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Scenes from my weekend {MIMM #1}

January 18, 2016

Here we are back at Monday, but that’s okay because I had a great weekend. I hope you all did too! Here’s a quick look!

Weekend Snapshots!

Friday night Whole Foods haul…

Saturday morning run while listening to a couple of podcasts. Makes the time go by so much faster!

It’s always fun when my Birchbox comes 🙂

Trying out a new soup recipe

and it was really good!

Instead of my usual smoothie for breakfast I opted for wild salmon.

If you follow me on Instagram then you know my love affair with plantains. I’m not sure I will ever tire of them.

I could eat this for lunch every day and I do!

What was the best thing you ate this weekend?

Thanks Katie!

and Erin!

5 Things Making Me Happy! #4

November 14, 2014

It’s been a good week! The weather has been so nice. In the 70’s as highs, just right for having fun outside. Runs in the mornings, afternoon walks with Jim and Emma while snacking on apples. I have been seeing so many people in the blog world and “real” world putting out Christmas decorations and I am getting so tempted to pull ours out! I usually wait until the week of Thanksgiving, we’ll see if I hold out that long this year. Should be another fun weekend. I’m doing the Turkey Run (5k) Saturday morning and Lily is signed up for the 1 mile Fun Run! This will be her second fun run and she is so excited!

And now on to a few things that made this week fun!

1. These Healthy Rice Crispy Treats

I got the recipe here! No marshmallows and no butter. The recipes uses honey (or brown rice syrup) I used honey, and coconut oil in their place. I also added some Enjoy Life chocolate chips. They are really good, just sweet enough and you really do not miss the marshmallows. They hold together just like the original version. They have a honey taste and are delicious!

2. This song from Imagine Dragons!

3. Birchbox!

Have I mentioned before how much I love Birchbox <——referral link! 🙂 Because I do! It is definitely a fun little treat each month. Last month was another great box, one thing that really stuck out from last months box was this all in one hair product.

I will admit I was skeptical at first and was totally expecting not to like it, but I am in love with it. First thing is that it was a very generous sample. I have used it twice a week for 3 weeks and I still have some left. Second, it’s like a mousse, you wash your hair with it and cleans, conditions, detangles, and leaves your hair looking, feeling, and smelling amazing! It doesn’t leave your hair greasy just healthy and looking great! I was a little put off with the price of $33 at first until I realized that it’s not bad at all when you take into account that it is replacing so many products! I get excited when I find products that actually do what they say they will do! 🙂

4. These Honey Roasted Pumpkin Seeds!

I seriously cannot get enough of these. I just used my last pumpkin and roasted up another batch of these! They satisfy my sweet and salty craving all at once.

5. Holiday Bucket List

I am a planner and I love to be organize. I’m starting on my Holiday Bucket List! This time of year always go by so fast and there are certain things I want to make sure we all get to do. Getting started on this makes me smile! I found this free printable to help out!

Free Printable Family Happy Holiday Bucket List

I’m linking up today with Heather, Katie, and Clare!

Tell me one thing that made you smile this week? Have you started decorating for Christmas?

Thinking Out Loud #9

February 13, 2014

It’s Thursday and time for all things random! I’m joining Amanda in her Thinking Out Loud linkup!

Happy Thursday friends!

1) I’ll start by saying I was excited to see a message in my inbox this morning from Birchbox , the Zoya Remove Plus Nail Polish Remover is back in stock. I have been on the wait list to get it for several months. I’ve read that it is supposed to be awesome and I am excited to give it a try when it arrives. I’ll let you know what I think! :)…

It’s the Little Things!

December 17, 2013

So, I have been receiving a Birchbox for 9 months now and I still get just as excited as I did when I first started receiving them! It’s kind of like a guilty pleasure that I don’t have to feel guilty about. For $10 a month shipped, well you really cannot beat that. I have been introduced to alot of great new to me products over the last 9 months and well I just love it. 🙂 Here’s a look into my box this month!

I received this box about a week ago and have tried all the products in it except one and I will be trying it out soon. I know alot of people really dislike receiving the perfume samples in their boxes and in your BB profile you can mark whether or not you want to receive them but I actually love it! I have 4 or 5 samples that I have received over the last 9 months and I really enjoy them all. I get bored when I buy a bottle of perfume. It seems to last me forever and after a few months I am just sick of it. Long story short the samples are perfect for me! 🙂 Also in this box was a highlighter. I am new to using highlighters, but I am fun using it and really see the benefit of using it. Now I actually own 3 but they are all a little different and I like them all.

To change the subject I did actually start wrapping some presents yesterday and hope to get a few more wrapped this afternoon. About a week til Christmas! yay! Also I saw this quote on FB this morning and well it is so so true! Life would really suck without Dreams!

Let’s Chat:

Do you receive BB or any other monthly box services?

Do you like perfume samples?