Queen Bee- I love St. Moriz self-tanner. It's a blatent rip-off of St. Tropez, but way cheaper. It's available on Amazon, and it's cheap. Unfortunately it's only in the UK, so the shipping is like $12. Works SO well and has a soapy-clean smell, rather than the weird self-tanner smell. The first time I used it, my girl friends had coincidentally gotten spray-tanned. They both complimented mine and were jealous! Heh heh.
Fawks- *love* the lavender!
CoTB- Nice collection! What's the light green/peach compact thingie? Color corrector?
Xsie- My nails never have enough time to chip. Usually the nail polish gets "eaten" by the alcohol/hand sanitizer at work.

But, yes 9 coats is quite a bit. I don't usually do the 2 coats of gold. so, yeah, I usually do 7 coats. Kinda crazy when you count them. The treatments and base coat dry so quickly though and barely count! :D
Just ordered these sandals online:
And picked up some other stuff recently:
Essie Geranium
Essie Vermillionaire (heh, same collection as CoTB's Demure Vixen)
OPI Guy Meets Gal-veston (I didn't think I would like these "sorbets", but they're juicy, jelly, and gorgeous!)
New Urban Decay Afterglow blush in bang (nice sheer color)
I also picked up a crystal Essie nail file for $2.99, and some cheapie hair oil from Rusk. I hate all this "false advertising" when products claim their contents are "all natural oils", but the first ingredient ends with "-cone". This stuff had mostly natural oils in it, which my hair loves (as opposed to protein treatments, which don't work so hot with my hair).
And, I have fallen in love with this duvet cover from West Elm...
Okay, enough blathering. I am spent. And broke.
:D