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Stolen: Let's do a poll!
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats.
2. Name of the last magazine you read.
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now?
4. What do you like in your coffee?
5. What did you and DH do on your first date.
6. Favorite brand of body lotion.
7. Favorite Christmas Movie.
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow.
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else?
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them?
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Re: Stolen: Let's do a poll!
You're supposed to answer first, MrsNole! Here's mine, anyway, since I came online to look at the tv listings.
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats. I just have some dark woven bamboo-lookin' placemats on the table.
2. Name of the last magazine you read. Looked at a Marie Claire my mom gave me on the drive home from Thanksgiving.
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? 9; our house is on the market.
4. What do you like in your coffee? skim milk
5. What did you and DH do on your first date. Dinner at Texas Land & Cattle. It was his b-day!
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. Nature's Gate; also using the Eucerin anti-itch.
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. Don't know.
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow. I like my Stila palette; I guess that's my favorite right now.
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? Favorite brand or what I have on? I use the Rosebud lip balm from Sephora quite a bit. Brambleberry Rose smells pretty amazing.
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? Didn't send any this year.
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats.
placemats
2. Name of the last magazine you read.
One of the Austin ones for kids..
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now?
9ish..we just had our housewarming party so it's still pretty clean
4. What do you like in your coffee?
I don't like coffee
5. What did you and DH do on your first date.
Went out to eat at Cracker Barrel in San Marcos
6. Favorite brand of body lotion.
Victoria Secret
7. Favorite Christmas Movie.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow.
Don't wear eyeshadow
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else?
chapstick!
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them?
A picture of us with our dog and Season's Greetings
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats?
N/A ... something was spilled on my fall table runner and I haven't gotten out my Christmas decorations yet!
2. Name of the last magazine you read.
Real Simple
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now?
8 ... I've been moving in new furnature, so I've been having to keep it mostly clean or I'd loose my mind.
4. What do you like in your coffee?
French Vanilla creamer
5. What did you and DH do on your first date.
I was DH's best friend's date to DH's birthday party (catch that?) but that guy and I had never really gone anywhere. Well DH and I obviously clicked, and ended up sneaking out of the birthday party, went to The Bakehouse and spent 6 hours talking
P.S. DH's best friend laughed it off and DH and him are still friends and I'm friends with that guy's wife ... so it was all okay!
6. Favorite brand of body lotion.
This stuff my sister buys me at the mall, something about The Dead Sea
7. Favorite Christmas Movie.
None
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow.
Uuuh Ulta?
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else?
Lipstick and chapstick
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them?
I've never sent any ...
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats.
Only boxes containing the few Christmas gifts I've actually bought.
2. Name of the last magazine you read.
Cooking Light
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now?
I'm going with 6. I have a TON of shoes scattered around in there, but it wouldn't take me long to clean up that clutter.
4. What do you like in your coffee?
Bailey's
5. What did you and DH do on your first date.
XH & I went to see Vallejo at La Zona Rosa.
6. Favorite brand of body lotion.
Hmmm, I guess the one I use most is some sort of non-scented vaseline brand.
7. Favorite Christmas Movie.
I love Christmas movies! Elf is currently my favorite.
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow.
MAC
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else?
Yes to all three. Chapstick is generally reserved for overnight wear.
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them?
None this year!
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2. Name of the last magazine you read. INstyle .. took it on the cruise
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? clean its a 10.. but 4 on messiness, havent put up clothes yet from this weekend
4. What do you like in your coffee? skim milk and splenda
5. What did you and DH do on your first date. met at Baby A's ... are fav place to go now
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. VS Pear
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. Christmas Movie
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow. NARS
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? carmex's new one.. cant remember the name
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? Merry Christmas with snowflakes, I made them
We moved this weekend. Here's the result:
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats. There's an American flag from the Marines, a crystal vase, duct tape, and an iron scroll candleholder
2. Name of the last magazine you read. Women's Health
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? 3- the bed is made but there are boxes lining the walls. Furniture will be delivered Sat.
4. What do you like in your coffee? I drink it black.
5. What did you and DH do on your first date. Had BBQ at the lake
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. Some boutique lotion my sister gave me from OR
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. Miracle on 34th Street
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow. No fave- I use the free Cliniques bc I throw them away every time I get new ones.
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? Softlips chapstick
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? I didn't get them out this year.
I know!!! I posted then went to eat dinner and kinda forgot about it! Here are my answers:
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats. I have two red and two green placemats with a big snowflake on them. A silve charger on each mat and a white napkin. And my centerpiece is a red glass jar with a snowflake on it and long red sparkly twig looking pieces in it.
2. Name of the last magazine you read. Family Circle
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? ehhh 6, but only bc DH cleaned up the pile of clean laundry that was in the laundry basket on the floor!
4. What do you like in your coffee? I don't like coffee.
5. What did you and DH do on your first date. Went to Applebees.
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. Don't really have one.
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. A Christmas Story
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow. Mary Kay!
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? Neither! But if I had to choose it would be lip gloss.
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? Didn't send any this year.
1. junk. all junk.
2. something random in the dr. office.
3. 6
4. don't drink coffee, ever.
5. went out to dinner together, then he drove me back to my dorm where we had our first kiss... awwwww.
6. non secented, hypoallergenic. My skin sucks.
7. father of the bride... does that count??
8. chanel
9. chapstick.
10. a picture of me and DH... and a snowman.
"The House We Built."
A journey of building the dream.
2. Name of the last magazine you read. Real Simple.
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? 10... we just cleaned up the house for our Sunday get together with friends.
4. What do you like in your coffee? I love vanilla creamer, but if we don't have that I use fat free milk and agave nectar.
5. What did you and DH do on your first date.We went to dinner at a restaurant back in VA called Glory Days. It ended up snowing that night. =]
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. I use plain lotion by St. Ives everyday, but I love all the pretty scented stuff from Bath and Body Works too.
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. A Christmas Story.
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow.MAC... I love everything MAC!
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? Burt's Bees
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? A family picture taken by Libby!
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1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats.
A tablecloth, runner, chargers, placemats, napkins, napkin holders and decorative glasses.
2. Name of the last magazine you read. O Magazine
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? Is 1 the cleanest or is 10? If 10 is the cleanest, I'll say it's an 8.
4. What do you like in your coffee? cream and sugar
5. What did you and DH do on your first date. Papamia's in Houston. It used to be the Papa's chain of Italian restaurants.
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. It's discontinued and I'm so sad about that. It was the Mystic Silk body lotion from bath and body works' True Blue Spa line.
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. Rudolph
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow. Mac, Urban Decay or Nars.
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? I'm a lip pencil and gloss girl. My fave gloss is Mac's lipglass and sephora's brand of lip glosses.
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? Haven't sent them yet.
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats.
bamboo table runner/placemats, napkins, and a silver reindeer
2. Name of the last magazine you read.
entertainment weekly
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now?
8-ish
4. What do you like in your coffee?
flavored coffeemate, usually vanilla
5. What did you and DH do on your first date.
we went to a fabulous restaurant on the beach in santa monica and then took a ride on the ferris wheel. he proposed on the same ferris wheel one year later.
6. Favorite brand of body lotion.
eucerin
7. Favorite Christmas Movie.
love, actually and elf
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow.
don't wear any, but I have a nice bobbi brown palette that I should probably use
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else?
lipstick
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them?
picture of us with happy holidays 2009 written
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats? Blue and silver table runner with a candle centerpiece.
2. Name of the last magazine you read. Been so long I can't even remember.
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? 3. It has clean clothes everywhere that desperately need folded and put away.
4. What do you like in your coffee? Not a coffee fan. I drink white mochas and other sweet drinks like that.
5. What did you and DH do on your first date.Went to dinner at The Oasis at sunset, played putt-putt golf and then went and played pool.
6. Favorite brand of body lotion: Avon's Planet Spa Body Butter
7. Favorite Christmas Movie: Charlie Brown Christmas
8. Name brand of your favorite eyeshadow: Clinique
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else?Maybeline
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? 4 photos of us the 3 of us.
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats.
An Indian scroll-paisley kind of patterned tablecloth with a red runner on top of that.
2. Name of the last magazine you read.
Uhh, I think it might have been People or something like that in a doctor's office.
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now?
Eh, I'd give it a 7. Not great, but not a lot in there. And I don't count making the bed as "cleaning."
4. What do you like in your coffee?
Half-and-half and sugar
5. What did you and DH do on your first date.
Went to see "High Fidelity" at the Texas Union Theater.
6. Favorite brand of body lotion.
It's a tie between Yes to Carrots and Bath and Body Works' white ginger and amber (discontinued).
7. Favorite Christmas Movie.
It's a Wonderful Life
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow.
Not sure...it might be Lancome?
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else?
Loving my new Prescriptives lip gloss.
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them?
A scrolly green tree with red and silver jewel things glued on like ornaments.
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats. Table Runner & centerpiece/candles
2. Name of the last magazine you read. Real Simple
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? 7
4. What do you like in your coffee? can't stand coffee... hot cocoa please
5. What did you and DH do on your first date. movie
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. i don't use lotion... everything i've ever tried leaves me feeling greasy
7. Favorite Christmas Movie.don't have one...
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow. Smashbox
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? Lipgloss
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? This year double sided photos..
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats.
Don't have any. No table. Just a eat in bar.
2. Name of the last magazine you read.
Entertainment Weekly.
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now?
8. Just cleaned but somehow it is always dirty again the next day
4. What do you like in your coffee?
Don't drink coffee
5. What did you and DH do on your first date.
Didn't really have a first date.....I guess if I had to say, it was go to a bar where he worked
6. Favorite brand of body lotion.
Anything that smells like food.
7. Favorite Christmas Movie.
See below.
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow.
I have no idea. I don't wear any makeup unless it's a day off. Sweaty kitchens are not for makeup.
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else?
I guess my chapstick right now is Lip Smackers M & M's flavor.
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them?
They are silver with black glittery snowflakes on them.
2. Name of the last magazine you read. Real Simple
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? 6
4. What do you like in your coffee? Splenda and nothing else
5. What did you and DH do on your first date.Ate at Macaroni Grill and went to see Dodgeball (and the movie stopped in the middle).
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. B&BW
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. Elf
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow. Uhh, I use Clinique
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? Burt's Bees Honey Lip Balm
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? Campbell in Christmas lights (sig pic and one other)
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats. brown tablecloth
2. Name of the last magazine you read. US Weekly
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? 3 - it's somewhat clean but I have a big pile of laundry I need to fold.
4. What do you like in your coffee? lately it's been pumpkin spice creamer
5. What did you and DH do on your first date. We went to eat at Old Town Mexican Cafe & then went to play mini-golf.
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. Right now I'm all about the Aveeno - my skin is so dry. For my hands I've been using Eucerin Intensive Hand Therapy.
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. Elf
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow. It's a Too Faced Duo I got from Sephora - not sure of the color
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? most of the time just chapstick
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? a picture of our family
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats. Nothing; we don't have any.
2. Name of the last magazine you read. People
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? I would venture to say between 1 and 3; DH is currently home alone
4. What do you like in your coffee? I don't drink coffee!
5. What did you and DH do on your first date. Our first "date" was TX/OU weekend in 2002.
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. Good ol' Vaseline
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. Christmas Vacation
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow. I don't have a favorite, but I really like the Revlon eyeshadow I've been using
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? Chapstick
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? Pictures of the baby.
this sounds scandalous!
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats. deep red, suede placemats
2. Name of the last magazine you read. Health
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? Clean and cluttered are two different things for me....Clean-9, Cluttered-No comment!
4. What do you like in your coffee? Don't drink coffee.
5. What did you and DH do on your first date. We were suppose to see a movie. I was living in a hotel on a long term project in Denver. Two minutes after he arrived to pick me up one of my colleagues knocked on the door asking me to take him to the ER. He had kidney stones. Saturday night in a downtown ER makes for interesting conversation!
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. Cetaphil.
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. Maybe Christmas Vacation
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow. Too Faced
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? Lipstick and gloss.
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? A Dove
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats. a bunch of stuff - nothing in particular, just random crap
2. Name of the last magazine you read.entertainment weekly that my boss randomly put on my desk
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? eh, 6 or 7
4. What do you like in your coffee? mint chocolate truffel creamer
5. What did you and DH do on your first date. took his nephew to see Scooby Doo 2
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. bath & body works
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. polor express
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow. when I wear it, covergirl
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? chapstick
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? didn't send them
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats. Uh..we don't have any of those
2. Name of the last magazine you read. I flipped through People in the break room at work
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? 8, it's clean but the bed's not made
4. What do you like in your coffee? I would prefer a latte
5. What did you and DH do on your first date.we went to Bennigans and to one of his friend's apartments
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. HEB brand
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. Christmas Vacation
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow.Ulta
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else?gloss or chapstick
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? family pictures
1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats. Nothing, we use plain green ones.
2. Name of the last magazine you read. Martha Stewart Living
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now? 7 (my side is the messy side)
4. What do you like in your coffee? Don't drink coffee
5. What did you and DH do on your first date. Went to the movies. Wanted to see She's All That, but it was sold out so we saw some Brendan Fraser movie I can't even recall.
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. Whatever people have bought me.
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. Christmas Vacation
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow. Clinique has always been my favorite
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? Softlips
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? Far side-esque humor
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1. What's currently on your table cloth/runner/placemats. Silver beads
2. Name of the last magazine you read. O
3. On a scale of 1-10 how clean is your master bedroom right now?
4. What do you like in your coffee? Right now, pupmkin spiced cream
5. What did you and DH do on your first date. Round Rock Express BB Game
6. Favorite brand of body lotion. Lubriderm
7. Favorite Christmas Movie. Christmas Vacation
8. Namebrand of your favorite eyeshadow. Mary Kay
9. lipstick/gloss/chapstick/something else? Lipstick
10. What's on your Christmas cards if you sent them? N/A