Publix's Crunchy Bran & Raisin Cereal

Remember when I told you that Kashi had the best raisin bran? Of course you do, you LIVE by my words, I'll assume.

Well, if you live in the South then I guess that you knew all along that I was out of my mind because of how superior this Publix one is. 

Holy hell, this the best cereal I've ever had. The little flakes have some kind of vanilla coating on them or something, I don't really know what's going on, but I ate it by the bucketload this week on vacation. If you live in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina or Tennessee - get yourself to a Publix grocery store and EAT IT. I wish I'd bought boxes home with me. JESUS, it's good.

Makeup Tip of the Day

If you give any kind of a shit about  makeup and you're not doing this already - start. If you never want to hear the phrase, "Woah, you look tired again," then this maneuver is heavenly. 

(Also, if you're a mutant who say things like that? Man. You're really the worst. I mean that sincerely. It's one of the silliest things you can say to another adult. Absolutely moronic.)

I guess you could use a white powder, but that might be too loosey-goosey. I use the $5 white eyeliner pencil (it's less pencil-y, more gel-like) from Sephora's own collection.

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You can find it along that horrible look-at-these-products-while-you-wait-to-leave line before you buy something. 

Sephora Collection 4-Step Nail Buffer

Everyone should have this in their bathroom cabinet. Everyone meaning men, too. There's nothing more annoying than when a man doesn't own any nail-fixing devices. Do they NEVER get chipped nails?! Of course those idiots do! ALL us idiots do! But I get it. They don't care about their nails - but they should. I don't want no jagged-ass man nails running their fingers through my hair! File that shit down.

Anyway, this small 4-step buffer is perfect in every way. It files, buffs, polishes and shines (with a numbered system that reminds you what order to do it in). What's the difference between polishing and shining? No idea. But when you're finished, your nails look spectacular. You know how sometimes when you do your own nails you get bumps underneath the polish? Well, that'll happen NO MORE if you use this guy. Love it so much. It comes singularly, but I got the 3-pack so I can keep one in my purse at all times, one at my boyfriend's and one at home. 

Tip - Workout Clothes

Incase you have any qualms about buying from Lululemon, please realize that there are billions of other places to get less expensive, good quality yoga pants. I can't get over how gorgeous these Nike ones ($65) are.

Victoria's Secret and The Gap have a pretty sweet selection, too. Especially the sports tank tops at Victoria's Secret - they last you YEARS, it's weird/great. If I were you, I'd stay away from the super-cheap workout clothes from places like Old Navy and H&M since they wear out pretty quickly. 

Stamp Your Face

If I ever stop using my wax sealer when mailing anything out, I'm gonna stamp my face all OVER your birthday cards. Oh God... just thought of this: using this instead of signing your name? You could just stamp this? Amazing. That's it, I'm buying this now. I was only going to tell you about it here, but it seems weird for me NOT to buy one for myself. Expect this face soon in any mailings I send you. You know who you are.

SUCH a good idea. Only $65. Maybe that seems expensive but you'll have it for life, so... I'm sorry, but it's totally worth it. Click on either photo to buy one yourself.

e.l.f. Lip Exfoliator

This is the best thing I've tried at e.l.f. thus far. I can definitely see why so many people are loyal to this little guy. I don't wear lipstick often, but I still use this every morning and night. I'm not sure if this is supposed to happen, but little bits of the exfoliator come off the stick and onto your lips in a way that makes it feel like it's really working and doing something. And if you use this exfoliator and then follow with some peppermint extract? You're going to feel indestructible. Please try that combination now.

And if you're into any kind of plumping lip agent/gloss/shine/whatever... you need to stop using that nonsense immediately and bring out the real, natural plump that's already in your lips. I swear to God it's there. Exfoliating them brings out that plump. Look it up.

This seems like a lot of lip maintenance, I know. But I can't tell you what a difference you'll see.

I'm not even going to dwell on the fact that this is only $3. You have no excuse to not get this.

Anthropologie's Kitchen Items

Do you see these bowls? DO YOU SEE THEM?! They're STORAGE CONTAINER bowls. Why are they so gorgeous? Oh, I don't know - maybe because some genius came up with the idea that EVERYTHING CAN BE PRETTY. 

This is coming across as angry and I'm really not mad right now. It just makes me sort of (pathetically) excited (just a bit) to know that containers like this exist. As soon as I learned of their presence in this world, I put them atop the list of things I need to buy immediately. So I guess all my ziplock containers can now officially EAT IT.

Cannot wait to get these. My fridge is going to flip the fuck out when she sees what kind of beauties I'm putting in her.

They're $8 each and available at Anthropologie. (Also, don't get me started on how sexy their regular cereal bowls are. Fuck.)

Cracker Saver

For crackers or cookies! I don't know about you, but I feel an enormous amount of pressure when opening cracker/cookie bags to eat them all within the span of two or three days, in fear of them going stale. Am I alone here? Am I the maniac? Anyway, such a good idea. 

Are you not as excited about this as I am? 'Cause that's a shame then.

You can buy them off Amazon for $12.50 for a set of two. 

Victorian Trading Co.

I almost don't want to tell you how many items I've bought from this catalog. Not because it's embarrassing to talk about, but moreso because it'll place me a smidge higher than you in terms of our varying classiness factors. 

Please don't judge, but these are the latest things I've purchased from this gorgeous retailer.

Ice Pack

Bedside Carafe

Ruffled Umbrella

Mouthwash Decanter

These are only a few of the things I absolutely had to have. I think it gives you an accurate impression of the types of things they sell. Anyway, just wanted to make you aware of its presence. They will mail you a free catalog if you request one, just check out their site.

Seinfeld: The Complete Series - $59

In other Seinfeld news (I swear I'll eventually stop reporting about anything Seinfeld-related - no wait, I won't 'cause I RUN THIS BLOG), the entire series is available on DVD on Amazon right now for $59. FIFTY-NINE F-ING DOLLARS. Did you hear me? That is insane. If I didn't already own them all (and like a sap, I paid maybe... at least $40 PER season, years ago), then I would be all over this deal. 

You are not better than this deal. Also, what a good gift. 

UPDATE: As of February 8th, the price has now gone up to $99. Whose fault is that? Yours. For not buying it WHEN I TOLD YOU TO.