what's been up with me!

You know how I've been complaining about how oh-so-broke I've been lately? Well, as soon as I gritted my teeth, made out my check to the state of Indiana to pay my state taxes and put it in the mailbox, I received my federal income tax refund check in the mail for $656. Not too shabby, really. (I deserve more, really.) My first impulse was to spend it on Jem dolls and Jem-related crap on eBay...but I'm holding off. I've got a car insurance payment coming up, plus license plates, plus emissions control testing all next month. Yippie-skippy. (*Note to self: speaking of Jem-related crap, I need to email Christy Marx about something.) I'm trying to be a little more conservative with my money. But that didn't stop me from slurging just a teeny bit on myself earlier today. I hit up the mall, debit card burning a hole in my purse. I ended up getting myself a new shirt and a new belly-button ring at Spencer's. (Jan, Erica and Doreen are still there. Yay!) I went to Ulta aaaaand....I'm going to be really brave, and since Hunter did it, I really want to do it, too....bought myself a blonde bleaching kit. I also ran into Christina at Starbucks, so she and I caught up a lit. (Yaaaay! Hadn't seen her since the last Rocky Horror showing!)

It's wonderful allergy season. I feel like absolute crap! *sticks out tounge*

But the big news.......

PUPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish I knew how to upload the pics from my cellphone onto the Internet so I could post the cuteness of Bo, but I don't know how, so I'll have to wait for my disposable camera to get developed. I love him! He's my new best friend! He'll be nine weeks old on Friday, so he really IS still a puppy, but he's so damn cute. Words cannot describe how cute he is, really.

what I saw at the mall today (this is actually pretty cool)

Okay, let me state that I don't collect dolls like I used to (given the money factor), but I still appreciate a good quality doll. I may be a rabid Jem fan, but Barbie's been the HBIC for a good long time.

Having said that...while at Macy's today, I encountered something cool at the MAC cosmetics section:

http://www.maccosmetics.com/templates/collections/collection.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CATEGORY20395
http://www.maccosmetics.com/barbielovesmac/index.tmpl

Seriously? Look at the Barbie-fication of the MAC model. (The blonde one, mainly.)

Here's the collector's edition of the MAC Barbie that Mattel issued this year:



The model reminds me of how I remember Barbie from the 80s, really. Makeup is fucking FLAWLESS, man. Love it.

And....like a little girl in a toy store, I just kind of stood there at the MAC counter, ogling the pictures in amazement. I almost bought some makeup (since I'm such a beauty product junkie and all), but I figured I'd hold off. (Even though the guy at the makeup counter was really nice.)