So…what is the Monday Poll?
Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007).
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho?
Palazzo pants, as long as their hemmed! Short girl problems, ya know.
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice?
I usually like a white cake with vanilla frosting and berries! Or a red velvet cake, yum.
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you?
A solid 6!
4. Twist-up or pencil liner?
Twist-up liner, please. Pencil liner I can do if I need to, but it’s messy.
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live?
Definitely. It’s been sunnier lately, and in the 60s and 70s. All the trees are growing their leaves back and the flowers are blooming. It’s glorious!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Here are the questions to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. Talk to ya soon.
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho?
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice?
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you?
4. Twist up or pencil liner?
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live?
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho?
I guess palazzo pants but I don’t really care for either!
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice?
Chocolate
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you?
Maybe 7? Thinking about stereotypical nerdy things, I’m into science and biology but I don’t like Star Wars or Harry Potter!
4. Twist up or pencil liner?
Twist up.
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live?
Not at all – we have had a mild winter so far but now it’s cold and snowy again and I am so ready for it to be spring! I am jealous of your 60s-70s temps and flowers blooming!
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho? Palazzo pants if I absolutely had to choose….but I agree with Rachel that I don’t really like either
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice? I like most cake flavors, but if I was choosing today I would pick chocolate cake with white icing
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you? Probably a 10…my kids have comic book inspired names😊. We got to comic cons and we dress up together. My house is covered in Marvel decorations. I love Harry Potter. And my Christmas tree has The Death Star at the top.
4. Twist up or pencil liner? I would prefer twist-up…someone please explain that to Nars. I feel like I waste my Dolce Vita when I sharpen it.
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live? Yes and No. I live in an area that changes weather drastically. You could need a thick winter coat one day…and shorts the next.
A Death Star for the Xmas tree?? Now, my family would love that!
https://www.hallmark.com/ornaments/keepsake-ornaments/star-wars-a-new-hope-collection-death-star-musical-tree-topper-with-light-1QFM3903.html
Our whole tree is made up of crazy character ornaments from different shows and movies. Very geeky😁
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho? Palazzo pants
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice? Chocolate
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you? 4 ish
4. Twist up or pencil liner? Twist up.
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live? I live in South Florida, 2 weeks of winter, 1 week of spring, then full summer.
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho? My sister was wearing a simple cashmere black poncho sweater with sleeves and a high neck the other night and it looked really good and classic. I’d pick that particular one.
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice? A layered chocolate cake
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you? Nerdy in the sense that when I get into something, I try to learn as much as I can about it. So a 7 maybe.
4. Twist up or pencil liner? Twist up
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live? Still cool in the low to mid 60s but it’s mostly sunny. My house plants say it’s spring.
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho?
Well, palazzo pants conceal a number of sins but a poncho is just so beachy and easy to wear–anywhere.
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice?
Vanilla cake with carmel flavored frosting.
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you?
I’m not nerdy but more awkward. I think of nerdy as super smart sand ocially awkward, constantly intrigued by things outside the norm. My husband and my younger son are into wiring and cables (why?), engineering feats, space stuff. I think they’re at a 9 but as far as social awkwardness nerdy, I’m a 5.
4. Twist up or pencil liner?
Do the twist.
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live?
(insert snicker here) If you consider high winds and temperatures hovering at 38 degrees, then come to springtime in metro Boston!
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho?
I guess palazzo pants but I don’t really care for either!
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice?
Yellow cake with Chocolate icing
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you?
4-5
4. Twist up or pencil liner?
Twist up.
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live?
Not at the moment. We had a nice week of 60s and sunny and then we went back to winter-lite.
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho?
Palazzo pants, if I must.
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice?
Yellow cake with chocolate icing.
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you?
A solid 7. My deep love for spreadsheets puts me firmly in the upper ranks.🤓
4. Twist up or pencil liner?
Twist up. A forgiving gel liner, preferably.
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live?
We’re in that nasty part of mid-March where one day it will be glorious spring, the next it will be miserably cool and damp again, then back to spring.
I think Mark Twain described March best when he said, “In the spring, I have counted 136 kinds of weather inside 24 hours.” 😃
Too funny. 😄 He obviously visited Florida in March at some point.🌼🌺❄️🌷☃️🌻
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho? Yikes! The 60’s are calling and want their palazzos back 😁. Been there, seen that, done that and have no desire to revisit that. I have a couple ponchos I really like. One is very light weight and is like a beach coverup. The other is a cozy cashmere perfect for cool spring evening. Wearing a poncho doesn’t mean you have to look like that cartoon character, Speedy Gonzalez.
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice? Deep dark chocolate, but not cloyingly sweet.
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you? When I think of nerdy, I also think of socially awkward. That’s definitely not me. I love learning about all kinds of different things, though. There’s no such thing as too intensive, too extensive, or too much detail as far as I’m concerned.
4. Twist up or pencil liner? I’m more concerned about the formula than the format but most of my liners are pencils because I love kajal.
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live? Burrrr. . . No. Rain and icy winds are keeping it very cool here. Even our huskies prefer being inside. They don’t mind the temperature so much as the wind.
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho? Poncho – but only if day hiking in the metro park.
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice? Yellow with chocolate icing. What my Mom always made me.
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you? 9. I don’t have a “pocket protector” but that’s the only thing keeping me from a “10”.
4. Twist up or pencil liner? Twist up.
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live? It did, flowers blooming, birds chirping, rabbits running around the yard, 74 degrees. Then it snowed and was 20. Welcome to Chicago.
My daughter called me complaining about the snow in Chicago in March. I just laughed inside a little bit. I can remember it being cold all the way into May when I lived in the midwest. Hopefully, it will warm up again.
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho? Palazzo pants for sure, but they need to be hemmed as I have a short inseam.
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice? Chocolate cake, chocolate frosting.
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you? If we say 1 is a stereotypical 80s jock and 10 is a full-on costumed LARPing as my only hobby, probably a 7.
4. Twist up or pencil liner? Probably twist up. I find pencil “leads” shatter if you don’t have exactly the right sharpener.
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live? Kind of. Trees are leafing and we’ve started mulching/weeding, but it’s still below freezing when I leave for work.
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho? I think I would swim in either, so I guess I’ll go for poncho and hopefully it will be wind proof and water resistant, too.
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice? Moist chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you? Uhm, 8 maybe? I’m pretty nerdy.
4. Twist up or pencil liner? Pencil, they come in more colors.
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live? Not sure. Spent the last two weeks in Tokyo with Dear Husband. Packed spring clothes and froze my buns off. Of course, Dear Husband who left way before me still had his winter coat and gloves. All the predictions had the cherry blossoms starting to bloom last week. Alas it was not going to happen with cold weather, rain and gusty winds of 26 m.p.h. Sigh.
1. Palazzo pants or a poncho? Poncho.
2. What’s your birthday cake flavor of choice? German chocolate with coconut & pecan frosting.
3. On a scale of one to 10, how nerdy are you? 5, I guess, Not too much into Sci-Fi, or Lord of the Rings, but definitely socially awkward.
4. Twist up or pencil liner? Twist-up.
5. Does it feel like spring yet where you live? Yes – they say it’s going to be 87 degrees by next Monday. I hope not, as air conditioning is expensive, and I hate hot, humid weather, anyway. Everything’s growing, but there’s not many flowers yet.