I have to go buy powder again now that I'm actually using it on a daily basis. It's amazing how fast that stuff goes. And while the allegedly waterproof and smear proof mascara that I bought a couple of weeks ago makes my lashes look lovely, it still ends up in a brown smudge under my eyes by the end of the day. The "hasn't slept a full night since Bush was elected" is not the look I'm going for.

Although the ladies in the store scare ita.

They scare me too. Orange is not a natural skin colour. I found a nice Australian chap in the end. He didn't gesture at me threateningly with concealer or anything.

I got a lot more sex and violence from books than from tv when I was growing up. I'd worked my way through my mum's Jackie Collins collection and my dad's Tom Clancys by the time I was eleven or twelve.

You know me. All about the Sephora shindigs.

Hmm.

Baskin Robbins is taunting me. I have both a printer and a yahoo account. However, it does NOT in fact load the coupon in a new window, and therefore the coupon goes all weird and goes away. It won't stay long enough to be printed. Very obnoxious.

I haven't heard from Burrell, but I am going to lunch anyway. Otherwise I might miss it entirely, and I'm hungry.

*Off to be bitter about Baskin Robbins*

MAC is fun. Although the ladies in the store scare ita.

my local MAC is always mad crowded and plays very loud thumpa thumpa music. And the staff is a bit too haughty for my taste.

And the staff is a bit too haughty for my taste.

Yes, they treat me like shit. Most makeup people treat me like shit. I don't know why.

(I'm sympathetic to parents' concerns. But my mom was pretty strict about what my brother and I could see, and she managed to monitor what we watched without the government getting involved. I think most parents can say the same. This isn't about protecting children, it's about foisting their values on grown-ups.)

I agree, which is why I agree the attempt to legislate this is wrong headed.

That said, I'm not so sure it's about foisting their values on grown-ups, as much as a misguided attempt to legislate, where instead, people should be making their desires known to the networks. It was an easier job in my mother's day, and probably your mother's day, too. TV from 8-10pm used to be milder, on purpose, when we were children, out of an understanding that the potential audience was of all ages. I pretty much can't watch any non-kid show, with my kids up.

And the staff is a bit too haughty for my taste.

Huh. The staff at all the local MAC counters luuuuurrve me. They get all excited to show me new gel eyeliners and pink eyeshadow, bless 'em.

Most makeup people treat me like shit. I don't know why.

I know! then I give them the look that says "look, sweetheart, I am the customer. And if you don't think that the customer is always right, then you better believe that this customer can be a bigger bitch than you."

Most makeup people treat me like shit. I don't know why.

This makes no sense to me. In Seattle, they'd be tripping over their feet to help you.

Why am I printing that coupon?

Not only is our B-R way out of my way, it's too damned cold for ice cream!