Planner. With a Twist

i love the possibility of a new planner/diary/notebook. the empty pages inspire me to think of all sorts of projects to complete and goals to be met. sure - not all of them come to fruition, but just putting it down on paper reminds me that someday i may actually get to scratch that particular item off the list. besides, the planner keeps me organized on what i really do need to get done (buy milk, get birthday presents, remember to pick my kid up from school, buy a new purse - you know. the essentials). once i write down all the ideas, songs to listen to on i-tunes, web-sites i want to check out, etc. i can focus on the important things. it's like a mental decluttering. i think this planner looks way cool - recycled paper (which matters), not so stuffy, and different from all the other boring ones out there. only $15.00 - a steal for getting your shit together.

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best.mascara.ever +1

off of the topic of clothes and home goods, i'll tell you that i have been on a mascara hunt for years. i fell in love with dior show mascara, but not the $24.00 price tag. however, after a full drugstore mascara binge and testing dozens of lower end tubes, there is nothing that compares to the fullness and length of dior show. bottom line, it's worth the $24.00. recently, in the constant quest to lessen the cost of being me, i tried maybelline's great lash big mascara. now, i'm not and have never been impressed by the cult classic that is maybelline's great lash. but the "big" version is as close to dior show perfection that you can get. i have both and use the maybelline for every day and the dior show for when i'm really pulling out all the stops. i'm not wasting the $24.00 stuff on my computer screen and the day-care kids. sorry.