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It's been so long, this is what I look like now! (With no makeup and damp hair and wrapped in a TARDIS blanket...)

Hello, old friends! I'm still alive! Hooray! I just wanted to catch you up on my goings-on and explain my absence. So, I do apologize for being MIA for so long. My mental health has kept me from doing much, as well as the fact that I'm having some (VERY MINOR) health issues that need to be taken care of (two easy procedures and a probable small surgery), but have been put off thanks to my anxiety. The surgery has to do with a sinus in my lower back which causes discomfort when I'm sitting for too long, which is why I haven't been blogging, or reading blogs, or on my laptop too often. I will hopefully get it taken care of within the next month. Nothing is definite yet though since I need to wait for the translators from our base medical office to call me to make an initial appointment, since the surgery will have to happen out in town and I will need a translator with me. Anyway... I can't promise that I will be blogging about makeup very often until my surgery and healing have been taken care of.

On the plus side, I have been trying to squash my every day anxiety by leaving my apartment more often. I'm super proud of myself because I've been doing well with it. I even had a day trip to several new places with a small group including two women I had never met before. Hooray for progress!

Speaking of progress, here is my 25 Before 26 progress:
1. Make at least one video for my YouTube channel.
2. Get rid of unwanted clothing and accessories.
I'm starting to do this, but I can't mark it off because it's not been completed.
3. Wear orange lipstick.
4. Go shopping in Fukuoka.
5. Visit the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.
6. Try Japanese cosmetics.
7. Visit a shrine.
8. Start the How to Be a Fat Bitch E-Course.
9. Try a cream blusher.
10. Perfect the art of glitter brows.
11. Perfect the art of colored brows.
12. Play a drinking game.
13. Finish a puzzle.
14. Watch at least 40 movies I've never seen before.
Current progress: 28
15. Start up my in-house bakery.
16. Enroll in college.
DONE! My start date is the 23rd of February.
17. Visit Hirado.
18. Read at least 20 books.
SUPER DONE! I've read 30 books so far since my birthday!
19. Read at least 10 comics/graphic novels.
DONE! I've read 11 so far since my birthday!
20. Try out cosmetics from 5 new indie brands.
21. Buy a Givenchy lipstick.
I bought the Le Rouge Limited Edition Burgundy in Framboise Velours during Sephora's sale!
22. Go to Milky Way Farms.
23. Go bowling.
24. Do some crafting.
25. Do a spending ban.

Ryan will be taking leave from the military in a few days, but we will be staying in Japan. We're hoping to do a lot of exploring in the weeks he as off, so here's hoping I can cross of several more soon.


Another reason for this blog post is to inform you lovelies that I have started up a book club and book-based blog since reading is something I can do a lot of laying down (and also I love books)! Please check it out and feel free to join or follow if you're interested.

I love you all and I thank you for being so, so patient with me.

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Hey guys! I just want to apologize for my lack of posting here and on other forms of social media. The last two weeks have been really difficult for me. There was a death in my family, as well as the first anniversary of the death of a very close friend. I have a few posts lined up, but I don't know when I'll be back to posting frequently... Hopefully soon!

Thanks for understanding, everyone.


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To Do List: 2014

Here's a lovely picture of Magenta totally enjoying her Halloween costume. You're welcome.

December 2013 Goal Updates

→ Keep up with a normal sleep schedule
Ugh, I don't know. I was doing alright, but then I wasn't. So, for all intents and purposes, we'll say I didn't achieve that goal.

→ Bake
Yes ma'am! I made Toll House Chocolate Chip cookies (soooo many!) and a Turtle Brownie thing.

→ Organize hallway closet
Nope. BUT, I was pretty sure that I wouldn't get around to doing this until early 2014 since I wanted to make sure that we had the Christmas stuff all packed up. I don't think this one was a fail, but just not really a good goal for December. Haha.

→ Decorate the apartment
Yep! Check out my awesome Christmas decorations here!

→ Plan a giveaway
I definitely have some things up my sleeve for this year. I'm excited for ya'll! Js.

→ Blog more often
I didn't blog more of my usual blog nonsense, but I think I did nicely with my Countdown to Kitschmas series.

→ Read a full book
Wow. I am disappoint. I have so many books that I'm dying to read, but nope, I did not read even one book in December. Wompwomp.

→ Decide on my next hair transformation
I'm pretty dead-set on keeping my half/half, but doing white and black instead of continuing with blue and pink. Unfortunately I haven't heard back from my friend who does my hair out here and the other lady who has an in-house salon doesn't have the necessary things, so... I'm probably going to ruin my hair by doing it myself.

→ Marathon the Die Hard movies again
You betcha! We watched the first two movies on Christmas (cos they're the Christmas ones) and finished up with movies three, four, and five the next day.

→ Curl my hair
I haven't even opened up my curling iron. Oops.

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→ Explore Kyushu
I have two more years in Japan and I want to be able to say that I saw things and went places while I was living here.

→ Cook more
So far, so good. My goal is to do at least one home cooked meal a week and I've been cooking more than not since the beginning of the year!

→ Start in-home business
My AMAZING husband got me a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer so I can start selling baked goods while we're out here. I hate having to only rely on Ryan's paycheck, plus I love to bake, so it's a win/win!

→ Keep the apartment more organized
I feel like my space is a mess and I never feel calm when things are messy.

→ Enact makeup spending ban
I need to "shop my stash" and review all of the makeup I haven't gotten to yet!

→ Yoga
I actually went to my first physical therapy appointment this morning and I'll be doing daily stretches. I'd like to upgrade to actual yoga at some point. I loved yoga when I was a teenager and I need more zen in my life.

→ Budget better & save more
Ryan and I just redid our budget at the beginning of the new year; saving more and spending less!

→ Start therapy again?
Hm. I'm still not 100% on this one yet, but I figured that I would put it on the list.

→ Start using a blog calendar/organizer instead of just making lists
I bought a binder and filled it full of organize-y printables and I'm super excited. Js.

→ Reorganize blog
I'm thinking of launching a personal blog and turning Kitsch Vixen into just a beauty/fashion blog. I'll post more about that later!

What are your plans for 2014?



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Life Update!

Kitty beans and hairy toes!

Hooray! Life updates!

I'm still around, lovelies! I promise. I'm still in the "If I don't touch my camera, I can't break it" mindset because it takes a little bit for me to adjust to spending so much money in one place. I've also broken out worse than I've ever broken out before during this whole month. (Thanks, birth control!) My face is finally clearing up thanks to some miracle products (that I guess I'll have to blog about!!) and I'm excited to be able to put makeup on my face again! Haha. I'll be sure to have some blog posts up soon.

Thank you guys for stayin' with me during my weird face-time and camera fear! I love you all!

I'm still using Twitter (like a fox) and my Facebook page to communicate, so remember to check those out.

xox

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