It hasn't been a wild ride in 2018 but 2018 has passed and it's been a little strange. Last year, it was dealing with my dad's cancer and my mom getting pneumonia. In April, I had lost my beloved Labrador Retriever, Charlie, to brain cancer and gained another Lab, Sydney.
But perfume wise, it seemed to be a year of restraint. I didn't go out and buy a whole lot in the way of full bottles of perfume. For some reason, nothing either excited me a whole lot or if I did enjoy it enough for a full bottle, it was either out of my price range or it was a limited edition that was out of stock. I did manage to nab a few good deals and I am pretty happy with that. And the fact that I didn't end up with buying too much.
During the year, I had actually managed to finish 2 bottles of perfume. In years past, I had said that I would make an effort to finish bottles of perfume but never did. I was so excited when I actually did finish a bottle of vintage BaV and vintage Miss Dior. I am hoping that I can finish a bottle or two of Chanel no 5.
My year has also been marked with nail polish and eye shadow. I could never resist the e-mails that Ulta would send. Buy two, get one free OPI nail polish, Urban Decay Naked pallet for $27 or whatever was on sale. I'm hoping at the rate I am going, that I can show some restraint with the makeup and nail polish.
Happy 2019, everyone!
Showing posts with label end of year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label end of year. Show all posts
Saturday, January 5, 2019
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
It's the End
Not of my blog, I have too big of an unsniffed pile of decants to be worn and reviewed and still waging a war on trying to finish at least one or two bottles of perfume. It's the end of 2014 and I've got nothing but a bunch of rambling for a blog post even though I can copy a few and the the best of thing or a year in review but nothing specific springs to mind.
Let's just say that I really need to finish a bottle of Shalimar and no 5 before I really start adding bottles of perfume to the hoard. It's due to the fact that I've spent way too much time and money scouting E-bay, Beauty Encounter and Surrender to Chance getting back ups and ignoring a good chunk of my collection. I was scouting E-bay for a lot of vintage stuff but getting very little vintage and Beauty Encounter got a lot because of Fendi's Theorema. But I am thinking when things calm down in mid-January, I'll get that one last bottle of Theorema for my collection because I am still scratching my head over why Fendi discontinued it.
But on Monday, I saw my last movie at the movie theater for 2014 and that was the last installment of the Hobbit. In a way, I am sad because I have no Middle Earth to look forward to. I loved Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit and I always looked forward to when they came out in theaters. But most movies just don't catch my attention because of the fact it's either trash, super heros, kind of like porn, or just plain bad. I'm hoping that Hollywood takes note that not everyone wants this bad stuff or the Hunger Games.
Let's just say that I really need to finish a bottle of Shalimar and no 5 before I really start adding bottles of perfume to the hoard. It's due to the fact that I've spent way too much time and money scouting E-bay, Beauty Encounter and Surrender to Chance getting back ups and ignoring a good chunk of my collection. I was scouting E-bay for a lot of vintage stuff but getting very little vintage and Beauty Encounter got a lot because of Fendi's Theorema. But I am thinking when things calm down in mid-January, I'll get that one last bottle of Theorema for my collection because I am still scratching my head over why Fendi discontinued it.
But on Monday, I saw my last movie at the movie theater for 2014 and that was the last installment of the Hobbit. In a way, I am sad because I have no Middle Earth to look forward to. I loved Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit and I always looked forward to when they came out in theaters. But most movies just don't catch my attention because of the fact it's either trash, super heros, kind of like porn, or just plain bad. I'm hoping that Hollywood takes note that not everyone wants this bad stuff or the Hunger Games.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
End of the Year
So it's the end of the year and I haven't accomplished much of anything perfume wise. The beginning of the year was back ups, Amouage then it did become the vow of finishing the smaller decants. But slowly but surely, the pile is getting smaller.
This year has been marked with some 'short' trips. Well, they aren't completely short trips but more of very long car rides to Virginia. But I have noticed a couple things when I go on any kind of trip. That I really over pack on the perfume. I had left for Virginia the day after Christmas and just came home and had packed 6 bottles of perfume and 7 large decants for 5 days. I'm not one of those people that wears multiple perfumes on any given day. I think from here on out, when traveling, I will carry no. 5 and one or two decants. Reason being is that every time that I do travel, I wear no.5 the most and probably because it is so versatile and some how comforting. But this time, I somehow managed to always be on the go and developed bronchitis and perfume was kind of out of the running except a little bit of Jicky in the morning. Even in the EDP version of Jicky, I don't find it to be long lasting and it sucks because it is a classic and smells phenomenal.
This year has been marked with some 'short' trips. Well, they aren't completely short trips but more of very long car rides to Virginia. But I have noticed a couple things when I go on any kind of trip. That I really over pack on the perfume. I had left for Virginia the day after Christmas and just came home and had packed 6 bottles of perfume and 7 large decants for 5 days. I'm not one of those people that wears multiple perfumes on any given day. I think from here on out, when traveling, I will carry no. 5 and one or two decants. Reason being is that every time that I do travel, I wear no.5 the most and probably because it is so versatile and some how comforting. But this time, I somehow managed to always be on the go and developed bronchitis and perfume was kind of out of the running except a little bit of Jicky in the morning. Even in the EDP version of Jicky, I don't find it to be long lasting and it sucks because it is a classic and smells phenomenal.
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