Hey, everyone! I wanted to start by saying I'm sorry for not having a blog post last week. My husband and I have been extremely busy helping one of his sisters move, helping another one of his sisters and her husband do some remodeling around their house, and getting prepared for having the two kids I watch be at our house full time since their last day of school is on Tuesday. Between all of that and both of us working full time jobs, we have been exhausted.
Anyway, I had an amazing 27th birthday. I had a nice, relaxing pamper day on Saturday and in the evening my husband took me out to dinner at our favorite restaurant in town, The Ram. There are two local coffee shops (Java Crew and Dutch Bros.) that will give you a free drink on your birthday. Java Crew's iced chai tea is what gives me life, so of course I stopped by to pick one up. My hubby has been quite generous and has let me pick out makeup that I've been wanting (I'll have a collective haul coming up soon!) for my birthday. He's also been working on building me a new PC from scratch since my laptop is fairly old and not functioning at 100% anymore, so he surprised me with my new 27" Asus monitor for my birthday. My PC will be up and running soon and he's going to have it completely set up for me with new photo and video editing programs so I can produce high quality images for my blog. *He's a keeper for sure!* ;) Another nice thing that happened on Saturday was us winning a little raffle contest. The apartment complex that we rent through draws an apartment number (out of everyone who paid rent on or before the 1st of the month) to win a prize. Ours was a $30 gift card to Venti's Cafe. Hello, date night!
Of course, I also picked up my birthday gifts from Sephora and Ulta. *If you don't know - both Sephora and Ulta give you free little birthday gifts if you're a rewards member. (It's free! Just create an account on each website and subscribe to their emails and that's it!)* Mini review time! :) The birthday gift from Sephora is a Nars mini lip pencil duo. The shades are Cruella (red) in a velvet matte finish and Rikugien (pink) in a satin finish. Both of these shades are stunning! They glide on like butter and are nicely pigmented. The birthday gift from Ulta is a travel size Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On eyeliner pencil in the shade Voodoo. It's a beautiful metallic purple shade. I also received a $10 off any purchase coupon since I'm a platinum member. I'm a little bit disappointed in Ulta's birthday gift this year to be honest. Last year's gift was a full size Calvin Klein CK One Color mascara (0.31 fl oz. worth $18) while this year's gift is a travel size eyeliner (0.03 oz. worth $13?) and it's not the same gift for everyone. Every three or four months this year they're changing the free birthday gift. January-April birthdays received a full size Ulta Complete Eye Palette (worth $12). I don't know why they're giving out different gifts this year, it seems like a lot of people are a bit upset about it. I can't really complain too much though because it was free after all.
How was your weekend? It has been very warm where I live. 90+ degrees all weekend and it's supposed to be in the 80's-90's all week.
Thank you for stopping by! Stay tuned next week for my birthday haul!
How was your weekend? It has been very warm where I live. 90+ degrees all weekend and it's supposed to be in the 80's-90's all week.
Thank you for stopping by! Stay tuned next week for my birthday haul!
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