Birthday Haul & Thank You!

One of the best things about birthdays are the freebies! I enjoyed a free pasta at Boston Pizza, a Blizzard from Dairy Queen, a free meal at Casey's (Canadian restaurant chain), etc. I still have a few coupons to use and it's been two weeks since my birthday! One of my favorite freebies to claim is the annual Sephora Beauty Insider item. It's free to become a Beauty Insider and you can pick up your birthday gift with no purchase necessary. This is my third year of getting mine and this year's might just be my favorite.

I am still on Project 10 Pan, so going into Sephora and not being able to buy anything is complete and utter torture. I ended up buying a case of sponges (which I don't consider cheating on P10), because I always need sponges. The birthday gift is a travel-sized bottle of Philosophy's Vanilla Birthday Cake bath gel. This just happens to be my favorite scent they have. And we all know of my obsession with Philosophy. This will be going with me on my next trip!

But my biggest and best gift? Well, I've been begging for one of these since March!

An iPad 2! This has to be the best part of saving money these past few months! My husband and I have really been enjoying it and I'm pretty sure that this bad boy is going everywhere I go from now on. :) I think I'll do a blog about it later on and share some of my favorite apps. This is definitely my second best birthday gift ever with my Nikon DSLR being first. With everything that has gone on this summer with my husband's health, we both needed a little entertainment and the iPad is providing it.

I can't recall if I have done a review on Philosophy's bath gels yet, but I know I've talked about them. If anyone is interested, I'll share my thoughts on the scents I own, lasting power, amount of bubbles, etc.

A big thank you to those of you who have sent positive messages, thoughts, and prayers our way. My husband now has his chest tube and IV out and he's no longer on home care. He's just making sure he's strong enough and he'll probably be heading back to work next week! He just takes pills now for the next few months. He's been recovering so quickly at home- thank goodness! We both really appreciate your kind words and thoughts. Now it's all a matter of getting back into our regular routines and daily life! ♥

I'm getting old.

It's my birthday today! Because of how things have been, we've pretty much postponed celebrating but I think I might be getting an iPad 2 as my present. So if any of you have one, tell me everything you like or don't like about them! Anyway, I do have some things planned in the near future to blog about. I'm so sorry for my lengthened hiatus. My husband is starting to finally get back on his feet again. Hallelujah!

Not much else to report on, unless you like hearing about doctors, nurses, and hospitals. :P Hope you all have a fabulous week! And I can't wait to get back in here on a normal basis. I definitely miss the blogging community! ♥

June Favorites 2011

Hey guys! Fingers crossed tightly, but it looks like my husband might be coming home from the hospital soon (hopefully today -Friday)! He's been battling Pneumonia and even when he gets home, he'll be on home care for a month to get the rest and antibiotics that he needs. There's still a long road to full recovery, but after two weeks of him being in the hospital...I'm ready for him to be back home. I'd be lying if I said this whole month hasn't been the roughest I've had in a very long time.

With that said, I'm going to focus this post on the light-hearted subject of monthly faves. I don't think I used a makeup product aside from what is on this list except maybe a lipstick shade or two. I got my morning routine down to an art so that I could quickly put on a neutral look and run out the door to the hospital! I let my husband borrow my laptop while he's in the hospital to keep him occupied and entertained, so I have limited graphic resources on his computer. No graphics program or fancy fonts. Nope, I went down to the hardcore basics of Polyvore and Paint!

MUFE Full Cover Concealer
MAC MSF Natural
UD Primer Potion
MAC Well Dressed blush
Too Faced Naked Eye palette
L'Oreal Voluminous mascara
UD 24/7 eyeliners - specifically in Stray Dog and Binge
Clinique Airbrush Concealer - I need to do a review on this. It's perfection.
Benefit Life on the A List lipgloss

What were your favorite products this June? I'll go ahead and warn you now that I'm not sure how often I'll get to post for this month with my husband coming home and healing. I've gotta take care of him! ♥ We appreciate all of the kind thoughts, prayers, and wishes!

And to all of my Canadian readers...
Happy Canada Day!