Happy New Year!

I hear you’re supposed to ring in the new year in the way that you want the year to go…so for me, I had a mellow family night.

I was inside of my fort when the clock struck twelve.

And playtime continued well into today.

Happy New Year to you and your family, and thank you for stopping by!

No Buy–Beauty Edition

I have decided to restrict my beauty product purchases until after the 19th of February 2012. I have accumulated a number of things over the past few of months and I haven't even tried everything. For me, it doesn't makes any sense to buy more stuff when I haven't even used everything that I have already.

This will give me an opportunity to rediscover things that I've neglected, and finish things that are almost gone because I have a problem with finishing things up completely. I find that once I've almost reached the end of a product, I move on to something else without quite finishing it.

So, unless it's a necessity that I have completely used up (specifically something that is an essential that I don't have a similar product to replace it with) I will not be buying any type of beauty product…no skincare, no makeup, no nail products, no hair products.

Even though I've managed to organize my stuff, I still need to make a dent in things, and actually use the things that I buy.

We shall see how this goes. Wish me luck!

I’m Building my Vanity!

I’ve been whining about needing a vanity for a while now…but I’ve been just a little bit indecisive. I have a board on Pinterest where I’ve pinned a few desks that look similar to what I have in mind for my bedroom as far as style is concerned.

I was bouncing between a parsons desk,

something with an x-leg,

or even some type of mix between the two.

Ana White has plans for a version of each, but I settled on the x-leg.

I did a partially assembled dry run with the desk in the space, and I have to say I’m very pleased.

I haven’t decided whether or not I want to add the drawer, but for now, I’m planning on leaving it off.

My mom is still at my house visiting. She was impressed, and I felt good. Please excuse the sloppiness, it’ll be more polished once I go in and do the editing, paint, and actually put it together properly.

I’m trying to get things in order so that I start the new year off on the right foot.

So far, I am on a roll.

I hope that you have a wonderful new year, and that you end 2011 on a high note.

Talk to you in the next one!