Love Bites

So that's the brand name of the polishes I picked up at Rue 21 today.

Sidenote -- I am getting to the age where I feel slightly ridiculous going to Claire's and Rue 21. I still wear chucks and put bright red streaks in my hair, but I am always super conscious of the fact that I'm actually thirty-something when I go into these places. I'm pretty sure that none of the clothes at Rue 21 would fit me -- well, maybe the biggest sizes would, but that's probably it. Not to mention I'd feel ridiculous wearing them. Every time I watch "What Not To Wear," I also notice that I dress like the "before" woman, more often than not. LOL. They would totally tell me it's time to grow up. Whatevah!

Anywho, I mucked up the mustard yellow, but since it was just for swatchin' and not for a real mani, I let it stand. I dig this color. It's different. It's a yellow that doesn't look like corn. It's actually more muted in real life than it is in this picture.


And this is the mint green I picked up. I'm actually wearing this now. I dig it! I dig it a lot! I did notice that I picked up three colors today that are all very similar -- this is one of them. Oops. This also has the slightest amount of shimmer in it. I don't think it makes my fingers look as red as this photo would lead you to believe, but I could be wrong.

Impromptu Haul

Oh lord, I really didn't mean to come home with all this nail polish. But it was all cheap! And I got my state tax refund today! It's ok, I swear!

So my fiance is very particular about the socks he wears. He specifically wants Gold Toe "over the calf" socks. I discovered yesterday that there is a Gold Toe outlet in the outlet mall not too far from here, and that they were having a buy 3, get 1 free special. So I bought him 4 packs of socks.

Next door to the Gold Toe outlet was a Rue 21. I figured I'd stop in. I found these two polishes. The first one is a mustard yellow -- it apparently was one of those layered polishes, because I discovered the "Do Not Shake" sticker on it once I got home. I guess it was shaken, which is fine by me because I've been wanting a mustard yellow polish for awhile. I also picked up a mint green. Neither of these seem to have names.


So then I saw a Claire's and figured I'd drop in. Their cosmetics were all buy 1, get 1 50% off (I really didn't save a whole lot there, though). I'd been lemming the pastel set after seeing it swatched somewhere (too lazy to check where) earlier this week. I picked up the other three because they looked cool. Can you tell I dig blues and greens? Heh.


Here are the other three bottles up close. They are Matte Green, Yel, and Dream Catcher:


So then I figured I'd drop by Sally on my way home. I had a 15% off coupon, so I picked up these three. I got China Glaze Blue Sparrow, China Glaze Flying Dragon, and Finger Paints Icy Iris (on clearance! for $1.99!).


Next door to Sally is a Dollar Tree. So I had to stop in. They had a whole buttload of Sally Hansen that had to have just come in recently, since I go to that Dollar Tree fairly often. All of these were in 2-packs (although a lot of them just had a clear polish as the "other" polish, but still! 2 for a dollar! and I now have a buttload of clear polish!). I got a Star Opal in Red Opal, and two Fire Opals in Royal Opal and Blush Opal.


I also got two Lacquer Shines in Lustrous and Glow.


I also picked this up at Publix on clearance for $3. My nails are NASTY stained (that's what happens when you wear nail polish all the time, I guess, even though I always use a base coat). I can't wait to try it!


And now... I suppose I have my work cut out for me, huh?