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SUMMER!

I think it's officially summer. At least it is in San Antonio. Well, I thought it was yesterday. 93 degrees at 6pm, but I woke up this morning and it was windy and 70 degrees, which actually felt cold after the sauna that has been the last week. It makes me really happy though. I love summer so much. I could live with summer all year round. I love laying by the pool and baking...feeling the sweat roll off the back of my knees and down my calves, reading a good book, and being relaxed. The only time summer sucks is when I'm getting ready to go out at night, trying to blow dry the enormous amount of hair on my head, and sweating to death and feeling like I have to take another shower, but that can easily be fixed by turning the AC down to 60 before commencing the blow-drying.

I'm on a total adrenaline rush this morning. I actually went and did cardio this morning...on a Saturday! I can't believe it myself!!!

There's this awesome perfume oil at the GAP (I couldn't find it on gap.com). It's this little bottle with a roll-on applicator. The Smooth Sandlewood and the Sueded Musk are to die for. You can use these alone or mix and match them. These two are my favorite alone and mixed together!!! I have tons of expensive perfumes - Chanel, Hugo Boss, Givency, Ralph Lauren, et. - sitting on my dresser, but for some reason sometimes the cheaper stuff like from the Gap, or this other stuff I love from World Market are better!

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Kaycee said…
My favorite perfume in the world is Jovan White Musk and its 9.95 a bottle at the BX and 12.95 at Walmart. I love it!
3:50 PM
Jessiedc28 said…
Hello! Is that the stuff with the orange lid? If so...LIZZY had that stuff when we were in high school and I was wearing it when I committed my first kiss with Chris Peterson. Is it the stuff? Is it?
8:14 AM
Compulsive Lizzie said…
Yes and no. That stuff that I used was just plain Jovan Musk - not the "white" Musk, but made by the same people, and close enough.
5:55 PM
Compulsive Lizzie said…
They discontinued my favorite one at World Market!!! WHHAAAAAAA!!!
6:10 PM
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