Fake Personality

I work in retail. I have worked where I currently work for close to 4 years now. In that time, I have had to have a bubbly fake persona that I don't typically have. It's getting tiresome. I am a smiling, friendly person in general, but sometimes it gets to be too much. People make weird jokes and I can't force myself to laugh at them (and honestly, the majority of the time I don't even understand they are jokes).

The worst people are the ones who resort to yelling about things I've already explained I can't do anything to help them with. Things other stores have caused to happen, things that have always been that way, or just things the want to vent about. I don't have to deal with irrate people all that often -- but it is the worst. Most of the time I just don't even respond to them. They can yell and huff all they want and I'll go "I'm sorry" and that's it. I don't know if those people are used to using their anger to get their way or not. One of the things at our store is we can process payments, but we charge a fee for the service. It was not my idea of course, but people come in and say "I have to pay a FEE with my cash payment?" and get angry and curse us out when I very plainly and upfront tell them about the fee. I tell them within seconds of them coming in so there are no surprises. I tell them their other options for paying, but some people still will bitch and moan about us charging a fee. As if we are the only company with the audacity to ask for such a thing.

It just blows my mind how rude people can be to a nameless face working in a retail store. I am a human. You are a human. We both want to be treated in a fair and decent manner. I would not yell at you, why do you yell at me? And I'm supposed to smile and be fake through it? It is just so hard sometimes. I am always nice and polite at stores where I go to. If someone asked me to pay a fee, I would appreciate their offers of different ways I could make my payment and then make it somewhere else or a different way. What does it accomplish being pissy automatically?

Clothing BAN

I am on a shopping ban. I cleaned out my closet a few weeks ago and put all of my clothes away, which was kind of startling how many of the same things I have - close to 20 V-Necks, close to 20 tank tops, and the most shocking of all: I own over SIXTY dresses. Six Zero. And at least 5-10 of those dresses have never seen the light of day. Or been worn once. Am I a consumer just to consume? I decided it was time for me to step back from the shopping bags and filter out the extreme amount of stuff I've accumulated. So, no (clothes!) shopping in July. Maybe August too. I am only going to allow myself one new item (If I find one outside of my closeT) and that is a new birthday dress. And maybe one pair of workout shorts. But that is IT.

I'm planning on moving in August into a place with my boyfriend and I'm not planning on taking this crazy amount of crap with me. I'm not sure how I justified to myself I needed all of this stuff, but I was crazy.

FOTD

Face:
Rimmel Fix & Perfect primer
Clinique superbalanced foundation in Breeze
Elf undereye concealer & highlighter (concealer end) in Light
Elf Complexion perfection powder
Nars douceur blush

Eyes:
Too faced shadow insurance
Kat von d ludwig palette
Milani Liquideyes eyeliner
Revlon colorstay liquid eyeliner
Loreal telescopic mascara

Lips:
Revlon colorburst lipstick in carnation
Nars chihuahua lipgloss

Nails:
Essie lapis of luxury

I like playing with my makeup a little more on my days off. I even did a little bit of cute cat eyeliner :) My next post is a haul, hoping in the next few days It will be posted!

Steals: NARS at TJ Maxx

NARS Dolce Vita Set
Originally: $40-50
Paid: $29.99

So, one of the first "high-end" makeup items I ever bought was a NARS little set, the NARS Orgasm/Laguna with a Orgasm nail polish. it was then fated that I would forever be...a NARS junkie, no way around it. The packaging, the feel, the colors...I was just hooked. I've been slowly accumulating more into my "collection" (I have 3 eyeshadow duos, 2 blushes, 1 lipgloss, and the aforementioned blush duo and nailpolish) so when I was perusing youtube and saw someone had scored NARS at TJ Maxx...well my first thought was....WHY IS IT MIDNIGHT AND TJ MAXX IS CLOSED?! After that, I composed myself, went to work the next day, and afterwards got my ass to TJ Maxx and looked through their makeup section. I found the above kit and squeeled with joy. After checking that the blushes weren't cracked (on the contrary, they had never even been TOUCHED), I had to get it. There was another NARS item there,

but honestly it was more (34.99 I believe) and I have enough black eyeliners and mascaras to last me a lifetime so I passed..

And tomorrow I am going to stop by the other TJ Maxx in town to look for the item in the youtube video (an eyeshadow palette, so wish me luck!)

<3Andrea

Beginning of something big?

I needed a blog. Why? Well, I don't know. Does anyone really need anything? I can justify needing a fourth pair of black heels, so I can justify a space on the web to spew my thoughts. Sounds tasty.

What will I be posting about? Depends on the day. I plan to hopefully dwiddle this blog down to a focused topic -- but I don't know right now what it will hold. Fashion, makeup, writing blurbs, books, movies, video games, etc. These are all my interests and more. So we'll start there and see where it goes.