1. First Snow: we had a bit of a surprise first snow of the season yesterday! The forecast called for a wintry mix, but I woke up to a dusting of snow covering the deck. The snow got heavy at times; we ended up with about an inch before the snow turned into an actual wintry mix. I do enjoy the first snow of the season, but I’m not into the snow that comes after that.
It’s time to do a six-week check-in on my skin care experiment! In early October I began using two products from Osmosis Skincare twice daily on my major dark spots to see if I could get them to fade. If you haven’t read the initial post about my experiment, click here to check it out.
1. John Douglas at Death Becomes Us: Brightest Young Things hosted a true crime festival in DC last weekend. True crime is super popular right now due to podcasts like My Favorite Murder and Serial as well as documentaries like Making a Murderer and The Staircase. I have a master’s degree in forensic psychology (which I’m not using), so this stuff is right up my alley. When I saw that John Douglas was doing a panel, I had to go! The character Jack Crawford from Silence of the Lambs is based on him, as is Holden Ford in Mindhunter. I’ve read a few of his books and was interested to see him speak in person. He basically just sat and spoke for an hour and a half, in a somewhat-but-not-quite meandering fashion, but it was fascinating to see the legend in the flesh.
It feels like Sephora just held a bonus event—the most recent one was in August, which was unusual. Typically Sephora only does two of these a year: one in the spring and one in the fall. I most likely won’t make Rouge status for 2019, so I wanted to take advantage of that 20% off while I could. So I went a little ham on my order…but I’m excited about my new goodies!
Before I get into this week’s Friday Five I want to acknowledge the saddest thing. Last Friday afternoon we put our wonderful 19-year-old cat Walter to sleep. It has truly been a week of high highs and low lows. I want to do a whole post about Walter, but I’m not quite there yet.
1. Our New Home: John and I closed on a townhouse on Halloween morning! We won’t be moving in immediately, but we are super excited to own our very own home together. The place has a beautiful backyard AND a roof terrace. VERY VERY EXCITED!
Happy November! I go through phases where I empty a lot of products, and October was one of those months. For the first time, I had to take two separate pics of everything I finished!
Year four of 31 Days of Horror is now complete! Here’s the full list of movies that I watched…I will probably break this up into weekly posts next year because I know no one is going to read all the way to the bottom of this very long post. 😛
October 1: Jigsaw (2017). I selected this movie to kick off the month mostly because I noticed that it had just been added to Hulu and I hadn’t seen it yet. I’ve always enjoyed the Saw franchise, although the twists and turns can be tiresome. It had been years since I saw the most recent installment so I was fuzzy on the details, though that didn’t really matter. As per usual, the torture and killing devices were clever, and I did enjoy the ending. Bonus points for Callum Keith Rennie!
October 2: Final Exam (1981). Cheesy 80s slashers are always entertaining. This one included a Brett Kavanaugh-like douche frat boy, a racist lawn jockey, a solid wedgie pick from of a pair of epic mom jeans, and a faked mass shooting on a college campus that absolutely would not fly in a movie today. Nothing special about this one, but the crappy acting is good for a laugh.Continue Reading…
1. Harvest Chocolates: I made a Trader Joe’s run this week and picked up these absolutely adorable Belgian chocolates! They were too cute not to buy, and are almost too cute to eat. I’ve had a couple of them so far and they’re delicious. I believe a box of eight chocolates cost $3.99. They’d be a sweet host/hostess gift for the holidays.
My October 2018 Play! by Sephora box came a little earlier than usual this month. It took me a few days to get my shit together to film my unboxing video and write this post…but here it is!
1. The Haunting of Hill House: Netflix loves to drop shows without much fanfare. At least, I didn’t feel like I had any awareness that this show was coming. I am six episodes in and am LOVING IT. This show, based on Shirley Jackson’s book (which I haven’t read), is legit creepy but also very emotional. And the cast is GREAT. I don’t want to say more than that, but if you’re into horror, watch this show!
