January 2014 Photo Challenge!

Good mornin'! Before I go any further, Happy New Year!! I won't be talking to you all again until next year (aka later on this week LOL) but I've got a couple more posts in draft right now that will be going up later today, but they're pre-dated, so technically this is my last post of the year. I just wanted to say Happy New Year to all of you and I hope that your New Year's is full of fun, good company,...

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Book Review: Scherzo by Jim Williams

*Disclaimer: Brief spoilers are revealed in this review.  I received this book a few weeks ago from LibraryThing as part of a program that I am enrolled in called Early Reviewers. I have always thought that those who get to review books for a living had a pretty cushy job, unless they got stuck with a dud that they had to finish reading then still have to review, so I just prayed that that didn't happen to me. LOL When I found out about the program, I was too eager to sign up. I...

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December's Birchbox

I received this month's Birchbox on Wednesday and I needed a couple of days before I posted the review so I could try everything out. Here's what was in my box this month: Image courtesy of Birchbox ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Atelier Cologne Vanille Insensee Cologne Absolue $115 for 100ml Normally, I detest vanilla-based things. Except for ice cream....

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Video Reviews and Upcoming Changes

With a few of next year's videos, I decided to change things up a bit by posting my reviews as videos and just including the links in the post underneath. I just want a little more variety in the way that I post my reviews of things and I've been eyeing something with YouTube for over a year, so I figured I could post a few of these things as video reviews instead. I'm going to start out with this month's Birchbox and post both a video and print review, and I'll let you decide how I should...

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No Mo' Daytime Suds!

Well, as the title says, the daytime portion of this blog has ceased entirely because I no longer watch soap operas, hence the name and URL change (finally!). My love for soaps is in a 'the way they were' kind of way now, and I haven't watched them in so long that I'd be completely lost if I tried to start back up again. I have no interest in testing that theory out, however, so I figured it was time I removed soaps from the description and URL entirely as I won't be going back to them....

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Firmoo and Me

I had originally written a post that was supposed to be about my hunt for glasses but it turned into a kinda long, personal experience that got me away from the reason I started the post in the first place. So I scrapped it and started over. Anyway, I've been a member of the four-eyed fan club since I was 7, but if you're familiar with glasses in the '90s, you already know the options were limited...

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Random Bitchy Review: Wet 'n Wild MegaLast Lip Color

I'm new to the world of lipstick. I actually didn't start wearing lipstick until this year. New Year's Eve, as a matter of fact. I just thought I looked like a....erm, "lady of the night" with lipstick on, so I never bothered with it. I stuck with paler lip colors, lipliner and colored glosses. Things have massively changed within the past year, though, because now I wear it all the time. I'm...

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Subscription Box Hunt--A RBR Experiment

As I am sure I've mentioned in quite a few of my previous posts, I love subscription boxes. I think that they're a great way to get exposure to new companies and brands, it's a great way for new companies to receive exposure and feedback on their products, and it's an affordable way for consumers to find more options for beauty and lifestyle products. I had started on this earlier in the year but I ended up liking Birchbox so much that I stuck with it instead of finishing out my test....

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Bitchy Fashion Review: Shoedazzle

In addition to my growing addiction to various subscription box services like Birchbox, I have also been looking at other sites like Little Black Bag, Shoedazzle and JustFab. I heard about LBB from a beauty guru on YouTube, I saw a commercial for Shoedazzle on tv and I only knew about JustFab because Kimora Lee Simmons is the Creative Director and I love her to pieces. lol I was on the hunt for some...

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Bitchy TV Review: Witches of East End

My sister and I waited for months before this show finally premiered on Lifetime earlier this fall, and we haven't been disappointed. This show is about a family of witches in the fictional(?) town of East End, with two sisters who recently have come into the knowledge that they are witches and now, with their mother and aunt, still have to deal with regular life and its challenges.....oh yeah, and...

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Bitchy Review: November's Birchbox

I forgot to review last month's Birchbox, but if you give me enough time I'll probably be able to round everything back up and do a good review. I do have this month's though, so without further ado.... November's Birchbox, official photo from Birchbox's website ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Color Club Professional Nail Lacquer in Top Shelf $8...

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