BBQ fest....overstuffed !!!

My parents were visiting and they were so excited to try Austin famous Salt Lick BBQ. It's 20 mins away from downtown. So we took a slow and relaxing drive. Nice scenery with all the green. Saw some cows and deers on the way. Feels good to be in the nature away from the bustling city for once. There was a huge Saturday hungry crowd when we arrived. We waited20 mins to be seated. I don't mind the wait since there was a man singing with his guitar entertaining us. I was very hungry by the time they seat us. We quickly ordered and waited for our food. We had ribs, briskets, sausages and coleslaw. Too bad they were out of pulled pork. Really wanted to try it. Well, maybe next time. We dug into our food. The ribs was excellent and the sauce is tasty. I was so stuffed after the meal. Better workout tomorrow!

Food: 9/10 (Brisket is a bit dry for me)

Ambiance: 10/10 (nice country setting)

Service: 10/10 (No complains)

Went to borders to catch up on my manga reading :) browse around their cute stationary sections and found a cute purple monster mouse pad. i figured i need a new mouse pad to replace my dirty old one :P it was on sale for only $1. i got a cute birthday card as well. now i need to figure out who's b'day is coming next!

Le Garage Sale August 29-30

is it worth checking out? it's $10 for a day admission and $7 parking

winding path - sunny

unsatisfied with today's work :( the same issue has been bugging me forever. please oh puh-lease let me solve it tomorrow. give me some light to shine my way through.

had a strenuous, tiring, moody day. but my day lights up when i opened the door and saw a bouquet of daisies waiting for me to pick up. i couldn't help, but buried myself in it and the fresh flowery scent sent my misery far far away :) the day doesn't seem so bad after all.

well, i still wish tomorrow will be much better ;-> greedy, eh. gambarimasu!! fighting!!

Mays Beauty Obsession Giveaway

Join Mays Beauty Obsession Giveaway

Rules:

Open to everyone!
1. Must be a follower.
2. Tell me your favorite face mask or eye cream.
3. Post about my giveaway on your blog (if you have one).

Mrs. Dumpling Giveaway

Join Mrs. Dumpling Giveaway and have a chance to win lovely prizes.
http://mrsdumpling422.blogspot.com/2009/08/giveaway.html

Prize includes a Be Creation Sheet Mask, The Body Shop Blush in Blushing Daisies, a Revlon ColorStay Lipcolor in 180 Lingering Violet, a ELF individual lash kit, and a elf natural lash kit.

Rules:

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3. Leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite "ice cream flavor" <--yummy!!

4. Double your chances by leaving a link to a post in your blog about this giveaway.

love package - slight rain (it's about time)

it's been a while since i post anything. was pretty busy with family visiting and work.

i received a love package filled with paul and joe, lunasol, watson, wet&wild goodies. i love the cute packaging especially the japanese art with a tiger graphic on p&j the eye shadow. the lunasol pallette is gorgeous. i like that it's easy to blend. great texture. i'm using the watson chamomile sheet mask as i'm typing now :P very refreshing. hearts go out to the person who sent this!

Amy Naree's 50+ Followers giveaway.

Lovely prizes!!

Here are her rules:
1. Must be a follower
2.Please leave a comment telling me how and why you got into blogging along with your email address.
3.You can double your chances to win if you post about my giveaway on your blog (you will be entered 2 times)! If you do please leave me a link to your posting :)
Winners will be picked through Random.org on August 18th (my bday!!)
So you have about 2 weeks to enter, good luck!!

L'occitane Haul - Rainbow in sight

made a quick trip last sunday to the outlet. need to stock up on some L'occitane skin care products. i got 3 trial size items since i don't see anything else. i got the cleansing water which is good for traveling. you can use this as a quick toner. i also got the rice line toner as my toner is running out and i'm not sure which product i want to try next. so this is going to be my backup. next i got the shea cotton mask. will try this out.


Coach outlet was having additional 20%. i couldn't help it and walk into the shop. there were so many people in the store. i guess they must be having a huge bargain. lots of bonnie line totes, writlest, crossbody in the store.

it rained a little when i was driving back and we saw rainbow. haven't seen it in a while. not in austin at least. it's so hot and dry here in the summer.


i watched harry potter on sunday. i wish they had more exciting fight scenes with more new spells and magic. overall it's just ok.

SmashBox and Ulta Haul - hot day

What I got from ebay?

1. Smashbox Cream Lipstick - Style
   
2. Shadow and liner Brush - Fan Club
3. Smashbox Lip Brilliance Duo - TEMPT

I have not bought anything from SmashBox before. This will be my first attempt to try their products. I don't really like the Lip Brilliance Duo. The texture is a bit rough. Still need to try the others. I'm not too good with eyeliner brush. Need more practice practice!

Next haul is from Ulta. They are having huge sale on Ulta makeup products. I can't help it and grabbed some stuff ^_^

I need a bronze brown eye shadow for everyday use and a shimmery silver shadow for night look! Got 2 eyeliners for $1 each! what a steal!! a brown and silver liner to go with my eyeshadow.

Milano Cafe - sunny

another food craze......italian desert and light meal. heard about milano cafe from a website. apparently it just opened a few months ago. had to try another good cafe. the deco was nice and chic. i recognize most of them are from ikea :P

we had a tuna salad, blueberry cheesecake and milano chicken puff. the food is great. everything taste good. i love all the corn and apples in the tuna salad. the cheesecake is not too sweet and the chicken puff is flacky and yummy!



Food: 9/10
Ambiance: 8/10 (they have lots of magazines and some card games for you to chill)
Service: 8/10