Tuesday, May 31, 2011

No more makeup?!


So my cousin, Lerma and I made a bet.  Yesterday I purchased the Surf USA and Sun Blonde eyeshadows from MAC's Surf, Baby collection.  I especially loved the blue (turquoise) color, but my heart felt so heavy after making the purchase.  It was about $32 for both.  

 

After I buy makeup (usually MAC) I start second guessing myself if I should return it or not because I just think of my husband hard at work in the sea.  Some people think the military get's overpaid, but honestly I think they're underpaid and overworked!  My husband works 24/7 when they're out at sea and sacrifices seeing his family for months at a time.  (Sorry getting off track here...)

So I went back to MAC and returned my two new eyeshadows.  I was considering doing the Project 10 pan, which I learned about from my sister-in-law JC (*Makeup Diary), but I don't think I could do that.  So instead my cousin and I made a bet.  I'm only allowed to buy makeup every two months otherwise I'll have to buy her something (probably something expensive) if I lose.  This bet starts June 1, 2011.  Can you believe that?  No new makeup until August 1, 2011?!  =(  Hopefully I can do it, but I apologize if my blog gets a little boring until then.  I'll do my best to do more FOTDs, NOTWs, OOTDs, review products I already own, and other fun posts in the meantime.    

What other future posts do you suggest I do?  

Thanks for reading,
Dinah

13 comments:

Yami said...

It is great that you are doing this. I don't know if I could do it...

D.Sadie said...

Thanks, hun. I'll try but no promises. Lol. But then again maybe if I'm successful my hubby will upgrade our phones to the iPhone 5 once it comes out. Lol.

JC! :) said...

I also feel that they're underpaid and overworked, what with David's long deployment coming up. I started working again because I feel bad spending so much of David's (he calls it "our") money on make-up, even if he doesn't mind lol.

I honestly suck at Project 10-Pan though... and I think you can do it. It doesn't seem like you've even been buying any make-up in the last week or two unless I missed something. You've been returning them.

Emily said...

Yeeaaa, I would be able to do a P10P, OR buy makeup once every two months for that matter. Way to exercise willpower!

D.Sadie said...

@Joyce. Chris usually doesn't mind either when I buy makeup as long as I don't make our checkings go negative. Lol. i can't wait to work again then maybe I can be reunited with my first-love..MAC! =P

Haha, maybe I'll give Project 10-Pan a try. It does seem like fun. =D I'll choose which makeup to do later. Haha. We can keep each other motived to do it.

@Emily. Lol! Let's all do Project 10-Pan! =D

Eileen said...

good luck winning the bet! you can totally do it =) maybe you'll rediscover something awesome in your stash!

Vintage Makeup said...

You should do my rediscover challenge! :) It's much easier than project 10 pan

Mei Mei said...

Good luck with the bet! You are so right about military being under paid; My dad is retired military...and I think that they have such stressful jobs that require so much sacrifice. Really under appreciated and under paid. Love your blog... I'm a new follower. It's great to see a fellow blogger that is economically conscious. ;-)

Fi said...

Best of luck with your bet. I'm sure you can do it :)
I find myself not buying make up when I pick up a hobby. Well a cheap hobby...anyways, I should cut back on my make up spending too :(

Sara.H said...

You're right. My dad was in the military and I feel about getting underpaid.

Glad you are doing it :) <3

Hermelinda Valentine said...

whats project 10pan? i feel lost O_O

and i also agree with the underpaid and overworked military. my cousins work hard for every penny they have. its sweet of u to do this for him (:

D.Sadie said...

@Eileen Thanks hon!

@Vintage Makeup. OH! That sounds like fun! How do I do the challenge?

@Mei Mei I hope I can win this bet. Haha. But yeah, I'm glad you also agree with me about the military. I can't wait for my husband to get out and just be with his family. =)

@Fi Haha. What kind of cheap hobbies do you do? Maybe I can start doing those too to help me stay away from makeup.

@Sara Thanks hun!

@Hermelinda Project 10-Pan is basically choosing 10 makeup products and you have it either "hit pan" or use them all up until you're allowed to buy make up again.

D.Sadie said...

@Eileen Thanks hon!

@Vintage Makeup. OH! That sounds like fun! How do I do the challenge?

@Mei Mei I hope I can win this bet. Haha. But yeah, I'm glad you also agree with me about the military. I can't wait for my husband to get out and just be with his family. =)

@Fi Haha. What kind of cheap hobbies do you do? Maybe I can start doing those too to help me stay away from makeup.

@Sara Thanks hun!

@Hermelinda Project 10-Pan is basically choosing 10 makeup products and you have it either "hit pan" or use them all up until you're allowed to buy make up again.

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