The raindrops keep falling!

I hope you are all doing well, especially for those of you in Southern California. It's been raining cats and dogs all week non-stop, and I can't even say how many times I got soaked this week while going to class. Giant trees have been falling over on my college campus, and a lot of downhill places got flooded when the rain poured. I'm so glad to be done with classes this week. But anyways, I've been a busy bee lately with school, and my stress levels have been off the charts, but this weekend I finally get a little break. That means it's also time to catch up on all my non-academic related business!

It was my 20th birthday yesterday, but I spent my whole day in class, finishing up an essay that was due, and running around in the rain. Not much of a special birthday, but school really doesn't permit me to make it much of a big deal anymore like I did in high school. I went home last weekend to celebrate it early with my parents, and they got me a pretty cake since it's tradition even if all of us are too busy to do anything else.

Isn't it pretty!? It was coffee flavored with my favorite fruit, strawberries, in the middle! I brought a few slices back with me to school. I ate some on my actual birthday so that still makes me a happy camper even though I didn't really get to celebrate it. My parents also got me a HD camcorder so perhaps that will motivate me to make some videos for you all.

Got it in a snazzy red! I like my electronics to have some color besides the boring old black or silver, unless it's like something classic that has to be in a basic color. Anyways, so far I've only used this for my art class, and the video and sound quality is pretty good.

My suitemates were also very lovely and surprised me with a cake. I thought that was very thoughtful of them. Sadly I don't have pictures of that since the cake got devoured pretty quickly and I wasn't prepared for that little event. I certainly had plenty of cake this week! :p

Besides that, since my birthday has passed, that also means that my first blog giveaway has ended. Thank you to everyone who has participated and followed my blog. It was quite a success, and I've hit 250+ followers because of it. I haven't picked a winner yet because I haven't written all the names down, but hopefully, I can get that done as soon as possible. Please bare with me! I'm truly grateful!

And finally, I shall leave you all with a shopping deal, because we all love deals right?

Benefit on Amazon is having a sale on select items with certain lipstick shades at $9 and various other items. The best value I think is the Girls' Night In!!! set which is now selling at $33.60 (retail $48). It comes in a pouch with 2 creaseless cream shadows in Birthday Suit and Skinny Jeans, Full-finish lipstick in Lady's Choice, a brush, and cute magnets. I love all the shades for this set so I thought it was a really great deal since I've been wanting to buy all of those items individually for awhile. The set itself also ships free so even better!

Sephora F&F Sale 20%!

Holidays are just around the corner so it's time rake in that cash for some gift shopping or purely to indulge yourself in your guilty pleasures. And what better time to do that than Sephora's Friends & Family Sale ~ 20% off. The sale is from October 19th-November 2nd. So you all better start making a list and calculating that cash to see what you want to get your hands on during this event. I will surely be trading in my plastic for some cosmetic pretty's. The code for the offer is: FF2009.

Now the question is, ladies, what are you going to get?