Mother's Day, CHI, & Nails

Updates! The shopping ban is going great. I haven't really bought anything except for necessities, which I made exceptions for. I don't need to feel bad about those, because I know they aren't impulse buys. However, I think I am going to go haul a little bit before I head back to LA for the summer because it's a hassle receiving packages at home. There is usually no one home to open the door for the poor mail man :(.

In other news, I went home last weekend for Mother's Day! I took my mom out for Japanese food on Friday since Sunday night I would have head back to San Diego. We had a lot of sushi and tempura. They also gave us free honey dew ice cream, which is absolutely yummy! I hoped my mom and my dad enjoyed the meal as much as I did.

Even though it was Mother's Day, my mom gave me a wonderful treat this weekend. My current straightening iron is a Revlon one that I bought 3 years ago. At the time, I didn't really want to invest in anything expensive as I really don't straighten my hair unless I'm having a bad hair day. My hair is naturally pretty straight unless I sleep with my hair damp. However, my Revlon one is pretty getting old and it does not heat up as good as it use to. I had been lemming for a Pink CHI for the longest time, but I always end up passing it up for something else. Finally, this weekend my mom had told me she thought it was about time I got a new straightening iron, and she would get me one when there was a sale. To my luck, there was a 15% promo code going on for Beautychoice.com, so I told her and she told me to order it right away. I can't wait to receive it in the mail.I got the bundle ($139.49) because I figured it was a better deal since I was going to purchase the two extra CHI products they provide anyways. So thanks mom!

Last but not least, I've been using my Konad Nail System lately and these are my most recent nails.

Excuse my stubby fingers, but I really like how it turned out. I took this picture a few days after I had painted them so it doesn't look as good as it did at first. The base color is OPI 'Don't Melbourne The Toast', which I absolutely love! It's the perfect rose pink with gold shimmer.