weekend haulage

It's been a week since I've written. I hope everyone had a nice weekend. Over the weekend, I was looking @ furniture mostly. On Friday, I had my sofa delivered while I wasn't home so I had to leave my doors unlocked! Yikes. I was afraid crazy people would come and steal my things =P Not that I have anything too valuable to steal but just the thought of it freaks me out. This week, I have a bunch of plumbing people at my apartment revamping pipes and stuff for all the units...which means, I have to leave my doors unlocked for them to go in and out as they please and leaving my place a total mess o_o

Here's what I got over the weekend!

 These pictures came out not too great. But that pine bookshelf in the back is one thing I bought. I plan on painting it when i get the chance. If not, I enjoy the pine color. It's super tall as you can see it nearly touching the entrance to the kitchen. The sofa looks really raggedy here... LOL It's supposed to be a caramel colored suede sofa. It's soft! =P

What I wore on Saturday. Very comfortable silk top :) I wish I had more comfortable things like that.

But now to the FUN part :) Did anyone participate in the recent NYX online sale?! They were selling bulk eye shadows, lipsticks and pencil liners for really incredible prices. I was so tempted!! But I reasoned with myself and told myself that I won't use all 25 lipsticks or all 50 eye shadows LOL =P I guess most girls buy it not to use every single freaking color everyday but just the fact that we'd have an arsenal if we'd EVER need it. Am I right? =)

So instead, I went to Ulta and bought these! I had a $4 coupon for any Physicians Formula so I bought the palette for about $7.

The CG eyeshadow stick was on clearance at Target so I picked it up as well. Let me just tell you now to NEVER buy it no matter how tempted you are! The shadow stick was terrible. It was hard, color was way too washed out and the "smokes" that we're supposed to get from this product was way too light and not very flattering. I didn't even want to swatch it because the color was not true to the packaging and it has absolutely no lasting power. None whatsoever! =/ The light blue side was a little too metallicy and gives off this "rusty" impression. Not very flattering if you ask me.

Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips for green eyes. Aren't the shades so pretty?! I've wanted to try this out since they first came out! =P I really want to get the blue and brown eyes palette now! The colors are so bright and wearable. The shadows are soft and has a beautiful sheen to it and has little frosty bits in each of the shades. I especially love the teal colors. I was very impressed by the quality of this. I wore this on Sunday and the colors stayed on all day and did not crease or come off. Even the shadow brush is nice. It's angled so you can use it to apply eyeliner with any of the shadows :) I haven't owned this long enough to love it but it's really comparable to some of the best and most expensive shadows out there. I always notice how beautiful expensive eye shadows are because they have that highlighting glow that many drugstore brands don't. Things are changing now. Drugstore makeup has really stepped up and over norm of mediocrity. It's about time! Well, any product, high end or low end works for me as long as they deliver! =)

.One of my very few NYX items! Gosh, I love these. The shadows are SO silky and are strongly pigmented! It's amazing. The eyeshadow sticks are just as gorgeous. I got them in Strawberry Milk, Baby Blue and Pacific. The eyeshadows are Pacific Blue and Geisha. Now I regret not participating in that NYX sale! =p
I love the quality of these products. They are so SO good. I'm not sure how I can use strawberry milk but I guess it can be a eyeshadow base?  I don't know about putting pinks and reds on my eyelids... I'm afraid it might look too reddish. People try to get the red out of their skintone with correcting formulas! LOL
Well, we'll see. I also ordered a bunch of stuff from the ELF studio line on their website =D Mostly blushes since everyone I know reviewed them and gave them a thumbs up for the price and the product. I'm looking forward to receiving the package and reviewing it for myself =D Yes, can't wait!

Here is what I brought for lunch last week. LOL It's hard to keep the creativity going all the time especially when you work every day! =p

I've received so many compliments in my last entry. Thanks! :) I am so very flattered. I found the facial wipes @ Grocery Outlet. It's not everywhere I think... mostly in the San Jose metro area. But people have found them at dollar stores, discount stores and even Walmart.

Making the food was so incredibly easy that no real recipe is required! LOL For the pasta, I just sauteed chorizo and garlic together and used white wine to de-glaze the caramelized bits from the pan. Then the sauce is used to toss the pasta! And just dress it up however you like it. I usually add dried parsley and some mint to get a kick of freshness. Of course, top it off with cheese! All sorts! The panini is just ridiculous. Think of how you'd regularly make a sandwich, then press it! Before I got the George Foreman grill, I would use a big bowl to press plate on top of the sandwich to the pan. To make things even more ghetto, I put a big coffee container on the plate where it'll squish the sandwich without effort. LOL desperate times! =P

I've also had wonderful drinks made from the Magic Bullet!! Anyone use that?! =P

Goodnight everyone! =)