Sunday, October 14, 2012
In:
Dance
,
FMM
,
Friend Making Monday
,
Nail Polish
FMM: Quick and Random
Quick and Rando
Quick and Random
1. Choose
three songs that would be on the soundtrack of your life. "Bruised
but not Broken" by Joss Stone, "It’s My Life" by Bon Jovi and
"Girls Just Want To Have Fun" by Cindy Lauper.
2. Share the
details of one project that you're currently working on. Not
currently working on a major project. But I have been doing a mini nail project
for breast cancer awareness.
3. If you
could learn to do one thing overnight what would it be? I'd learn to ball
room dance, before I die I wanna do a sexy Sambra roll.
4. If you
could be a fictional character which one would you be? .Elinor Dashwood...I just love that book/movie
5. What's your
favorite thing about the month of October? Football, and every
day in the month of October I try to wear something pink in honor of breast
cancer awareness, then the month ends with Halloween….my favorite holiday
6. Share one
TV show that you're embarrassed to admit you watch. Couples
Therapy on VH1. It’s a train wreck and I watch every episode faithfully more
than once. I even have my mom watching it. This whole Courtney Stodden/Doug
Hutchinson gross me out, yet intrigues me .
7. Name one
friend that you're thankful to have in your life today. I'm
extra thankful for my cousin and good friend Aisha, we are kindred souls in
more ways than one.
8. What was
the most relaxing part of your weekend? The entire weekend was
pretty relaxing; we got a lot of rain in Chicago this weekend, so everyone was
pretty mellow and lazy…even my cat
9. Do you like to dance? I
love to dance, but I don’t do it will… I can’t even describe it properly… it’s
a mess.
10. Share one
thing that you're looking forward to before the end of the year. I don't know if I'm specifically looking forward to anything. I just want to continue the year in a positive and healthy way.
Monday, October 1, 2012
In:
Alltheweigh.com
,
Elmo the Cat
,
FMM
,
Friend Making Monday
,
Mom's Wisdom
,
Snark
FMM: Uniquely You
Uniquely You
1) Do you prefer to talk or text? Seriously it
depends on the person, for example….if it’s my mom defiantly talk. I can be
texting her for 30 minutes and call her and she will ask me exactly what we
texted about… better to save my fingers and simply call her. And let’s be
honest there are people that everyone prefers to text cause if you call them
(and they pick up) you will be on the phone with them for hours talking about
everything from their toe fungus to what they ate for lunch two weeks ago
2) How often do you make your bed? I make my
bed every day. I have to. My room might be a mess, but at the end of every day
I know that I will come home to a nicely made bed with a hint of Lavender Vanilla
spray (try it people…. its amaze-balls!!)
3) What sounds do you hear right now? My cat
Elmo snoring … he’s sleeping peacefully while he demanded that I wake up and
feed him
4) List three things that you always carry with you. Phone,
wallet and a bottle of water… I will start to panic if I don’t have any of
those things with me
5) What are your favorite TV shows? Really? And
easier question is “Tyra, what don’t you watch?”... pretty much anything on CBS
except Big Brother (I don’t specifically have an issue with CBS as a network…
but I never forgave them for passing up on Ringer and placing it on the CW where it died a
cruel and painful death…I think it would have done a lot better on CBS….I take
my TV VERY seriously)
6) Is there a hobby that you’d like to devote more time
to? If so, what is it? I really want to get back into cross-stitch, it’s
so relaxing but it’s time consuming because I really need to focus on just that
which means, computers and TV have to be off
7) What is your favorite drink? I am strangely addicted to Crystal light,
when I gave up coffee and soda CL became my go-to drink...I go to my mom’s
house and drink up all of hers, them come home and make my own… I don’t make
like a little water bottle… oh no! I will make gallons...
8) Share
a couple of cool facts about your family. Apparently my
mother holds a patent for a specific kind of liner used in caskets…
9) List one thing that you will do for yourself today. I
will continue to dedicate myself to being healthy and losing weight
Monday, September 24, 2012
In:
Alltheweigh.com
,
FMM
,
Friend Making Monday
,
GB Packers
FMM: Fall Favorites
Fall Favorites
1. What is your favorite thing about this time of year? This
time of the year reminds me when I was younger and going back to school,
wearing my new school clothes and seeing my friends again. As I got older
autumn has always been about renewal, letting the mad habits fall away like the
leaves and start fresh again.
2. What do
you hope to do again before Summer is officially over? Walk
barefooted in the grass.
3. When did you
last go on a hay ride? It was about 3 years ago, it’s not a
memory that I remember fondly. I distantly remember a lot of itching and
sneezing AND bad language
4. What is your favorite pumpkin dish? I
have recently learned to love pumpkin. 30 some odd years without pumpkin
anything… (can you imagine?). But I think I would say pumpkin spice bread is my
favorite.
5. Do you decorate your home for fall? No
I save all my decorations for Christmas.
6. Do
you have any hobbies that are seasonally specific? If so, what are they? I love attempting to craft, and
there are some projects that actually get finished. I usually save all my
needle craft for the winter time.
7. Apple cider or hot chocolate? Such a hard choice… why must you
make me choose?
8. Are you a fan of football? If so,
who is your team? Yes!
Green Bay Packers all the way!!!
9. Share
a fond Fall memory. My
very first fall in Las Vegas, it made me truly miss seeing the leaves changing,
feeling that moist, crisp evening air. Smelling the dew on the grass right before
it frosts over. Living in such a dry places makes me miss simple things like having 4 seasons.
10. It’s not Fall until…You
find pumpkin spice stuff everywhere… it used to be when Starbucks came out with
the pumpkin spice latte (but I have stopped drinking coffee about a year ago)
but I guess that still counts. Instead of drinking the coffee, I start burning
my pumpkin spice scented candles.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
In:
Beauty
,
Beauty Box 5
,
BirchBox
,
Julep
,
monthly boxes
,
Nail Polish
,
Pretty Girl Rock
Glamour in Progress - Tyra vs. The Beauty Box
One of the things that I
promised myself when I started losing weight was that I was going to start
treating myself, taking a little bit more pride in my appearance, glamming
myself up every now and then which is difficult for me since I consider myself
traditional girl-next-door with major tomboy tendencies. I had been
hearing a lot about the different Beauty Sample Subscription services… did some
research and priced them and totally fell in love. I might actually be addicted
to them. What I love about these services is that they make awesome gifts for
Bridesmaids. Something you give your mom or your best friend, even the guy
in your life. Or in my case a little treat that I give myself each month. The boxes range between $10-25
I got wind of Julep through the nail group that I'm apart of on Facebook. I love that group. It's a wealth of information about polishes and nail art all while staying on a budget... they inspire me to have super cute nails.. EVERYDAY! One of the things that I love about Julep is it's so flexible. If you don't like the polishes for that month you can choose a box from a different style profile, or if it's just not in your budget you can skip that month with no penalty what so ever... plus I got my very first box for a penny! (Use code mavenintro or color2012 to get your intro box) ... Who doesn't love that?!!! Your box is based on a profile that you pick out and based on your answers you will fall into the following style profiles: American Beauty, Boho Glam, Bombshell (I fall into that category... duh!!), Classic with a Twist and IT Girl. Each month I spend $19.99 for the box which is nice because Julep nail polish generally retails for $14 per bottle. Each month I either get 2-3 polishes and a goody.
This past month I forgot to take a picture of my Maven box ( I borrowed this from the website)...which had 2 polishes designed by Trina Turk and a full size mascara.
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