HAPPY BIRRR-DAY TO MY MAMA!

warning: ... another colossal post.. oi vey.. wasn't supposed to turn out like this. LOL!

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPY one-hour-before-my-momma's BDAY!


(I was bending my knees in this pic and she's wearing 3.5 inch wedges, momma ain't that tall yo!)

lol.... I could've waited an hour to put this up so then it's REALLY her birthday but no, I'd probably be too lazy to blog in an hour. :) I really can't tell you guys how old my mom is turning because I honestly do not know. Everytime I ask her, she changes her age.... as the years go by.. the number decreases... mother.. it does not work that way. LOL!!

Soooo.. mom always gets mad at me and my sis whenever we splurge and buy her something expensive for her birthday.. like.. REALLY mad.. and it's like, the things we CAN afford to get her, it's not to her liking because she has uhh.. really.... REALLY expensive tastes.. so things we get her usually go back to the store, usually one of her fav stores, and turns back into credit which she then uses to buy something quadruple the cost but to her liking, which is really our plan since it's better to just help her buy something she wants and at least try rather than flat out give her a gift card. So this year, me and my sister decided to NOT splurge since I don't work anymore and she... spends all she earns every week.. lol.. and decided to both chip in for a gift certificate so that my mom can get a manicure and a pedicure at Star Nails, which she looooooves going to like.. whenever she can. This way, we ARE trying, we did think about it, and she WILL end up using it! Bad thing is, Jessica is on a school field trip and won't be back until Sunday, mom's bday is on Saturday.. oh well, one day late then! However.. Jessica called me this week and we're planning to get our cousins together to throw a surprise birthday brunch for mom on Sunday.. it was originally NOT a surprise but mom got mad at my cousins for reasons.... I might go into next time when I feel like blogging more about the chaos that IS my family.. and she called off the brunch basically saying I don't want to celebrate my birthday with people who are selfish! But then Jessica is saying how my mom's been feeling like people don't care lately.. and this made me feel HORRIBLE.. since I only get to see my parents for a day and a half every week.. I usually spend my day back with my mom, doing errands with her, gossiping with her, grocery shopping with her, etc etc.. but I felt worse this week because Jessica wasn't going to be home to cover the whole children-celebrating-their-parents-birthday thing on Saturday since she's on her field trip and my dad is...... kind of insensitive to these things and never remembers ANYONE'S birthday and we usually force the memory into his head and sometimes go as far as to buy her a present FOR him, wrap it FOR him, and get him to sign it. Oh dad.. when will you learn. Anyways.. to cheer up a bummed out mother, I decided to surprise her withhhhhh...


A bouquet of flowers!! Fruit flowers!! Ordered it last night, had it arranged to be delivered to her work place!! I figured it's the best way to cheer up a work-a-holic mother! ...... but ..... GODDAMN IT MY PLANS WERE FOILED!!

Mom decided not to work the friday before her birthday.. so she never showed up to receive them!! NOOOOO!!! I even had a note that said..

"Dear Mommy,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I'm sending this to you one day early so I can REALLY surprise you! I love you!!!
Love,
Katie"

I called my mom's store in the afternoon and found out she was never there but my dad was and that he was going to bring it home to her at 5 PM. My mom's assistant, Augustina was the one who picked up the phone and she was raving about how beautiful the bouqet was and was amazed I thought of doing something like that ... lol? Since mom wasn't there to receive it, she never saw the van, so she doesn't know WHERE this came from and when I called her earlier, she sounded SOOOOOOO happy when she was talking about it!! She asked me where I got "such a thing" from and I said I wasn't telling her. LOL!! She asked me previously during our text messaging too.

me: I meant today! Surprise is coming today! I don't know when
mom: I got it right now, thanks very much. I love you. (she didn't physically have it, dad told her about it... doi...)
me: :) Are you surprised? Do you like it?
mom: I like that very much, where you got the gift from?
me: :) I'm not telling you! Secret!
mom: bad girl.

LMAO!!!!!!! I told you guys before I taught my mom how to text right? LOL!! Her texts are the funniest but also the sweetest things sometimes!! Anyway, money well spent I say!

ANYWHOOTERS, I was cruisin around my usual makeup forums as usual, getting my daily dose of other members' FOTDs (inspirations!) and reading up on new releases.. when I came across this particular FOTD!!!!



IS THIS NOT ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PURPLE BLENDS YOU HAVE EVER SEEN???? It's.. breathtaking.. I HAD TO COPY IT. Well.. tried.. and failed. You'll see. The base I used didn't bring out the vibrant purple, plus flash washes out my shadows but I can't just use regular room lighting.. it was late and my bedroom + bathroom lighting SUCKS! And unlike my makeup from yesterday.. I didn't blend as much this time. You can totally say I got L-A-Z-Y but nonetheless, I still like it. I'm gonna keep working on improving this in the future though. I have yet to discover my perfect purple combo. Once again, since it was just an experiment so I didn't wear this out and basically took it off after these pics.. I didn't use my usual foundation. My Dior is too precious to waste!! :) I always get compliments when I wear Dior.. I suppose since it's more natural looking compared to other brands like MAC.... which is too light in these pics but who cares. I'm taking it off soon. Here comes the cam whoring!

poorly angled, cut off my head. LOL. ...... hmm.. almost cross eyed.


my bangs were pinned up


incomplete blending


brows look weird from this angle.. oh well. :) My small hands!


Face
Mac Studio Sculpt in NC25
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Dual applicator concealer in Medium
Maybelline Dream Matte powder in Medium 0-1
Mac Nuance blush
Mac Emote blush (contour)

Eyes
Mac Painterly Paintpot
Mac Beige-ing shadestick
Mac e.s. in Creme de violet, Trax (over creme de violet.. changed my midn about creme de violet.. lol), parfait amour, Fig 1, Contrast, Modest Tone, Beauty Marked
Mac Spiked brow crayon
Revlon Colorstay liquid liner in Black

Lips
Mac l.s. in 3n
Lorac Lotsalip Plumping in Babie

Umm.. when I do these types of experimental looks, I usually try to use all the L.E. shit I accummulate over the years.. the Lorac gloss is something I bought, used 3 times.. and is now among the few million glosses I have stored in my closet. I decided to dust some stuff off today! YAY FOR ME! Umm.. as far as plumping goes, I do NOT need anything to make my lips bigger.. they're pretty thick and full if I say so myself. What I like about this one from Lorac is that it doesn't actually PLUMP.. it doesn't sting or feel tingly.. it just gives the appearance of fuller lips, I think partly due to the shimmer and the way it makes your lips look. I can see how it'd make your lips LOOK fuller.. but upon closer inspection, my lips have not changed in size at all. If you really want thicker lips, then I'd look elsewhere, this gloss won't do it!

Now.... other news..................



Yes that is my brother Danny and I. Why am I posting up a picture of my brother? Oh.. you know.. to say CONGRADU-FUCKING-LATIONS!!!!!! Ladies, I am going to be an auntie. EXCITING!!!! My brother is 10 years older than I, so he's 31 now. Although this is a happy thing, the story is.. slightly messed up. Haaaa.. Ok I'll tell you girls, it's not really a secret anyway, plus he's thrilled the baby's coming so I don't see why this story shouldn't be told.

Last week I found out someone was expecting a baby... from my mother. She basically said to me, "I'm going to be a grandmother!" .... I thought... wth? JESSICA?? She said NOOOO.. then I found out that Danny was expecting a baby. This was kind of a surprise because I thought he had broken up with his girlfriend of 3-4 years, Michelle, in February. Mother said that it wasn't Michelle. HUH? Apparently it was some girl he had met recently and had gotten her pregnant. Although we haven't heard much about this girl, we just know that Danny wants to keep the baby. I personally think it's because he knows he's not getting any younger and wants to raise a mini-danny. LOL! When I found out I asked my sister he she knew and she told me a little story about how my mom had told my dad that she was going to be a grandmother. My dad had freaked out and the first thing he said was "KATIE?????" .......... WHY IS MY NAME THE FIRST ONE OUT OF HIS MOUTH?!?!?!?!?! Mom said no, then his eyes got even bigger and he said "JESSICA???" Then she said no, Danny. Then my dad went back to eatting his fruit.

lol... that's so daddy. Anyways, I called Danny to say congradulations and kept gloating about how I was going to be an auntie!! He seemed REALLY happy to talk about it and told me that I would officially become an auntie this December.. meaning his new girl is 2 months along. When I hung up and called Jessica to make fun of the fact she's going to have to share her birthday month with the new baby.. we were like.. wait. 2 months along? We counted the actual days backwards.. and found out that around the time of Danny and Michelle's breakup.. that girl was already pregnant. Which meanssssssss.................

BAD DANNY!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL OK I don't know this for a fact but OHHHH FOR SHAMMMMEEEEE!! Ahh well.. I'm not surprised. Danny has never been one to settle down, but maybe he is now? Either way, I wish him the best of luck and I can't wait to play with my little nephew/niece!

:) Ok...... there Sarah, I remembered to blog about the baby!

Oh.. funny story today. I was leaving my comm 151 class today and this guy who sometimes sits next to me (cuz he's always late and I put my backpack on the chair next to me, hence free seat)..... who's name I do not remember since I'm pretty bad with names, caught up to me and asked if we had another midterm (just had one last monday from that class) next week. I thought about it and didn't know, he said in the syllabus it said we had another one in class 19... today was class 15....... OH FREAK, it's next next monday!! I have a midterm from my comm 129 class this coming Thurs.. ahh.. I guess it's better this way. Midterms spaced out as weeks compared to all in one week. I had one last week, this week, now this coming week and next next week. LOL.. yay.. woo...hoo.

BF just looked over at my entry and said "what? More pictures of yourself?"

;( what are you implying?!?!?!?!?!?!

Ok this is long enough.

:) OOO sarah I like that one earring I saw on your site! I forgot which one. :(

Ok time to let the bf use my lappie!

Toodloo!!

Katie

ps- awwwwww I still have readers!!!! Thank you all for the compliments in the last post!