Make-Up Monday: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Petal Pusher

This polish is perfect for that morning when you have a meeting or a parent-teacher conference or a big important work thing... and you realize you are wearing chipped blue nail polish.

It is smudge-proof in about three minutes, and it makes you look instantly more put together.

Is it going to last all week? No, probably not.

But, it will make you look more like a grown-up today.

Such a Deal!

Today, American Eagle is offering 25% off and free shipping with the code 32188417.

I might be a super wife and order Mr. Kinne some shirts for work.

Glee! In Book Form!

I was a teeny bit grumpy this week, and my husband knew just what to surprise me with...

Glee: The Beginning

It has a cheese-tastic glittery cover and a bonus fold-out poster, and it is awesome.

I Was a Pre-School Trendsetter

This picture is proof that my love of cardigans is pretty deeply ingrained.

Also, I wish I still had that headband.

Make-Up Monday: Ten Dollars & Under

Did you guys know about this?

Sephora has a little section for items that are ten dollars and under!

This is the perfect idea for me and my teacher-during-the-summer budget. There are some great items, but I am especially eyeing the Benefit Stay Put Set.

A Little Bit of Earth

When I was 11, I told my dad that I wanted a "bit of earth."

You see, I had recently read The Secret Garden, and I was also a huge dork.

My dad patiently planted a little garden with me, and I proceeded to neglect it for most of the summer. Luckily, my dad has the greenest thumb of anyone I know, so my little garden produced veggies and flowers for years to come.

Fast forward, 15 years, and my dad helped me plant another little garden, this time behind my duplex.

I have not neglected it all.

(Unless you count a couple days when I forgot to water it....)

New Earrings!

Last month, I was lucky enough to win these super cute Down & Out Chic earrings through Maggie's Facebook page.

The postal service took its time on delivery, and the earrings arrived a little worse for the the wear. But after a little super glue, they were as good as new.

The little grey flowers go with so many things, while the big yellow chrysanthemums are a bit more dramatic.

The chrysanthemums are, however, the perfect thing to wear while eating fried pickles with your husband. I have photographic proof of that: