Roommates, classes, purchases!

Sorry for the video/audio quality, the original video was 1.6GB! So I had to compress it to 70MB. :(

Bowie Ankle Boot

iWant these in black. Size 10. $129.99. C'mon, make a wannabe girly-girl happy.

First day of school

Coastal Scents Eyeshadow

I've read and watched so many reviews on Coastal Scents' eyeshadow palettes. People have claimed that Coastal Scents products offer similar makeup quality as MAC does. And people love and boast about CS because they are affordable. CS is mostly known for their 88 Piece Color Palette for $18.95. One MAC eyeshadow color could run at least $15, whereas CS have palettes that range from 6 to 88 different colors for an average of $25-30 dollars. And since we're comparing MAC, one CS eyeshadow ("hotpot") cost about $4.95.

I keep watching and watching YouTube reviews (I was in search for hypoallergenic makeup for my skin tone, etc.) and I've been dying to get a CS palette for months. After paying off a credit card bill, paid some of my bills as well as budgeted money for flying back up to San Francisco, I was finally able to indulge this afternoon at 3:23PM. Since I can't pull off a natural look with bright neon blues, greens, and whatevers; I decided on their 88 Color Warm Palette for the "Natural and/or Smokey Look," at $24.95. I'm so excited, I hope this is as great as everyone claims it is!

88 Piece Warm Palette:

Boots!

Ok, finally took pictures of the boots I got from 6pm.com. They were on sale for 75% off and I totaled to about $25. They looked SO good online and I had spent the last year looking for boots for San Francisco's constant rain. But little did I know, just because the boot is your foot size doesn't mean the calf circumference will fit. I was so sad because they looked so pretty out the box, I really thought I had to send them back. =( So I measured my calf and I realized I could take them to a shoe repair shop and have material added to fit. It was pretty expensive, but I thought it was a good investment because wide calf boots run for nearly $300 online and are hard to fine in stores. So I saved $200+ regardless. So after a long week of waiting and laziness, here are some pics:

Checking in.

I know lately I've been really upset and losing all hope, but I'm waking up in a better mood these past couple of days. It seems that I'll have a huge break down, take a picture of my poofy-reddened eyes and stare at it for a week. And this time, I actually shared one of them. I also noticed that I'm more prone to these break downs if I have side projects going on at school or whatever else I got going on and dad comes along and just ruins it. Yes, he expects me to drop school or work and put him on a pedestal. His work is "more important."

Anyway, I'm back to ignoring how he makes me feel and another thing that's helping is that I haven't really seen or spoke to him since I was in the ER last week. Walk past him, and go to my room in hopes he doesn't say anything to me.

So the ER determined that I have an "undiagnosed chest condition." Meaning it could either be my heart or lungs and I haven't gotten my Medi-Cal insurance solidified yet to do further diagnostics. People say my health insurance sucks, but it's better than no insurance. What can I do, it's free government insurance until I can find my own real insurance. So far, I'm clear of Deep-Vein Thrombosis and the doctor gave me the OK to return to birth control to regulate my dying uterus (periods every other week). But I think I need to change it to something else. There's something in this medication that makes me sicker than what I am and I certainly don't want to have a stroke two years from now.

I'm scared. But I'm just going to have to keep smiling for now.

An attempt at laughter...