Stupid Statement #5

This week's Throwback Thursday coincides with a Stupid Statement made by Gooseberry Banana. So this Stupid Statement will have a bit of a story to it.

It was the night Kumquat Desert fig, Kiwi Oil palm and I moved into our 11OH!7 house, Gooseberry was visiting for the evening and helping us break in the place properly. Which in our world meant tequila. Shots! Shots! Shots! (EVERYBODY!) At some point Gooseberry meandered over to our neighbors' house, after she made quite a show, (I can only assume, I wasn't there) they came over to our house and asked us to collect our friend. I stumbled over expecting to find her passed out on a couch. Instead I had to journey to the bathroom, after passing a bicycle in a shower I found Gooseberry hugging the most disgusting toilet, seat up at that!  I tried coaxing her away from the porcilean throne and she wouldn't budge. Hoping to get her to understand the gravity of the situation, I told her to look at me, her response was:

"I'm not looking at you unless you're a toilet"

Beauty and the Review: Mascara #1B

This is the second part of this review, part one Mascara #1A gave a brief intro of the product, part two is going to include the final results and ultimately how I feel about the product. I have been using this mascara for 30 days, a huge commitment for me because I always have more than one mascara in my arsenal, so sticking to just one for a month kind of annoyed me. Rimmel claims that using this mascara continuously for 30 days, your lashes will appear fuller and more numerous. The top photo of my eye was taken the first day I used it, the bottom photo was taken this morning, day 30.

What: Volumizing Mascara

Brand: Rimmel London

Line: Lash Accelerator 

Color: Black

Price: $8, roughly

Application: Wire bristled wand, one side with long bristles for the upper lashes, and the other side with short bristles for the lower lashes. 

Coverage: Pretty good I'd say, you don't need to pile it on

Longevity: When I first apply it in the morning my lashes look longer and slightly fuller than they did with out it but by night time they don't look like anuthing special, certainly not volumized. It can also get flaky by the end of the day, but that could be that I end up rubbing my eyes later in the day. 

Positives: It's nice and black, I tend to think black mascaras are not black enough. Also, it does make them look fuller, but not as full as I want, I think the commercials gave me very high/unrealistic expectations.

Negatives:  A you can see in the photos there is an improvement in my lashes, but not much, like I said the commercial gave me high expectations. Also, it's a clumpy formula, that right there made me want to give up after 5 days, but I found that placing the tube in hot water for a few minutes (more than 5 but less than 10) helped with the clumping. Now I'm note sure if it's the brush or the mascara formula, but my lashes don't really separate, they cling to each other, I'm not very fond of this look (the London look?). 

In a nut shell: This product does what it claims, but does not do what I want it to, I like feathers for lashes, not spider legs. If I could have only one mascara for the rest of my life, this would not be it

DIY

I found a darling little chair at the thrift store, perfect for a vanity or dressing table, but since I don't have either of those it is going to be my desk chair. Normally I am against altering something this old because I like things to be in their original form, but I really didn't like the white glittery original seat cushion, as a compromise I just covered it rather than ripping it off and then re-upholstering it. I first cut out a circle of fabric larger than the seat, laid the seat on this and then pulled the edges of the fabric tight and stapled them to the underside of the chair. Once that was done it was a pretty ugly sight, so I cut out another circle of fabric, this time smaller the seat and stapled that to the underside of the seat, covering up the stapled edges of the first circle and it looked much better! I was pleased. But, when it came time for me to fasten the seat back to the chair, I realized I had covered up the holes on the underside of the seat for the screws to go in! So now the seat just sits (pun intended) on the chair, until I buy a drill and put new holes in it, since ripping the fabric off and locating the holes is out of the question. Lesson learned and a good experience overall.

Save the Whales

Anybody who has lived with me can tell you that I take stupidly long showers. I just lose track of time when I'm in there and just spend a lot of time letting hot water rain down on me. I have made an effort to end my water wasting ways, the last few times I've showered I have listened to music and try to finish my shower in 4 songs' time. It's going well.

White Chicken Chili

I found this recipe on another blog and replicated and enjoyed it.


I added about a cup of celery to the recipe because I felt like it.

White Chicken Chili:
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cubed

1 medium onion, small diced

1 T vegetable oil

2 cans cannellini beans

14.5 ounces chicken broth

2 4-ounce cans chopped green chilies

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp oregano

1/4 tsp cayenne

2 garlic cloves, minced

1/2 cup half & half

8 ounce reduced fat sour cream

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium high heat. Add the chicken and chopped onion and saute for about six minutes, or until the chicken is seared and the onion is translucent. Add the garlic and cook for another three minutes.

Add the beans, spices, chicken broth and green chilies and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for thirty minutes.

Turn off the heat and add the sour cream and half & half. Serve with cheddar cheese and additional sour cream to top.

Beat It! Beat I-aaaaggghhhh!

When I was 15 I had a job washing dishes at a supper club. I mostly worked Friday nights and would get done pretty late (in the world of a 15 year old) and would get picked up by a member of my family, it was the best when Vanilla Cocoa bean would pick me up because we would both be out past curfew! So she was 17 when I was 15, and had just bought a new car, Ford Bronco II, the coolest thing either of us had ever owned, it even came with extra tires, which were strewn about the back seat. We picked it up one Friday when we were done with school before I needed to be dropped off at work. Feeling charged with the rush of being in a new vehicle, I decided I wanted something new too. I had just begun my Michael Jackson obsession so I bought the Thriller CD from Shopko, which wasn't far from where I worked so I only got to listen to 2 songs before Vanilla dropped me off at work. Fast forward 5 hours and I am done with work, Vanilla picks me up in the sweet ass Bronco of hers and I instantly blast my Michael jams. Vanilla is letting me enjoy my moment as I sing at the top of my lungs ("they told him don't you ever come around here"), she concentrating on the road,("you wanna be tough, better do what you can so beat it") Vanilla is about to make a turn and I am about to belt out the chorus ("beat iiiiiiit!!! Just beat I-") I feel a hand grab me from behind, I look at Vanilla and both her hands are on the wheel, I turn and scream at the top of my lungs into the face that is connected to the hand that grabbed me. Once my eyes adjusted from my shock I realized fucking Desert lime Buffalo berry was hiding in the back seat amongst the spare tires. I can't hear the song "beat it" without thinking of this moment.

This is what makes me happy also

Each day is an opportunity for me to fulfill one of my ridiculous fantasies. Cross "buy real cream in a glass bottle" off the list.