In case your wondering where I've been....

I have been somewhere between a nightmare and real estate hell...

Seriously, I am tense and feel sick to my stomach. We sold our house about a month ago and all was well. I was worried of course because we hadn't yet found a new place. Everyone was calm and happy and laughing and jovial and wondering what in the world I was so worried about because our closing was November 9th.

Well, November 9th is a hop, skip and a jump away and we still don't have a house. So I may be a squatter or have to join the teens on 6th street. I am at a about a level 5 freakout today because there was a house I desperately wanted and I had to watch as it painfully slipped from my fingertips.

Personally I think that some realtors are sleazy, and I know that not all of them are. But in reality I am just not used to the high stress environment of real estate. But with so much money at stake you really have to wonder whose interest is at work here.

So I have had to surrender my blogging and stalking time to hours of looking through the MLS listings and praying for a miracle. God, Jesus, Oprah...make something happen. PLEASE!

beauty blowout...

I have spent more money at Ulta this summer than I care to calculate.

Can someone tell the advertisers to please stop sending me the Ulta circulars? The $3.50 coupon you send me is not helping to curtail the damage I am doing.

I know the drill, they send me the coupon, all the while I tell myself that I am just going to get one thing. I get there, look around for the item or two I set out for (from the advertisement of course), but then it always happens.

I get sidetracked by a sweet salesgirl who seems bored and wants to do a demo on me. For some reason I can't say no..."Sure, I will try that new product."

"Oh really, erase paste to help my tired eyes look bright and fresh as the day I turned 20?"

It's only $26, chump change if you consider how it is going to refresh my look and practically change my life.

Do you see where I am going with this? Someone needs to stop me, especially considering I rarely even wear makeup.

And I don't even want to divulge how much lip gloss I have (see above picture). Burt's Bee's, Clinique, Estee Lauder, Gap lip balm, Blistex, Carmex, and even the new Yankee Candle lip balm.

See how they suck me in? I just noticed that with every online order you get to choose 3 free samples. Damn it Ulta, you're killing me.