FOTD: The Graduate

Last night was a big night for me.  I finally graduated from nursing school! 

It was a lot of hard work and studying (and much more to come if I decide to continue on...I think I will...but I'm going to take some time off first).  It's hard to believe that it's over. 

I wore a dark purple dress and black heels.  I didn't do anything new or exciting to my hair...just wore it in it's usual style.  I wanted to wear makeup that would be suitable for work or a semi-formal occasion.  Although, I couldn't resist a pop of purple to make things a little more fun.  This is what I came up with:

 Eyes
Concrete Minerals Electric Eye Primer
Wet n' Wild Vanity Palette
(I used the lightest shimmery color on the lid, the darkest shimmery color in the crease, and the matte dark brown to deepen the crease.  I used the lightest matte shade to blend out the highlight area)
Fyrinnae Sequined Master (Lower lash line)
My Pretty Zombie Bride (Inner corners and highlight)
Physician's Formula Eye Booster Eyeliner
Maybelline Define-a-line eyeliner soft black (water line)

 Full face pic in the car...I was running late

Lips were Wet n' Wild something...I can't remember at the moment.

I took a few days off from work to celebrate.  However...my celebrating is probably going to only consist of lazing about the house and catching up on some reading :-)

Early Christmas

When it comes to Christmas, I generally don't care if I get any major gifts.  As long as I get to see the happiness on my kids' faces on Christmas morning--I'm content.

That being said....when an opportunity arises to receive gifts....I'm happy to receive them!

I don't usually ask for much (if anything) and I'd rather be surprised than just have someone randomly picking for me from a list.  I love when someone buys me a gift on their own that just screams that they know who I am and the things that I like. 

Because the men in my life both can't ever wait until Christmas to give me a gift (and I admit, I don't like waiting either--especially if I know the gift is in the house), I got to be the proud recipient of some early and really awesome (at least to me) gifts.

Knowing that I am an insane bookworm, Alex bought me......

A KINDLE!!!!!

Oh. My. Jammies. I can't even begin to express how in love I am with this gadget.  I've already downloaded a few books.  I said I was going to wait until I'd finished all the books that I'd recently gotten from the library but nah...I just couldn't wait :)

While Alex went with the practical, sure to please gift....Jeff went in another direction entirely.  He went for the sentimental gift.  The gift that was sure to make me all misty eyed and weepy.
 

You know how at the end of the movie "The Santa Clause", the adults get that one gift that they never received as children?  The one gift that remained elusive to them all those years?  Well this year, Jeff fulfilled my childhood dreams and bought me my very own.....

SNOOPY SNOW CONE MAKER!!!

Seriously, could there be a sweeter gift than than this???  For years, I asked my parents for this present and I was consistently told no.  I'm not sure if it was too pricey or because it makes one hell of a mess (maybe both) but my parents were not giving in and buying this at all.  I can't believe after all these years, I finally have one!  I might not be making tiny snow cones on a regular basis but, trust me, this baby will make a fine decoration in my kitchen and I'm so happy that Jeff thought to get this for me! *sniff* *tear*

The other gifts aren't as thoughtful...as I actually picked them out for myself.  Jeff bought them, but I'm the one who grabbed them off the shelves.  I picked out.....

A SUPER-CUTE COOKIE MONSTER WALLET!

(I'm a total dork...I know it and embrace it fully!)

and....A SPIFFY CAMMO PURSE!

(please excuse my messy desk)

I also bought myself one present.  I couldn't resist!  Last year, someone I knew bought me some Color Workshop stuff at Christmastime and, while it isn't top of the line stuff, it isn't really terrible either.  And this whole set was only $10!!

I do plan on going through this set and giving it a proper looking at and review...but I did this look really quickly the other day because I just HAD to play with my new goodies!  I was going to a meeting for my son and I wanted something neutral-ish but with a little holiday feel.

Have any of you guys gotten any early Christmas presents? 

Once a week...I get pretty :)

While I was off hiding (well...mostly sleeping), I did manage to compile a few different looks.  I didn't do much makeup (I probably did full makeup maybe once a week) but here's some of the EOTDs that I did do

120 Palette (light/speckled purple, dark purple, black), LA Colors liquid eyeliner

 I've done this one before...but I think I did it better this time.  Practice makes perfect!

NYX JEP (Black Bean), Concrete Minerals (Temptress), 120 Palette (Bright Yellow), Maybelline Define-a-Line eyeliner

I used a crappy primer with this one.  I was experimenting and I failed miserably.  I liked how it came out at first, but as the day progressed...yeah...not so much :)

120 Palette (speckled black/gray, black), maybelline define-a-line eyeliner

I've owned Sassy Minerals' Crown Jewels for a really long time and for whatever reason, I never got around to trying it out.  The camera doesn't do this color justice.  It's a gorgeous dirty brown with blue sparkles.  This look is just that one eyeshadow applied over Fyrinnae's Pixie Epoxy and blended out.

That's it for now :)