My year of makeup and skin care purchases!

So I'm dyyyyyyyying to know how other women compare when it comes to cosmetic and skin care purchases!!!  The following pics, my friends, show the empty boxes from all my skin care and cosmetic purchases from the entire year of 2014. It does not include hair care (I'm lucky to have a sis who is a talented and generous hair stylist, so I get most all of my hair services and products for free!).

Wow, it looks like a lot to see it all in a big pile, doesn't it?!!!  

Luckily I get all of it at a huge discount  (one of the many benefits of selling the product!)! Also, I wear makeup and skin care each and every day.  There were maybe 2-3 days in the whole year that I didn't due to illness or a bad snow storm which kept me from leaving the house.  So this helps explain the volume...hopefully!!

And then I did a little sorting so I could record everything for tax purposes.  And I totaled the cost...yes, with an actual (GULP) dollar amount........   

The suggested retail cost of everything was

$1,208.50!!

I'm very thankful for my discount and my customers....without either of them, I may not be able to justify that heaping pile;)

Do you have a cosmetic brand that you are loyal to?

Is this a "normal" amount of makeup for one woman to use in a one year?

How often do you use skin care?

How often do you put on makeup?

BIG LOTS - Who Knew?!!!

Woweee!!!!!!  I had no idea that Big Lots was the place to get scrapbooking supplies!!!!  I'm not a "scrapbooker," but I use the paper, stickers and other supplies for projects at church or girls scouts or at home.  I went into Big Lots for the big 20% OFF THE WHOLE STORE sale yesterday and I was shocked at everything I found for a Daisies project that our troop will be making tomorrow (decorations for the Hoedown Dance!!!).

6x6 inch pad of papers only $2.40 (regularly only $3)

I used my Cricut machine to cut out these flower shapes and cowboy boots!

I needed country western stickers and couldn't believe they were there!!!  There are 2 sheets of the puffy western stickers and one random sheet of snowflake stickers included in this pack.  Only $1.60 (and a great reg price of only $2)!!!!

I was looking for bandanas and couldn't find them, but instead found these 18x21" fabric pieces that will work just as great for only $0.80!!!

I'm not even sure I will need these giant glitter stickers for tomorrow's project, but I couldn't pass them up at only $$2.40! 

Next was this pack of stickers and stencils.  I just needed the little gem stickers, but didn't mind getting the whole pack....$1.60

So cute!!!!

Lastly were these plastic cups.  I will post the pic of the final project after the girls finish it tomorrow, but these cups should be wonderful for the idea I have in mind. $2.00 each!!!!!! Yay Big Lots!!!!!

Target Clearance Haul

Oh my gosh I love snatching stuff on clearance at Target!!!! Especially when it's something I was going there for specifically and there it is....for half the price I was expecting to pay!!!!

1. First is this ADORABLE mini binder!!!  I was looking for one to coordinate with a printable calendar set that I'm working on (sneak peek below), and this is perfect.  It was regularly $5.99 and I got it for $4.18.  They had 8.5x11 ones too that were just as cute, and I may have to go back and get a couple before they're gone!!

2. Boys long sleeved striped tops for only $3.50!!! These are still $7.00 on Target.com, so each store must have their own clearance items, and I was so excited to get these for Mason. I got the gray one like below, yellow and orange.

Circo® Boys' Long-Sleeve Tee - Assorted

3.  A top for myself, very similar to the boys ones for only $3.60. These are on clearance at Target.com for $10.20, so I got another great deal! I'm not normally to drawn to plain t-shirt style tops, but lately I have discovered that with some cute jewelry or a scarf, a top like this can look great! I wore it yesterday with a vest similar to this one.

Women's Ultimate Long Sleeve Ultimate Crew Tee

4. Lastly were these Post-it filing tabs.  I needed these for my calendar binder too.  The clearance price was $1.88 and the original price was $3.79!!!