I feel like it’s been January forEVER, and now that it’s finally over I wanted to see what I have to show for this neverending horror month. So, here we go!
This month, I:
…spent $52 on makeup brushes. To be fair, they were from the Prescriptives line, which was about to be discontinued and probably thrown away the next day. So it’s like I did it partly for the environment too! I swear!! I bought a lot of makeup, as well. Like, a LOT of makeup. And I learned how to use most of it, too, thanks to various YouTube makeup tutorials.
…attempted NaBloPoMo and almost made it! I started slacking towards the end because I sort of started having a social life again. So I didn’t finish, but I still feel accomplished, because this is the best I’ve done so far. Hooray!
…witnessed some crazy events unfold concerning the elopement of Matt’s 19-year-old sister. I’m still hoping for a positive resolution to this drama, because I can tell her parents are really torn up about it, and actually, Matt is too.
…spent a good portion of the month fretting and worrying over my Rutgers application. Now that everything’s squared away, I’m freaking out about whether I’m going to be accepted. FREAKING. OUT.
…went to a Flyers game with Matt. Flyers games are officially a relationship tradition — we’ve been to at least one game per year since we first started dating. Also, I showed off my new jersey, a Christmas prez from Matt:

…invited my friend Katie to stay the weekend at my house. We had brunch and went to a charity event at my old high school and saw The Lovely Bones (which, augh. So upsetting.) and I lost my wallet at the movie theater which almost ruined the whole weekend, but the best part was just talking and talking and talking and talking. It’s amazing to have a friend with whom you can never run out of things to say.
…reached out to my friend Cait. On her blog she often writes confessions about the difficulties and stresses of her life, and it felt so weird for me to read them but not do anything about it in real life. So I’ve been trying hard to be there for her, to be more available. I hope it’s working!
…Hovered around the same weight, give or take + or -5 pounds. I accomplished this by Having A Horrible Diet Whilst Simultaneously Kicking My Own Ass At The Gym. Unfortunately, I’m still about 19 lbs away from the weight I’m aiming for. So. Should probably get on that.
…bought a giant purse!

The remote control is there for scale, and also because I have no concept of photo composition. Also, I took this picture 10 minutes ago.
…experienced a huge cut in hours at my job. In November and December I was working at least 25 hours every week. In January they pulled it back to 17-20 hours. And now, starting on February 15th, I’ll only be working at the library 12 hours a week. It’s really upsetting, but I’m glad they’re giving me any hours at all.
…experienced Wedding Fever for absolutely no reason at all. Seriously, marriage isn’t even on the horizon. I don’t know how to account for this obsession.
…read a bunch of books, some of which were very very very good, and some of which were Just OK. My favorite one of the lot was She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb, which, I know, I’m sort of late to the party on that one. But I couldn’t put it down.
…watched my little sister sing a song that means a lot to me:
(she’s the Smiles McGee on the right.)
…saw Avatar and The Princess and the Frog just like I said I would. My first impressions: I liked Avatar but I can’t believe so many other people did; The Princess and the Frog was Made Of Awesome in way that only Disney is capable of accomplishing. It’s kind of eerie.
So that’s my January re-cap. That was fun! I honestly didn’t realize how much I did this month. You guys, this is weird. I didn’t think I’d ever do anything interesting again after college. Could it be that … this is Real Life?
…talk about eerie.




