Yesterday was my day off from work! Thank God! So I got to spend some quality time with the girls!And you know what that means, coffee shop and shopping!
Well the day started off a bit rough. My car battery died while in the parking garage at school. Ans while I'm always someone who keeps her jumper cables in her car, that day they just happened to not be there! Some luck, huh? But after making a few phone calls, we decided on calling school security to come give us a jump. After the very helpful security men of the University of Houston left, we got our fun day started.
We started off at this cute little coffee shop, Common Bond, in downtown Houston. I had already got my coffee fix for the day, from my usual Minuti, so I opted for the iced pearl jasmine tea with a touch of honey. Paired that with a fresh butter croissant, and that irresistible looking chocolate pudding. Hey, the tea was healthy, so I was allowed to indulge a bit. And Indulge I did.
My friend got a caramel latte, and cauliflower soup, and the other a chicken torta and a fresh lemonade. And we split a warm, ooey-gooey chocolate walnut cookie at the end.
After we got done taking all our pictures, we dug in! And boy, was the food delicious!
The warm, fresh, buttery croissant (that I kept dipping into my friend's cauliflower soup) was delicious! The tea was a perfect, refreshing pairing to the butter and cream. The coffee shop itself was very cute, though seating was limited. The staff was very sweet and helpful. It was overall a great experience!
Next, we headed to the Houston Galleria! We needed to shop for some outfits for the upcoming birthday party. We headed into the Nordstroms and got distracted by the Joe Malone perfume specialist. (Ugh! So in love with those scents!) I ended up buying my mommy a set of hermes perfumes, because why not?(plus the guy at the counter was super helpful and convincing) I couldn't decide on a single scent, so I went with the small set of 4 different perfumes (so whichever ones she doesn't like, I'll keep ;))
I stopped at the makeup counter to ask for some suggestions for dewey products (since my usual is pretty matte). The beauty specialist there decided on showing me some of the NARS products. And I was lucky enough to have the NARS specialist ask to do my makeup! He gave me the exact look I wanted! A beautiful dewy glow, and no heavy, cakey look. Best makeup experience ever!
Products used (all NARS btw):
Prepped the face with Multi-Action Hydrating Toner and Aqua Gel Luminous Oil-free Moisturizer
Sheer glow foundation
Radiant creamy concealer under the eyes
Highlighted the cheekbones and T-zone with Copacabana highlighter, and Albatross Blush
Touched the apples of the cheeks with Blush in color Orgasm.
A little bit of brown wing liner using a gel pot.
Lips in Tom Ford's Pussycat lipstick
So besides the minor set back in the beginning, and the terrible 6pm Houston traffic heading home, it was a pretty great day! Got to spend a day with some great food, fun, and beautiful people. Back to school and work today, but I look forward to these days, where I just get to close the books and take off the lab coat, and just enjoy my day.
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