Chanel, Cardigans, and Coloring Books!

I have one test in between me and the sweet, sweet (long!) weekend. I have another big test coming up with only 2 classes between now and that test, so I might be a little MIA while I'm studying for that.

I'm a sucker for advertising, and in this months Glamour there was a sample of Chanel's Vitalumiere Aqua foundation. Good timing because I'm out of foundation so I took advantage. Damn you Chanel and Glamour! I forgot how much I liked that foundation! I really can't spend that much on foundation right now so I'm hoping I can find something similar, suggestions are encouraged.

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Ugh. School is draining all of my funds that are already limited to begin with. Yay textbooks. Yes, you can buy them used or rent them, but for some classes you have to at least buy this "connect plus access card" because you have to register it to do the homework for the class, and you can't share them because it's registered exclusively to you. The one for my psychology class was $100 for the textbook and access code, $80 for just the access code. And the one for my math class (which I haven't bought yet) is around $150 for just the code. Yuck.

Anyway, since I have no extra funds to spend on clothes, I've really been looking at deals lately. And inspired by my cold classrooms, I figured I'd share some cardigans that are under $50. 

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I'm sure you all have heard the hype about "adult coloring books". I think it probably is a good, fun thing to do when you want to give your brain a break from writing notecard after notecard after notecard. It keeps you kind of focused on something but gives you a break from cranking out numbers or whatever you're doing, and helps bring out your creative side a little bit. It's not as distracting as say, drinking a glass of wine or 5. I wouldn't call it "therapy" and I don't think you need to spend $30 on a coloring book. There are sheets you can probably print out from your home to color, or you can design your own coloring book, or do spend the $30 on a coloring book, shit, whatever you want to do! More like $8 on average actually, but still.

Hmmm, sorry this post was just me rambling. I tried to be a little helpful. Wish me luck on my psychology test! I may not be around for a week or so. Hope you all have a great labor day weekend!

Also, please recommend a foundation if you have used one that's similar to the Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua. What are your weekend plans?

Travel Giveaway!

Yay it's finally here! We will be moving in to our official new home on Sunday, so I figured I would go ahead and get this post up since I may be without internet for a few days. Here it is! :D

I got the bag at Target, it's a pretty good size and everything fits nicely in it.

The products!

Keep in mind that everything I included is under 3fl oz. so that they are "travel friendly" I actually had a hard time finding some higher end travel products (except for like the SUPER high end ones, which would've costed me like $75 a kit haha). Anyway I've taken some of the products out of their box so they could fit, but none of the products have been opened or used.

1. Clean & Clear Morning Burst Scrub (1 fl oz)

2. Sample of Bumble and bumble Bb. texture

3. Neutrogena Moistureshine Lip Soother (.35 oz) and mini Healthy Volume Mascara (.16 oz)

4.Yes to Cucumbers facial towelettes (10 towelettes)

5. Hawaiin Tropic sheer touch lotion sunscreen spf 30 (2 fl oz)

6. Benefit Posie Tint sample (.08 fl oz)

7. Mini Tweezerman tweezers

8. Victoria's Secret So Sexy Style smooth & glossy shine serum (1.7 fl oz)

9. Benefit Bad Gal Lash (.14 oz)

10. C.O. Bigelow Mentha Organics Sheer Lip Tint (.5 oz)

11. Kerastase Resistance Bain Volumactive (Shampoo, 1 fl oz).

12. Benefit the Pore fessional Sample (.25 fl oz)

13. Nivea a Kiss of Milk & Honey (.17 oz)

14. Ultra Swim Chlorine Removal Shampoo (2 fl oz)

15. C.O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Buffer

The rules:

1. Be a (public) follower of Breakfast at Gracey's

2. Leave a comment saying where you are travelling to this summer, or where you would like to travel this summer. (Make sure you leave an email address so I can get in touch with you!).

Extra Entries:

1. Follow me on twitter and tweet about the giveaway (make sure you @reply Graceyloo252, or make sure I see it somehow) +2

2. Put it in the sidebar of your blog and link back to the giveaway +3

3. Do a blog post on this giveaway (make sure you link me to either of these) +3

If you do any extra entries, please make sure you tell me in the comments so I know. This giveaway will end in 1 week, on July 8th. Thanks for reading/entering and good luck! :)

UPDATE: I'm extending it another week so it will officially end on Friday July 15th!