A few things I'm loving right now: October

• Revlon lip butters, particular number 030 in "Fig Jam". It was highly recommended by Jen (here). The color of the package is deceiving, its not as brown as it makes you think it will be. It looked good on her, so I gave it a go. I love them even more because I stumbled on sale at Walgreens. $3.99 with Walgreen card and a $3 coupon prints with the receipt so the next one is $.99.
• Tarte BB cream and concealer with brush. Its a re-discovered favorite I  started using again. I get more compliments when I'm wearing this than any other makeup. Its light but has a good coverage.
• Low sugar kind bars. delicious! They come in a box of 4 at Walmart for $5 a box.
• Maybelline Expert Eyes eye makeup remover for waterproof mascara. This is perhaps my best late night impulse buy. I haven't seen reviews, just saw it and grabbed it. There is a multitude of reasons I like this, its only $4.99. Its gentle, its thick, it has no smell, its oil based so its conditioning, it takes off everything.... and I mean everything.... quick. I think its (almost) as good as my favorite, but its 1/6 the price. 

Cheap or Free things to do when down: October edition

 Trip to Barnes and Nobles to find a new book

$22

 Tried a new recipe, a green smoothie

only the cost of ingredients

 

Can dish soap improve your mood? I think so

$3.99

A hot bath with fancy soap

$3.99 at Marshalls

Face mask

this one came in my birchbox subscription

 

 

A project

 new shelves in bathroom and picking new paint colors

$36.00

Simple Woman's Daybook - October 27

Outside my window:
The neighbor took down a big (BIG) tree and instantly my living room is brighter, but less wooded area in my back yard means I might have to re-think the no curtains thing. 

I am thinking:
How expensive can trimming some branches be?  Fingers-crossed. I'm getting a quote this week. Somehow I think no professional will actually be involved and it'll end up with my friend's husbands with chainsaws. It wont be pretty but it will be done and free.

In the kitchen:
This weekend I made red beans and rice in the crock pot, cauliflower soup and steak and homemade french fries.  I've got lunch all week, and some to stock the freezer.

I am looking forward to:
Holiday beauty gifts sets. I spend a lot of time in Ulta.  But its fun, and there could be worse places to spend my time in, at least that's how I justify it to myself.


I am Reading:
It's rare I run to Barnes and Noble and pay full price for a book, but the same day I found this blog,  and this you-tube channel, and I ran to Barnes and Noble because I couldn't wait a week for Amazon to get me this book a little cheaper: At home with Madame Chic

I am learning:
Soft-Scrub-ing the tub kills a manicure.

I am planning:
massive overhaul of master bathroom. OK. maybe not massive, but if you saw everything out of the cabinet and on the floor you'd agree I am in over my head.  Currently, painting the cabinets. Which I would never normally paint a wood cabinet, but someone already painted it (green? what were they thinking?) so I feel I am just correcting past mistakes. If... I mean... when the dern wallpaper  comes off, I'll paint.

Listening to:
The year of the Cat by Al Stewart (here)

I am watching: The Mysteries of Laura.


Favorite Quote for the day:
"I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living." Psalm 27:13

I'm linked here

Scripture Sunday

Banana- Almond-Oatmeal Smoothie Recipe: Pinterest tested Recipe

Another Pinterest recipe here.

My observations:
I need a powerful blender. Chopping up almonds is no joke.
This is very thick.
It doesn't really have much taste.

Will I make it again? 

I'm on the fence....Perhaps I'll play with it a bit, add some vanilla and ... it needs something else... Its not going into heavy rotation.



All about the October Walmart Beauty Box (my first one!)

 

Walmart has a beauty box.

 

and its $5.

 

and I signed up.

 

because I really like surprises in the mail.

 

and apparently the three other subscriptions just are not enough.

 

and I got a full size deodorant, the kind I already use and like.

 

and the deodorant is more than $5 just by itself.

 

and I got a full size covergirl lipstick.

 

and I got a large sample of Oil of Olay Regenerate night cream

 

and a large sample of Loreal Revitalift night cream

 

and sample of perfume and shampoo and conditioner

 

its very exciting

 

This box will be continued

 

 



Mani Monday: revlon colorstay in Cayenne

 

 

 

 

 

Re-visited my old friend Revlon Color Stay. It was a precursor to the gel systems out now and at one time, was almost all I would wear.  With all the new Gel polishes (Revlon and Sally Hansen), this one was pushed to the back. But, Cayenne is a dark burnt orange that is perfect for the beginning of fall and it called me back to try it again. I forgot how good this stuff is. I had practically no chips for 6 days.