I have great news!

If I could stand on top of a mountain and shout it, I would. That's how happy I am today.


First of all, my step-sister is having her water broken tomorrow morning. She already has a son, who I adore and share a birthday with, but I'm so excited there will be a little girl in the family to play with and buy cute things for.

Second of all, if you don't know, I'm a pageant girl. This May I tore my meniscus pretty bad and had to have surgery to remove the damaged part, which obviously meant no working out, no excessive walking, nothing. It's been 7 weeks since surgery, and even though it's still sore at times it feels a million times better and I've been able to do five miles or so on the bikes/treadmill. Plus, today turned out to be my last knee check up AND I was released to start prepping for pageants again. If it would've been appropriate to skip out of the hospital, I would have.

So in honor of all these good things going on, I'm linking up for What I'm Loving Wednesday.

This eyeliner pen. Two weeks ago, I bought a new eyeliner and lost it before I even got it out of the package. Payday isn't until Friday so I didn't want to stretch my diminishing bank account too far. I have loved ELF cosmetics since I first discovered them in middle school, way back before Target sold them. I'd make my parents pay the shipping from Australia once a year for Christmas so I could get all my favorites. So when I needed a new eyeliner, it made perfect sense to use them. It was only a dollar, and it works perfectly. It's lasted me since 7:30 this morning, hasn't smudged a bit and stayed on in the 103 degree Texas weather I had to stand in for half an hour. I really doubt I'll be replacing it come pay day.

I'm also loving both of these from ELF.

That Texas heat I mentioned earlier? It's killer on your make up. These kept my make up on for a four hour photo shoot in the 112 degree weather, and all day at work. Love, again.

Finally having some free time to clean my room. I got home earlier than normal yesterday, so I dedicated my entire afternoon to cleaning it. I still need to do the top of my dresser, but it's a huge start.

Sonic's Raspberry Sweet Tea, at happy hour prices. They gave me a smaller size than I ordered, but it was only a dollar, so I'm okay with it. All the budget cuts have made tuition go up, and financial aid go down, so anything that saves me money is quite okay.