Did you hear me HOLLER' Hall e lu jah?

If you were anywhere near Texas today you may have heard the Hallelujah yell from my house. I was so glad to be done with all the 5th grade festivities. Remember my almost complete DVD.... well it turned out to be much more of a challenge than anticipated. There were hardware problems, software problems, pixielazation, blurry photos, DVD+ and DVD- problems. Let's just say 24 hours before the actual presentation I had not burned the first copy. (I only needed to have 50 ready) But in a pure miracle it finally decided to cooperate.

And this morning at 10:30, 103 5th graders watched their slideshow in the cafetorium and sang along to the songs, laughed at all the silly pictures, and applauded loudly at the end. It did my heart good.

Then I came home and passed out.

The Horror of it All

It was time to visit the Estee Lauder counter and fork over the big bucks for another tube of "pure as silk" foundation. So, yesterday David and I went to Dillard's and when I asked for it the salesclerk looked at me like I didn't know what I was talking about. After several descriptions she finally dug up about 3 bottles. Of course they were all the wrong shade. So, I quickly made my way down to Macy's to try to purchase this sent from heaven make up. And I almost fainted when she confirmed my suspicions that indeed this item has been DISCONTINUED!!!!

The ironic thing is just the night before I saw "P.S. I LOVE YOU" and there is a scene where Lisa Kudrow's nail poilsh falls out of the boat and she screams "NO, that was my last bottle, Just when you find a color you like they take it away"

So, the Estee Lauder lady at Macy's felt a bit sorry for me and sent me home with several samples of their other foundations. But, I know in my heart it will never be the same as the Ideal Matte, Mousse foundation.

I told the lady if other people knew my secret for prolonging the life of the make up, then more people would buy it. (Because for goodness sakes it is $32.50 ( for one ounce)a tube.) So, I'll share my secret here because it may apply to other products you currently own. It's called the cut and rake. First you use as much as you can the normal sophisticated way. Then when you think it's time to throw the tube away. You cut the top off, very gingerly so as to leave a little bit still hanging on. Then you rake out all that's left in tube. I, (having done this several times in the last 3 years) can tell you that you will be shocked at how much is still in there. Now the reason you leave a little attached is so that you can close it up somewhat. One friend(who shall remain nameless) laughs hysterically at this secret, while other friends (who shall not remain nameless because they encourage rather than belittle) Darla S. told me I should try storing it in a ziploc bag. And so the secret was perfected.

So, I will try my samples, but I will always reminisce over the soft, mousse-like feel of my one true Ideal Matte.