busy week.

the curse of the procrastinator is that everything is more exciting then the task at hand.  my tasks for the week in a very important order are:

a. go to post office
b. study for test 1
b. see julie and julia (this could move down one...)
c. take test 1
d. go to class
e. VOTE!!!!
f. study for test 2 (and do the 6 chapters of reading that i just cannot DO!)
g go to class
h. take test 2

i got up at 7am to start on this nonsense and have been looking for jobs.  my life has come to resorting to looking for jobs as my procrastination tactic.  pathetic.

in more glorious news... I am loving my set of kiehl's rare earth .  no i did not purchase these they were my prize for winning the contest all of you so lovingly voted for!!!! 

Kiehl's love

as you know by now i have a few obsessions in life.  one being kiehl's.  a few weeks ago i won a contest hosted by them on twitter @kiehlsNYC (they are always having contests so you should follow them!!  (make sure you are also following alex marie @achauss and i @anne_mariehugh!)
as my prize i was able to pick of one their new Acai Damage-Repairing products for FREE!!!

i picked the Açaí Damage-Repairing Serum.  lisa (my mom) and i have been using it inconsistently over the past 2 weeks and i must say i am very impressed!!!  she used it first as i am so careful about what i put on my skin and wanted to have nice skin for my visit to see MLF.

she was v. put off by the sent at first but has grown to love the product.  i did not really mind the sent that much (years of using any and every acne medication will do that to you).  we both started wearing it at night and i have moved to putting it on after my shower in the morning (i use my acne topical cream at night).  this morning i was so pleasantly surprised at how most of the red bloch-y-ness was missing from my face.

i must admit that i was bracing myself for something completely different.  when i heard this was an antioxidant i was prepared for a serious breakout as all my impurities where drawn from my face.  how wrong i was.  i have not experience a breakout at all and i have less blackheads!!

As for lisa she is now a huge kiehl's fan and keeps asking for that stuff that smells and has noticed smaller pores.  She has also started using my second ever kiehl's purchase Over-Night Biological Peel and is very happy with the results!

fall spruse up!

lisa took me to bed bath and beyond armed with a fist full of 20% off coupons and a mission: to make my nook of the house tolerable.  i think it was a success!

i have looked at the website but cannot seem to find my purchases.  First i got a set of 10 plastic shoe boxes.  these are life changing and i suggest you go buy them now!  they were only like $8.99 plus the 20% off!!! 

Second we got these mesh cubes.  you can create them anyway you want and they were like 18.99 plus 20% off!  lisa is picking up another one of the metal build-able cubes.  the green thing is going to be a great catch all for just putting things down before filing them away in their place.  (you can also see my new cupcake cook book and kate spade style!!) while this is nothing too classy it makes my nook so much more bearable.  hopefully we will move into a real house soon!!!!

here is a picture of the ceramic squirrel candy dish my mom and dad got me for my birthday!  the candy is from them and from my good friend holly!  yummy!!!!

i guess you can also see my love of kiehl's in this!!!

VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!

   

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off to a GREAT start!

we all know that Mondays can be awful but today has gone surprisingly well.

i got out of bed at a normal human-beaning hour thus there was still hot coffee!!

killed like 8 flys (this is sick i do not know where they come from the house is CLEAN!!!)

went to spinning and it was a good class

went to the post and mailed a few letters (there is nothing like the act of sending a receiving a hand written note. i think it is one of the most valuable things you can do. and it cost all of 43 cents!)

WON the kiehl's acia twitter challenge... amaz! i am their number one fan so it does seem fitting
btw you should follow KiehlsNYC and go to the website!!!
AND found out that

JC alex's bf passed the bar!!!!!!!!!!

while this news does not include me it is most amazing and awesome and totally note worthy. JC gets to start his new job on Wednesday!!!! for any of you who are unfamiliar with this is it AMAZING and i am so happy for both of them!!!!

additional even more AMAZING THING....

kate winslet and daughter sporting room it up!!!!!

congats to alex and the gang what a awesome thing!

VOTE NOW!!!

lisa and i are on the kiehls website. and since i am their number one fan! i have made believers out of countless people. MLF, alex marie, JC, AJH, thug, lisa, julia... the list goes on and on.

this is lisa and i wearing the new mud mask... BUY IT NOW!!! it is AMAZ. in r.zoe speak: "i die" "bah-nanas" "AH-mazing"

so VOTE now!!!

then go here and start your addiction: Kiehl's

its COLD

so i know i talk about how cold it is like all the time. but is cold. so cold i have sacrificed fashion in the name of preventing frost bite. its awful.


i just returned from a wonderful tapas dinner with kelly. good times and great to catch up. marked by sadness b.c alex was not present.

second best part. i went to the kiehls store and FINALLY replaced my lipbalm. i don't know how i survived this long. AlSO, at borders i found my fave notepads. the tri-pack of kate spade. i was on my last sheet of pink so its great to have a replacement. AND i don't have to go to the office tomorrow.


well its off to bed i have a big day of apt hunting tomorrow!