RETIRED The Official VS, Beauty & more Thread

i didn't know what ur budget was for gifts!
their codes differ all the time. glad that shipping is $6! makes it easier to stomach - if you buy more than $12 worth then the 50% code is better! tho usually the codes are only on some items, i.e. only on mineral, or only on studio, etc. it's been awhile since ive ordered so i'm not sure what codes are out now but they change almost daily!

i may have to try these love jeans. i loved the low5 bootcut. my favorite vs jean cut (followed by the pencil jean). tho lately it's been hit or miss.

yup, i wore 2-piece. i'm not getting any younger, it's now or never!

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does it stack with the tote?

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First thing I tried

nuSO and I just had our first argument, and now he is on his way to my home. It is not going to be a good day for either of us. Too upset to detail it now. More to come...

We haven't had a real family vaca in a long time either. The last time was 4 years ago I think. We are way over due. My brother is coming in the fall so we'll all go to Universal together for a few days, I think that is our next family vacation.



Neither does mine. :no : He hates trying things on in the store, he hates to shop online, he hates figuring out where to shop. He usually says "I need a pair of jeans where should I go?" I wish he'd just leave it up to me. But he is awesome about shopping for me. He'll wait patiently while I try on a million things. :lmao :

No I'm not elite. : ( I don't shop there enough. I guess I don't need that one. Maybe I'll wait and get it for DD for her birthday. It's something she can do and not burn herself. Then I can borrow it. :teehee :

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Well, your less than 100% is still better than my 5%. I give myself a 5% for thinking about it ; )

I agree! hahaha... don't know about the flat tire though ; )
I'm very energetic early in the morning and evening, but in the mid-afternoon I hit a huge slump, which even coffee can't fix.

I'm forcing myself to power through it though b/c I will be working full time soon and I'm pretty sure the real world frowns upon napping on the job. :lol :



You don't have to go super hard! I think just getting around and walking/jogging (whatever you are doing) is already world's better from not having any physical activity at all.

you lived in fiji?? : omg: that is really really cool! how did that happen?

it is one of the few places where a lot of resorts are actually on their own private island. it is also where tom hanks' castaway was filmed (there is now a castaway resort that is on a private island - i assume it is the island where it was filmed). there are over 300 islands that make up fiji - many of them are so small only 1 or 2 resorts will fit anyway. the groupon is actually for a resort on a private island. i guess it's one of the things going for fiji - the privacy. in fact, i think i'm all for it except for those icky scary spiders. i've read that they will spray/etc at all the fancier resorts so you shouldn't have problems, but still...

i hadn't really considered the carribean, bc to me that's a vacation not a honeymoon. idk, it's so close - i want to go somewhere faaaar bc i'm not sure i'll ever take the time off to do that again.

bali is a popular spot for people who want culture mixed in with beaches/etc. i didn't know that until i started googling and reading in travel forums. i would love to go to bali someday. i'm still considering bali and maybe a few days on a thai white sand beach. :dontknow : it's so hard - i want to go everywhere! :lol :

I am :pray : for a swim promo.

IME, once I get those return confirmation emails, my credit shows up within 2-3 days on my Angels account.

We're a talkative bunch. : gossip:

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:nono :

First thing I tried :lol :

Girls - there is a girl at work who has her desk out in a common area right across from the door to my office. She is new and seems nice enough, but OMG. She talks to herself ALL DAY. LOUDLY and now she is talking to anyone who will listen as they walk by about all of her drama and problems. Now she is on the phone all the time loudly talking about all of her personal stuff.

Not trying to be a bitch, but what ever happened to anyone keeping things private or respecting their workplace and stepping out to take an important phone call?

Don't get me wrong, I make a personal call here or there to pay a bill or make a doctors appointment, but I don't give people across the hall enough info to write a book on me.

I guess I just hate people who come to work to air their dirty laundry and problems to everyone. Not being rude, but again - I don't care and I have work to do and I wish she would SHUT UP. I now have Pandora on.

/rant.

Awesome, thanks.

Girls - there is a girl at work who has her desk out in a common area right across from the door to my office. She is new and seems nice enough, but OMG. She talks to herself ALL DAY. LOUDLY and now she is talking to anyone who will listen as they walk by about all of her drama and problems. Now she is on the phone all the time loudly talking about all of her personal stuff.

Not trying to be a bitch, but what ever happened to anyone keeping things private or respecting their workplace and stepping out to take an important phone call?

Don't get me wrong, I make a personal call here or there to pay a bill or make a doctors appointment, but I don't give people across the hall enough info to write a book on me.

I guess I just hate people who come to work to air their dirty laundry and problems to everyone. Not being rude, but again - I don't care and I have work to do and I wish she would SHUT UP. I now have Pandora on.

/rant.

It is already working online?

Its not about budget its about them knowing how much i spend on their gift : P
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Robe is WN-291-827

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First thing I tried :l ol:

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My DH doesn't do any clothes shopping. I order everything & he wears what I pick out. He's always worn whatever I put out for him to wear. The only time he goes in the mall or clothing store w/o me is when I send him for something specific like to make a return or pick up a shipped to store order. He'll go to buy something for me, if I give him exact details to give to a CS agent to get it for him. He is horrible to try stuff on for though. He always says for me to keep everything. I can't get him to understand that's really not any help at all.
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I must not have copied your other post. The problem with once-in-a-lifetime vacations is it makes your other vacations seem less special. You always look for a better experience. My DH & I really want to take a world cruise to all 7 Continents. We've decided to wait for our 50th anniversary. By then, we'll be too old to worry about outdoing it on the next trip. You may be different from me though. I've been on a few once-in-a-lifetime trips already. At least, that's what I convinced my DH they were at the time.

Speaking of cruises, if I had a month off, I'd take an abbreviated world cruise. Have you even considered that, or is your fiance against being on the water so long?
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I hate People like that I work! I used to work with people like that for the last 4 years. The boss was airing her dirty laundry so I guess everyone else thought it was ok and I'm sure they thought I was a bitch because I don't share my personal stuff

I missed your other quote, so I'll quite this. Yes, financials are definitely something to sort out before marriage. He says that I do so much shopping that I return more in a month than he has in the last 6 months!! I think when we're closer in distance, we can hit a happy medium and I'm still planning to sway him with my view of financials. I don't believe in having. Debt like car payments and pay for it all in cash, but he doesn't believe it's possible and rathe have car payments to make. Sigh.

And for me, what makes it even seem like it's even a tad more impossible is that the fact that friends that are my age - mid 20s have lavish weddings, taking crazy vacations every few months, and are buying houses like money is just rolling out of their pockets.

Awww = to both of you!

I think a big part of the frustration is doing it the "right" way. Me and DH have two vehicles that are both paid off. We would like a new car, but we don't need one, so we keep what we have. I drive a 2007 manual transmission Corolla. I would LOVE more room and not to have to fark with a clutch while stuck in traffic all the time, but the car is great, reliable, and paid off. We want to pay off our medical bills and get a house. We could go buy a house now, but without 20% down we'll be pissing away money on PMI. We could pay off the medical bills but we'd have no emergency cash left. We could take lavish vacations, but we'd be broke and have debt.

I think we are a bit smarter than most people our age. DH and I are trying to do things with no debt or limited debt. So many people our age feel like they have to keep up with all of their friends and others and honestly - who wouldn't love to be able to afford all that stuff without a thought? Just think that later in life, all of our deal hunting will pay off because we will be in SO MUCH better shape than others

At least, I tell myself all of this so I feel better

I'm 27 and DH will be 29 in July FWIW...

At least, you're setting yourself up well for the future. That's really important.

Exactly, exactly, exactly. I try not to be envious of other people (I'm 26 and BF is 29), but when friends our age have been out of school for years and have careers--so they can plop 20% down on a house, get a new car, etc.--and BF and I are still "stuck" in limbo, it's such a downer. A couple of our friends got a foreclosed house for next to nothing, just booked a trip to Egypt, and might re-visit a private island where they took their honeymoon because it's on Groupon. I'm like, "Really?!" I haven't been on a vacation in forever.

It's not for lack of trying--if I had done things differently, school-wise, I would have a career already, too, with an actual salary rather than a sack of beans every two weeks for teaching at a grad student rate. I got a Master's in 2010 (in professional writing) so I do a lot of freelance editing on the side... it helps, but I realized I don't want to "just" be an editor for the rest of my life. So I started a PhD program in psychology, decided the branch I had chosen wasn't for me, and transferred to a Master's program in Couple/Family Therapy instead.

I'm really happy now, but I kick myself that it took me so long to figure everything out. I feel so far behind everyone else. I keep telling myself that I need to go to work every day for the rest of my life and really enjoy it--which I will--but it doesn't do much to make me feel better in the moment.

FWIW, BF used to be disastrous with his finances. My parents and I taught him how to budget and spend wisely, and now he's done a total 180 and is so much better about everything. So there is hope! And honestly, I kind of feel that if you're never "taught" how to manage money, it's tough to figure out on your own. There should be a "Real Life Finances 101" class in high school or freshman year of college to clue kids in and keep them from screwing up.