I took some photos of the fresh flowers I placed in my bedroom, to post on here. Then realized the “stuff” around the vases might be of interest to others to “catch a glimpse” at someone else’s life! So I’ll post the photos, and under each, explain what is there.

My style may not be your style, but I like it and it makes me happy

Fresh flowers: Bought a boquet on clearance at Wal-mart and was able to divide it into three vases

Jewelry stand on left: Bought at Bed, Bath & Beyond. Has the necklaces and bracelets I wear most on it. It’s a turquoise dress with metal arms on the top.

Little boxes behind vase: Contain little things like safety pins, allergy pills, etc.

Candles: Those change at least weekly. Depending on my mood.

Two clear and white boxes w/drawers: Contain my makeup, nail stuff, girly stuff.

The purple bandana has the YWU logo on it (post about YWU here) with a sparkly butterfly broch (sp?) clipped on, that I got for Christmas.

Pink bottle of perfume that is an imitation of DKNY something, and smells really nice. The brown box under it has neat carvings on it, I found it at a thrift store and restained it.

Now my favorite part: the Ecosphere! I bought this from Brookstone with my $50 gift card I got for redeeming my Delta airline miles. I love it. See, I don’t really want to take care of a pet. But this ecosphere has little shrimps in it and a living plant and little algae and some kind of rocks and little shells for the shrimps to live in. It was developed by NASA and I never ever have to feed them or clean their water or anything. It’s like a mini globe! (I will be doing a review one day, which I’ll share when I do.) The only thing it needs is indirect sunlight daily. Pretty easy!

My sons sings ABC’s to his shrimpies, and named two of them “Ghose” and “T”. I think together, they are “Ghost”.  They are very small, like little tadpoles or small fish.

These fresh flowers also came from that boquet at Wal-mart. They are real. The “vase” is from a bottle I bought at Trader Joe’s that once contained lemon sparkling water for $1 something. I love Trader Joe’s!!!

The counting jar there is electronic and counts my change. I bought this at Bed, Bath and Beyond, too.

The framed pic in back is my angel picture. The framed pic in front is me in a New York frame I bought when I was there. The photo is of me, on graduation day, all happy to be enjoying NY! I like this pic because it represents a really good memory (memories) for me and reminds me of so many things, like to be myself, be strong, accomplish my dreams, etc.

The little heart container that’s blue and green is from Mexico. This was bought at a Mercado in Guadalajara, where I studied abroad. It contains thumbtacks.

The blue shawl underneath… I’ve had that for years. Can’t remember where I got it.

That’s it! Hope you enjoyed!

I won a really weird mascara from Vincent Longo. It’s yellow and is valued at $28!

Here’s a pic of me wearing it, what do you think?

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