A 10 year old gift
Sunday, May 08, 2011Before you say anything I already know. 10 years is way too long a time to keep eye shadow or probably any make-up item for. But, there's a story behind this gift that i just wanted to remember and share.
I'm a scrapbooker without the free time to scrapbook and as they say, we need to document our stories.
My mom bought this for me when i turned 18. I was never allowed to wear makeup before this and i guess what you don't know doesn't hurt, because i never really felt like i was missing out. None of my friends wore makeup either so it was never that much of a big deal for me.
Then everything changed. I turned 18, i got my drivers license, i made plans to leave home and fly half way across the world to America to start the best journey of my life. And all with my very first brown eyeshadow, mascara, lip balm and Tommy Hilfiger perfume that my mom bought for me out of her secret little savings fund.
Here i sit, 10 years later having accrued more air miles than i could ever use, living in yet another new continent, having gone through a fiance and a separation and some incredibly tough times, looking at this little plastic container of eyeshadow and having it bring a smile to my face.
Just this week i was having a spring clean, after all i have now been in my flat for over a year which is the longest time that i have spent in one place in the last three years, and as i picked this up i had the same thought that has run through my head every spring clean since 2000......."Is it time to throw out the make up?"
The answer is still no. Even though i don't wear it i just cant throw it out.
So it appears that this will be staying with me for a little while longer!
Then everything changed. I turned 18, i got my drivers license, i made plans to leave home and fly half way across the world to America to start the best journey of my life. And all with my very first brown eyeshadow, mascara, lip balm and Tommy Hilfiger perfume that my mom bought for me out of her secret little savings fund.
Here i sit, 10 years later having accrued more air miles than i could ever use, living in yet another new continent, having gone through a fiance and a separation and some incredibly tough times, looking at this little plastic container of eyeshadow and having it bring a smile to my face.
Just this week i was having a spring clean, after all i have now been in my flat for over a year which is the longest time that i have spent in one place in the last three years, and as i picked this up i had the same thought that has run through my head every spring clean since 2000......."Is it time to throw out the make up?"
The answer is still no. Even though i don't wear it i just cant throw it out.
So it appears that this will be staying with me for a little while longer!
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