Three great things happened to me this week.
First, I found out that my living room heat is connected to my roommate's heat, so I can warm up the room by turning on the heat in his room. During the past few weeks, I was left with the choice of being warm in my own room and watching TV on an 11 inch laptop, or being cold and watching the large screen TV (which belongs to my roommate) in the living room. Now I can have my cake and eat it two.
Second, I went to a really great book signing event, which will be a separate post.
Third, I bought myself a Christmas present. I think perhaps people do this already, but if they do not, I highly recommend buying yourself a Christmas gift too. I love advent calendars, and over the past few years, I would buy the traditional advent calendars, that have chocolate inside. For those unfamiliar with advent calendars, they are the best. They should just have a 365 day advent calendar. Typically however, advent calendars are only for the month of December, and are a count down until Christmas day. It is usually made of cardboard, with little doors to represent the 25 days of December up until Christmas. Each day, you open a door, and get a small chocolate. I used to keep one in the office, so that when I went in on Monday (the most difficult day of the week), I would have Saturday's, Sunday's, AND Monday's chocolate waiting for me. Usually, the door to 25 is extra large and has an exceptionally large piece of chocolate inside. For any advent calendar newbies, I believe Trader Joe's sells 99 cent advent calendars which are really nice.
I've been trying to do less online shopping, but I got a special gift card from Sephora, and it seemed a waste to not use it, so I decided to buy myself a gift. Originally I was going to buy something practical, like face lotion or sunscreen, but then I saw this nail polish advent calendar by Ciate.
I don't usually use nail polish, mainly because I read that it is bad for your nails (just from the smell, it seems obvious that it's pretty toxic and probably not something you should be putting on your body, including your nails), but also because I do a lot with my hands, and usually can't keep a manicure for more than five days.
Growing up however, my grandmother was obsessed with nail polish. I don't think I have ever seen her without nail polish. The few times I saw her natural nails were in between polish changes. To her, having her nails painted was like putting on clothes. She simply didn't walk around with naked nails. Back in her day, the fashion was to have the nails filed a bit pointy, and it was unheard of to use colors other than red. We discussed this, because I had a blue nail polish, which she thought was not worthy of existing let alone garnishing anyone's fingers. She really liked to layer multiple colors, so she really would have loved a brand like Ciate, that has tutorials on layering colors or adding glitter.
I got the set a few days ago, and pretty much opened every box the same day. I guess that's also why I had such a good week--I opened 25 days worth of little surprises in less than 25 minutes.
The colors are diverse, and all very beautiful. What I liked the most though, was that each box had a nice drawing or a whimsical quote on it. For example:
"The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence." - Beyonce
"Be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of somebody else" - Judy Garland
"It always seems impossible until it is done."
Nothing mind blowing, just small simple words (that I suppose are meant to brighten each day, but again I opened it all at once). All of the nail polishes are small, except for the 25th, which is full sized. Since I don't use that much polish, I gave a few boxes to friends as Christmas gifts, and they seemed to enjoy them.
If anyone is looking for a great gift for Christmas, I would highly recommend it (provided the recipient doesn't mind that it is an advent calendar.
First, I found out that my living room heat is connected to my roommate's heat, so I can warm up the room by turning on the heat in his room. During the past few weeks, I was left with the choice of being warm in my own room and watching TV on an 11 inch laptop, or being cold and watching the large screen TV (which belongs to my roommate) in the living room. Now I can have my cake and eat it two.
Second, I went to a really great book signing event, which will be a separate post.
Third, I bought myself a Christmas present. I think perhaps people do this already, but if they do not, I highly recommend buying yourself a Christmas gift too. I love advent calendars, and over the past few years, I would buy the traditional advent calendars, that have chocolate inside. For those unfamiliar with advent calendars, they are the best. They should just have a 365 day advent calendar. Typically however, advent calendars are only for the month of December, and are a count down until Christmas day. It is usually made of cardboard, with little doors to represent the 25 days of December up until Christmas. Each day, you open a door, and get a small chocolate. I used to keep one in the office, so that when I went in on Monday (the most difficult day of the week), I would have Saturday's, Sunday's, AND Monday's chocolate waiting for me. Usually, the door to 25 is extra large and has an exceptionally large piece of chocolate inside. For any advent calendar newbies, I believe Trader Joe's sells 99 cent advent calendars which are really nice.
I've been trying to do less online shopping, but I got a special gift card from Sephora, and it seemed a waste to not use it, so I decided to buy myself a gift. Originally I was going to buy something practical, like face lotion or sunscreen, but then I saw this nail polish advent calendar by Ciate.
I don't usually use nail polish, mainly because I read that it is bad for your nails (just from the smell, it seems obvious that it's pretty toxic and probably not something you should be putting on your body, including your nails), but also because I do a lot with my hands, and usually can't keep a manicure for more than five days.
Growing up however, my grandmother was obsessed with nail polish. I don't think I have ever seen her without nail polish. The few times I saw her natural nails were in between polish changes. To her, having her nails painted was like putting on clothes. She simply didn't walk around with naked nails. Back in her day, the fashion was to have the nails filed a bit pointy, and it was unheard of to use colors other than red. We discussed this, because I had a blue nail polish, which she thought was not worthy of existing let alone garnishing anyone's fingers. She really liked to layer multiple colors, so she really would have loved a brand like Ciate, that has tutorials on layering colors or adding glitter.
I got the set a few days ago, and pretty much opened every box the same day. I guess that's also why I had such a good week--I opened 25 days worth of little surprises in less than 25 minutes.
The colors are diverse, and all very beautiful. What I liked the most though, was that each box had a nice drawing or a whimsical quote on it. For example:
"The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence." - Beyonce
"Be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of somebody else" - Judy Garland
"It always seems impossible until it is done."
Nothing mind blowing, just small simple words (that I suppose are meant to brighten each day, but again I opened it all at once). All of the nail polishes are small, except for the 25th, which is full sized. Since I don't use that much polish, I gave a few boxes to friends as Christmas gifts, and they seemed to enjoy them.
If anyone is looking for a great gift for Christmas, I would highly recommend it (provided the recipient doesn't mind that it is an advent calendar.
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