I have absolutely no idea what day of the week it is…
Yesterday felt like a Sunday, which means that today feels like a Monday… except it’s Friday. Err… right? Okay, yeah. It’s Friday. The only thing I’m absolutely sure of is that it’s January and that we’re in 2015. And my grasp of the latter is still somewhat shaky — I very nearly titled this post Currently – January 2014 and I have a feeling I’ll be writing my dates wrong for a few more weeks.
Regardless, it is January, which means it’s time for another Currently post — yay! I seriously love these posts. Not only does it let me get a little more personal on the bloggy-blog, but it also gives me a nice little collection of “life as I know it” posts so that I can look back and see what I was doing in January 2014, for example.
So without further ado, here’s what I’m currently up to in January 2015.
Current book: Golden Son by Pierce Brown. This is the second book in the Red Rising Trilogy (I reviewed the first one here), and while I’m only a handful of chapters into it, I have a feeling that I’m going to love it. I adored the first one, so I’m pretty sure you’ll see a review of the second in this month’s monthly favourites… #CrushingOnDarrow. Give it a go if you’re a fan of books like The Hunger Games!
Current music: Nicotine by Panic! At The Disco.
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Current guilty pleasure: Colouring books and wax crayons. Don’t judge me.
Current nail colour: Look who switched up her nail polish for the second month in a row! Woop, woop! I seem to go back and forth between being way too lazy to do my nails, and wanting to switch them up all the time, and right now I’m very much in the latter phase. Maybe it has something to do with wanting to add a bit of fun to the dark and dreary winter days? Either way, I’m currently rocking Passion by OPI.
Current drink: Birthday Cake tea from David’s Tea. Seemed fitting given that it’s almost my birthday. Also… holy.YUM.
Current food: Pomegranates. I end up looking like I just committed bloody murder whenever I eat one, but it’s so worth it for that sweet and tangy crunch. Ob.sessed.
Current obsession: These animal slippers that I got for Christmas… I can’t EVEN. And they literally are an obsession because… notice how the stripe patterns are different and one nose is on a black background while the other is on a white one? Drives my OCD tendencies crazy.
Current wish: For my planner to get here so that I can start organizing my life. I feel lost without one.
Current need: Better work/life balance. Right now it’s basically 90% work, 10% sleep 😆 And while I know that’s not a good thing, it’s also hard to avoid when you’re growing a business. I will get better at this.
Current triumph: Finding the perfect lipstick colour for my [Casper-esque] complexion. I’ve never been a huge lipstick wearer, but I have a feeling that some of that had to do with the fact that I just wasn’t a big fan of any of the shades I had. And then MAC’s Syrup entered my life and I fell in love. Makes me feel fancy.
Current bane of my existence: A lack of blackout curtains. There’s a construction site near my home, and despite the fact that it’s 3 or 4 blocks away, there’s one light that’s just as high and just as bright as the sun, and it insists on shining straight in my window at night and making it look like it’s the middle of the day. Not an ideal environment for getting quality sleep. Not ideal at all.
Current indulgence: Birthday Week! if you don’t celebrate Birthday Week, then you need to start. And if you do celebrate Birthday Week, then you know what I’m talking about. A small treat every day for the week leading up to your birthday. This year was a good’un!
Day 1: OPI nail polish in Passion || Day 2: MAC lipstick in Syrup (used Back To MAC for this one)
Day 3: adorable owl apron!! || Day 4: Golden Son
Day 5: a new Beauty Blender (my old one was a nightmare) || Day 6: adorable panda/cat sticky notes
Current procrastination: I honestly can’t think of anything… I’m currently riding that New Year high where I want to get ALL the things done. It’ll probably fizzle off and die in a few weeks, but for now I’m milking it for all it’s worth.
Current blessing: I wouldn’t even know where to begin — I’ve been blessed with so much. Does that mean my life is perfect? Heck no — there’s plenty of bad to take with the good — but I’ve gotten a lot better at focusing on the good (gratitude journals, for the win!!), and that makes the bad that much more manageable. It’s unrealistic to expect a life without hardships, but it’s not impossible to lessen the pain of those hardships with the right attitude.
Current excitement: T-minus 2 days until my birthday!!! You could say I’m kind of excited.
Current mood: Reflective, contemplative, and content. The New Year has that effect on me.
Current link: Beautypedia Skin Care and Makeup Reviews — a great resource if you’re shopping around for new beauty products. They have a tonne of reviews for anything you might be in the market for.
Your turn! Give me your current:
1) … book.
2) … food.
3) … need.
4) … triumph.
5) … mood.
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Current book: Olive Kitterage
Current food: Sea Salt Caramel and Chocolate truffles
Current need: I honestly don’t need anything…maybe a coffee date with a cutie
Current mood: Mellow
Current triumph: Staying up till midnight on New Years!
I am obsessed with pomegranates too!! I can’t get enough. I’ve got to say, I don’t wear a lot of makeup but that beauty blender looks pretty cool. Do you use it with liquid or powder? I’m wondering what I would pour my liquid makeup into?
I always use mine with liquid and it’s AWESOME at taking off any excess and making sure everything is blended. What I do is just pour a small amount on the back of my hand and dab the blender in it before applying to my face.
Nooo 🙁 . I swear I saw those exact same Panda sticky notes at the store earlier today and contemplated getting them for a second, then gave myself a [mental] pat on the back for resisting- Because I felt good not buying something I didn’t ‘need’. Honestly, though, is there ever a wrong time for cute sticky notes?? They were the last ones and I’m not sure I’ll be able to make it to that store again tomorrow. Aaah.
For once I’m actually not [yet] searching for a new book but reading a captivating one: ‘The Circle’. It’s a really good and – in our social media-obsessed world [guilty] – thought-provoking one.
I really need to jump on the pomegranate train, and I REALLY need to wonder how you are able to own that lipstick without biting a chunk out of it every time you pull it out. I’m weird and think the name “Syrup” is just too enticing. But it looks rad!
My currently’s, because you asked:
BOOK: A copy of “The Lusty Vegan” I just won. This book is awesome for the single life, AKA my life!
FOOD: Newman’s Own Farmer’s Garden Salsa. I don’t know. It’s so cheap yet so damn good. Also, these raw GF vegan coconut-chocolate brownies my mom got me. And I hate coconut, so these things must be crazy delicious to those who do.
NEED: A scale. My journey to gain weight lives on. Oh, and NAIL POLISH! The one downside to working in food service, and I am barely surviving without my eternal black nails.
TRIUMPH: A band I was hired to create a shirt design for had their show two nights ago, and now people all over Chicago are wearing my art! WOOT!
MOOD: Tired. So tired that I stayed up all the way until 10:30 PM on New Year’s Eve. I could go on no longer!
That’s so a awesome about your art, Eva! Congratulations!!
Bawww, thanks my dear! We both had some pretty groundbreaking triumphs, am I right or am I right?! Lipstick is no joke.
book… The Body Book
need… That TEA POT! … so lovely!!
Birthday cake tea! I didn’t know this existed. I love anything birthday cake floured.
Love, love, love that nail polish colour. It’s the perfect pretty neutral.
happy [early] birthday!
Thanks, Molly!
No joke, that is my favorite OPI nail polish–I’m wearing it right now! It’s such a classic color and my nails always feel so strong and healthy.
Ahh happy almost birthday! I love birthday week. And if it’s a big one, birthday month. Because, duh.
1) Oh man I haven’t read in so long…I’m getting ready to dig into a big about how to get my toddler to listen…that count?
2) Just ate a grapefruit…but always have a hankering for Lucky Charms. Dumb marshmellows.
3) SLEEP.
4) Still hitting the gym pretty hard at almost 37 weeks preggo!
5) Good! Listening to Ed Sheeran (so good…) and avoiding work at all costs…so can’t complain! 🙂
Working out at 37 weeks?! GO GIRL! Now I’ve got no excuse for avoiding the gym 😆
The Red Rising sequel came out?! Must.Find.
1) book: Revival by Stephen King.
2) food: the pile of kabocha I’m currently snacking on.
3) need: sleep. I was exhausted yesterday but for some reason still only managed to sleep about 5 hours. WTF body.
4) triumph: hmm. surviving 2 shifts that only had 9 hours break in between them?
5) … mood: sleepy. lazy.
Yessss! I was super surprised because I thought it wouldn’t be out until the 6th. And I always find that the more tired I am, the less I’m able to sleep. My patterns are so messed up after the holidays, it’s not even funny.
Girl, it’s a birthday MONTH down here in Florida 😉 I suggest you join in, hehe! I love your hair in that selfie, BTW. Super cute waves 🙂
I just might take you up on that. And thank ya, ma’am! Got a new NUME curling wand for Christmas that actually WORKS on my hair and I’ve been obsessed with giving myself messy waves.
HAPPPY ALMOST BIRTHDAY!!!
I love it when it’s your birthday week because that means mine is….ALMOST HERE! 🙂
Uh. I need that tea in my life. Pronto.
1) … book. – Parenting Beyond Belief
2) … food. – Everything.In.The.House
3) … need. That birthday cake tea.
4) … triumph. 2015!
5) … mood. Hungry!
Currently Reading: Scandinavian Murder/Crime Mysteries a la Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (in the same vein). I love finding out about the cultural differences!
Currently Reading said SM/CM in: my University of Virginia sweatpants and Columbia University sweatshirt. Represent.
But actually currently wearing my new TOMS wedges, and I may never take them off. They are incredible!
Wedges in the winter?! My mind is boggled.
My mom is friends with the author from Red Rising/Golden Son’s mom! It’s on my list to read!
No clue what day it is either and I have felt like that since Christmas week…Monday is going to be a rude awakening, so right now I am just going to roll with it. I love that MAC lipstick, but I love everything MAC. Happy New Year friend! XOXO
Happy New Year to you too, lovely! Hope 2015 is amazing for you <3
Book – 1000+ Little Things Happy Successful People Do Differently (Marc and Angel Chernoff) currently I’m absolutely obsessed with this!
Also obsessed with counting squirrels (as you know 😉 ) and Lynne and I did make it out today, when the rain stopped, but only counted 4!! We are totally convinced the squirrels may have moved somewhere drier! 🙂
Looking forward to hearing about what you did for your birthday (when it comes!) 😀
Hi Amanda! So you’re saying you get excited about your birthday? hehehe I’d love to do a birthday week, but because Christmas is two days later, it seems to take over from there. That’s why I do a “halfie birthday” at the mid-point of the year. It’s a thing! 🙂 Happy Friday, love your list of currents.
Half birthdays sound like an awesome idea! That would mean I could celebrate in the summer, when it wasn’t -20 outside. Brr.
I’m the same way with lipstick. I can never find a color that looks right one me. That one looks great on you though! I’ll have to remember that one because my complexion is about as Casperesque as it gets right now. 😉
I just finished reading Lena Dunham’s book and it was pretty entertaining. I thought it was kind of like her show- inappropriate, witty, a little strange. There’s not much to be learned from it but it makes for a nice distraction.
I think you’ll like Syrup! It doesn’t look like anything super special in the tube, but it’s perfection on. And it has a really nice moisturizing quality, too, so you don’t have to worry about it looking all dry and gross.
First off those slippers are awesome!!! So cute!
current:
1) book – need to start a new one but don’t know which one to go for! Any reading time I have I usually read the newspaper!
2) food – just finished all our Christmas leftovers… I already miss Turkey 🙁
3) need – I need more sleep! The holidays have meant lots of later than usual nights so I need to catch up!
4) triumph – using up all the leftovers, nothing went to waste!
5) mood – happy and excited – who knows what the new year will bring!!!
Oh girl, I feel ya on the sleep thing. My sleeping patterns got so messed up this holiday season, and I’m still trying to get them all sorted out.
I remember waiting for my EC planne the first time. It felt like foerever. Currently mood: hopeful and excited for 2015. Ready for a clean slate.
That’s what it’s currently feeling like for me! I keep checking the order status to see if it changes, and then get super excited when it does 😆
Book: The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
Food: It’s always chocolate
Need: My husband’s touch: kisses, buttswats, snuggles, everything.
Triumph: Found nursing bras for $6!
Mood: Pretty chill
I need that nail polish!
My current book is Dark Places – I’m almost done and it’s bittersweet, I don’t want it to be over yet… its SO good!
I love that lipstick color on you- so pretty and natural looking. My current mood is sleepy and motivated and happy ☺ I have a lot of plans today to get my house tidied up and the christmas stuff put away, but at the moment it is early and I would rather be cuddling my baby girl.
Thanks Angela 🙂 And honestly… cuddles sound way more enjoyable than being productive.
So I played Nicotine while I read this post and I have my new favourite song. This is awesome!
You also reminded me how much I love Birthday Cake tea, I am getting back on that bandwagon STAT!
That lip color is great! I may have to pick that up for myself!! I’ve never been a fan of super dark lipsticks because I feel like they draw too much attention to the fact that my teeth are not perfectly white… That color is super natural and pretty!
I love that birthday week idea. I’m thinking that I might have to stealthily imply this tradition to my family…
I meant to paint my nails to ring in the new year in style. Took a nap instead #storyofmylife
I’m obsessed with beets at the moment so I feel ya on the ‘bloody’ hands thing
Also, you seriously need to start an ‘Amanada’s face on Spoons’ tally cuz you’re killin it 😀
Wear surgical gloves when you work with beets! It helps a tonne. And maybe I’ll keep a face tally for 2015 — maybe I’ll even make a vlog 😯
That tea sounds lovey! Great nail color too. I am currently reading Becoming Fearless and my current mood is sleep…if that’s a mood. 🙂 Enjoy the weekend!
So funny that we’re all messed up with days of the week! My husband and kids are still off and I did my long run this morning so I keep thinking it’s Saturday. I’m at the point where I can’t wait for the real Monday so I can feel normal again!
Me too! I swear it doesn’t even feel like the New Year yet… I need it to be Monday so I can get back to my routine.
Happy almost Birthday! Yes, we all celebrate (Birthday Day Week) my daughters Birthday is Jan. 9th & she has already started lol. (what to get a 23 year old?) Need those room shades that block out light, they work. Now how can I stop construction workers to stop pounding at 6am in the morning building a new housing plan near me…. Have a great TGIF!
Thanks so much, Arlene! Hope you and your family are having a wonderful weekend.
Love wearing cozy socks and slippers during the winter! And I love that nail polish. OPI is the best!
your bane of existence would be my bane of existence too. Seriously, I can’t take bright lights (or any lights) when I’m trying to sleep!
You always make me want to start wearing more make up and buying more products! That Beautypedia looks super helpful. Checking it out now!
My current:
1) … book: The Scarlet Letter
2) … food: Turkey noodle soup made with Christmas leftovers.
3) … need: for the weather to warm up! I’m sick of the cold already.
4) … triumph: getting a good sleep last night after getting no sleep on NYE!
5) … mood: scattered.
I am glad I recommended Passion – I love it too and will probably get it again this week! So excited for your birthday and for you to get my special little gift in the mail!
Your nails are so pretty. I love doing my nails in soft neutrals, cause it hides the chips better. I’ll have to check that book out! I got a kindle for Christmas and blew through 5 books within the next few days so I’m a little obsessed.
Reading is an awesome obsession to have 😀 Pick up “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss if you like fantasy. So, SO good.
Woot woot for the almost birthday girl!! You need to email me your mailing address so I can send you some goodies ;). Also, please come to California and teach me how to apply makeup like you do. I decided a few hours ago that I wanted to start doing more fashion-related post and thought that bettering my appearance by learning how to use makeup right would be a good idea as well. I watched one youtube video on contouring and I was like… 😯 . Someone save me.
You need to get back home so we can chat about all things blogging and beauty! Text me when you’re back on home turf <3
Yay for birthday week!! I actually think celebrating birthday MONTH is even better.
I LOVE that tea!! It is one I have leftover from my vacation in Boston where I filled my suitcase with all kinds of David’s Tea – and I love this flavor, especially ths sprinkles inside 🙂
Current need is sleep. I am totally with you, my lack of sleep is not even funny anymore. I guess that becomes my new year’s resolution….
I just tried pomegranates for the first time this week! My current food is clementines, I can’t get enough. They’re small so I can eat tons, right?! Oooh happy almost birthday!
I love clementines around this time of the year, too! Especially the really -really- small honey mandarin oranges — so sweet!
I loooove that nail color! I haven’t listened to Panic at the Disco in years, but I used to loooove them. Current mood: HAPPY because it’s Friday 😀
Those panda sticky notes are the cutest! I have a slight obsession with all things panda! Happy New Year and Happy Almost Birthday! 🙂
Thanks, Jen! Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!
I love your attitude lady – focusing on the good does help put the bad in proper perspective! And I have been using this underwater trick to peeling poms – seems to leave less of a bloody mess behind 😉 http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/how_to_cut_and_de_seed_a_pomegranate/
Ooo thanks, Shashi! That’ll definitely be helpful. Although I have to admit there’s some primal part of m that likes getting all messy 😉