The Houston House: My Weekend

This weekend I was in total clean up and throw out mode. I was so sick of looking at clothes that I never wore and half of which that didn't fit, toiletries I never used, art supplies that had dried up, and basically junk drawers at every turn. I went in with a freakin' mission. I started with my closet- anything I hadn't worn in the last year that wasn't special occasion attire was out. I had to be firm with myself because I always try to talk myself into "well I might wear this at some point" and then I never do. Let's just say a Goodwill pile turned into a mountain. And then the hubby joined in.

Then I turned my attention to the bathroom- throwing away half used lotion bottles, hair sprays, old makeup, and anything that had collected dust and I didn't use in the last week. That was an entire kitchen trashbag worth of stuff I didn't need. It also helped me realize how much I waste on beauty products, and it helped me set a new budget goal. On a regular basis, I rotate about 5 shades of eye shadow, two shades of blush, mascara, 4 shades of gloss, and powder. That's basically it. I only need one thing of lotion, one thing of face wash, and the rest was trashed. Just like that- GONE. And it felt great!

By the time I demolished my room, the art room felt like a piece of cake. In minutes I threw away crappy paint and paint brushes that were out of commission, along with several other miscellaneous items I came in contact with in the guest closet. Poor trash guy won't know what hit him this morning....

wow, I can actually walk into this room now... you should have seen it before...

And after all that cleaning, I rewarded myself with a gel manicure. The color is a grayish brown. It's gel #106, no idea what the actual color name is.

Hubs and I also joined some friends for dinner Saturday night in historic Roswell. I LOVE this area of town. To me it's the cutest part of the 'burbs. Reminds me so much of downtown Columbia, SC, so I feel right at home. We went to INC Street for dinner, and had to wait a million years. We didn't realize it was restaurant week, oops. So to kill time we had apps at Party Chic. That place is so darn cute!