Happy belated Thanksgiving everyone!! How was it? Are you still in a food coma? If you cooked the Turkey how did it turn out? Are you still eating left overs? Did you commence putting up the Holiday decorations?? Hey, it's not #AskAwayFriday without some questions right??
A couple weeks ago I posted about my Ipsy Glam Bag and how it's the only subscription service that I've kept over the years but I think I found a new one I'll have to add to the list! Wantable is a subscription box service like any other but you actually get quality products for the cost of $36/month or $40 for a single box. They even have boxes for accessories and intimates!
I can still hear my husbands' grandmother in my head saying "why isn't she wearing shoes?" often referring to Hannah being shoeless in the summer/fall months. It wasn't that I didn't want to put shoes on her, it was that I couldn't find shoes to fit her tiny feet! I had the same complication with Savannah so when I discovered Rileyroos and that they did their sizing my months not 3, 4, 5, etc sizing I was all about it! They even agreed to send us a pair to test out.
Welcome to the Riiviva Microdern Giveaway! Brought to you by Riiviva and Debbie Jeans Blog! The Microderm is an at-home microdermabrasion system worth $299 that delivers amazing results! For more info, please head over to www.riiviva.com to check it out!!
Disclaimer: I was sent the products in this post for review. I was not paid for the below content and all opinions are my own.
Recently I've gotten around to hanging pictures in our house. I love having photos around, especially now that the girls point to them and recognize the family and friends framed on the walls. I love photos that are turned into canvas, they just look like miniature works of art. Too bad they are usually more on the costly side so it's easier to print and frame photos for me. Easy Canvas Prints contacted me about doing a review of their products and when I found out I'd get a free canvas print out of it, I jumped on it!
MagnifiCuffs LLC is owned and operated by a husband and wife team, Ryan and Marcia. They are proud parents to two sons, pretty close in age like my girls! Marcia and her family actually live pretty close to me in the Washington, DC area. As small business owners I was really excited to work with Marcia. Her customer service has been so amazing and I'm definitely asking everyone to go and support her on Small Business Shopping Day which is November 30th!
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In October I did Mommy Tag 1.0 so now that we are in November here is Mommy Tag 2.0! Want to join in on the fun? The questions will be below as well as a link up that will last through the end of November!
Have you ever searched your name on Facebook? Well I randomly did and guess what? I'm the only one in the whole wide world (well Facebook world at least)! How cool!
I'm a beauty junkie, I love collecting make up and playing with it! From neutral every day eyes to smokey eyes I just can't get enough! Mia Mariu is a all natural mineral make up line that I'm now OBSESSED with! When they offered to send me a couple of their products for review I was like "YES, YES, YES!".
I've been on a jewelry kick recently and more for necklaces than anything else. Even if Savannah pulls on them I've just been loving necklaces with chunky sweaters! Being a mommy on a budget also doesn't allow me a lot to spend on jewelry so when I got offered to try some from 599Fashion.com I jumped on it! I mean come on, these necklaces are super cute, only $1.99 each AND come with matching earrings? WHAT! How awesome is that!
I love these little subscription services! Originally I was signed up with four or five of them but Ipsy is the only one I've stayed with. I feel like each month I get quality products for the $10/month subscription cost instead of getting little foil packets of testers that I could go to Sephora and get.
This months Ipsy theme is Glam It Up...so appropriate with the holidays in full swing! Who doesn't love some insanely beautiful lashes, a smokey silver eye and a cranberry lip?
I've been wanting to try one of these candles that are all the rage...with rings that can top out at around $7,500 who wouldn't? JewelScent has beautiful candles with scents that burn for over 100 hours and even better than that you can find a ring inside your candle worth from $10-$7,500!! JewelScent also has the same method but in the form of Aroma Bath Beads and Aroma Soaps. I think half the fun of getting the candle is waiting for it to burn down until you see your little "pouch" with your ring inside! With JewelScent you can either order your candle in the ring size you'd like to wear or you can chose "Surprise Me"!
Disclaimer: The products in this post were sent to me for my review. All opinions are my own.
Since becoming dog owners David and I have tried numerous brands to make sure that our dogs are getting the best health out of their food. This meant cutting out chicken by products and other nasty preservatives that they didn't need. We went from Pedigree to our new favorite which is Blue Buffalo. The dogs don't even chew their food anymore they just inhale it, that's how much they enjoy it!
Okay, so seriously are we already half way through November? I can't deal anymore, time is flying way too fast for me. Is everyone planning out Thanksgiving meals and doing their 30 Days of Thankful? I literally almost just skipped Thanksgiving yesterday and went straight into putting up the Christmas tree!
For those of you who aren't familiar with #AskAwayFriday it's an amazing way to meet new bloggers, make friends and ask some questions to get to know them better! 10 questions are exchanged and answered on your partners blog, you can get as creative as you want and even get into our purses!
I've probably spend the equivalent of a small fortune buying squeeze packs for the girls over the last 2 years. Their preferred brand is Beech Nut which comes in a ton of assorted flavor purees and is 100% organic with just the puree inside but I've often thought "there has to be an easier/cheaper way to do this". Then I stumbled upon U-Fill Snack Pack...they were the answer to my question!
Savannah has grown so much in what seems like such a short period of
time...she's finding her independence. Although I know she still needs
me this picture is a perfect capture of her independent spirit and how
she is starting out on a path all her own.
I can't tell you how many times since having both the girls that I've gone into a restaurant and been absolutely disgusted with the condition of their high chairs, I'm shivering just thinking about it. Sometimes I even forget that none of the grandparents have actual high chairs for the girls, this makes feeding them a little hard when visiting. So when Baby's Journey contacted me about reviewing their brand new product the Baby Sitter I was like "Ohhhhh...YEAH!".
Is it really that time again? Time to start thinking about Holiday Cards..wow, where did the year go? It didn't hit me until just today when I got our annual family pictures in the mail that I need to get on ordering our family Holiday Card! Some people might not enjoy getting cards in the mail but I love them, each year I get to see how big the kids grew and all the creativity that can go into them.
I partnered up again with Growing Up Madison for a Giveaway...this time it's a $25 gift card to Build-A-Bear! With the holidays around the corner you don't want to miss this one!!
For those of you who aren't familiar with #AskAwayFriday it's an amazing way to meet new bloggers, make friends and ask some questions to get to know them better! 10 questions are exchanged and answered on your partners blog, you can get as creative as you want and even get into our purses!
Recently, I've spent a lot of time thinking about the future and what that means for our girls, from my post about Preparing For When You Are Gone to My Goals for Motherhood, is it so far out of reach that I'm already thinking about college for the girls and all the costs that go with that?
Again this week I'm sharing a photo from the wonderful Emily Ann Photography! She did an amazing job capturing our little family and I'm so grateful. Also, another shameless plug for her, please if you live in Virginia contact Emily, she does great work, is easy to work with and her prices are insanely affordable ($50!!).
I got invited to go to another "Real Housewife" blogiversary celebrating her blogs two year anniversary. This is the make up I plan on wearing tomorrow for it so I thought I'd do a test run...check out and please subscribe! xoxo
The wonderful Growing Up Madison has given me the opportunity to help her give away one of these Tidy Books Bookcases...awesome, right?! She also did a full review on it which you should definitely check out if you are thinking you'd like to add this piece to your home for the little reader in your life.
Here are just a couple of the cool things about this book shelf system:
Holds 85 books! (Wow, that's a lot of reading!)
Front panels keep the books in place (plus they can see the book they are choosing)
Super Slim (2.8" is the depth...crazy slim!)
Comes in a couple different colors to work with all furniture finishes
I was lucky enough to be able to do a guest post for Jessica over at Chaos With A Curve...she was taking the weekends off in November and asked a couple people to post some Thanksgiving related recipes or DIY/crafts. My husband has an obsession with mixed berry pie so I decided to give it a shot...I'll warn you...I'm not the best baker so it might not be pretty but he says it's the best he's had (I didn't pay him, I promise!)...click the picture below to go to Jessica's page and check out how I made this yummy dessert and get the recipe! Thank you Jessica for having me and I hope you enjoyed your weekends with your hubby!!!
