Mary Kay Cosmetics

Here is some information I thought you would find to be very useful. Consider shopping with me to order your gifts for the holidays. Avoid the long lines and the chaotic surroundings of the malls and stores. Shop online with me at www.marykay.com/cwilson77. Free shipping and free delivery is always available!

Mary Kay is a prestige brand in the market place which means we compete with department stores brands like Clinique, Estee Lauder, Lancôme and Mac. Brands sold in drugstores and Wal-Mart such as Maybeline and Cover Girl and even Avon, are considered mass brands and are not whose market share for which we are competing.

In comparison to other prestige brands here is how we fared in unit sales this past year: 1. Our TimeWise Firming Eye Cream outsold Clinique's Repair Eye Cream 4 to one. (It was considered the Number 1 Best Selling Brand.) 2. In prestige facial exfoliators, Microderm Abrasion outsold Clinique'sDay Rinse Off Scrub four to one. 3. Our Oil Free Eye Make-up Remover sold more units than the top TEN leading prestige brands COMBINED, which makes us the Number 1 Selling Brand of Eye make-up remover in the country! 4. Our Ultimate Mascara outsold the top 3 prestige brands combined in unitsales. Ultimate mascara outsold Lancome's #1 best selling mascara three to 1. 5. Our eye shadow unit sales beat the #1 best selling eye shadow brand MAC 25 to one. 6. Our cream lipstick sales outsold the top three (3) prestige brand sales combined 3 to 1. 7. Our lip gloss outsold the top NINE prestige brand sales combined 3 to 1.

Store Closings!

Watch those store money cards and gift cards.. and credit slips! So that you may use them before the stores will not honor them....
Here is a list of Stores that have informed the Security Exchange of closing plans between October 2008 and January 2009. Circuit City stores... most recent (? how many)Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide are to be shutteredLane Bryant,, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine's to close 150 store nationwideEddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after JanuaryCache will close all storesTalbots closing down all storesJ. Jill closing all storesGAP closing 85 storesFootlocker closing 140 stores more to close after JanuaryWickes Furniture closing downLevitz closing down remaining storesBombay closing remaining storesZales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January.Whitehall closing all storesPiercing Pagoda closing all storesDisney closing 98 stores and will close more after January.Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ (New Brunswick)Macys to close 9 stores after JanuaryLinens and Things closing all storesMovie Galley Closing all storesPacific Sunware closing storesPep Boys Closing 33 storesSprint/ Nextel closing 133 storesJC Penney closing a number of stores after JanuaryEthan Allen closing down 12 stores.Wilson Leather closing down all storesSharper Image closing down all storesK B Toys closing 356 storesLoews to close down some storesDillard's to close some stores

Trip to Natchez, MS

I tried to reflect as we rode back from Natchez about my experience. I kept wondering if everyone felt as empowered as I did from the entire experience. Having the opportunity to reflect with colleagues about their take and perception of the entire trip, reinforced the impact everyone felt from being apart of the 4W's Writing Institute. Traveling down the Richard Wright Memorial Highway and being lead down the trail that Wright himself took was monumental in itself. Special thanks to Charles Wright! He gave us the greatest tour ever! He was so down to earth and knowledgeable. Yet what intrigued me the most was his passion and desire to continue the legacy of Richard Wright. I felt the screams of his utmost respect for Richard Wright's existence in history and the literary world. I understood the underlying inspiration to continue informing Natchez, Mississippi, and the World of his gifted and talented family member, who felt the tragic beaming of terror, hunger, and cruelty for his race and for himself. I am unable to process all that I saw - the Forks, the ruins of the Ace Theater, Richard Wright's Home, Rhythm Night Club Monument and Slab. We made history today, and I just can't grasp hold of what I saw, heard, and discussed. After returning from Natchez, I basically flew to Barnes and Nobles. Unfortunately, I was disappointed to discover that they did not have the book about Prince Ibrahim, entitled Prince Among Slaves. However, I have ordered it from Barnes and Noble's online website. Being a part of the 4W's Writing Institute was really great! Being apart of this institute has lead to a whole new world for me. I have learned so much more about the writers, about my colleagues, and about Mississippi. I am forever grateful! *Please click on all the links. They are linked to wonderful sites, even a letter written by his daughter!

Gaps

I didn't think I had any gaps, but apparently I do. This was cute! Thanks, Maggie Reads!

There Are 2 Gaps in Your Knowledge

Where you have gaps in your knowledge: History Art Where you don't have gaps in your knowledge: Philosophy Religion Economics Literature Science

Do You Have Gaps in Your Knowledge?

Can't Shake the Feeling

Driving on my usual commute home, amongst the fighting and screaming of my three wonderful children, I called my mom as usual. This time, though, the conversation didn't go so great. When it started off with, "I have so not so good news." I knew it was death in the family, but to my surprise I was wrong.

My sister's boyfriend house burned completely down. My sister started moving out to her new home on yesterday, but hadn't quite moved all of her things out. She lost so much...clothing for her and my two year old nephew, coats, shoes, purses, baby pictures, a baby book she worked so hard to create, and so much more. Unsure of what to say, I cautiously called her to talk. I could hear the tears in her voice as she talked. I felt the pain she was feeling. I felt the frustration she was consumed with.

Fighting back the tears myself, I tried to be optimistic and encouraging but it seemed so inappropriate. Using the crying of my baby to end the conversation, I just can't shake this lump in my throat. This undeniable inability to understand why? She has been through so much that I just can't quite comprehend this situation. She was trying to improve her life for her and her son. She lost college books and had to miss school.

But what is really frustrating is her boyfriend's situation. He is an only child, who lost his mother and father to an accident at a young age. He was with them and was thrown from the car, leaving a obtrusive scar on his face. The house is gone and contains all he had. My sister explained that he only has the clothing on his back. She does have some of her possessions, not much, but he truly has none.

As I write this, I can't help but cry. Crying because of frustration. Crying because as a big sister, I can't help as much as I would like. Crying because of the "things they lost in the fire" that meant so much. Crying for the history my nephew will never see and understand. Crying because my sister is crying. Crying because of my inability to turn back the hands of time. Crying because I live so far. Crying because of the holidays and the pain it will hold. Crying because of the anguish and contemplation I feel. Crying because I don't know what else to do.

We Shall Overcome

I am beyond ecstatic that Mr. Obama is President-Elect. My enthusiasm is not based on the fact that he is an African American, but based on the tactics and class portrayed in his campaign. He could have belittled Palin for the 150,000 -plain- wardrobe and so much more. I was not much surprised that the South voted for McCain. Why should the Infamous South full of older white conservative families vote for a Black man to guide the country. Anyway, enough about that silliness!

I am just so proud that my son has such a prominent hero, who is not an athlete, who did not pay his way through everything, and who understands the essence of hard work. He has a tough job ahead, but any fool could do better than BUSH JR!

I just wish Martin Luther King, Emmett Till and his mother, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglas, and WEB Dubois could have witnessed this historic day!

On another note, it was quite disturbing to hear that in Caledonia, MS several white Caledonia High School students ranted racial slurs at fellow classmates and iterated pure hatred for Obama. Wonder where they got it from? Listening to their parents perhaps?

So many people that I know voted for McCain said that it wasn't based on race. How many of them were actually black? ZERO. Was there any validity in their confession of their private choice? One will never know.

Okay, enough about politics.

I received the Superior Scribbler Award

Thanks, Sandi for this award! You are so awesome!

Here is how it works!

Every superior scribbler will name 5 other super scribblers. If you are named, link to the author & the name of the blog that gave you the award. Then you display the graphic above and link to this post, which explains the award. Finally you must visit this post and tell your name to mr. linky list. Then they will have a record of all the people who are super scribblers!

Here are my five supper scribblers!

1. Maggie Reads



2. Living to tell about it



3. Suburban Wife



4. Empower Me to Write



5. Little Nothings

Handy Work

I started the day off busy today. First I went to find a nail shop, I after stopping at two nail shops, I finally ended up at Tranquility in Flowood. Walking in, I didn't know if I had made the right choice. I explained to the nail tech what I wanted, and I was very excited to find I could be helped. I arrived at 11:30 and did not leave until 12:40. Am I complaining... NOOOO! Here's the deal. I have been to several different locations in the past two months. I like overlays on my nails. The last location was the icing on the cake. I had the old set removed and a new set on. In the process of removing the nails, two of my nails broke and had to be replaced with a tip. The tip, on each finger, was the wrong size and hung over. The acrylic was too thick and chipped and broke my own nail off. The tip came off. In less than two weeks, my hands were atrocious. When the nail tech looked at my hand, they could not believe it. What really upset me though was that the acrylic on my left hand seperated from my actually nail, causing a gap. In this gap a fungus was developing and was turning my nail brown. Not knowing this until the nail tech at Tranquility told me, I felt that the rush jobs at the walk-in nail salons are just "Stealing" money from customers. When I left, I was very satisfied with the way my hands looked and felt. They were truly GREAT!