An now, for Edition #1 of my LOVVVVESSS. Sorry I have to spread it out over a few days but I am trying to post every day! And let's be honest: I live on a farm...I don't have as much to write about as when I lived "in the big city" (haha).
OKAY!! This may not be all beauty-related but here we goooo!
#1: Nook.
I'll admit it. Growing up, I was *kind of* a book nerd. I rocked the V.C. Andrews and Stephen King like nobody's business. We are not talking Jean-Paul Sartre here, people. I also spent my entire young life convincing my dad to subscribe me to "cool" magazines that taught me nothing (except how to spend money like it is going out of style, how to create the perfect smokey eye and how to not land myself in the "Embarrassing Stories" sections) like YM, Seventeen and Vogue. He was a pretty easy sell because he also likes to read books and magazines, and I think he was just happy I was reading.
After I got a real job, I subscribed to like 10 mags. Martha Stewart, Lucky, Vogue (I see a pattern here...which is hilarious because in Iowa, we have in-person access to about NONE of the things ever modeled in Vogue), Mademoiselle, Journal of Accountancy (haha!), Elle, etc. As much as I hated working in a cubicle and doing accounting, I loved the theory of accounting and really did enjoy reading about tax code in my free time. Honestly, the worst part about leaving public accounting was not getting my U.S. Master Tax Guide anymore and hearing all the tax code updates throughout the year! OMG!! My accountant friends are going, "I knowwww!!!!" while everyone else is going, "What in the H is she talking about?"
Eventually, I decided to be a mom and my books and mags turned into dust collectors....sad!! (No, I did not subscribe to Parenting, omg!) Also, I felt HORRIBLE wasting all of that paper and just throwing them in the trash...ahhh! Especially those I didn't even have a chance to read! So, my "Dear Ann: Please Re-subscribe!" letters of desperation all went unanswered years ago.
Until...dun dun dun! BLACK FRIDAY!
Although I have officially acquired Kurt's iPad, which I love, I decided I wanted to be like Belle and my dad and be in the lil' club of Nook toters. The iPad had turned into my photography-surfing, emailing, calendar-having, business pad. It also has tons of educational games on it for the little kids, so it is almost completely full of baby apps and Bubble Guppies videos! [Hint: if you get an iPad, get the biggest one you can get!]
I randomly decided to buy a Nook on Black Friday so I could dedicate it to non-business apps, non-preschooler games, read some non-photo books and subscribe to my magazines again (without the guilt of killing trees).
My fave thing is the "Scrapbook" section where you create scrapbooks. In reading a magazine, you can click the little scissors icon and send the page to a scrapbook! Awesome! For example, I have a Recipes scrapbook, a Photography scrapbook (OK, it's a little bit business), a Cute Outfits scrapbook, etc.
Anyhow, yes, Vogue is in my magazine library once again. Although I won't be wearing any Versace any time soon (wahhh), I still love looking at the clothing, jewelry and photography.
OK, so there you have it! It may just be my favorite purchase of 2012! As I write the other LOVVVESSS AND HATTTTESSS blogs this week, I will have to think about them and figure out which is my one true love of 2012. <3 p="p">
Thanks for reading!! xoxo!!
Much love!!
Ann
No comments:
Post a Comment