The Makeup Museum is pleased to welcome its newest staff member, Cookie Dream Babo!  As you can see, within minutes of arriving he found his way to the cookie jar:

Cookie dream babo

Here's his official story:  "When Babo sleeps he dreams of cookies, but when he wakes up he has even bigger dreams. What are your dreams? See that building over there? See that car? That road? That all came from an idea in someone's mind. So when someone tells you it's all in your head, smile as wide as Babo does, because you're on your way. Babo may be a dreamer, but he knows the dreams become real through action. So now it's time to wake up and eat the cookie."

And as my husband predicted,  he is indeed two-sided.  Cookie Dream Babo will be serving as Education Specialist, when he's not asleep.  I originally was going to have him work as a docent, but he kept nodding off during the practice tours (I think he might be slightly narcoleptic) so I had to move him to education.  Hopefully  he will dream up cool educational programs and events in addition to delicious cookies.  🙂

Hello?  If anyone's still following along, you may have been wondering where I've been all summer.  The answer:  wedding land.  I got sucked into planning nonstop, and when I did have spare time I couldn't think clearly enough to write a coherent post.   Here's what I was up to and why the Makeup Museum has been so neglected.

Going for 3 dress fittings – the store was over an hour away so every visit took a good chunk of time:

Front

Picking up said dress and veil:

Photo 1

Making welcome baskets and favors:

Boxes bags army 

Then before I knew it, the wedding day arrived!  Museum staff donned their finest outfits:

Babos wedding finest

We went off to get hitched:

H and g walking

And ate lots of cake:

Cake gone

Then set off to Paris for part 1 of our honeymoon…

Balcony view eiffel

H winged victory 2

Hillary sephora

…I gained 3 pounds from consuming delicious treats like hot chocolate, souffles, and macarons:

Angelinas choc

Souffle

Macaron tower

And then we went off to Amsterdam for the second part of the honeymoon…

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I gained another 3 pounds:

Fries.with mayo

Rice table

Now I'm finally back and slowly getting reacquainted with the old routine (and trying to lose the weight I packed on!), while also writing thank-you notes:

Thank you

So there you have it.  I will be catching up on some summer items as well as fall releases that occurred during my hiatus.  Stay tuned!