Festive Fall Fun

November is here! You know what that means, don't you? Bring on the festive decor!

Did you see that MAC cosmetics is getting in on the festive or dare I say Holiday fun??

Look!

Love!

Happy November :)

Weekend Recap + MAC Event

What an action packed weekend! Not really, but I felt like I did a lot :)

Friday TBF and I went here and ate SO much because it's SO good! We left feeling pretty awful though..eek. Saturday we went to the gym and then one of my girlfriends, H, and I went to...



the MAC event!

All in all it was fun.


We signed in, were given the color palettes for the spring line and then greeted with drinks and a model in an orange wig. There were a whole bunch of people crowded around the four color stations - gold, coral, pink and purple but overall there were far less people there than I thought there would be.


We were a little confused as to what to do, so we asked a cute pregnant MAC woman and she basically grabbed us and went to town on our faces. She was awesome. We weren't in the middle of the crowd either, in fact we took over a Nike shoe display table out of the way. It was great.


We walked out of the event with the same attitude - Meh. We loved the makeup, but we already have most of the colors she put on us. Her technique was awesome, I felt like I had the right amount of makeup on my eyes, lips and cheeks. Although I'm pretty good at applying my eye makeup, I can't really buy her professional technique. If only it were that easy... :)

It's all what you make of it. Even though we weren't blown away with the makeup or the event, we still had a great time. So glad H could come with me!

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Yesterday was the SUPERBOWL! Go Saints! So glad they won. TBF and I went to an old friend's (it'd been wayyy too long) and we had a great time. Did I say Go Saints yet?! ;)



This weekend flew by. Hope everyone had a nice weekend!!

Happy Mondayyy!

*MAC in Lillyland Spring Line Pre-Launch Event in Chicago*

So this sister needs a dress.


I was chatting with the MAC gal behind the counter at Nordies last week and after awhile, she asked me if I was going to the MAC event in early February. I told her I didn't know what she was talking about and then she proceeded to tell me about this event that I am bouncing off the walls excited about.

The event is a spring line pre-launch (Living in Lillyland) for MAC cosmetics at Nordstrom on Michigan Ave after hours on a Saturday in February.


Have I mentioned how much I love MAC cosmetics???

I've been told the event will include:

• professional makeup artists who will be flown in from all over the country
  
• models walking around in the spring line makeup
• all of the makeup counters will be converted into MAC counters
• cocktails and appetizers
• and I'm assuming (and really hoping that) Lady Gaga and Cindy Lauper music will be blasting since they've teamed up for the campaign

So what do I need? An awesome cocktail dress and kick ass shoes.

Now let's pretend I have a bottomless budget...

Nordies, $148

Nordies, $148

Little Black Dress? Nordies, $148

Love this shape, Nordies, $Ineedacoupon

I'm starting to see a color theme...$158

...and maybe some cute shoes...

Steve, $99 The Classic Peep Toe, $175 Dolce Vita, $139

I like to keep my pumps pretty classic.

So excited!

By the way, TBF made a copy of my keys for me, so for now, I'm all set!

Happy Tuesday :)

Freck's Friday Fancies XXIV

Hooray for another Friday!

Let's get on to this week's fancies, shall we??

Another Cake Wrecks shoutout, I just can't help myself. This cake is hysterical people.

Wax flowers on a wedding cake? Yikes.

How cute is the Windows 7 girl?!?! I'm a Mac lover through and through, but this girl is just too cute.

This would spruce up my cube at work...

Urban, $14
Tutti Frutti Kate Spade purse, $goonsalepleasethanks.


Marc by Marc Jacobs $thistoopleasethanks.

I'm still on my search for a dry shampoo that works well on dark hair. I think I'm going to try out this one because it's an aerosol, which I think I like more in general, and it may blend into my dark hair easier...I'll be sure to report back about it. Has anyone tried this one??

Klorane Dry Shampoo, $18
Tommy, that's a great question!! I've been looking at Sephora but they all seem to be so friggen expensive, however I think your right by just looking at Sephora since with dry shampoo you totally get what you pay for!

I'm off to DC tonight for the weekend, so it's a half-day at work for me today! Love me a half day. Have a great weekend everyone, tgif!!

Adventures as a newly brunette!

Holy toledo.

This Freck who was pretty close to platinum blonde is now a brunette. Picture Reese Witherspoon as a blonde going to brunette (which can be seen in my Monday post). Yes, like that.

Wow.

I’ve never had a drastic change like this before, and I.love.it. Not only is it hilarious seeing people’s reactions (because they don’t recognize me at first), but I seriously just love it.

To those of you who have made this kind of transformation before, you know how fun it is to put on makeup and see how it looks different – even my clothes look different! It’s nuts. I think I’m going to invest in some deeper colored sweaters, cardis, eye makeup (olives and plums) and even play around with some lipstick…maybe test out some items like this…

Yes, as you can see my love/hate relationship with J. Crew has transformed back to love…I just can’t stay away..

$62

$Don't quite make the free shipping..but it's darn close..

MAC, $19.50

I've always wanted to sport some of this, I think I will now... MAC, $14

I'm really looking forward to less maintenance. All of you fake blondes out there listen up, it's not that scary. I've faked it since I was about 14 (and I'll probably fake it again in the future) and I (for now) am in love with being a brunette.

I may post some pictures of the back of my head later in the week to give you a better idea of the transformation :)

Yay! Happy Hump Day!!

Freck's Friday Fancies XI

TGIF!!! Happy Friday everyone! After work I will be heading south with TBF to boat with the fam on Papa Freck's boat. I'm so excited for a getaway!

Anyway, here are this Friday's fancies :)

I've been drooling over staring at David Yurman rings for years, this one is one of my favorites. The blue topaz is just so stunning!!

David Yurman, $590

Why stop there? Let's get the matching necklace, too!

David Yurman, $590

This entire outfit..

J. Crew

My apologies, I've posted this one before..I just fancy these boots so much!

J. Crew, $325

Who made the 2009 Best Dressed List?

I would really fancy a cruise right about now..

Last and absolutely not least..

Jest by MAC, $14.50

I'm a huge fan of MAC's eye shadows, especially Jest because it is the perfect base shadow for everything. Seriously, everything.

That's all for this week, have a great weekend!!

I blame the weather.

This tops one of my worst morning commutes ever..

Sir, if your on the L filled to the brim with white collar workers who are on their way to their cube for a 9-5 day, I highly doubt they want to listen to your rap music. It makes our ears bleed.

Clouds, why must you create nasty rain with wicked wind? Not good for the hair or my boots that make me almost slip and fall on my tooty while walking into work.

Two words: Umbrella etiquette.

Little convenience store near work, please purchase a CC machine that works so there isn’t a huge line of people waiting who have to put their items down because “they don’t got cash.”

Freck, why can’t you keep better track of your umbrella so you don’t have to take poor TBF’s in the morning so he doesn’t have one?


Oh life…

Help, I Need Speakers...

Speakers.

They're foreign to me. Yes, they're simple items that make sound louder, but I don't know what's best for my mac. As some of you know, I'm having a little birthday party tomorrow, and I need some speakers.

Here are a few I've selected, let me know which one you'd get...

I think I've posted these twice already...$40 Yes, I know they're not super practical, but they're really fun and they're only 40 bones!!


Kind of blah looking speakers for $21.99


These look a little fancier...but just as blah...speakers aren't very cute..$49.99

Thoughts??

Holy Mackerel!!!

I have 1,000 views!!! 

Hooray! That makes me feel pret-ty darn good my fellow followers. Thanks for following :)

I know some of you have been bloggy wogging for awhile, but this gal started at the end of last year so I feel this is a bit of a landmark for me. So awesome :) 

So anyway...

As some of you know, I love The Superficial..it's kind of a guilty pleasure. However today when I saw this entire ode entitled The Superficial: Wait, WTF is That? I couldn't help but feel bad for everyone they pointed out! Take a look for yourself. 

Bad Superficial! Don't make fun of these gals who can't help it if they have some physical flaws! Boo!

TR and I are hangin out and watched The Muffin video...always a stupid, but funny video to watch :)

Ok...a Really stupid video...but you laughed at least once, didn't you?

TR and I went to Anthropologie today, we both agreed that it's SUCH a relaxing store. She found a great black dress that was for sale. I loved all of the new dresses...

$168, simple and cute.

$168, different than what I'd normally purchase, but cute!

I want a DIY project where I can use these knobs...

Tomorrow's hump day!!!! YAYYY!!!