I guess you can say I'm a LUSH lush?

Why hello there, Tuesday evening!

It has been quite a good day thus far.

I am just so amped about the fact that school no longer interferes with my skating.

Some of you are thinking

(cue Jim Gaffigan's 'audience thoughts' voice)

"she must have this all backwards...education is so important!"

Yeah whatever it got in the way of my skating.

I just REALLY hope that I can start getting lessons again.

That'd be fabulous.

So on Saturday night Eric and I cuddled in for a movie.

The movie? Julie & Julia.

No, I would NOT call this a situation where I had said

"HONEY CAN WE PLEEEAASSEEEE WATCH THIS CHICK FLICK!?"

I'm not really that type and the movie wasn't that type either.

I loved it though. I love cooking (I wish I did WAY more of it) & I LOVE France.

I say it like I have a summer house there.

I've never been, but I love the culture, the clothing, the COOKING!, & of course the sights.

However it got me thinking, since its so heavily based on blogs;

"I wonder how crazy it would be to get that many comments/followers!"

"Should I make some sort of goal like that and follow through?"

"Should my blog have a theme?"

EEK!

Then I thought about my blog. Wow.

I just write about my days and various things that go on in my life.

I do this more so to keep track of it all and spill some thoughts.

It's sort of like "Who would want to read this?"

But I always enjoy getting a peek into other peoples lives.

It adds another dimension; a new perspective.

It's refreshing and assuring if that makes any sense at all.

I feel like I need to make a shout out to the store LUSH.

I have been there three times in the past two weeks.

No complaining on this end. Each time I get more and more.

I love that the products are made with natural ingredients & are not tested on animals.

This is what I racked up this week;

These lip balms are AMAZING. They moisturized in no time!

They also taste and smell AMAZING. I would make this your main lip wear.

When you go into LUSH and ask to sample something

someone will come over and test it and also give you like a 2 minute hand massage.

It is the best store ever. They tell you what it does and how to use it.

This is for your body/face/hands. I love it for the hands, but of course also good for the face.

It smells like lime and coconut and sand. In the best way ever of course.

I love this stuff. Being a skater, anything to make my feet better is a plus.

This is great after you get out of the shower or right before you hop into bed with socks.

(I know, sometimes sleeping with socks on is annoying as hell, but it's worth it. Heh.)

It has peppermint, cocoa, almond oil, etc etc.

It makes your feet tingle and makes them feel clean and fresh.

Which is always nice.

I've got two jars of this gold. It is the best hand cream ever & smells super earthy,

but delicious. I love slathering this over my paws in the morning and before bed.

Eric got me 2 jars for Christmas! I'll have smooth hands in stock!

As you can see, I'm loaded on the Lush. I am a Lush lush.

If there is a Lush by you--GO! I went there like two times before loving it.

You've just got to do some exploring. They've got GREAT bath bombs.

But lets be honest, I get so bored in a tub unless I've got a glass of champagne

and a Vogue. Most often it's the champagne that I lack :(

(or my spelling skills as Eric pointed out.)

I hope everyone enjoys their Wednesday!

Drink lots of water and be sure to learn a fun fact.

xx
tessa

watching: Futurama

but wanting to watch Top Gear :(

No turkey on turkeyday! :)

I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving!

I did. It was exactly what I wanted--Intimate with a splash of loudness & memories.

Eric and I had dinner at this parents and it was great because

most of the dishes were vegetarian.

This made things easy. I hate making a fuss.

It's a big bonus when it's accommodated for, especially on a big food day like Thanksgiving.

It was odd--my parents didn't do anything fancy for Thanksgiving.

It was the first year there was nothing planned.

So after we had dinner we scooped up Meredith and headed over to one of our

best friends houses.

We hadn't seen Erin in a good 2+ years. We had great catchup time & got a lot of laughs.

Her whole family was there so it was buzzing with a good holiday spirit.

(Which I'm a huge fan of)

I've been close to that family for a long time & it's always good to see them.

I am also glad I brought Eric over (and I'm grateful that he came with!)

It's important to me for him to know my friends.

I know that's a tad annoying, but different friends bring out different sides.

I guess its like he meets my friends and a different side of me.

That's not so bad.

So basically leading up to and after all this Thanksgiving hoopla we just took it easy.

Eric got an Xbox which allocated a large amount of time in front of the TV.

I really had no complaints about this. The thing that sucks is that I suck at this game.

I'm getting better though, I have to admit.

But I have a long way to go on this. The most I could get out of 50 was 30 something.

OH well. We also played some Puzzle Fighter HD & some old school Paperboy.

We got Season 4 of How I Met Your Mother.

Someone told me this is our generation of 'Friends'.

It is and I really like it. We watched a lot of it.

New episode on tomorrow :)

Gosh what a relaxing week.

I do not want to go back to reality of school, work, and just daily life.

This past week was like a well needed vacation in a very familiar environment.

No doubt- it would have been GREAT to get away, but I needed the rest.

I was thankful for the similarity. No one likes to be sick someplace new.

Right?? I just like being in the comfort of things I know when my heads all iffy.

I made some good purchases. Friday I was feeling a tad bit better.

Eric and I slept in till 12:30pm and made fun of all the people who got up at 4 am.

We hate big crowds anywhere.

Let alone the thought of people trying to fight them at crazy hours in the morning.

You know I used to be able to get right up at all hours of the morning.

Now I really enjoy getting up late.

Although the earlier you get up the more you accomplish.

Anywho...

I needed to make a trip to Oakbrook.

I didn't enjoy the thought of going to a huge shopping center on Black Friday but...

I was reading Allure the night before (ha ha rhyme!) ;) and...

I saw this beauty in an ad;

A huge makeup kit at Sephora for only $48. It's a "$400" value. I don't know if that is true..

but I can't see anyone plowing through this kit immediately

...unless you do makeup for a living.

It includes eyeshadow, lip gloss, blush, lip liner, eye liner, and brushes.

It's just too good. Plus it's all organized in perfect little color families.

Makes it easier for blending.

It feels like I'm a 2 year old that got a makeup kit.

I'm so excited about it and just want to use everything.

Don't worry--I don't think it looks like a 2 year old applied it ;)

I always liked unique eye makeup

this gives me the perfect excuse to do it more often.

This thing is so cheap! Get it if you have the spare cash!

I also made a stop into Lush where I got

I'm always curious about moisturizer.

I never use it but I always feel like my skin could be better.

However--I breakout easily when it comes to face products.

This is made with lavender, orange flowers, and tiger lilies.

Among other things...

All natural things get me going. Plus it's not tested on animals.

I like how soft my skin is, but am not sure how the pores are taking to it.

A few more days shall reveal its true self.

Although I am dying to get back to lush to get this;

The best hand cream ever.

...

Unfortunately I have to get back to real life.

School tomorrow. I do not think I have work.

I hope I do not have it.

However, I look forward to going back Tuesday.

I just have a lot I want to do tomorrow.

Sorry for the long post.

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing week and Thanksgiving!