What’s In The Baaaaaaag

March 24, 2011 at 7:24 pm | Filed under photos, the helga manual

There are some things I fail at as a girl: getting weekly pedicures, actually getting manicures (such pretty things are wasted on me), having emotions, and owning the required number of bags. I don’t know— is there even such a thing? The point is: I’m not much of a bag person. I’ve been using this Cath Kidston bag 80% of the time ever since I got it last year and I am only sometimes embarrassed about it. To be fair, I’ve tried using other bags but this one is just too damn cute not to be used everyday, okay. Plus, it’s big enough to fit all my junk! Cute and spacious— it’s perfect!

Five days a week, these are the contents of my bag (some days, I don’t pack lunch… like when I woke up that morning with a hangover and can’t be bothered to cook; some days, I don’t bring my dSLR… like when I woke up that morning feeling less-than-cute):

Umbrella, my lunch container, makeup kit, cigarettes and lighter, handkerchief, tampons (just for this week, heh), brush with hair ties and rubberbands, my 50mm to represent my dSLR, powdered oil control sheets (this variety of Silk Secrets is crap, what a waste), coin purse and card holder, invisible management jobs module, train tickets, lotion, band-aids, Hannah Montana pen, iPhone, keys, iPod.

So I have a few questions:

1) How many bags do you have?
2) What’s in your bag?
3) How often do you change purses?
4) Do you know where I can get cute bags that are big enough to fit all my things? :)

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2011 Goals and Projects

January 3, 2011 at 5:20 pm | Filed under lists, photos, the helga manual

Happy new year, happy new decade a couple of days late! I had this whole collage of self-portraits from 2010 almost done on Photoshop the night of the 31st ’til I realized that there was no way I was going to be able to finish that AND cobble up a decent blog entry in twenty minutes. Besides, who in their right mind would spend New Year’s eve on the internet, reading my blog, anyway?

So 2010 was pretty uneventful but maybe I’ll save that for my next entry (aka where I post photos from my New Year’s). Today, I write about stuff I hope to do in the next 362 days. These are not resolutions, mind you… and no, I’m not about to blather on about how stupid and useless resolutions are. I think resolutions are fun to write down but I’ve outgrown the whole thing. What I need are goals, not just resolutions (because without the former, the latter is useless… I think?). I’m keeping this list simple so they’d be more doable. I know people say you should shoot for the stars or moon yadda yadda but I want to keep things realistic.

On to them goals… and projects!!!

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Helga’s Christmas 2010 Wishlist

December 7, 2010 at 4:20 pm | Filed under lists, the helga manual

1) Hanson’s 5 of 5 DVD box set, $80. I asked my boyfriend for this and he said yes… except I told him I also wanted a DS Lite.

Helga’s Christmas 2010 Wishlist

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Day 3: Your Idea of the Perfect First Date

September 26, 2010 at 7:43 pm | Filed under 30-day blog challenge, the helga manual

Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.

Blech.

Anywhere where vodka and cigars are served. Alcohol over coffee, dancing over talking. It’s not perfect (because really, perfect for me would include going to an amusement park and getting drunk on contraband vodka from a flask and ends with him winning a stuffed alligator for me) but it’s practical.

What’s yours?

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A Few Essentials

July 9, 2010 at 2:53 pm | Filed under photos, the helga manual

A few essentials, a few things that help me be kyot.

From left to right (or maybe not but it’s not so hard to figure out which is which): CO Bigelow Rose Salve (I’m almost out huhucry), Paul & Joe cream blush (or any blush, really. I cannot live without blush the way an iPad cannot live without an ipad warranty hrhrhrhr), Maybelline Clear Smooth Minerals liquid foundation, Lancome pencil eyeliner (look at how worn out and stubby it is! I’ve had this for a while and it’s my favorite. It’s nearing its death and I can’t let go), tweezers, IN2IT Oil Control and Oil Free foundation, and that weird stick thing is my girlstache epilator/epicare stick/magic hair wand.

What are your essentials? =)

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