Why is a porn site linking to me?

 I was just checking out my "stats", and looking at to sites which directed people here, and for some reason, this one site directed at least one person here and its obviously a porn site! Um, OK.... there's absolutely nothing pornographic on this site at all! I mean, I know I'm not and all... (hahaha).

Moving past that random complaint, I haven't written in awhile, although I've thought about it, just been rather, ahem, busy. But I feel like I've been bursting with things to say at least, so maybe, once your done looking at porn, you can take a breather and come read my random ramblings? Or maybe I'll bore you back to the porn, I don't know.

So, the things I've been up to:

1) Still pregnant. lol. I'll be 20 weeks tomorrow and am totally excited to find out if we're having a boy or a girl next Monday! Wearing my new favorite dress :)

19 Weeks and loving my peanut!

2) Had a photo adventure. OK, so it's only four pictures, but basically details what I was up to a couple of Monday's ago when Tony was out of town and needed A LOT of errands run for him. So here is the series I sent him!  Warning: I'm wearing absolutely no makeup, but I make up for it with a very cute purple hat :P

First stop was the post office!  Had to mail off Tony's Tax return, deadline was midnight that night!

After that, I went to the bank to deposit money into both of our accounts.  Not the best picture, but I had to get the bank in there.  Remember, this was a photo adventure for Tony :P

City Hall to obtain a contractor's code book for our favorite out of town hero boyfriend :)

And the last stop was for me!  Had to get my weekly pizza bagel and mocha frappe from Bagel Boy!  Posing in front of one of their many paintings

3) Zuma is as crazy as ever. Lately, she's taken to hiding in Tony's backpack. I think she is hoping he won't notice someday when he goes out of town and takes her with him, which is ridiculous, because she HATES traveling. It's either her forgetting that she hates to travel, or her just liking to squeeze herself into random small places.

"How the heck did you find me??"

Oh, and here she is being adorable and looking out the window. :)

Sunshine!  I are watch cat!

4) Went to Laos New Year! My camera was being ridiculous and ran out of battery juice, so I had one of our friends snap this lone picture of Tony and I at the festivities. YES, I know my boobs are huge looking. Maybe that's why porn is linking here? I'm pregnant people! I can't help it!

Jbano's thumb was in the way, but that's alright, we still like him. :)

5) Easter Sunday was my time to play with all my little cousins! I only managed to get pictures of two of them, but absolutely adored playing with my youngest first cousin Mailey. She's half Vietnamese, so I'm excited that my baby will have another half Asian cousin that doesn't come from Tony's side of the family! She was so adorable the whole time, I hope my little one is as sweet as her! The little baby boy is Matthew, so smiley, I couldn't get over how cute he was either! He has an older brother, a two year old named Jesse, pictured much farther back on this blog at my cousin's wedding, pulling on Auntie's wedding dress. If you care to look, go look. He was quite the handful! Two year olds, lol.


 

Me and Mailey

Baby Matthew!  So cute!

Hugs!

The only thing that really sucked about this Easter was dealing with my mother. When my mom showed up, she seemed like she was in a good mood, and as the rest of the adults finished making Easter lunch and I finished playing with the kids, I couldn't help but notice that my mom had went missing. We found her in the backseat of her car, trying to "sleep".

A little background, I've always had kind of a volatile relationship with my mom. She gets depressed easily, and has always done ridiculously dramatic things that I always feel are for a little bit of attention. She's also a gambling addict. Slowly but surely, she has lost the trust of the majority of our family members. As a kid, she would gamble the rent away, get the electricity shut off, the phone shut off, and always have an excuse that didn't have to do with gambling.

When I was fourteen, we were removed from my mother's care and placed into my grandparent's custody by the state. Our relationship really went downhill at that point, because she blamed me for it. The day the police came to our apartment, I had finally gotten a chance to sleep over at my grandparents without my brothers and sisters, as I was being forced to babysit every single day for free, while my mom worked two jobs that never seemed to generate any income (Gambling). We started to mend our relationship as I got older, but I always remained weary of her, never giving her money when she asked, never going out of my way to "help her out". She was always 'out of gas', always 'between pay checks', and ALWAYS had an excuse. A lot of the things I resent from my childhood, I resent because of her. Because she would always do things "for her kids" but it was always clear to me that the only person she was thinking of was herself.

Fast-forward to Easter this year. As I said, everything was going fine, I even felt like I had lucked out because the aunts of mine who had previously disowned me (also previously discussed on this blog) weren't there, and all of my favorite relatives from my mom's side were happy to see Tony and I and we were all enjoying each others company. Tony and I were having such fun playing with all the kids and getting some experience with little tykes before our little one comes. And then the mom drama starts. After we found her in the backseat of her car, my sister tried to convince her to come in and eat. She wouldn't do it. My uncle went to talk to her. Nothing. In the back of my mind, I had a feeling that she was expecting me to come give her attention, but I knew that the reason she was doing all this was to get attention, and I just wasn't going to put up with it.

So I ignored it. I'm just so sick and tired of this over-dramatic bullshit from her. Right now, she's facing eviction and called me to come get some of the things my grandmother willed to me from her apartment because "they'll probably lock her out and then she'll lose all her stuff because she has nowhere to go and no one to help her". That basically turned out to be a ploy to get me to come over to her apartment, where she wasn't even trying to PACK anything up for herself to at least get into her car or anything, and talk about her boyfriend, whom I despise, and let her know that I didn't give a flying fuck about anything that has to do with him and I wouldn't hear of it. She ended up keeping me at her apartment to 'talk' and acted like nothing was wrong, like she didn't even care that she was putting all this stress of her never ending issues onto her pregnant daughter. I left with my books (my willed items, I loved reading them when I was a kid), and vowed to not get sucked in like that again. Which is why I chose to ignore her this time around. The way I see it, she wasn't getting the attention she wanted, and so she decided she would get the attention one way or another.

When my sister tried to talk to her, she told her that she didn't want to "lie to everyone when they asked her how things were going" and that she knew it would just be better if "she weren't there". After awhile, she had my younger brother get their things and come out to the car, and left with him. Then, she came right back and dropped my brother off, telling him to "Have Kaitie bring him home." Kaitie (my sister), was literally just getting ready to leave to have Easter dinner with her fiance's family, and Tony and I were just getting ready to get some things done around the house. She just CAME BACK and then left my brother at my uncles with no consideration as to how it would affect anyone else. Which is another reason why I think it was all about attention.

All of this crap makes me really weary of the idea of my child spending any time with her. I had to grow up with this crap because she is my mother. But I do not want the burden of her dramatics placed on my children. My baby doesn't deserve to feel stressed about the fact that she has never bothered to grow up. To her, its what the world has done to her, and to her, there is nothing she can do to fix it. The only time she takes accountability for her actions, she's freaking out, crying, and saying things like "the world would be better without me". All I want to do is protect my peanut from things like this. I know we all get down sometimes, but I don't want my son or daughter exposed to that kind of behavior. I don't want them to think that there is a way they can "fix" her, because the only person who can "fix" her is herself, but until she starts being accountable for her role in her own situations, that isn't going to happen.

Blah, I'm glad to get that out.

We'll close today with an old school picture of me and the bestie, whom I will get to see in LESS THAN A WEEK! PHOENIX HERE WE COME!!!!!

 Until then--

I effing LOVE days off. :)

Because I have the whole day to do whatever I want with!  Tehehehehe.

I'm in a giddy mood because I just had THE most delicious pizza bagel and mocha frappe from Bagel Boy, which for those of you reading who don't live where I do (and that would constitute basically all three of you that regularly stop by to read this kind of insanity--which by the way, I don't KNOW that there are three REGULAR readers, just that about every post I make seems to get about three views each time, with the exception of when I mention some celebrity or recent event that people google and thus, stumble across my page, increasing my hit load like crazy), Bagel Boy is a local sandwich shop that makes sandwiches and whatnot on nothing but bagels.  And, its like EVERY kind of bagel you could ever imagine, fresh made right in the shop.  You can obviously also just buy bagels by the dozen or half-dozen, but frankly, this girl girl LOVES her pizza bagels (and BLT bagels!), so just buying a bagel to put cream cheese on just isn't gonna happen here.

And I just realized I totally sound like some sort of advertisement for Bagel Boy.  Note: if you're REALLY interested in figuring out where in the flatlands of the Midwest I live in, you could search Bagel Boy, because I'm pretty sure its a local thing, and not a regional thing, but even *I'm* too lazy to do that, so I'm doubting you will either.  ha.

So, something about the sugar from the frappe (and possibly the caffeine, which, FYI, I *know* is bad for me pregnant, but my doctor says a cup of coffee a day is totally fine, and its not like I drink one frappe a day!  And I gave up coffee totally once I got knocked up, since I'm responsible and shit.  hahahaha. (No seriously, I'm laughing out loud as I type this crap, I have the energy to turn cartwheels at this point!)  SUGAR RUSH POW.

If you hadn't noticed by my paragraph upon paragraph rambling of what I ate today, I'm no longer feeling nauseous!  That means no more of this:

Legs only, lets try to keep it not completely disgusting, here.

I'm sitting on the bathroom floor at work, after losing my lunch.  I swear, the first three months of my pregnancy this kid just hated EVERYTHING I ate!

I haven't been up to much since my last post, other than working and getting through finals, and I managed to finish the quarter with two A's and an A-!  Which to me, counts as A's, helllurrrrr.  Who came up with this + and - crap anyway?  An A is an A, a B is a B, and an F is an F.  Its kind of like the professor is saying, "I HAVE to give you an A, but I don't want to really, so instead I'm going to give you an A-, so you know I think you don't REALLY deserve that A, betch!"  Just my opinion.

Tony and I went on a date last night (yes, we still go on dates, haha), and we went to see Suckerpunch, which A) was totally my idea (the movie choice, his idea to turn into a date, probably because I wanted to see a guy flick so badly) and B) I really liked!  I didn't like how rushed the ending was, and I get a little cranky when movies don't end the way I think they should end. (spoiled much?  ha.)  But the effects were just fantastic, and lets face it, even *I* am a sucker for hot chicks who know how to handle their weapons.  And I fell in love with the lead's lips, I just kept staring at them every single time she was on screen, which was most of the time.

Emily Browning is the lead (left) as Baby Doll, and those things on her face are her gorgeous lips.  Also pictured, Vanessa Hudgens as Blondie, and Jamie Chung as Amber.

Also had NO CLUE that Vanessa Hudgens was in this film!  I thought she did a fantastic job, this is the type of stuff I want to see her in, not that High School Musical shit.  (Which I never saw, because I have a nose and can smell "shit" from a mile away.  I blame Zac Efron.  hahaha).  I think if she goes for the right projects she definitely has a shot at being a really respected actress.  And people really need to get over this whole "nude photo scandal" crap, whomever is releasing those photos of her clearly are hanging on to all the photos in one set that they managed to hack forever ago.  She's gorgeous, and to me comes off as down to earth and funny, and I really think people need to give her a chance to make a non-Disney name for herself.  Just sayin!

So, I have a fricken-frack ton of pictures to put up, and this time I managed not to take any sunset shots, unless you count my glowy preggo face as a sunset shot. :)

Speaking of having a glowy preggo face, I've also been doing a seemingly OK job of not breaking out... until yesterday.  I grew this weird reddish raised mark on my face which can really only be described as acne, but its not like its a whitehead or anything like that, just this cyst like thing that decided it would try to ruin my date.  It's still here, I think I'll just have to be patient until it goes away.

There the little monster is, wreaking havoc right before my date.  And thats wearing ALOT of concealer!  Otherwise tho, my makeup is pretty simple, just a little blush, some eyeliner/mascara and neutral skin toned eyeshadows.  And lip balm, duh.

But, being preggo has helped my hair grow a little faster!  My hair doesn't really like to grow, but this picture proves its getting longer, and managing to not be completely dull looking ALL the time.

Hair is also my natural color.  I hope I'm never dumb enough to color it again!  You just can't replicate a shade like that.

I've also been spending alot of time decorating my nails, having fun playing with my nail art pens and getting different colors to play around with.

Was at Walmart, so raided the nail polish aisle.  New spring colors pictured with Tony's headphones, a pilates DVD, and my sketch I created for the Sim house I plan on creating once my Legacy family has enough Simoleans to do it with!  If you don't play the Sims 3, you won't get it, so don't even try.

Last week, I decided to do bumblebee nails!  I got the idea from watching a tutorial by BubzBeauty (if you don't know who she is, look her up on Youtube!  She's SO adorable, has the cutest accent I've ever heard, and comes across as so sweet and good-hearted you can't just help but love her to death).  I LOVED the idea, so I tried to replicate it!

Buzzzzzz!  lol

For some reason, any time I try to take a picture of just my nails, you can't ever see the artful things I've done and it looks like shit!  so I try putting my hands next to my face, and voila, slightly more viewable.  Maybe I just need a better camera, both point and shoot and on my phone.

OK, only slightly more viewable.  The bumblebee path lines looked ridiculously awesome though.

Today, I decided to keep up with the spring theme and decided to try DAISY nails!  This one was all my own idea, just because I thought it'd be really easy.  And it was!  I'm telling you, if you want to draw or doodle a bit on your nails, INVEST IN NAIL ART PENS.  They're cheap, easy, and very effective! 

You know your cameras suck when your webcam takes way better pictures of your nails.

Speaking of doodling, I found this picture in my phone of this picture I drew in a meeting at work.  I started out doodling snowflakes, which turned into drawing an evergreen tree, which turned into drawing a whole freaking snow scape.  That meeting was BORING as hell!

Considering I'm so sick of snow... yeah, don't know why I did this.  hahahaha

I got this really sick peacock ring from Plato's Closet recently.  I effing LOVE rings with animals on them, so when I saw this I couldn't help myself!

to me, "Peacock Ring" sounds really dirty.  Like I'm saying "Cock Ring" or something.  Ew.

Also in ridiculously awesome jewelry news, St. Patrick's day allowed me to bust this piece out of the woodwork for all to see.  I got SO many compliments on it all day, I don't know why I don't wear it more, probably because every time I put it on, I feel like I'm dressed for St. Patrick's Day!

Ugh, so blurry, stupid phone.

And finally, a few pictures that don't fit anywhere:

Me, totally loving my off the shoulder navy top on a very nice March day, one of the only one's we had:

That scar near my shoulder is from getting a mole removed

This amazing plate of ravioli I had at Olive Garden back in February (also lost in the depths of my phone's pictures, and recently rediscovered).  SO good, but apparently seasonal, because when we went back recently, they no longer had it. :(

Smelled so good, I took a bite before I took the picture!

And lastly, this cute bear I busted out to have on my desk at work during March.  I love love love love love teddy bears, so this seasonal guy stole my heart!  Sorry Tony.  haha.

I always try to hide my work computer monitors with my purses, gotta keep that work info SECURE.  lol

And I have finally run out of things to ramble about.  I'll come up with more soon, hopefully.

Until then--

Jersey Shore returns!

 If you didn't figure it out yet, I'm freaking obsessed with Jersey Shore!  It's DEFINATELY my favorite guilty pleasure, and there's no way I'll go a whole Thursday not seeing the episode!

I know alot of people have really jumped on the "I Hate Jersey Shore" bandwagon, but as far as I'm concerned, those people hate Jersey Shore because so many people watch it, and if you haven't figured out (no offense, but if you're in high school, you really probably haven't figured out) people LOVE to jump on the bandwagon of hating everything popular.  (YES, sixteen year old kid wearing all black writing poetry about death hating everyone else around you for being "sheep", I'm talking to you AND your friends-individuality, HA - who think you're the first people in the world to decide you are sooooo non-conformist.)

Yeah, I've got some views on people who think being an individual means loathing everyone who doesn't think exactly like them.  If that' didn't make sense, it shouldn't.  ANYHOW!

Jersey Shore recap for those of us who could give two shits what those non-conformist cool people think of us.

Also, because I feel like sharing, I am wearing my amazing gray knit wool cap. =)

 I'm going to skip right to when the first people arrive.  DUM DUM DUM.  Sammi and Ronnie, for whatever reason, are still together (wait, i know the reason, Sammi enjoys being a doormat), and they show up first.  Naturally, since Sammi's entire focus is on getting the upper hand with Snooki and J-Woww, they decide to take the "best room" upstairs.  Nothing wrong with that-- until you consider that the "best room" has three beds.  What kind of couple DOES this?  Wouldn't you want a little bit of personal space?  I can't help but think there was a little bit of production urging them to take the room to make waves, as if the show needed it.  But, I can't speculate, and I'd prefer to think that those two are as big of idiots as they appear to be.

So when J-Woww arrives, Sammi gets more excited for her to come upstairs and see her in the "best room", she looks more giddy than she did before ANY date Ronnie ever took her on.  Why this girl delights into thinking she's made someone nervous (who clearly could care less if she ever interacts with her or not), I don't know.  Why she smiles like she's so proud of herself, I have even less of a clue.  I think it has something to do with her thinking she's won a fight before in her life - newsflash dear, your boyfriend kept her from KILLING you that night, you should probably thank him and the other guys before you start patting yourself on the back.

Face to face again for the first time

The biggest, newest thing going on this season is that Snooki has brought along her doppleganger, Deena Nicole, to take the place of the Staten Island Dump.  Deena is every bit as loud an obnoxious as Snooki is.  I bet I love her.  hahahaha.

Deena and Snooki on their way to the shore

Deena makes it clear on the drive up that she started drinking, well, pretty much yesterday, but "Don't tell anyone I'm drunk!"  Sweetie, methinks you are more obvious than you believe yourself to be.  Luckily, Deena seems to be able to stir up the fight that everyone has been waiting for since last season - Jwoww's chance to avenge herself.

When Pauly arrives, (much to Jwoww's happiness), she fills him in on the room situation, and his reaction is similar to all those in the world excluding Sam and Ron - WTF??  Enter the clueless couple, who tries to entire Pauly to room with them -- "Look, there's this whole side of the room for someone!"  To which Pauly makes perfectly clear that he has no intention of sleeping in that room, or as he referred to it, "The Boring Room".  So he settles into the two bedroom to ensure he and Vinny are able to room together.

Not to dissapoint, Vinny arrives next!  As usual, he's being his adorable momma boy self that girls seem to love, and he's brought along... a shower caddy!  He's so proud of it too, it makes for some ridiculous hilarity.  Ten bucks says that shower caddy gets him laid at least once!

Vinny and Pauly, besties!

When Snooki and Deena finally arrive, everyone welcomes Deena in with open arms, except of course, our least favorite gruesome twosome.  Sammi puts on her Rude Bitch hat- actually, I take that back, she's been wearing it since she found out who wrote The Note in Miami - and treats Deena like you might treat someone who has some sort of communicable disease like leprosy.  Needless to say, Deena doesn't take kindly to the treatment, and she certainly doesn't take the Sammi Sweetheart route of Passive Aggressive Bitchface.  Even Ron has the decency to be polite to her.  When Deena calls for a toast, everyone participates instead of our favorite priss.

Sammi being a sour puss

After a rousing game of Flip Cup - an event Sammi chooses to exclude herself from and Ronnie grudgingly keeps her company - I would have tried to avoid her nagging too - Deena is now drunker than ever and decides she needs her Blast in a Glass cowboy hat.  She enlists Mike to help her search for it.  Once the hat has been located, Drunky Deena decides she will show Mike how hot she looks wearing her hat with just her bikini.  Problem is, she manages to remove her bikini bottom while trying to slip out of her bathing suit cover up.  Alot of people have speculated that this was faked, I'm pretty sure no one would humiliate themselves like that just for a show-- if anything, they'd do something that makes them look somehow cooler. Why do I have a feeling I'm going to be saying "Oh, Deena" ALOT this season?

Maximum Exposure

Something that kind of surprised me was the revelation that Vinny slept with Snooki's BFF Ryder only a couple weeks before they came back to the shore house - something she was apparently reminded of when she realized Vinny was flirting with Deena.  If you were watching but somehow unable to comprehend what was happening, there was clearly something between Snooki and Vinny, at the very least a bit of a crush.  At least that's what I thought it was until this scene occured, and they have the deepest conversation in Jersey Shore history about how Vinny loves her and cares about her too much to hook up with her and possibly hurt her feelings if he hooks up with someone else afterward.  I'm totally rooting for a Vinny + Snooki marriage in like five to ten years.  No joke.

"I SAW YOUR BUTT!" - Snooki

And then, the excitement happens.  Drunk-as-shit Deena goes looking for Mike upstairs. (If you haven't been keeping track of the roomie's arrivals, the unlucky one to end up rooming with Ron and Sam is Mike).  When she goes up there and tries to convince him to come downstairs and hang out, Sammi starts laughing at Deena.  Deena says to Mike, "She's laughing at me", to which Mike replies, "No she's not" and Sammi chimes in with "I most definitely am!"  Deena stalks out of the room and as she leaves, calls Sammi a cunt.  She goes downstairs and tells the rest of the roomies why she's so pissed at Sammi, as Sammi sits upstairs evesdropping, and talking shit about how Deena is talking shit. (I don't think I need to point out how hypocritical Sammi is, but I will anyway.  Pot, meet kettle.)  The problem really explodes when Deena says "Stay upstairs and cuddle with your fucking boyfriend, I don't care", which sparks Ronnie to come downstairs and lash a verbal assault on Deena.  As they argue, Sammi runs downstairs, and eventually, Ronnie backs out of the fight and Sammi steps in.

"GET REAL!" - Deema

Sammi then calls Deena a cunt (which I think is kind of deserved--if you're going to dish it, you should be able to take it), and Deena gets upset and storms away.  This incites Snooki to lay into Sammi in the calmest voice ever. "Sam, you are such a bitch.  You are seriously such a bitch.  I don't even know how you have friends".  Sammi argues back with her, and Snooki tells Sam that Ron's mom called her a bitch, which we learn immediately is not true, but Ron doesn't deny it.  Sammi is near tears at this point, as its clear Snooki's hit a sore spot with her, and Ron calls Snooks "Just a loser from Poughkeepsie".

Snooki informs Sam what we all know, that she's a bitch.

The attack on Snooki infuriates JWoww, who starts yelling at Ron, and then Sammi shouts over everyone that she'll pound Jenni's face in.  Jenni rushes forward and dares her to try it.  Sammi fakes a punch, which causes Jenni to swing at her.  First swing was a miss, but the next few land right on her face.  The episode ends with Jenni having a clear grip on Sammi who is trying to escape once she realizes that the boys aren't going to protect her.  (See honey?  shouldn't have run your mouth about kicking ass in Miami, now your backup thinks you don't need them!)

Blurry, but all I could find.  It will be interesting to see how this ends.

The fight continues this Thursday, and you best believe, I'll be tuned in.

Until then--

BzB LOVES makeup.

If there's one thing I absolutely love, its playing around with good makeup!  I'm no makeup snob in the least; 99% of the products I use are drugstore products, as I am a forever deal finder and hate the idea of overspending on anything.  The occasional products I have that aren't drugstore products are gifted to be by my amazing best friend-- something that hardly ever happens since she moved to Phoenix.  Must. Visit. Phoenix.

ANYHOW, I have been wanting to do a review of my favorite products for awhile.  No, this entry is not it.  I will do it, someday, and YES, I mean Rihanna entry someday (as in, I will do it within the next month, HA!)  What can I say?  I'm laaaaaaaaazy.  And it's winter, so boo.

Why bring it up then?  Because on Christmas Day I managed to put the Abby situation out of my mind (read last entry if this confuses you, assuming this even gets read by anyone), and to do so I went into a makeup trance and started creating a holiday look for myself.  I was pretty happy with the end results!  Products I used, all of which will be reviewed in the above stated timeframe:

 -Original Olay Active Hydrating Cream
-Loreal True Match concealer and foundation, in warm shades.
-Almay Eyebase + concealer
-Coastal Scents 88 Shimmer Pallete
-Coastal Scents Highlighting and Contour pallete
-Rimmel Sun Shimmer Maxi Bronzer
-Revlon Illuminance Creme Shadow in twilight
-Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush eyeshadow in Emerald City
-Maybelline Instant Age Rewind primer
-Covergirl loose powder
-Coastal Scents gel eyeliner in Exotic
-E.L.F. stick eyeliner in black
-E.L.F. clear mascara
-Maybelline Colorsensational lipstick in Nearly There
-Chapstick moisturizing (the blue one)

Long list, but 1/3 of the list are simple priming things, like lip balm, moisturizer, and of course primer or base, all essential for having the best results and keeping your makeup on alot longer.  I'm no expert by any means, just learning, so I get pretty pumped when something I try works out.  For the eyes I used the pink shade of the illuminance cream eyeshadow all over to have a very soft pink base color.  I used the two gold shades in the 88 shimmer palette on my lids, on the outer half the lighter shimmery green Victoria's Secret eyeshadow, and the outer V I used a pine green color from the 88 shimmer palette, and blended it to make it look soft.  The coastal scents liner was used on the top, and the E.L.F. eyeliner was used on the bottom.  I only curled my lashes and used clear mascara to make it less dramatic for the daytime, plus I still haven't found a mascara I'm fond of.  I used the blush from the contouring palette as well as the dark and light contouring shades (hey, it's Christmas!), and obviously the only lipstick I listed.  Lip balm was used when priming.  I'm not a huge lipstick fan, but I like how it looks on camera, so I really only had it on at home, and only used lip balm when out.  Baby, it's cold outside.  So, here's the finished product, if you managed to read this far (assuming anyone read this at all!).  Cheers :)

All done!

I forgot to mention I highlighted my inner corners with the shimmer palette, but I'm too lazy to go edit it in. :)

Best view of the colors.  If you didn't know, photographs make the vibrance of the colors less visible, especially if the shadow is shimmery, which mine is.  My point and shoot just can't compete.

OK, I just really, really like my hair in this photo :)

  

From the right, for good measure :)

So if anyone does read this post, and actually makes it all the way down here, please feel free to comment, I'm always looking for new stuff to try out and new tricks :)

Until then--