[Ended] Easy Giveaway & Weekend Recap!

I thought these temporary lip tattoos were pretty cool!
The videos on their website on how to apply is really good (you have to use scissors to trim them to fit the shape of your mouth). Did you know the creator was a 14 year old girl and her Aunt? Eprops to young entrepreneurs!

http://www.violentlips.com/

I've seen them pop up all over including at Sephora.

Giveaway
I figured it would be fun to giveaway 2 sets of 4 different lip tattoos to one of you!
This giveaway is going to be open for US readers because I want the winner to get their prize before Halloween. I think these would be pretty cool for Halloween festivities. :D
Not to worry my International readers! I have another giveaway lined up for you too!

How to enter (easy!):
Leave me a comment with your first name, where you're from, and tell me a little bit about your city or state! I love learning fun facts, and what's famous or popular about your hometown. :)

If you're dressing up for Halloween, let me know what you're going to be!

I will pick the 2 winners this Wednesday, October 26th at 10pm Pacific time!
This Giveaway has Ended!
Congrats to the winners!
My new fav show Revenge is on at that time too. :D

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Weekend Recap
(We're big dog people if you can't already tell :))

Minh and I went down to Vancouver, WA to visit his family on Saturday evening. We stayed until Sunday night. It was a short weekend trip. I normally prefer to leave earlier on Friday, but we met with a couple who bought Minh's car. He posted his car on Craigslist and sold so fast! It was so nice to sell it to the first couple who came to test drive it. They bought it for their 21 year son. Volvo's are pretty solid, safe cars. They're just a bit bulky, but hey..if Edward Cullen approves, I approve. : )

On our way down, we stopped by Lacey, WA to grab an iced macadamia nut coffee from Dutch Bros. They're the best drive thru style coffee stand ever! It's way better than anything at Starbucks!
I know they have a location in Lacey, and Vancouver, WA.
I also saw one in Tigard, Oregon. I believe they started in Oregon. Special thanks to my friend Mayumi for introducing me to Dutch Bros.!! :) It really makes the 2.5-3 hour drive down more enjoyable. :D I also tried a white mocha cow iced espresso at Brewed Awakening in Vancouver. It was really good too! What are your favorite coffee places?

Minh and I have been thinking about getting a Nespresso machine. I've been researching them, and trying to figure out where it will sit on my kitchen counter. I really need to make room!
They even gave us 3 dog biscuits for our boys! That's Nickel head in the picture.
Thank you Dutch Bros!
Here is Wally's "omgggg, are we there yet" face.
Did you know dog crates are the safest way to travel with your pets?
Our dog trainer said she got in a car accident once and her dog flew out the windshield and died. She says she felt horrible about herself and always reminded us to crate our dogs in the car. I usually have Nickel sit in the back with Wally because Timmy gets car sick. He gets really groggy and throws up. :/
This is the Seattle overcast. It was about 1pm. In the Fall/Winter we get a lot of these type of days. Seattle actually gets less rainfall than NYC, it just has more overcast cloudy days. The rain isn't "depressing" it's the Edward Cullen approved skies.
Rain cloud! My least favorite driving condition. I'm so paranoid about another car hydroplaning our way. -___-

This is Ty (3/4 shih tzu, 1/4 chihuahua)! He belongs to one of Minh's sisters and her fiance. He turned 2 over the weekend and he's so small! He's only 6lbs, and so portable!! He was sitting on my lap in the truck. If only my boys were this small..life would be so much more easy! Smaller poo to pick up. lol

I'm really considering moving closer to Minh's family in the future so the dogs can all have get together more often. (yes. that's crazy dog lady talk ^^). The cost of living is so much lower in Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR is only 15 minute away for tax free shopping. I just want a nice house with yard so my doggies can play! You can get double, triple, even quadruple the house in Vancouver for the same price of anything in Seattle. Why are you so high end Seattle/Bellevue real estate?!

We won't be able to leave Seattle for another 3 years because of Minh's law firm. By that time he would be able to work with both OR and WA clients. I hope my parents will move out here too after they retire. Family for the win! I must calm down with my thinking of the future. Life is so unpredictable.

Anyhow..

We left Nickel back home with his parents and took Penny up to Seattle. We switched Nickel for his sister for the week. I gave her a bath, trimmed her hair and nails. She's so sweet. It's so different to have a girl dog around. Penny is so gentle and graceful. She's recovered from her surgery earlier this year. It's weird that both Nickel and Penny broke the same leg several years apart. She was hit by a car and it cost their family the equivalent of 2 Chanel bags for her "repairs." I think she had her hip and leg reconstructed. It looks really stiff now when she walks.
Minh's sketch of Penny on his iPad
Penny bear! She's all clean now. : ) I'm going to go get her a nice reflective collar, and dog tag. She's known to run away when she gets loose. She's not the type of dog that you can convince to come to you. -_- I also want to get her harness from this doggie boutique near my place. I bought Nickel one last year and it's held up so nicely.
My dawgs on the couch.
Penny snuggling with Minh (born year of the dog '82 & he's also a UW Huskie) & Timmy..LOL
Timmy's just close to the camera..he's not as chubby as he looks, okay!!

Minh says we got a new remote holder. It's pretty cute!
He's always snugged up between us. There's no dog as needy as Timmy. He's such a Chihuahua and he's only 1/4th!

My favorite things about Tigard, Oregon...Washington Square Mall (I love their logo!) and tax free shopping!

I finally picked up MAC Shy Girl (nude coral pink-ish?) lipstick and MAC Melba blush. I know these two are HG status for many of you girls. : ) I can't wait to try them out! I also got MAC Lovelorn for bf's sister to try because it's one of my favorite wearable lipsticks. She got engaged over the Summer and is now in wedding planning mode! It was a fun weekend talking about venues, catering, and everything wedding that's completely girly.

Her wedding is going to be in Portland, Oregon and she's looking for a bridal makeup artist/hair stylist so if anyone of you are in the area, or knows someone excellent, please let me know!

Did you know there are Korean dramas on Netflix now? (I haven't canceled Netflix just yet.)
I encouraged Minh to watch 3 full episodes with me. It was hilarious because some of the subtitles took up the whole damn screen!

Random, but super funny! I just saw this on Jimmy Kimmel.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15305502
You need to watch this clip of a penguin stealing pebbles from his neighbor penguin's nest! It's SO funny! lol, they call him the criminal penguin. "Some penguins turn to the life of crime." LMFAO.

That is all. Enter the giveaway if you want to try these lip tattoos!