Shmocktober...

Ooo, no posts for October yet. Well, fall isn't my best time of year. I get down. And stressed. And generally become a total poopy-head. So I've been getting myself together and praying a lot and trying to re-process and let go of stressors. But I have many frivolous postings waiting in the wings!

Aqua trio...

Zoya Wednesday, Maisie and Zuza!

Houston Galleria Sanrio store haul...

• HK x Wish Come True vinyl wallet
• Peach scented eraser in a Hello Kitty case
• Blueberry scented eraser in a Chococat case
• LTS chubby 3"-ish notepad. It has four different papers in it that I'll eventually remember to take pics of!
• (not shown because it was rolling around the car floorboards) Green glitter gel pen with HK and various fruits all on the barrel.

I've wanted a Hello Kitty x WCT *something* since its release. (I almost got an entire handbag LOL. But decided it was a little boisterous to hold my interest very long.) I'm already plotting what to use the eraser cases for later.

Starting from the bottom...

So many fun things to post- I'll start with the shoe haul ( but I don't know if I'll post the clothes. I can't find any online pics and while I love to look at stuff, I sure don't love to take the pics myself.) I was able to knock THREE pairs off my wishlist!

 I found the Steve Madden version of these at Marshall's! They are  a wonderful coral and a bit more casual than my old pair of coral wedges. (pic from urbanog.com)

Texas love...

OMG I had the most wonderful visit with family in Houston! Ten whole days too! I just love seeing the Sprout have grandparent/aunt&uncle/cousins time. He gets to give and get so much face-to-face love.

• He and my step-mom debated for days about what movie they'd see. (They go to lunch and a movie just the two of them every visit.) 
• He and grandpa didn't target shoot this time, though he did learn how to operate the complex sprinkler system in which he took great pride.
• My mom got him about six licensed character tees at Old Navy. (Yes he shares my t-shirt collecting!) 
• One of my cousins got in my aunt's pool in her sun dress to help him learn to swim better- that's how cool she is! (Ok, so, she only lives across the street from that pool but still...:-D

Of course there were lots of meaningful moments but one of the best fun parts was all the shopping my mom and I did together. We LOVE shopping-together-time, and I was thankful mom was feeling so good that she could run all over the malls with me and have a great time. She was the one who suggested most of the trips and kept going, "Wait, that's weird, we haven't bought anything yet!" after leaving the first few stores empty-handed LOL. But it's always fun to just look at the goods too! So LOTS of upcoming posts will be about happy new items I brought home with me...which are of course some of my favorite things to blog about:-D

Fruit mani...

*Why yes, I AM holding a mango*



I've been determined to go all out with the nail art lately! It's taken awhile for me to admit that I collect polishes and deco things and that, yes, This is My Hobby. (Well, one of my hobbies...) And in celebration of that, I'm indulging it to its fullest:-D
I'm going to at least leave the deco'd ring fingers until they wear off to see how long I can keep the fruit slices on- so far they've survived a load of laundry and a from-scratch bedmaking...LOL. I think a pinky-coral would look great with them too. This is Essence Peaches (from the Marble Mania T(rend) E(dition) layered over Essence Hazelnut Cream Pie (a Nude Glam shade.) Peaches is a milky jelly which is one of my fave finishes, but my nails aren't nice enough to show through, hence the layers. Some chain I have access to *better* get Essence's Fruity TE because manis like this neeeeeed a fruity-scented topcoat like the one in that collection!



Revlon Mint Gelato polish, hmmm...

The hmmm isn't because this is a new thing for me. I used scented polish all the time in the 90's. But I'm not sure I love it now. In fairness, this one's scent reminds me of that time and so I'm sort of judging based on that. But it's REALLY close to my HG light-turquoise, Essie Turquoise & Caicos, which I've wanted a better formula version of. Zoya Wednesday has called to me but my Ulta is 30min and a long, annoying road away. (Also, I'm not keen on ordering one polish at a time from Zoya online and it's the only color I want right now.) From studying online pics, I can say that one could do a lot worse than Mint Gelato as a dupe for Wednesday...