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WARNING: This post contains self-indulgent fluff.

Hey, fae.

I went into Boston today to wander Newbury St. with my brother, who dutifully sat outside whilst I perused girly stores like Betsey Johnson, LUSH, and MAC.

Speaking of which, I had some startling realizations today, the main one being 'you get what you pay for'.

I am a cheapskate. I love bargains, I've shoplifted things I didn't feel like paying for [sorry, Walmart and Hot Topic], I buy a good percentage of my clothes either on sale or via the Salvation Army. I don't like spending money. EVER. I have [stupidly] spoken out against MAC make-up for being vaguely high priced and balk at designer clothing. But today, my opinion of things changed.

My brother and I were talking about apartments in the city.  I really love Boston and I love the idea of not having to have a car even more, plus living near my brother and his wife would be amazing.  The problem is, Boston is quite expensive. Apartments start around the 800-900 range, and those are tiny tiny places! As we were talking, it kind of came up in the conversation that you have to make some sacrifices to live where you want, this case the sacrifice being a bit of money. Boston is amazing, it's beyond worth it! [Just being in the city around all those people made me want to run up to everyone and tell them that they were beautiful.]

And, amazingly, I realized this could apply to other things! [WHAT WHAT, MAD SKILLZ RIGHT THURR]
You get what you pay for, man!

This is how I justify spending $60 on skincare products today.  I've become obsessed with taking care of my skin lately, because I've had some free time on my hands [I know, I should be doing tutorials with that free time, but I am massively unable to do anything creative besides draw on my eyebrows a la Amanda Palmer].  I went into the uber-amazing fresh organic cosmetic store, LUSH, for the first time with...

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