I love leopard print ( the downstairs of my house is decorated in it) and I love Uggs ( I know lots of people hate them). My question is; at 42 am I too old to be running around in leopard print boots ? I already have the short black sparkle ones but I do love the leopard ones too!!! What do you think?

((Hugging everybody back, through a tangle of shopping bags))



Leopard is always appropriate for brave beautiful women!!

Ah yes, the smuggling thing- you girls are definitely of like minds, I do this ALL the time! And I remember Ronda's ingenious "two pair of shoes in one box trick" Haha. Brilliant.



We luckily have a powder room with an enclosed shower (that is never used so is dry) RIGHT inside the back door from the garage, so my trick is to hang the Macy's bag in that shower then go into the living room and say "honey I'm home"- empty handed. LOL.

The tags come off and the transfer is slyly made to my closet later.



I am not proud of this behavior but there you have it!

Shopaholic trick- hiding the goods????

Sciencegal, LOVE IT!!

Genius!

Don't know if anyone else experiences this, but when I Christmas shop, I inevitably find things I like, for me!! I used to resist this temptation but no more. Bonus: No peeking/no questions allowed when I bring home shopping bags at the holidays. 😉🎄

Shoppy:

No. You aren't too old for the boots. I could KICK myself for NOT buying the most AMAZINGLY GORGEOUS *HUNTER GREEN BEARPAW (like UGGS but 1/2 the price/great quality!!!) boots last year at the end of the season!!!!

AND they were on SALE! AND I KNEW I'd NEVER see/find that color again! AND they were IN my size!!! (small feet/hard to find sizes)!!!



AND I KNEW I'd regret not buying them...AND I was RIGHT! Shet!

GET the boots!...LOL!

Violet

Hi Shoppy-at least you got SOME boots! Those sounds super cool.



I love our strategies for getting the goods into the house past the husbands- as if they would REALLY care, considering what we are all going through.



But for me the problem is just the sheer volume! haha. Could be alarming. But hey, all on sale!

Vor,

I also like leopard/cheetah...especially in shoes!

AND to Everyone:

Did your moms also hide shopping spree stashes sometimes? Mine did...;)

Um, I just got back from Nordstrom Rack...;)

Violet

Vor,

Too funny! I always dressed/shopped for my men-- soontobeExHusband, and now my serious "Beau"...;) Hey! I got the Beau into Nordstrom for the 1st time when we had 2 summer weddings to go to recently.

Ahem...he came out w a Hugo Boss suit and a Burberry tie, ROTFL!! Shoes, socks, belt,

Pocket Square!, among other things!

I used Nordstrom's personal shopper service--we had a ball!!! He's now hooked on the personal shopper thing for anything just like me...:) ALL FREE!

VIOLET











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Shoppy,

You made me laugh! 20 pts!...:)

But that really sucks!!! Just keep pushing the bastards and complain to the Supervisor &/or the hospital social worker! Get the SW to work for YOU...on your behalf!

Glad you got your pumpkin revenge

Shoppygirl, you shouldn't have to wait more than a day or 2 for results. When you go in for your scan, ask the people working there for the phone number to call so that you can check the next day and find out whether the scan has been read. I've been told things like "Call tomorrow after 1, the report should be ready then." Your RO will just be delivering the report that someone else wrote, or at least that's the way it has been for me. If you call the next day and your scan hasn't been read yet, someone can probably tell you which doctor is reading scans that day, so you at least have a name, so when you call back (again) you can ask if Dr. so-and-so has read your scans and when can you get a copy of the report. You may have to take a trip back to the hospital to get the report, but you can probably get your results pretty quickly. I am only speaking from my experience. But I learned early on that with all my PET/CT scans, my oncologist only delivers the news, the scans were read by someone else right away. Those scans and the accompanying report are YOURS, it's your body. I learned this when I was first diagnosed and needed to get CT results to 3 different oncologists, and all I had to do was stop by the next day pick up 4 copies of the reports AND the scans on a disk. (One was for me.) You might also ask the CT scanning people when you go for your scan whether scar tissue is easily distinguishable from other things on a CT scan. The last thing you need is a CT scan report that doesn't clarify the area of concern, which could give you more anxiety. Hooray for leopard skin pumpkins. Pagan holidays are such fun!

"Oh yeah. We should check on it."

Dang. Ya think? Sad that you had to remind him too! Ugh I hate doctors like that. It's like we're talking cancer here, jackass, not the flu. Zero bedside manner.

OK leopard velvet...pumpkins? I had to Google it to see what they look like.  

I like leopard coats.

Ahhhh... Used to have a faux forest green leopard coat. Kept me toasty warm on the little league baseball field...til June each year...until both sons finished middle school... That's a long, long, time considering they have a sister in the middle! I'm tellin' you.... That coat was so warm and got so much wear... it didn't owe me a dime! When I finally found a new faux leopard coat that spoke to me... I wanted to give the old one a decent burial! DD is NOW annoyed with me for putting out to green pastures...she THINKS it would have looked good on her now! Ha!