Tuesday Things.
1. These are the best things I think I’ve seen all… my life. I’m so, so, so in love.
2. On Saturday I became intoxicated with my vanilla bean paste and decided to EAT AN ENTIRE SPOONFUL. Yeah. Don’t do it.
3. You know how I mentioned I have that stupid Friends addiction at the moment? It’s KILLING ME. Now i just DVR all the episodes so the DVR is full. Which is a problem when I want to DVR all the other trash on TV.
4. FYI: Trader Joe’s has these things. You’ve been warned.
5. I think you (yes, you!) should create a brown butter scented candle because I will make you the richest person in the world. Then I will probably die from attempting to eat it.
6. Remember last week how I told you about my insanity with Pinterest and nail polish? Well that led to nail polish blogs (which are fine and dandy, until someone literally loses their, uh… stuff… when they break a nail) which then led to BirchBox. As someone obsessed with all things makeup and beauty, tell me about this BirchBox thing. Enlighten me please!
7. I’m in love with this dress for New Year’s. It will look lovely against the backdrop of which is… my couch.
8. I used to think that grown-up life was just like old-school 90210. Thank God it’s not because 90s fashion should be locked away in a vault. Forrr-evvv-err.
9. I’m about to purge everything from my fridge. Pray that I come out alive and not buried underneath a pile of crisper-drawer zombies.
120 Comments on “Tuesday Things.”
BirchBox is so awesome! Luxury beauty samples, $10/month. Cheapest way to find the stuff you actually like!
I have been researching Birchbox all day! I can’t decide if I want to join or not. Can’t wait to hear if you like it. Annnnnnd…I am so going to Trader Joes tomorrow!
How in the world did I miss those things at Trader Joe’s??? I should have insisted you accompany me.
Birchbox is AWESOME. I’m only on my second month but it is most definitely worth the money. Each month you get five luxe samples for only $10. Perfect for the beauty product hoarder like me.
Also, I’m still sad we didn’t get to reunite in Pittsburgh. #justsayin
Birchbox is so fun! I’ve had it for a few months and get really excited when it comes in the mail. And it’s only $10 a month, which isn’t really enough to count as spending money on products in my book. Seriously, I think you’d enjoy it. I’ve gotten more skincare and hair care products than actual makeup, but there are a lot of good things to play with. And last month I got the best hair oil ever.
If you want to sign up and give me credit for it, there’s a link on my blog here: http://2lemons.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/beauty-stuff/
cookie butter, oh my I need that, yum!
Good luck with the fridge purge, always a dangerous activity!
My friend actually just told me about this BirchBox thing last week! It’s $10/month and every month they send you a new box filled with 4-5 samples of beauty products! You can do it one time or have a monthly subscription so you don’t have to reorder it every month but she said she really likes it and in her first one she got some nailpolishes, hand creams, body lotion, and eyeshadow samplers. Plus, all the stuff they send you samples of, they sell the full-size bottles of it in their online store so if you really like something you can buy the big one of it! Sounds like a pretty cool thing! I bet you’d love it :)
BirchBox is a god-send. $10 a month for a nifty little box full of samples. You write reviews and refer friends to earn points, and the points can be used as coupons to buy full-sized products of the stuff you can’t live without *coughcough* Pangea Organics *coughcough*. It’s mail you won’t hate!
I used to think grown up life would be like Melrose Place. Sometimes I still find myself kind of sad and bored that it’s not. but agreed, 90s fashion needs to disappear FOREVER.
Birchbox is a new one for me. So many sites, so much time wasted. In the best possible way :)
The Speculous spread..must get it. Now. I was an hour too late before I read your other post on it..had JUST been to TJ’s moments earlier. Good thing the store is my 2nd home and I go there at least 3x a week. Whoops.
I saw Jessica’s macrons last night and yes, fruity pebble anything is pretty amazing!
Brown butter candle!!! YOU’D MAKE MILLIONS!
Crisper-drawer zombies are almost as bad as Sandwich Meat Drawer slimies. EEK!
i will forever and always love my “friends.”
friends’ deleted scenes, totally hilarious. =) http://pleasingespeciallytothesenses.blogspot.com/2010/09/forever-friends.html
headed to trader’s now… yum.
I love birchbox! I’ve had it since march and have gotten two nail polishes in colors I wouldn’t normally tried and they were awesome! I’ve also gotten a bunch of full size products that I love love love! The only downside is I’ve ended up falling madly and obsessively in love with $170 perfume, $150 face lotion, and a bunch of other incredibly expensive goodies I can’t afford so once the samples gone I’m devastated. Sometimes its better not to know… But for all the awesome stuff you get to try for $10 its worth it.
I totally have the almond cocoa spread. I’m saving it for a special event, like a Tuesday evening to break into it.
Oh birchbox looks amazing! I have seen some girls on blogs talking about it!!
Saw those goods at trader joe’s but resisted, not sure how that happened, haha!
As a complete addict might I mention that the Friends complete series box set comes in very compact but lovely packaging… just sayin’. ;-) http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_16?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=friends+complete+series&sprefix=Friends+complete
I think that cookie butter spread was made for me.
I just got the cookie butter this weekend. Amazing. I am in love.
I had the Birchbox subscription but just cancelled it. I can’t speak for anyone else but the stuff I was getting in my boxes weren’t that great. I do love my Zoya polish and the Pangea (sp?) face scrub I got, but overall the stuff that were in my boxes were just eh. I heard about people that were getting these amazing things in their boxes and then I would get mine and it was like ummm where’s my cool stuff?? For the price it’s great and I might sign up again later. It’s worth a shot trying it out a couple months though.
I have gotten 3 Birchboxes so far. Like Sara, it’s been mostly lotions and face washes that I have received, but I have really enjoyed it! I get ridiculously excited when it ships out to me each month, because mail is awesome, and so is makeup! All the items are wrapped in pretty pink tissue paper and there is a little card that describes everything. It’s like a mini Christmas every month! A pretty big bang for your buck, in my opinion. And Friends? Well Friends is the best show ever, and despite the fact that I have seen every episode oh, 10 or so times, it still makes me laugh out loud!
Birchbox? I’d be more into WINEBOX.
Sorry, it’s been a DAY.
And LONG LIVE FRIENDS. I watch it every single day and still boo-hoo the entire time.
Again, it’s been that day.
Birchbox *is* awesome. And best of all, if you leave feedback about the products you get (you can do it for four of them each month) you get ten extra points for each product. When you get to 100 points, you get $10 off of something from the site. They also do things like give you 20% on your three month birchbox anniversary and they make special edition boxes you can get separately (I got the “here comes the bride” box recently. It costs $55 but I used my points and 20% off coupon to get it for only $35 instead).
Ooh, good luck with the fridge! I had to purge mine yesterday due to the, um…. Smell. ;) Things are much better now!
btw, does anyone else get pissed off when they get little “freebies” in their boxes like coasters and ugly “friendship bracelets” (aka a piece of pink string with a metal thing on it?).
OhmyGod there’s such a thing as cookie butter. There is like a magnetizing agent calling me to the Trader Joe’s downtown right now…crap.
Also, there is NOTHING WRONG with filling your DVR with Friends episodes. Don’t let anybody tell you different. (How you doin’?)
i just bought some of that cookie butter yesterday… dangerous!!!
OM(F)G. Birchbox – I’ve never heard of it but I went to the site and clicked off of it as FAST as I could. I did something similar last year through New Beauty magazine (I think they were called “test tubes”) and they were a really good deal. Plus, how fun is it to get a bunch of girly stuff randomly at your door??
I’ve said the same thing about brown butter. Bath & Body Works needs to get on that scent!
I love that Friends is on Nick at Nite! It is still awesome!!!
I did Birchbox for a few months, and it was a good relationship to start, but then I found that nothing in the boxes interested me and the samples weren’t so great. I’ve heard great things about MyGlam, though… its $10 and you’re supposed to get 4-5 FULL SIZE and deluxe sample size products… so I can considering that one now.
Score! Your New Years dress is 30% off!! LOL
Seriously right? I’m sure my husband won’t mind me buying a $3,000 to sit on the couch! I mean… it’s on SALE!
You have to spend money to save money, right?
LOVE birchbox!!! It’s presents in the mail every single month. So.insane.
You will die with excitement!
LOVE that dress – but please get some glittery blue shoes to go with. For your sofa’s sake if nothing else. Was intrigued by Birchboxes, am a bit unsure now that I’ve read all the comments here. Maybe I’ll check out the MyGlam site, too, first.
Had no idea about Trader Joe’s chocolate almond spread. I hope it’s gluten-free; if so, I just might buy out my local store.
Ha! Nail polish blogs got me in to Birchbox too. If you like getting samples of beauty products, you will like it. As an added bonus, the boxes make great nail polish holders after you empty out all the goodies!
oh my gosh!
must get to TJ’s NOW
can’t wait to try that!
is that like the biscoff stuff everyone on here raves about?
I think it probably it, but I haven’t had Biscoff either!
Biscoff is even more like crack than nutella if you ask me. It’s evil genius in a jar. You’ve been warned.
Woa. Who even THOUGHT of cookie butter? I mean, that is unreal! I’ve also noticed that Friends is on reruns all over the place now and can’t stop myself from watching. I have to go now so I can drive directly to Trader Joes, thanks! :)
I have birchbox. It’s amazing. The end.
Please share what mysteries you find in your fridge! It can be a scary place (not yours, just in general) :)
the dress is HOT and I am sure Mr. How Sweet Eats will go nuts if you wear this (even if you’re on the couch!)
Why don’t we have a trader joe’s? sniff sniff. Send me some of those spreads. Please and thank you.
Hmm, I left a comment but it didn’t go through… so sorry in advance if you get two similar comments from me.. But as I was saying, I just posted about that cookie butter too! I was thisclose to buying it, but I figured I have enough stuff in my pantry to keep my toast well dressed far off into the future w/out buying another thing I don’t need (but want) from TJ..
Omfg the cookie butter is incredible! I seriously can’t stop thinking about it sitting in my cupboard already 1/2 empty and I got it Sunday! I have to cross an international boarder to get the stuff and I’m already planning my next trip.
I totally thought adult life was going to be like the original 90210 when I was growing up. haha. Oh, how wrong was I!
I’m seriously going to Trader Joes tomorrow to get that Speculoos butter and praying I don’t eat the whole jar on my way home.
AGHHHH, why is there not a TJ’s in my town?????
When I saw the cookie butter on the shelf of TJ’s…I think I peed everywhere.
Hey that dress is in my size! And it’s on sale! And it might actually cover my butt as I am only 5’2″, not 5’9″ like the model. Now all i need is the almost $3k! (And that speculos cookie spread!)
I saw those nut butters at Traders, held them in my hand, read the labels and then thought no I can’t! I know I’d eat them all, maybe in one night.Did you buy them? How do they taste?
I want to go try that cookie butter, I’m dying to know if it tastes like Biscoff spread. Did you buy some???
I just went to Belgium this weekend and tried Speculoos for the first time and fell in love. I bought two containers of it because I didn’t know they had it in the US. This just made my day….THANK YOU!!!