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when i married my husband, i was gifted with about 14 nieces & nephews – all of whom i enjoy very much.  their ages range from 9 months to 21 years so it’s a nice little mix for me and makes birthday & christmas shopping interesting for us.  since we strive to be the cool aunt & uncle, we tune into their likes and one particular teen niece wants to visit paris and her teen brother wants to visit nyc and i came across some awesome “decorative paper” at an art supply store that we sent to them for their birthdays last month.  the prints were about 18″  x 24″ and great quality.  the best part was that they were about $3.27 each.  more proof you can be cool while being cheap.

smashbox cosmetics is awesome.  they offer FREE shipping & FREE deluxe samples ALL THE TIME!  but wait, on tuesdays & thursdays between 9AM-2PM (pacific standard time) they have a standing offer called “let’s do lunch” where they offer a FULL SIZE FREE GIFT!  it’s different every tuesday or thursday so don’t forget to check in every week.

the day i picked up my favorite lipgloss, the free gift was a blush in candid.  it’s such a pretty color, i’ll definitely be using it.  and i opted for the photofinish deluxe sample.  my total was $19.58 and i got .78 back from ebates.com!