There will be Super Bowl cookie photos and meat galore later. First, some nail polish.

If you couldn’t tell from the giant ballet flat at the top of the page, pink is my favorite color. But I also love purple — especially purple eye makeup and nail polish. So you can imagine my excitement when I saw the add for Lancôme’s spring color collection, Ultra Lavande. (Estée Lauder‘s is called Wild Violet, but most of it is more pink than purple)

Then, last weekend, I saw all the Lancôme products at Nordstrom and was enamored. Unfortunately it was all a tease — they weren’t available in stores yet. Sigh. Perhaps that’s a good thing, though, because I really don’t need two new lipsticks, (more) glittery eyeshadow, (another) purple eyeliner and (a different shade of) purple nail polish. It should be available now, but I’m hoping I can narrow my favorites down to one (or two) items in time for a bonus. Or at least find a similar nail polish for a better price. That stuff is très expensive!

Also, a public service announcement: The guy who played Colin (the hot businessman/professor) on Gossip Girl is in this month’s J.Crew catalog. Yum.