Come Monday...weekly newsletter

Today was one of those days that kept me running non-stop, and I'm glad I can finally sit down and relax! The trick-or-treaters have come and gone, and while it makes our dogs crazy, it's fun to see all of the little kids so excited and dressed up. So if this Come Monday edition seems a little mixed up, it's because I'm seriously disorganized today! I try to make notes of interesting things I see and read during the week so I have some hopefully interesting content to share with you on Monday, but my notes are scattered about and not making as much sense to me now as they did when I wrote them! Lots of things to cover including some winners, so let's get started.

Crazy to think that tomorrow is November 1st, and you know that means Holiday shopping. Have you started yours yet? I've made a very weak attempt at it, and I'm going to try and tackle the bulk of it next week. Black Friday info is starting to emerge, and for those of you who brave that day for some bargains, Target has announced that due to consumer demand, they will be opening at midnight, rather than their usual 4:00 a.m. I seldom participate in Black Friday, because it's crazy! There are some great bargains to be had if you're willing to fight the crowds though. All of the hype over Revlon's Lip Butters made me recall a Black Friday deal from Walgreens years ago that I did partake in...they had Revlon Super Lustrous Lip Glosses for .99 each, but there was a limit of two or three, so I drove to all three of our Walgreens and snatched up my limit, then I made my husband do the same. He wasn't too happy about it, but I was! Does anyone remember that? It had to have been seven or eight years ago.

Here's a pretty good deal I saw on InStyle for RGB Nail Polish. They're offering 30% off through the month of November. I keep meaning to order some of these because I've yet to try them, so maybe now is a good time.

I see where Cargo is offering an Ulta Exclusive on nail polish, and I love Cargo Cosmetics. I seem to group Cargo, LORAC, and Smashbox into the same category for some reason, and I have always been impressed by all three of them. You can view this collection on Ulta's web site here.
I was trying to let my hair grow out this year, but three weeks ago I decided that wasn't working out, so I had about 5" cut off. It looked fine for a couple of days, but then it just would not style right no matter what I did. So of course I decided to take the scissors to it myself! That is never the answer, so tomorrow I'm going to go in and have her trim things up and do something like this. At least I hope it looks like this when we're done. Now I don't have blonde hair and unfortunately I look nothing like Jenna Elfman, so we shall see! Back away from the scissors, Mary.


If you've managed to read through that maze of useless information, I've got some winners to announce! The winner in my first installment of the Winter Hand & Skin Care Series is Miss Tapia! She will receive Seed's Hand Scrub and Hand Lotion. We thought Essie's Luxeffects was going to ship a few weeks ago, but there were some delays and they are now scheduled to ship no later than November 4. I've closed the October contest, and drawn a winner...Paula N. I don't believe she has a blog, so I can't link you to that. I'm going to send an eMail to both winners in just a couple of minutes. Congratulations!

Have a great week!