I've had to have a long think about the amount of money I spend on makeup so it's time I stopped buying stuff for a while. The usual rules apply:

-Mascara can be replaced every 3 months
-Skincare can be replaced when it's used up

The no-buy is for as much beauty stuff as possible. I have loads of shower stuff, body lotions and shampoos, etc. I need to get all that used up as well.

I do have one exception. I've just sent off a pigment sample to be copied. I haven't paid for that yet but it was arranged last week, before this was all decided.

I haven't set an end date yet, I'm just going to see how long I can manage this for! Hopefully I'll hit the 3 month mark, and then the 6 month mark which would be absolutely fantastic!

Of course, stuff I get for free due to my Youtube videos doesn't count since I'm not actually paying for any of that.

Wish me luck, I think I'm going to need it!

Sirvinya

Tonight I ran for the seventh time in the last nine days. It feels so good! I get terrible stitches in my side now and I swear that if it weren't for those then I would be able to run the entire way without slowing down. So here's the cool thing about tonight: We decided that we were going to run 1 1/4 miles for four days to make up for the mile we didn't run yesterday. We leave our water bottles sitting outside of our house and when we pass the house (every half mile) we take a swig and keep running. WELL tonight as soon as we completed the first mile I realized something...I wasn't winded or out of breath or anything!!! *gasp* What on earth?!?! So we kept running and I told Blake that we should just run another half mile instead of the fourth! WHAT! So we did! I ran a mile and a half tonight and I feel just fine!!! What an amazing feeling. I can't believe my body has already gotten used to running that distance. It's such a strange feeling. I've never exercised on a consistent basis so all of this is new and exciting. So yeah! I'm half way to my goal of running for two weeks...and then I will get to weigh myself! Woohoo! I'm feeling great!

xoxo, Elaine

MissElaine

Ha!
i bet you thought it was ME coming out of the closet, nope, its my clothes.
I had them bagged and put away in the top of my closet for almost two years, i couldn't fit in them after having my last [thank god] baby!!

With this last pregnancy i gained a ridiculous amount of weight, went from a size 3 to a size 15 [zomg! yes!]
I have been working out rigorously for the last 4 months, i have almost lost it all, my primary goal was 60 kgs, im one kg away from that, my new and secondary most important goal now is to go down to 58, which is aproximately 120-something pounds, that is what i used to be after having my daughter and excersicing really hard. I am almost there and i was so happy to find out the other day that i finally fit into some of my old clothes, yay! this means, that by the middle of july, hopefully, i will be able to wear one of my favorite clothing pieces that i bought some time ago, a very nice sort of cargo mini skirt, pretty cute, i loved it, i wanted to wear it so bad by the summer, and it seems that i will be able to do it, i am pretty happy that all the hard work has paid off finally, i thought i was never gonna make it!! YAY me!

daer0n

two more exams to go, thursday and friday.

i also have to send my letters for next year, for what we call "Master 2". the master is a diploma in itself(2 years), although we still have another one after the first year(but you can't use it to apply in another uni in Europ like you can with a master).

except i know they select only the best, and although my grades are good, i'm not sure they will consider them so good i have the level for that diploma.

i never had any internship. because i need money, because you can't ask much of a student in his first or second, even third year of studies. because trainings are rare and hard to obtain, and they last long, sometimes i've seen offers of internship opportunities that would take the time i cannot afford to loose for a part time job.

i've also had sometimes to pass exams for the classes i failed before.

i also know what i want to do, and since i entered uni, all my classes choices have been made towards that goal. i have never taken a history class because it was easier to graduate from it, as many students have done.
i also got my 3 year diploma in five years. i know i could have worked better, but i also have to blame my uni for that, who can't plan the exams in advance when they demand teachers months before to state their timetables and plan them ahead.

this proves i can work and i can be stubborn in my work. i've also selected the masters 2 that were the most interesting for me. i've taken into consideration the teachers, the classes, the work we'll have to do. even the time it will take me to go to uni.

then i realised and remembered i've always wanted to have a 4 years course diploma, that i only need this one to apply for my dream job. always go as far as you can in terms of studies, so of course if i'm selected i'll be happy. but if i'm not, i still have the school inside my uni preparing me for my job, precisely the exam. i will have to work the same classes anyway.
i will be able to get a part time job if i want one. i will be able to maybe get a japanese course in another uni, i would love that. and i'm considering getting another master 1 diploma with another specialty, if i can use my current grades to skip some in that other diploma, which remains to be verified.

friday i will do my last exam, then go buy some stuff (maybe some for mother's day) i need, and then go on weekend with my parents, breathe some fresh non polluted air.

magosienne

Finally after nearly two months of looking for work, I got a new job! Am so excited!

I start May 26th!!!

Woohoo!!!

goddess13