Bag of Tricks

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I have this strange fantasy of being a celebrity. It’s always the same general fantasy, and to be honest it’s rather odd. In my daydreams I’m not rocking out on stage or filming a cinematic masterpiece or even signing my New York Times Best Seller, nope, those aren’t the fantasies that I spend my days thinking about. My fantasy is much cooler.

In my fantasy I’m giving a magazine interview. You know, like one of those “What Mariska Hargitay Carries in Her Purse” features that accompanies the longer cover story. This is how strange my mind is, I don’t even imagine telling a mass media writer how I became a successful fill-in-the-blank, I imagine telling her what lipstick I use. Perhaps because I find the little mundane things about people the most interesting. I like knowing what brand of toothpaste someone uses, or the kind of groceries they buy…no matter who they are.

When I was in high school I used to house sit, and my favorite thing to do while I was bringing in the mail and feeding the cats was taking a few moments to peak into people’s cupboards and magazine racks. I liked to create character sketches of them in my mind, figure out who they really were when they weren’t in the public eye. I’d rather know, really know about a character in a book than read about the adventure they go on. I am fascinated by humanity and I love to know things about people without really “knowing” them. I think this is probably the reason most of us read each other’s blogs. To have that connection with someone who is essentially a stranger.
It’s also probably why I’m an avid facebook stalker, but hey, let’s focus on the positive.
Anyway, I figured it may be a while before I have someone interview me and put the innards of my purse on display for a fancy magazine spread so I decided to do it myself, and let you all learn a little more about me. So without further adieu,

Shaba Dishes on Some of Her Favorite Must Haves!
We sat down with award winning actress/director/hat model/best selling author/tambourine player/Olympic athlete/ Nobel Prize Winner Shaba and asked her to spill her guts….of her purse that is.

Burt’s Bee’s Chapstick- I always have to have some sort of chapstick on hand and I love this stuff.
Isadora Lipstick in Summer Red-I’m really in love with the blazing red lips look right now and I really like the Isadora brand, even better-it was on sale!
Oil of Olay moisturizer- Oil of Olay is my go-to face care line, I use this for day wear and at night I use a heavier cream. It’s part of my attempt to take better care of myself.
Verizon Envy- My new toy! It has a full keyboard and look…it’s green! So far I’m pleased with it, except that it has a stupid inbox limit so I have to deleting my messages.
A pen- I never, ever go anywhere without a pen. I carry two or three in my purse and I usually have one in my coat pocket as well. You never know when the next great idea will hit you.
Note from Boyfriend- I printed out this facebook message Boyfriend left me over a year ago because it’s my absolute favorite. I keep it in a little pocket of my purse and look at it whenever I miss him or just need to be reminded how great my life is because of him. It’s kinda dopey of me, but what can I say, I’m a romantic!
Purple bracelet- I picked this up at NY and Co. over Christmas because it’s my favorite color, and it was only 5 dollars. I try to wear something purple every day…it’s my power color ☺
Green Mead brand Memo notebook- This goes along with the pen. I started carrying a green mead notebook like this one two years ago just as a catch-all type notebook. I normally denote specific meanings to my notebooks (i.e.-one is purely for school, one is just for quotes, one is just for quotes…etc.) and I needed on that was just for whatever. I usually end up writing a lot of lists and future plans in these little books.
Janet Fitch’s Paint it Black-In an attempt to keep up with one of my 101 in 1001, I’ve started carrying a book with me wherever I go. I used to do this a lot in middle school, reading between classes or after I’d finished my lunch or something. It also kept me from feeling incredibly self-conscious since I was a dorky mullet-sporting, monogrammed turtleneck wearing-geeky middle schooler and I didn’t have a lot of friends. Reading allowed me to play the role of the “weird-but-smart girl”.
Ipod nano- It’s green! And it just happened to be tuned to Alanis when I turned it on. Rock on.
Bad Girl Lash Mascara- My newest beauty obsession, I love this mascara. I’m not a huge makeup person, mainly because I’m lazy and would rather sleep the extra 4 minutes it would take to apply makeup in the morning. However when find a few seconds I usually just swipe on some mascara and lipstick and head out the door. This product is great because it doesn’t bother my eyes and it gives you huge lashes in only two or three swipes. Definitely worth the ridiculous Sephora prices.

I originally intended to post pictures of all these things but I can’t seem to figure out why some of them turned out to be HUGE. Eh. You know how to google.

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