A Monkey's Favorite Things 2005

Making lists of favorite things always makes me nervous because I always feel I will leave some things out, thus misrepresenting myself. This list will be short and undone because I am short on time. I will share some of my favorite things for the past year. I will start with fragrance...as there are very few things I love more than fragrance:

*Top 10 Fave Fragrances of 2005

1. Eau de Colette

2. POTL

3. Parfum de Therese (Frederic Malle)

4. Imperial Oppoponax

5. Truly

6. Frank 2 (by Franco at Luckyscent)

7. Serge Lutens Datura Noir

8. Jo Malone Nutmeg Ginger

8. Yosh Omniscent

9. Serge Lutens Chergui

10. Creed Fleurissimo


There is a whole litany of bath and beauty products that I love. I cannot even begin to name them all, but here is a small list of some of my favorites:

*Bath & Body products:

1. Red Flower Cardamon and Ginger body oil

2. Nivea Creamy Conditioning Oil

3. Chanel no.5 bath oil

4. Chanel Coco Body Powder

5. Potl body cream

6. Fresh Sugar Blossom hand cream

7. Bliss sugar scrub for body

8. Lancome self tanner

9. Stella Shower Gel

* Facial Care* I am a freak about skin care...I have a little bit of everything, but here are some of my faves:

1. SUNSCREEN--many different kinds

2. Creme de La Mer

3. SKII Facial Treatment Essence

4. La Mer lifting skin serum

5. NV Perricone Eye Area Therapy with NTP complex

6. Cle de Peau la creme

7. Clarins Gelee Bronzante for face

8. La Mer Cleanser

9. Clinique 7 Day Scrub

10. Kanebo Sensai Eye Contour Cream

*As for makeup:

1. Cle de Peau concealer stick

2. YSL curling mascara in BLACK

3. Tarte Blush Stick in Blushing Bride

4. Lipfusion lip gloss in SWEET

4. Nars Multiple Stick in Maldives (whoops, I did 2 #4's)

5. Mac eyeliners in Tarnish and Phone Number

6. Benefit blush in Dandelion

7. Mac eyeshadows in Honey Lust and Naked Lunch

8. Cover Girl eyeshadow in Mink (drugstore eyeshadow that is truly lovely)

9. Paula Dorf eye shadow base

10. Estee Lauder Lash XL Mascara in BLACK

*A few much loved hair products are:

1. Kerastase shampoo and conditioner

2. Frederic Fekkai protein mist

3. Frederic Fekkai glossing cream

4. Ojon hair treatment

5. Infusium leave in conditioner

6. Ponytail holders--HA

This is my humble halfdone list. Sorry it is so truncated. I wish I had more time to list all my fave things, but alas I am off on a trip and short on time.
I cannot wait to read all your favorite things ladies!

Here's to our favorite things, and here's to a Happy and Healthy New Years to all my friends!

Check out these links for more fabulous favorite things 2005!

• An Alabaster Brow
• Beauty Addict
• Blogdorf Goodman
• Bois de Jasmin
• Brain Trapped in Girl's Body
• c'est chic
• Crazy Jay Blue
• The Great She Elephant
• Hrmph
• Koneko's *Mostly* Beauty Diary
• Make a Mental Note
• Monkey Posh
• Mothers Hen's Place
• my life my words my mind
• no one knows why the wolf laughs
• Now Smell This
• ¡Ombligo!
• Peppermint Patty
• Perfume-Smellin' Things
• Scentzilla!
• She'll be feverish after so much thinking
• Slap of the Day
• Victoria's Own

TAGGED! by Micah at Shutup! I know!

Greetings all!
I hope the holidays are treating you well. As for me, it is hectic and hurried and very very busy.

I have been tagged by the fabulous and hilarious Micah at Shutup!I know! So here are my questions in Fours.

Four jobs you've had in your life:

Hostess at a restaurant
Waitress at a restaurant
Sales Associate in the beauty industry
Pharmacy Technician (while in college)

Four movies you would watch over and over:

Belle du Jour
Shawshenk Redemption
Waiting to Exhale
Breakfast at Tiffany's

Four places you have lived:

Germany
Greece
Oklahoma
Texas

Four TV shows you love to watch:

Greys Anatomy
The Office (now defunct British Version)
Anthony Bourdain No Reservations
Saturday Night Live

Four places you have been on vacation:

London
Paris
Venice
Hawaii

Four websites you visit daily:

Blogdorf Goodman
Illinois dept of Police Blog/internet Stalkers update page
GoFug Yourself
Bellwood and Elmhurst Dept of Police confidential list of internet stalkers

Four of your favorite foods:

Lobster Rolls (only in Boston of course)
Lobster bisque
Tex Mex fare
salad

Four places you would rather be right now:

Maui
Paris
Tokyo
Monticeto, CA

Four bloggers you are tagging:

C at Confused in LA
K at Seldom Nice Nowadays
A at Blogdorf Goodman
K at Beauty Addict

Have a fab day all, and thanks for the tag Micah!!!

Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays!

Folks that make a Monkey laugh....Gary Gulman!

Gary Gulman. Funny, tall, cute, smart.....I could go on and on about Gulman.
I first saw him on Last Comic Standing a couple of years ago. Thought he was hilarious and irreverent (which I love) and his hair--do not even get me started on his hair.

I loved both seasons of Last Comic Standing. Probably because I love reality TV and I love to laugh.
On the first season I loved Ralphie May. Unlike Gary, Ralphie is not tall, raven haired, thin or Jewish, but his wife is. Lana Turner, Ralphie's wife is cute and funny in her own right. Ralphie is hilarious...I mean seriously. I love Ralphie.

But back to Gary. I saw him in Chicago at Zanies with Alonzo Bowden and Jay London. It was a great show, and all the girls were swooning.
I have a relentless crush on him--and my husband knows--he rolls his eyes, but he knows.

Gary Gulman will be on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno tonight Dec.23. SKRREEEE!!! I am sure he will be hilarious in his assbuckety (I mean that in the very best of ways) way. I am also sure his hair will be beautiful. *Ah*
Check out his CD, Conversations With Inantimate Objects, check out his website www.garygulman.com , and watch him on Leno tonight.


Happy Hanukkah Gary!

(photos from GaryGulman.com)

A Monkey's Holiday Wish....not from Kohls.

This outfit is divine, and Trish Goff looks divine in it. My friend Annie posted this outfit a while back, but I believe it is worthy of double honor, so I am posting it again. Much to the disdain of a few disturbed individuals who are apparently obsessed with me on the web, I LOVE TO SHOP. Let me say it again - I LOVE TO SHOP. To quote another favorite blogger, "I SO do not want to party" with these naysayers. Sometimes the fun is not in buying, but in admiring all the beautiful things. I do not have the time, or the means to buy everything I admire. Such as the above outfit.

There are many sales associates I have run into throughout my life who are rotten, and hateful, but many are awesome and I appreciate good service. If you are a horrible sales associate --then shame on you!

This outfit is my holiday wish. I love it. However if I do not quit eating at Dairy Queen I will never fit into it. Ahhhh, nothing like fine couture and a DQ blizzard.

Happy Holidays, and Happy Shopping.

(photo from Style.com)

Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I do not like winter. I could stand winter in say Arizona where during the day it is in the 40's and sunny, but I where I live the winters are long and cold. The snow is unforgiving and sticks around forever!

I wish I were somewhere tropical, reading a book, and drinking diet pepsi.