I’m so on Technorati now. I don’t really know what that means but THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME and I feel about 8 billion times cooler than when I woke up this morning. So, let me tell you about the silver lining in the cloud that was my day thus far. The good: Some of my favorite kids showed up for childcare today. There is this one little girl who is really, really shy but very sweet who comes in on Fridays. I might have blogged about her before. She was the one who didn’t say much when we were watching a movie together but afterwards gave me a hug in the parking lot? LOL. She’s so talkative now–she tells me all about her family and what she likes and dislikes. Today, I sat down with a pile of books and read to her and when we got to Goodnight Moon, she looked at the picture of the kittens playing and told me all about the kitten she is going to get. She wants to name her “Rainbow Dash.” I remember those days. The bad: I had to get up at 7:30 this morning and since I had a hard time falling asleep last night and ended up going to bed sometime after 2, it wasn’t the best feeling in the world.

More Good: After work, I stopped at the bank and deposited my paycheck, got a roll of quarters for the laundry (because it needs to get done. SRSLY.), and went to the post office to mail the reference my English university needed in order to for me to apply for re-admission for the fall. The Bad: It costs $11.95 to send ONE PIECE OF PAPER to Britain priority. WHAT. It’s okay, though. Apparently, First Class gets there at the same time but is only $.94. On the other hand, it will take 7-10 business days which is FOR-EVER when you still need to receive a reply back, but Express would have cost $25. So you do the math. Which one do you think I chose? Yeah, $.94, kthanx.

Good and Bad: I went to Safeway and did my weight in grocery shopping. I got super healthy stuff which was good and wasn’t even tempted by the cookies, candy, or ice cream, which was great. I got a TON of strawberries and peaches. And apparently I must have thought, hey, I need to stockpile the entire middle section of the fridge with Green Tea yogurt because, yeah, that’s basically all that’s in my section of the refrigerator now. I treated myself to cinnamon and sugar rice cakes–they are really good. P.S. Grocery shopping is expensive.

Autumn and I don’t get a lot of mail. The exception was yesterday when I got a card from my mom filled with Target, Barnes and Noble, and a Starbucks gift card. I was so, so excited. It was like Christmas. I have no idea what I’m going to get but I visit Target all the time with heightened anticipation as to what I’m going to spend it on. I have strict orders from my mom (as of a phone call last night) to spend it on something for me. Something fun, too. No liquid soap or toothpaste.

Anyway, so, my roommate and I don’t generally get mail. If we do have anything in our mailbox, it’s usually ads. Long’s and Rite-Aid were having sales on make-up and YEAH WE’RE GIRLS so we were all over that in about two and a half seconds. I walked over there today after loading all my food into my car (which was parked embarrassingly badly in the Safeway parking lot but I DIGRESS) and went over to see if they had anything from the Revlon Limited Edition line. THEY DID. SCORE. There was a super cute guy working and he was all, “Can I help you find anything?” SCORE AGAIN. LOL. I’m kidding. But only a little. I need hobbies. I found the blush and highlighter kit I was looking for. The packaging is way too pretty. They’re shaped into flowers and have three different colors on one pad. Then, I saw a plum palette with brassy purple, gold, and light lavender eyeshadows all sculpted into one compact and, yeah, I don’t know but I had to have it. I was seriously out of all my make-up but just couldn’t bring myself to spend the money on it (it’s essential but not, you know what I mean?) but I don’t know…the packaging sold me. It was just too pretty to not go home with me, okay?

I look at the price tag. They are $11.29. Each. But they were SO PRETTY, I rationalize. I’m a little sleep-deprived, I forgot my cell phone at the apartment that morning, and it’s bordering on 1PM and I have not eaten yet. I was a little out of SORTS and somehow decided that yeah, that was okay to spend on make-up, if I don’t buy anything else for the rest of the summer.

The cute guy who was like, “Can I help you find anything?” as I was blindly wandering the cosmetic aisle looking for that certain collection was at the register. He’s all smiles. He asks me how my day has been. I resist the urge to be like, DUDE. MY MAKEUP COMES IN FLOWER-SHAPED COMPACTS. I’M JUST AMAZING but resist and skim his nametag as he rings me up. James. Sidenote: I have always loved guys named James. They’re always really, really cute, too.

“And your total is $11.39 today,” he chirps.

WHA-AT?

Could this moment get any better? The make-up was buy one, get one free. I practically kissed him before flouncing out the door.

This is what is going to get me through the next two weeks, I swear. Does that make me shallow? Whateverz. My blush comes with highlighter and is pressed into the shape of a lotus flower.

And my aspiration to becoming a real-life Disney princess comes one step closer to fruition.