Holiday presents!! It's Latisse for me.

I hope everyone has a great and happy holiday - even if you don't celebrate, I hope you enjoy the quiet weekend.

We are going to have a very quiet weekend here.  Christmas day will be pajamas and sweats, possibly a visit to the movie theater if we get bored before dinner, and that's it.  And the best part is, since my kids spend the Eve with their dad and don't come home until Christmas morning, Santa is able to visit our house early.  So it's wine, cheese (or chocolate) and early to bed for mom tonight!

Oh, and I did splurge a little on me.  Every year if I get a little bonus money from work or from a client, I do spend a bit of it on myself.  This year I purchased something completely self-serving and selfish - Latisse!!  That's right, all I want for Christmas is some fuller, longer eyelashes.  LOL  Welcome new found vanity!  I'm going to try it out for three months and then see if it is worth it to continue from there.  My lashes are naturally dark, but they are thin and much like my hair, don't hold a curl.

For reference, here are my before pics (with makeup and one layer of mascara).  I'll try to remember to post monthly so we can see the progress or lack thereof.

The "from the top" view:

And my patented straight on, deer in the headlights pose:

"Naked" lash picture added 12/30/10

Do you treat yourself to anything special for the holidays?



Next Christmas...

I will have all my duckies in a row, the shopping will be done no later than December 15th, my gifts will be wonderfully and creatively wrapped a la Martha Stewart, and my home will look like a fine boutique all tastefully decorated for the holidays!

Ok, this may be a pipe dream, but check out this awesome post over at Full House.  I am in awe over how lovely her home looks (and hello, she had kidlets - FIVE of them).  And those decorations??  OMG, I drool.  Those dots are genius.  Someday I say, someday!!!

Anybody want to share some of their original holiday decorating ideas?  I won't be showing mine this year because they are way lame.  :)

I did grab a quick photo of my three lovies after we decorated our mish mosh tree.  I will NOT be buying my tree from Home Depot ever again.  Pretty sure we are going artificial next year.  This guy is already drooping pretty badly.