Good thing most of my readership is female

On Saturday, one of the local malls (yes, there are many) had a visiting makeup artist in from New York, and they were doing all sorts of free gifts and makeovers and generally fun girly things, and so my mom and I both went for makeovers. Now generally, I am not one for makeup; I usually put a bit of something on my face so as not to scare people, but it is really fun to see what I would look like if I actually bothered, once in a while. And since this is rather a picture-worthy event, I'm going to break my own rule about posting self-photos on the Interwebz and put one up, to probably be taken down later. *edit: done!*

You can't quite tell in the picture (why does the camera focus on itself in the mirror? is it narcissistic?), but the eyeliner is actually blue, and I've got about 5 different colors of eyeshadow on. So it's something I wouldn't do every day, but I've been thinking that maybe I should put a little more effort into it... when I manage to scrape together a social life again, at least.

Also at the mall, I scored a dress and matching jacket, from Calvin Klein, originally $320, for $50. And an awesome pair of sparkly high heels which are definitely standing or sitting shoes, not so much for walking, but totally worth it. Suffice it to say I did my part this weekend to pump some capital back into the American economy.

You're welcome, America.