Garnier Nutritioniste Nuti-Pure

For the past 2 years, I simply cannot bring myself to wash my face at night. I end up passing out on the couch and only have enough energy to trek to bed. I wear full makeup every day and need to get it off at night so I've resorted to using cleansing towelettes. I've used every brand out there and when I saw that Garnier Nutritioniste Nuti-Pure
was new, and with purchase you got Nuti-Pure Detoxifying Cream Cleanser for free,
I wanted to try them. The towelettes get most of the mascara off which the other brands fail to do. I don't wake up with raccoon eyes! I'm still getting used to the Cream Cleanser. The packaging and smell reminds me of a hair product, which is weird for me. Also, the cleanser leaves a gross soap scum in my sink. I don't think I would buy the Cream Cleanser again but I'm glad I got it for free!

The Next Iron Chef

With Top Chef over, I got hooked on The Nex Iron Chef on the Food Network to fill the void. One of the main reasons is because local Cleveland chef Michael Symon of Lola and Lolita is on it, and he just might win. Another reason is it was filmed at the Culinary Institute of America, where Danny went to college. He and I went for a vist this past February and I kind of recognize some of the rooms where the challenges were shot. I cannot stand judge Donatella Arpaia. She just reminds me of an ultra rich New York socialite with bad hair and clothes. And her website has this intro that takes forever to load, one of my HUGE pet peeves. Well, only one more week of her and then we find out who is THE NEXT IRON CHEF when Symon and John Besh battle! Ha ha ha my life is consumed by reality TV.

Stinky

Today Danny and I went to the Barley House in Akron to watch the Ohio State game and meet up with his cousins. I never had this happen to me before, but some guy sat next to me and he STUNK! We were all in a row at the bar and it just permeated though me the whole time I was there! Just thought I'd like to share that.

You came in with the breeze.....On Sunday morning

Last night I had rigatoni. But it reminded me of spaghetti. Which led me to think about the music video for No Doubt's Sunday Morning. Apparently my reminiscing about the 90's is still going strong. I revisited the video on YouTube and came to these conclusions:

1. Gwen's outfit is perfect from head to toe. Black quarter length sleeve cartigan sweater, leopard print skirt with black lace trim, leopard print platform shoes. She wore that in 1996, 11 years ago, and it is as stylish today as it was back then.
2. What's up with that guy in the swing? He's creepy.
3. I loved it when they started cooking spaghetti together but I felt a little unnerved when they started spilling it all over the floor and each other.

I might just need to pick up a leopard print skirt or heels now!



Update: I just bought it!!!!! I hope it fits!!!!!!

Sad

I'm kind of in a rut right now in my life. I'm so over my job, which I took as an act of desperation. I can't find a new job that I really like and believe me, I've been on interviews monthly for all of 2007. I think my sadness stems from when my family crumbled to pieces 3 years ago, and I just repressed my emotions instead of dealing with them. I know the whole world gets divorced, but it really hit me hard because I didn't see it coming. My loving family turned into two vicious sides, and I was forced to pick one. I picked my mom's side because I was living with her and my dad was forced out of the house with a restraining order. I couldn't pick my dad's side while living with my mom, there was just no way. My sister tried to do that and it was miserable with daily fights. That was the end of it with my dad and me. He said some of the worst things a father can say to their child. He said I never helped him, I picked my mom's side, and that he wasn't walking me down the aisle. That last bit struck a huge chord with me. I had been seeing my boyfriend for a year and getting to the point where I was imagining what it would be like to be married. To have your father tell you he's not walking you down the aisle!!! He also met this bitch that he moved in with literally one month after this all went down. My parents didn't get divorced until a year later. I remember I had to go to a MOTHER'S DAY breakfast with my dad's side of the family right after he met HER, and he brought HER to it, where we met for the first time. She looked like an uglier, skankier version of my mom. My grandmother defeatedly said "Do you mind if she's here?" I said no, but in my heart I was saying YES! I do mind! He's trying to replace my mom! I felt like I was watching a movie of someone else's life. My mom was to blame too but for some reason I can forgive her. I don't know why, but I feel compassion for her mistakes and the harsh words my father used on me leaves me numb to him. He left me alone for all of last year and recently he's starting to bother me again by calling and leaving messages. I just delete them without listening so I don't know what he wants. I can't let this hold me down and prevent me from making the changes I need in my life to make me happy. I hope something good comes my way soon.

Main Street Cupcakes

I wish I lived closer to this place. See, you don't have to be in LA or NY to get a designer cupcake!

They have a pink ribbon!

Petal Cake, Red Velvet, Classic Vanilla, Raspberry Aware
(October is breast cancer awareness month)

Things I like right now

• Tortilla Soup from Cozumel. It's a broth based soup with big chunks of chicken, rice, veggies and strips of tortilla on top. Sooooo good!

• 90's music. I don't know if the 90's were the best part of my life and I want to revert back to it or what. It's pretty annoying actually.

• Pecan Passion Body Lotion from Bath and Body Works. I received this as a gift last year and I love it! You can smell it on your skin hours later.

• Dane Cook. Lately all these moments in my life revert to a Dane Cook skit. I was cleaning the men's bathroom of the pizza place where I work on Saturdays and it was trashed. I couldn't help but think of Dane Cook falling all over the stage imitating a wet men's public bathroom with the doors all busted in. He's coming to Cleveland November 10 and I want to see him but I don't think I can afford it. :(