Post #39: Another long hiatus

Today is May 24, 2019, my last post was on June 1, 2018. It has been almost a year.

Erie Canal Half (5/19/19)

At one point I was pretty good about blogging fairly regularly. There is a part of me that wants to get back to that. Not for any useful reason, but I think blogging about my running, my makeup, and my career can be interesting to random people, or my future self.

Updates since my last post, using the last post as an outline:

I said I would try to be more consistent at blogging. Since it has been 8 days short of one year since I last posted I am gonna say that I failed miserably at that. Maybe I will do better this year.

Step Count

I did not make it to 100 days in a row with hitting my 10,000 steps per day. I made it over 50 days, but then failed. For the year of 2019, I have hit my 10,000 steps per day everyday except for (pause for counting) 16 days. That is 16 days out of 143 days I did NOT hit 10,000+ steps. I am pretty proud of myself for that.

Houston Half (1/20/19)

Running

I have also been running a lot more. I ran the Boilermaker 15k last July. I did the Houston Half Marathon in January. I did the Marine Corps 17.75k in March. Just this past Sunday I ran the Erie Canal Half Marathon. I run daily and actually feel pretty terrible when I don't run. I am training for the Marine Corp Marathon (Oct 27). I expect the majority of posts over the next 5 months will be about my marathon training.

Fitness/Health

I am also 40 pounds lighter than I was when I last posted. My last weigh in was at 147 pounds. For those of you doing the math, I am officially a healthy BMI. I am loving it, and I have lost enough weight where I have actually had to do a wardrobe refresh. I have spent over $200 in the past month or so on new clothes.

Wardrobe Refresh

Makeup

I stopped tracking my makeup use up and purchases last year, but I have been doing it this year. As of today I have used up (pause to check spreadsheet) $623.98 worth of product, that is 124 items. I have only purchased $137.65 worth of beauty products (44 items - 18 of which are eyeshadows in a palette), this includes face wash and hair care items too. I was able to resist the temptation of the Sephora VIB sale.

 Work/Career

The Boyfriend and Me at a baseball game

I am still trudging through the life that is Graduate School. More on that as information becomes available.

Other

Now for something completely different: I have a boyfriend, he is wonderful!

Well, back to writing and working on a presentation for my next conference. 

Post #33: Makeup Inventory by the Numbers + Goals

Towards the end of 2017, I started to take an inventory of my makeup collection. Now, at the start of 2018, I believe I have a comprehensive list of all of my makeup/beauty collection. Looking at the numbers, and the retail value of my collection, I was a bit shocked, and a little upset with myself. The values are larger than I expected, and definitely larger than they need to be for a poor college student with only one face to put makeup on.

That being said, I am not ashamed. I love makeup, and the value I place on it is so much higher than the monetary value. Makeup is fun and empowering, and I love challenging myself to try something new with my makeup.

Also, the majority of my makeup was bought on sale, so the retail value is higher than what I actually spent on it.

The following is a breakdown of my collection into categories and the first number is the current amount of full size, deluxe sample size, and true sample size items in each. The second number is the end goal that I would like to reach at some point. The third number is the number of each product I would like to finish in 2018.

Category: current number, goal number, amount to finish in 2018
Foundation: 17, 4, 10
Face Powder: 8, 4, 3
Concealer: 8, 1, 4
Face Primer: 3, 1, 2
Blush: 12, 1, 1
Bronzer/Contour: 5, 1, 1
Highlighter: 22, 3, 6

Eyeshadow Pans: 531, 267, 9
Cream Eyeshadow: 25, 1, 3
Eyeshadow Primer: 3, 2, 1
Pencil Eyeliner: 53, 3, 6
Liquid Eyeliner: 8, 1, 3
Cream Eyeliner: 8, 1, 2
Setting Spray: 2, 1, 1
Eyebrow Pencil: 6, 1, 2
Mascara: 8, 2, 4

Lip Gloss: 9, 0, 3
Lip Balm: 14, 3, 3
Bullet Lipstick: 77, 14, 6
Liquid Lipstick: 32, 5, 3
Lip Liner: 53, 1, 4

Nail Polish: 9, 3, 3
Hair Care: 20, 5, 6
Face Care: 20, 6, 11
Lotion: 22, 2, 7
Spray/Perfume: 13, 3, 5

Total # of items: 988
Total $ amount: $4043.77