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Feeling pretty good this morning... I am having a "small procedure" done this afternoon. The last time they told me that they said it would be completely painless - well, it was nothing like painless. I had pain and cramps for about a week. This one they said might be "uncomfortable" - yeah, if painless meant what that did, what is uncomfortable?! Guess we'll see in about 5 and a half hours. I am praying that this works as the options left if it doesn't are quite undesirable... any prayers are appreciated!
So... moving onto a more positive note... I went to Sephora last night for the first time ever... luckily Michelle went with me - yeah, she's the best friend one could ever ask for. As many of you know, I am not a make-up wearer, but for some reason when I dressed up like a princess for my neice's birthday party and wore what looked to me like Barbie make-up, I got all kinds of compliments (especially from my husband!) So, heading on over there I was thinking "I will turn over a new leaf! I will act my age and start wearing make-up!" (I was also beginning to believe that getting $70 worth of giftcards to a store which only sells make-up for my 25th birthday was some kind of sign...) Michelle has the patience of a saint - no lie. Everything she picked up and said "this would look good on you" I said "woah! that's WAY too dark!!" or "it would look good on YOU!" (or something along those lines...) Everything I would pick up, she nicely said "that's too boring." or sometimes just "no." So, long story short... I left with all kinds of make-up on... and quite a bit in the bags I was carrying. I was going to recreate the sexy look Michelle showed me at the store this morning, but let me tell ya'... that extra 15 minutes of sleep was great. I did make a small step by brushing some pale goldish eyeshadow on, a little bronzer and a drop on lip gloss....

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