Happy belated St. Patrick’s Day! Did you celebrate? Troy played at a local pub and then we stuffed ourselves with corned beef and cabbage. Instead of showing you pics of me wearing green and slobbering over corned beef, I figured I’d blog about some things that I’m loving at the moment:
1.) I got these Crate and Barrel bookends at the Atlanta Hospital Hospitality House Bargainanza on Saturday for $6.
2.) A few beauty items I’ve been using nonstop: Eos lip balm in Sweet Mint (it’s 95% organic and paraben-free), Revlon Lip Butter in Peach Parfait, and L’Oreal BB Cream – it works just as well as more expensive primers.
3.) If you follow AsianCajuns on Facebook, you would know that I was debating about getting this pouch on Mikkat Market. Troy surprised me the other day by ordering it for me 🙂
4.) At $28, this BKR bottle was a big splurge for me, but I use it everyday and love it. It’s glass – so there’s no worries about BPAs and it’s diswasher safe. Also, it says, “It’d be really great if you had your shit together a little more” right next to a giant heart. What’s not to love?
5.) I bought this wooden try from the same charity sale as the Crate and Barrel bookends – it was only $2! I’ve placed it by my front door so I can drop my phone and keys (and AsianCajuns name necklace) in there as soon as I walk inside.
So there you have it, some consumerism on the cheap!
I hope you all are having a great Monday!
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Dearest Lar,
I never thought to ask you yesterday while we were skyping, but I assume St. Patrick’s Day isn’t celebrated in Scotland. Is that right? Do the local pubs have a run on Guinness? Probably not!
I was at a restaurant on Saturday and there was a woman wearing an Edinburgh Castle shirt at the table near us. I wanted to run up to her and say, “My sister lives very close to the castle!” But I thought better of it, which is probably for the best.
Have fun in Munich. I can’t wait to hear all about it!
xoxo, Cath
Your favourite things are adorable and stylish–just like you!
I’m a huge fan of Revlon Lip Butter. The L’Oreal BB Cream is pretty good, but I like Garnier’s formula more because the colour pigments appear more natural.
I’ll try Garnier’s BB Cream next. I was debating between the two at the store and I think the L’Oreal version was slightly cheaper so I went with that 😉
What Lip Butter colors do you have?
Love this list, Cath! And your photos are so beeeyotiful! Those book ends look even better than when you showed them to me on skype. You and Lisa (above) now have me curious about trying the L’Oreal BB creme and the Garnier one. I’ve just tried a CC cream by Beauty Juice for the first time — I love how it is made from mainly natural ingredients, but it’s so pricey I’m not sure I think it’s quite worth it (I just had a sample size).
I wasn’t out and about much Sunday (dratted crap weather), but I did see the occasional St. Paddy’s foam hat — so very subdued celebration if any. I would have loved to have a wee bit of corned beef with you guys!
Miss you oooodles!
xoxoxo,
Lar
Miss you oodles too!
I’ve never heard of Beauty Juice, but it might be worth the money. Let me know how it compares to the non-organic/natural stuff if and when you try it out.
love, cath
i love revlon’s lip butter too!!! i need to pick up a few more shades
What colors to you have? Peach Parfait is a great subtle color, but I’d love to try something a bit more bold.
I was born in the shadow of the castle, and have been back to Edinburgh many times. My old company was the Edinburgh Company, and is now known as Trimont, we celebrate the 25th anniversary next month. I have some pictures of Edinburgh that I would be happy to free cycle, let me know.
Jim, that would be great! I would love to see and share your photos!
i’ve been looking at those bkr bottles! happy belated st pattys!
Pretty stuff! I love those bookends and I really want to try BB cream. I read all about it in Martha Stewart Living. Martha broke it’s awesomeness down for me
I’m loving the maybelline bb cream, if you care to try that one-fully recommend! i may have to check out these lip butters too. And that water bottle is very obviously kick ass!