My Meals Monday: Thanksgiving Edition & 800 Sub. Giveaway

Normally I do My Meals Monday's on a, well Monday seeing as how it's in the name and all ;) but last Thursday was Thanksgiving here in America so I decided I would do my food vlog then so I can show all of you what we eat (in my house at least) on thanksgiving!

I started the day off with my Water, Coffee, and Blueberry Waffles, I made the waffles with the Kodiak Cake mix, its 100% whole grain and natural, so I figure its a pretty "healthy" splurge.

Then around 1:00pm I was starting to get hungry again, but I knew we were going to eat right around 3:00pm and didn't want to fill up so I had some of these amazing green grapes. I normally never eat green grapes but Don bought these on a whim and I'm so glad he did they were delicious. 

At about 2:30pm I was starting to get hungry again, and I knew I just needed to make it another 30 minutes so I made a coffee to hold me over.

And then it was finally dinner time, we had Turkey, Rolls, Cranberry Sauce, Parsnips, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, and Green Bean Casserole.

I also enjoyed a glass (or three) of wine with my dinner. I chose to forgo dessert (which I never do), but I was so full and even around 7:00pm I was still too full to even think about eating, so thats everything I ate today. I know most people do bigger spreads, and actually eat the desserts they make, but I fear my eyes were bigger than my stomach on this day lol

Do you celebrate Thanksgiving?

Also here is today's Main Channel Video (which includes the 800 Sub. Giveaway), and Daily Vlog!

           

          

Fun Friday: Lush Haul

 I recently decided to do a little damage on the Lush website and pick up a few of their Christmas products, after waiting awhile due to shipping my box inside another womans box I finally received my order and thought I would share it with all of you!

In the top of this picture there is a lovely wrapped package that says Butterfly, inside of there is a body conditioner and soap, I wanted to try the body conditioner before committing to a $35 tub of it, this package has a small body conditioner and what appears to be a normal size soap for only $14.95.

I don't think anyone has ever walked into a Lush without walking out with one of their amazing bath bombs, today I bought a Father Christmas, Butterbear, and a Dashing Santa. I also purchased a Snow Angel Bath Melt that I thought was a bath bomb, but I'm sure it will be amazing none the less. 

I also grabbed a Bar Humbug Bubble Bar that literally is to die for, this sent is so hard to explain, it has a lot of citrus in it for sure, but I honestly think this is my favorite item I purchased this time around. I also got a Mmmelting Marshmallow Moment Bath Melt, which I again mistaken, this time for a bubble bar but it too will be loved I'm sure.

I always love getting some new Lush products, and hope you enjoyed my little haul, there were a few Christmas items that were sold out, except in the boxed sets, and unfortunately those were a little out of my price range this time around.

If you could have one item from Lush what would it be and why?

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Thoughts Thursday: Gymboree Haul

I stopped into Gymboree the other day, and they happened to be having a sale, literally everything in the store was $16.99 and under, (excluding coats which were 50% off)! So being the amazing Auntie that I am I picked up a few things for my amazing little niece Sophia, and then I remembered her mom, my Sister Laura, is pregnant and having my new little nephew on January 14th (maybe not such a great Auntie after all lol), so I headed to the boys section to pick up a few things for him as well.

Here is everything I got for Sophia (left to right):

Textured Cardigan 

Snowman Two Piece Gymmies

Fox Friends Long Sleeve Tee

Fox Print Leggings 

Fox Glitter Tee

Pink Ponte Pants

Fox Sweater Dress

Here is everything I got for baby Nicholas (left to right):

Stripped Bear 1 piece 

Moose Fair Isle 2 Piece Set

Cable Knit Sweater

Owl Body Suit

I know this is a different kind of haul than I normally do, but I figured a haul is a haul so why not share with you all, also at the time of writing this the sale is still going on so if you or any one you know has any little ones running about head over there as some of these items where up to 75% off the original price!

Here is today's Main Channel Video and Daily Vlog!

                

                

Workout Wednesday: LWRFitness

Today's Workout Wednesday post is another Lucy Wyndham-Read Fitness (LWRF) workout, I have to say I have really been enjoying using her workouts, not only are they fast and tough, but they can be done anywhere. Today is was pouring rain out, it's actually been raining for the last 3 days so I moved the ottoman out of the way put Lucy's YouTube channel on my tv (I use the YouTube app on Apple Tv), and did my workout. 

This 4 Minute HIIT workout is insanely tough, when you see it you think, "I got this", but frankly you don't lol, I couldn't believe how quickly my heart rate went up, and stayed up through this whole workout.

I also wanted to mention that Lucy is posting a monthly workout guide on her website, November is up now, and when we get into December a new one will go up, its a great way of getting some personal training without actually paying for a personal trainer!

Here is today's Main Channel Video and Daily Vlog!

                             
                    

My Meals Monday: November 23, 2015

Today was such a crazy day, I spent most of the morning and early afternoon being told by Apple that I "overused" my iPad causing it to fail and would have to buy a brand new one, I still don't understand how using it once a day to watch tv at the gym for less than an hour is "overusing" it, but thats a rant for another day ;)

I started my day off with a coffee, unfortunately I was running late and only had about 2 sips of this before I had to run out the door.

After dealing with Apple for what felt like 5 days but was really only about 3-4 hours, I went to Starbucks and enjoyed a plain Iced Latte, a cranberry bliss bar, and the holiday panini, it had cranberries, turkey, and stuffing, needless to say it was like the best thing ever!!!!

After coming home quite irritated I enjoyed a WTR MLN WTR (watermelon water), this is an all natural cold pressed juice with lemon juice added to preserve it.

I then sat down to enjoy a proper coffee and the Sargent Balanced Breaks, I really like these because it cheese, almonds, and a few dried cranberries, (no sugar added).

For dinner I was trying to be super healthy and made this cauliflower au gratin from Costco, it was so terrible after about two bites I gave up and made....

This wonderful hot cocoa, this is the Ghirardelli Premium Hot Cocoa Double Chocolate, I made this with Almond Milk, and added in Marshmallows, because you can't have hot chocolate without marshmallows, right?

That is everything I ate for today, I want to know your opinion on the Apple issue, when purchasing an iPad to use at the gym, do you expect it to die after owning it for less than 2 years? I'm curious to see if I'm being unreasonable, I feel like it should last longer than that especially since my brother still has the original iPad and uses it constantly and it's still going strong :(

Also I wanted to mention I will be filming My Meals Monday on Thursday of this week as it will be Thanksgiving in America so I thought it might be nice to show what I have over a holiday and just to mix it up from the norm, but it will still be going up on Monday. 

Here is today's Main Channel Video and Daily Vlog!

Style Sunday: Michael Kors OOTD

Today's Style Sunday OOTD is all Michael Kors, I couldn't help myself as I can finally shove my body into these size 10 Michael Kors skinny jeans!!!! I have had this outfit sitting in my closet for months as I knew someday I could make it work, and with my new birthday splurge boots I not only wore this outfit, but I literally made sure that I "accidentally" bumped into EVERYONE I KNOW!

For some of you, you might be thinking, "they're size 10 not 0, calm yourself." while this may not be something to celebrate for the average person, for myself this was weeks and weeks of suffering through spin class, pilates, dog walks, and lack of chocolate or any real source of sugar, so I'm celebrating and, I'm going all out :) 

Ok onto to actual outfit, this olive top has a TON of gold accents to it, from the zipper, pocket corners (2 pockets 4 corners), and the shirt cuffs. Because of that I chose to go low-key on the jewelry, so I wore my wedding ring, a pair of gold and beaded hoop earrings, and the gold studs in my 2nd holes.

The black skinny jeans, are just that, black skinny jeans, they too have gold accents on the pants, the only thing I didn't like was there are no pockets, which I find irritating as I like to carry my phone whilst walking the dogs and always need a pocket. 

Then of course are the Michael Kors Brown Suede boots, I love these, probably too much and it probably makes me look quite materialistic, but none the less I love them and am so happy with the purchase.

What did you wear today?

Here is today's Main Channel Video and Daily Vlog, and Sims 4 Gaming Video!

                   
                   
                   

Stat Saturday: November 21, 2015

I know it's been a good proper while since I've done a Stat Saturday post, and today I only have a quick snap of my weight. Sadly (or not sadly depending on how you look at it), this is my busiest time of year, I have the 25 Days of Christmas Giveaway that I'm preparing for along with uploading a Daily Vlog, a Daily Main Channel Video and a gaming video 5 days a week. So you can see my life is a little crazy right now, in spite of that I am still going to the gym, as well as I'm starting to do LWRFitness (Lucy Wyndham-Read Fitness), as well as watching what I'm eating.

So here is the picture of my weight this week.

I'm hoping to have things a bit more settled by next week and do a full on proper video and blog post. Here is today's Daily Vlog!

                   

Fun Friday: Bath & Body Works Haul

I recently received a text from my sister Laura containing a picture of everything she had purchased at Bath and Body Works, I, being jealous, immediately went online and placed a MASSIVE order for myself :) Here is everything I purchased.

Jungle All The Way Body Cream

Cup Of Warmth Ultra Shea Body Cream

Warm Vanilla Sugar Ultra Shea Body Cream

Vanilla Bean Noel Body Cream

Twisted Peppermint Body Cream

Merry Berry Christmas Body Cream

Jingle All The Way Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel

Merry Cookie Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel

Winter Candy Apple Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel

Vanilla Bean Noel Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel

Twisted Peppermint Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel

Black PocketBac Holder

Twisted Blue Spa Effervescent Foot Soak

True Blue Spa Shea Butter Super Rich Foot Cream

True Blue Spa Cracked Heal Treatment

Jingle All The Way Deep Cleansing Hand Soap

Honey Pineapple Pumpkin Deep Cleansing Hand Soap

Winter Wonderland Deep Cleansing Hand Soap

Twisted Peppermint Deep Cleansing Hand Soap

Holiday Candle

Cozy Cabin Candle

Pumpkin Pecan Waffles Candle

Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin Candle

That is everything, I know it actually looks like a lot but Bath & body Works was doing a buy 1 get 1 free on the lotions, buy 5 for $6 on the anti-bacterial, buy 4 for $18 on the soap, buy 2 get 1 free for the foot products, and the candles were buy 1 get 1 free, and then I had a 20% off coupon, so I actually didn't spend as much as it looks like lol.

What is your favorite item from Bath & Body Works?

Here is today's Main Channel Video and Daily Vlog!

                  

                  

Thoughts Thursday: Milani Eye Tech Perfection Review

Today I am sharing with you guys this GEM of an eyeliner! Everyone meet the Milani Eye Tech Perfection Liquid Liner Pen, this little pen is about to revolutionize your eyeliner routine!

When I first saw this at my local drugstore I was a little weirded out by the shape of this pen, it just didn't look right, but then I thought, "it must be designed like that for a reason, so lets give it a try", and boy am I happy I did. 

The odd shape of this pen is exactly what I needed in order to get my eyeliner straight as well as to perfect my winged liner look. With this pen you are stabilizing it with three fingers which means you have less shake in your hand when applying which means a straighter smoother line. 

The tip of this pen looks quite fine and it is, you can achieve a very fine line with this pen, but unlike some of its competitors it is not a flimsy tip it is quite firm so you can fill in, wing out, and pretty much do anything necessary with it.

Also the liquid liner goes on and stays on, when I say that I mean if you make a mistake, stop what you're doing and clean it up ASAP, once it's on its on for the day. It comes off really easily with a makeup wipe, makeup remover, cleansing balm, but it won't lift with just the rub of a Q-Tip. 

I am so excited about this eyeliner and I am so glad I took the risk and bought it. The most surprising thing about this pen, is it's drugstore, how can this little Milani pen actually be better than every single high end pen I have ever used, I don't know, I just know that it is. 

What's your favorite eyeliner pen? Have you tried this one?

Here is today's Main Channel Video and Daily Vlog!

                 
                 

Workout Wednesday: Lucy Wyndham-Read Quick Butt, Ab, & Thigh Workout

For any of you who don't watch the SacconeJoly's, Anna SacconeJoly has a personal trainer named Lucy Wyndham-Read who happens to have a YouTube Channel, lately I have been pretty addicted to watching her workout videos, but never actually got off the couch and did one, today I ventured into the LWR Fitness world and while I thought I chose wisely, (the easiest and one of the quickest looking ones), I now see why Anna SacconeJoly (click this link to see her 10 week progress), has had such amazing results with Lucy as her trainer.

Here is Lucy's YouTube Channel, Twitter, and her Website. On her website you will see that she offers online personal training, I just purchased this and will be starting this very shortly, I'm a bit nervous seeing as I'm so out of shape, but I feel like I need someone to help keep me accountable as clearly I am not doing that for myself.

Also I love how the dogs watch me do everything, knowing there personalities Charlie (the brown and white on the chair), is saying "you can do better than that, do 10 more!", and Louis (the black, white, and brown on the ground), is saying "mommy, lets make some popcorn snuggle up on the couch and watch The Vampire Diaries." lol Is it strange that I'm making up conversations for my dogs? Probably but lets face it if you read this blog, or watch any of my daily vlogs, you already know I'm a little bit cray cray ;)

So here is today's Main Channel Video where I venture into this crazy thing called working out, and here is today's Daily Vlog.

                  

                  

Tutorial Tuesday: Shimmery Eyes

I like to play with my makeup look from time to time, and the other day I created a little shimmery eye look that I wasn't 100% certain I liked, after going an entire day of everyone saying "wow your makeup looks amazing today!", I decided I did like it, (Funny how a lot of compliments helped that along lol). 

So I thought I would share this look with you all, as it's super easy, pretty quick, and is build able to make a very dramatic look!

For this I used the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette, Milani Eye Tech Perfection Pen, L'Oreal Voluminous Smoldering Eyeliner, Tarte Lights Camera Lashes Mascara

In the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette I started with Booty Call and swept it all over my lid, into the inner corner, and up to my prow bones. I then used Chopper and swept this over my entire lid, missing the inner corner area. Then using Snakebite sweep this through your crease and down the outer corner (or v of the eyes), to smoke it out, then sweep Snakebite under your lower lash line.

If you want this to be much more dramatic, feel free to build the colors up more so that they really pop off one another.

Then use the Milani Eye Tech Perfection Pen and apply a thin line across your lash line ending in a small flick.

Then using the L'Oreal Eyeliner line your upper and lower water line.

Now apply the Tarte mascara, sweep the mascara over several times to build the product on your lashes, giving you a fuller lash look.

Now you're ready to take on the town, I paired this look with Rimmel's Airy Fairy, as it's a pinky nude lip color so it doesn't take away from the eye look, or look too much.

Tag me in your instagram, twitter, or post to my Facebook page, if you create this look. 

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My Meals Monday: November 16, 2015

Today's My Meals Monday is a bit of a fail unfortunately, I started the day off by not feeling 100% and then thought I was feeling much better, went to a movie and then came home feeling really poorly, I then had some tea and edited today's video, and then took a bit of NyQuil and then headed to bed, sadly I realized I wiped the SD Card before getting the pictures for this blog post off, which means I would have to use screenshots, unfortunately I am quite a moving person and all of them came out blurry so today's blog post is really just a video post.

So sorry about that, I will make sure to never mix cold/flu medicine with blogging again lol.

Here is today's Main Channel Video and Daily Vlog!

                    

                    

Style Sunday: Stand With Paris OOTD

On Friday, November 13, 2015, terrorists attacked 6 different locations in Paris, France, killing an estimated 127 people and wounding over 300 people. Today I am dedicating this post to the people of Paris, and those affected by the horrible terrorist attacks. This link will take you to the French Red Cross, who has been on the ground helping victims and their families since the attacks took place, if you are able to.

I chose to wear this shirt today because it has a picture of the Eifil Tower and it says Paris over the top, I bought this shirt at Ross about a month ago just because I though tit would look good with some leggings or skinny jeans like I'm wearing here. I'm so glad I bought it as I was able to pull it out and wear it today as a small sign of support for Paris and the people who live there. 

Here is today's Main Channel Video and Daily Vlog & Gaming Video!

                
                 
                

Fun Friday: 25 Days Of Christmas Giveaway Announcement 2015 (International)

It's that time of year again!!!! The annual 25 Day's Of Christmas Giveaway will start on December 1, 2015 and end on December 25, 2015, this year the rules are a little different from last year as this includes 1 sponsored giveaway. 

BTW this is open internationally!

So here are the rules fro Days 1-24:

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DAY 25 Giveaway

Day 25 is sponsored by my good friend Joanne, she will be giving away a skin consultation and 1 full skin regimen from Rodan and Fields.

Here are the rules for Day 25:

MUST subscribe to my Main Channel

MUST follow my blog (Click the blue "Join This Site'' button on the RIGHT)

MUST Like Joanne On Facebook

MUST take the skin solution test on Joanne's website and email the results (it takes less than five minutes)

Here are the rafflecopter apps that will guild you through, we will be checking to make sure each winner has completed the rules, so you must make sure you click each link in the Rafflecopter app and complete the rules checklist.

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Thoughts Thursday: October Favorites

October was a bit of a crazy month for me, as I had my brother and his family visiting, so there isn't a lot of beauty stuff in this months favorites.

Yankee Candle Farmers Market

TeaPigs Peppermint Licorice

Yankee Candle Crackling Ginger Pumpkin

Emma Hardie Amazing Face Moranga

Estee Lauder Sensuous 

Canon G7 X

Nespresso Citiz Bundle

Nespresso Vivalto Lungo

Smashbox Muse

Girl Online On Tour By Zoe Sugg

Aladdin

Iphone 6s Plus

Kayla Itsines

Hello By Adele

Locked Away R. City

Break Up In A Small Town By Sam Hunt

Photograph By Ed Sheeran

Hannah Maggs Blog

The Mitchalak Diaries 

And that is the entire list of everything I was into in the month of October, what were your favorites this month?

Here is today's Main Channel Video and Daily Vlog!

            
         
            

Tutorial Tuesday: Doggy Advent Calendar DIY

Today I took the time to create a little Doggy Advent Calendar for my boys Charlie and Louis, it took a bit of time as I had to wrap 25 packages containing 2 treats for them to have for Advent, unfortunately a little later in the day it went terribly wrong....

To make this DIY Advent, I used a wall mirror, wrapping paper, dog treats, and a few little decorations I found at my local CVS.

I started by placing a piece of wrapping paper over my mirror and then decorating the seam with a bit of gold bead garland. 

I then wrapped 2 treats (1 for each dog), into 25 little packages, as a side note, I am a bit of a perfectionist and wrapping Christmas presents is such a joy for me as they always come out looking so beautiful, this was not the case with the dogs treats, so be prepared for some wonky looking gifts!

Then I wrote 1-25 on each package and taped it to the wrapping paper covered mirror.

And your done! This can be used for humans as well and actually is great for kids, you can go to the Dollar Store and wrap up a bunch of little toys and they have a cold advent calendar, that isn't completely filled with candy.

As for where mine went wrong, I placed it in my office, leaned up against the guest bed and it was too long later I heard what I thought was scratching at the door by Mr. Louis, to my horror he had completely torn apart the advent calendar, and when I took the package he was carrying he proudly returned to the scene of the crime to grab another!

I wanted so badly to be angry with him, but he was so proud of himself and you can never be mad at his face, with those brows lol.

Here is the vlog that I caught the whole thing on camera with, it was so lucky I happened to be trying to take one of my little "Artsy" shots of Charlie sleeping.

Also here is the Main Channel Video and Daily Vlog!