My Current Addictions

Happy Monday Loves!  I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend, mine was very nice, relaxed on Friday night, went with Hubby to brunch on Saturday, and went to Target on Sunday.  I also did a little cleaning out and organization of some of my things.  And of course ended the weekend with Game of Thrones on HBO, hubby and I are obsessed with that show! So good!

So I took these pictures last week while hubby (I'm going to call him JR from now on because hubby is kind of starting to annoy me, the name, not the man : D)

JR and I decided that last weekend was a good time to take a little mini vacation staycation, it was fabulous but because I'm a procrastinator by nature I'm just getting around to posting about these now.

Here we go...........

I love lip gloss!  It's been an addiction of mine for a while and if I had to choose lip stick or lip gloss, it would be lip gloss hands down!  These are the lip glosses that I keep with me in my makeup bag at all times.  I think I have a problem ya'll.

But I can't help it, I need choices!!

Now I thought I was pretty bad with my lip products that I kept in my purse, but have ya'll seen Mendi's (from Her Late Night Cravings) What's in My Bag video???  Mendi, honey, you need an intervention : ) but I loved your video and you too Jayme!!! If you haven't watched her video go and watch it and you'll know what I"m talking about! haha!

So along with lip gloss, I'm also currently addicted to nail polish and elf makeup!  I can't get enough of them right now!  I walk into Target and immediately go to the makeup isle! 

An addiction that I'm currently curbing.....magazines!  I've vowed that I am not going to buy another mag until I've gone through my ridicuously large amount of magazines and tear out what I want to keep and recycle the rest.  But I might have fallen off the wagon and bought the Glamour with LC on the cover and In Style with Jen Anniston on the cover, ugh, it's like crack!  It's been a process but I think I got through 12 mags this weekend.

I gotta know what are your current addictions?!

Titanic.....Creeptastic!

So this past weekend marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic (cue Leo and Kate with a little Deon in the background)

While at a friends house for dinner one night last week my friend informed me that you could go to the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, VA and attend a "last dinner" on the 14th..........here's where it gets creeptastic ya'll....

You could purchase a first class ticket for $250 and start dinner at the exact time that the first class passengers on the Titanic started and eat what they ate while listening to the same music that they listened to.......

or......

you could purchase a third class ticket for $125 and start dinner at the exact time that the lower class passengers started theirs, eat what they ate and listen to the music that they listened to.

The dinner will conclude at the exact time the Titanic hit the iceberg!!!!  CREE-PY!!!  And of course I'm the kind of person who would have LOVED to attend, but we had a wedding to attend so we couldn't go.

Could you imagine it, exactly 100 years later attending a dinner like that, awesome but creepy too!

April Birchbox

Hello lovelies!

I'll just jump right in and say I wasn't too impressed with this months birchbox.  I'm sure it's partly due to the fact that my teen vogue box was awesome and I had the same kind of expectations for this months box. 

I do know from looking at what other bloggers have gotten in their birchbox's that some months are definitely better than others and I guess this is just one of those months where the box is kind of, eh...... 

Here's what I got:

~  Yes To™ Blueberries Brightening Facial Towelettes - These are okay....they do the job but they're nothing spectacular.

~ Alima Pure™ Organic Nourishing Lip Balm - This lip balm was just okay as well, I got the Rhubarb color.  I went to twist it up and ended up not being able to get it back down again : (

~ J.R. Watkins Peppermint Foot Salve - This is probably my favorite product out of this box.  It's got a nice peppermint flavor and I've been putting it on at night and so far it's been working really well.  Better than handing over the money for a pedicure!

~ LIV GRN C2C Fragrance Collection in Natural - I did not like this perfume at all.  It was way too sweet for me.  I'm more of a floral girl and this smelt like candy.

~ Weleda Pomegranate Firming Night Cream - I tried this product for the first time last night and I couldn't get past the smell....it smelt like a public restroom, kind of lemon sterile....maybe that was pomegranate, but I don't think so.

There you go! 

So even though I really didn't like anything in this months box that's actually the great thing about Birchbox......you can get these samples and see what you like and what you don't like (instead of paying the big bucks for a full size product that you'll never use). 

So tell me what did ya'll get and what did you think?

Kool Aid, Cake Balls, and Detox!

I'm a little late posting about this but better late then never.....

I hope everyone had a great Easter last weekend, the weather was gorgeous here and I enjoyed a day on the river with my family!

 I dyed my easter eggs last Saturday and this was the first time that I used Kool Aid to dye them with!  I'm pretty sure I saw this on Pinterest but I can't remember.  And of course I forgot and didn't take any pictures of the dyed eggs, but they turned out very earthy which I kind of liked!

Next, I made Cake Balls, lemon and funfetti to be exact and let me tell ya they are a labor of love these things!  Easy peasy to make but tedious and time consuming!!! They were pretty yummy though!

And lastly, after Easter was over hubby and I did a 72 hour Detox.  I used the same detox that my bloggy friend Amiee used over at Chronicles of a Dime.  It's not a crazy shake detox, but a healthy version of a detox, mainly to get the caffeine, alcohol, sugar, and sodium out of your system.  It wasn't too bad and I ended up shedding three pounds.  But by the end of it I was so sick of chicken and asparagus I didn't know what to do. haha! 

(this is a pic I snapped last month, I was on my way to a blogger meet up with some fabulous girls!  Had a blast!)

I received my April Birchbox in the mail on Saturday so come back tomorrow to see what I got!! : )

Friday Five - Random Pics

Happy Friday Loves!  I haven't been blogging because I've been caught up in my Fifty Shades of Grey books and then I finished them and was a little upset for a few days :c(

I'm okay now though, so don't worry about me! haha : )

Here are a few random pics that I'm sharing with you for my Friday Five!

That would be my yummy strawberry salad I just finished for lunch.  It's just a bagged salad I got from Costco (parisian mix) and then I cut up some strawberries and threw on top.  Added some Rasberry Vinaigrette, delish.

This is my essie a cut above pink sparkles with some gold polish I had.  LOVE the color combo!

My breakfast - greek yogurt with a little muesli sprinkled on top.  Healthy and Yummy!  Don't you just love the colors of the tulips, that coral and yellow is so pretty!

My first attempt at making a Diaper Motorcycle for my soon to be 10th niece or nephew. We're doing a small family sprinkle for my SIL on Easter Sunday.  I thought it turned out really cute! 

Lastly, that's ma monogram........on my lunchbox : )  I'm obsessed with coral and minty green/blue and animal print?  Yes, please!

Have a great weekend ya'll!!!



Teen Vogue Birchbox

Hello Lovelies!

I hope everyone had a great weekend, mine went by super fast, as usual.

But lets get to the important stuff now......here's what was waiting for me when I got home from work on Friday! 

 SOO EXCITED!

It came wrapped in special Teen Vogue paper.....and here's what was inside.....

This box is by far my favorite box I've received so far...however I've only been doing Birchbox since January.

So here's what I got ---

~Twirl fagrance by Kate Spade  - this scent is fruity and flowery.  I really like it and it's the perfect scent for Spring!

~ A full size bottle of essie luxeffects  - the color I got was a cut above and I have to say that I was really excited about this becuase it's a full size bottle not a sample size like I thought I'd get!  I'm going to be painting my nails tonight (probably only going to do the glitter on the ring fingers though)

~Twistband hair tie  - I've been wanting to try these for a while.  I like how it doesn't pull your hair and it came in a fun orange color.

~Kérastase Elixer Ultime - This elixer smells yummy and makes my hair silky and smooth.  Really like it.

~ tarte LipSurgence lip tint - I think this was another full size product which I was really impressed with.  This goes on so smooth and has a nice mint smell.  I've been wearing it with lipgloss because it has a matte finish.  This color is called Lucky and while I don't normally wear color quite this pink, I'm more of a beige girl, I'll definitlely put this in rotation.

So there you go. Loved this box and I can't wait to see what other people received in their boxes!  Do share!

Fifty Shades of Grey

Happy Friday Friends!

I've been on a little blogging break, but not on purpose.  Last Friday I was watching the Today Show and saw this news thread about this new book Fifty Shades of Grey and I was very intrigued.  So I went on to Amazon to read the first three chapters and lets just say, Hook.Line.Sinker and DONE!  I was sold!  This book draws you in immediately and let's just say it's hot!

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This is actually a trilogy and I'm already on the second book.  So the old blog has been hearing crickets while I've had my face buried in these books.  I haven't even been on Pinterest, GASP!  Pinterest is my latest obsession....until now.

Has anyone else started reading these books?  What do you think of them!?  I'm obsessed, but in a good way!

p.s. These books are definitely not intended for young adult audiences and I would not recommend anyone under the age of 18 (maybe 21) reading them.