Saturday Haul

Last week my friend Cindy and I went to the Gilroy Outlets. The entire week before we were counting down the days until our shopping adventure! On Tuesday I found out there was a Lululemon outlet. Well I went bonkers! 

As much as I was looking forward to spending my heart out at the outlets I came home with a small loot of stuff. I just wasn't that into spending a bunch of money on Saturday. SHOCKING - I know! 

Here is my loot!

Bass: Nude and Black Shoes - they were 70% off. SUPER comfy, so I bought them in 2 colors

Adidas: Tennies for $19.95!!!! STEAL! 

Ann Taylor: White and Green stripped tshirt

New York & Company: Black pencil skirt (not pictured) It is just a plain skirt that zips up the back

I have really wanted this chunky bracelets from J Crew, but they are $88-118 each. Ummmm that just doesn't fit in my budget. I believe J Crew had the matching necklaces too, but I can't find them on the web now.  I have been on the outlook for some knock offs. Well imagine my surprise when I was at Forever 21 a couple weeks ago and found the necklace! I snatched it up FAST!  This past Saturday I found the matching bracelet...Eeeeekkkkk!!!!!  The necklace and bracelet cost me about $15 bucks!

Forever 21: Bracelet (pictured above) & plastic headbands (not pictures) grand total of $8

After all my screaming of excitement about Lululemon I didn't buy one thing there. The entire store was all sales are final. I was a little concerned about that, so I decided to wait to purchase anything. Once I meet my weightloss goal I will be heading back to purchase a few items. 

What did you buy this past week?

Bart Happenings

On Monday this guy gets on the train in Oakland. I was standing in front of the map indicating where each line of trains travel too. He asked me to step aside, so he could see the map. Then he says SUPER loud I need to see where I am going so I don't end up in Temecula. I normally do not pay attention to what people say or make any comments, but today I did. I said oh well I am sorry to tell you this train isn't going all the way to Temecula. Oh here goes a conversation for about 10 minutes......


Crazy man: Oh we have some world travelers here. You actually know where Temecula is? 
Me: shake my head yes. 
Crazy man: he turns to my CW - do you know where Temecula is? 
CW: I have heard of the place


He turned around and wasn't paying attention to us for about 5 minutes. All of a sudden he whips around and starts the most random conversation. 


Crazy man: 
Do you girls follow fashion? 
Have you watched Anderson Cooper lately? 
Well the newest and hottest thing in LA is belly chains. 
Did you see them on Anderson Cooper?
I am a comedian from LA and I KNOW what is the latest fashion. 
You girls are married I see. Your husbands would go CRAZY if you put on a belly chain. 


CW & Me: ok....we aren't into belly chains


Crazy man: 
Your husbands would think you have been watching too many Lil' Wayne music videos if you came home with belly chains. 
Kept women should spice things up by wearing belly chains
Even big over weight people be wearing some belly chains in LA. They can get a big ol' chain to wrap around themselves.
You girls need to find a little dainty chain to wear though. 


bahahahahaha - from the Crazy Man - the entire train then REEKS of alcohol. 


Uh huh! That explains his crazy behavior he is drunk.


Luckily he got off at the next station. As he was getting off he yelled you ladies have a great evening and don't forget to get yourselves some belly chains. 


We just look at each other, shook our heads and said belly chains are so Janet Jackson. lol


Just another day in Bart Land!

Wordless Wednesday

J Crew Knockoff

I bought the bracelet combo from Forever 21 a couple weeks ago for about $6 bucks. I really liked the pink one. I am LOVING electric pink accessories! I was on the J Crew website this week and found a hot pink bracelet for $28. I was super excited to see my bargain!

Forever 21 bracelets - above

J Crew bracelet - above

Make-Up Routine

 Lets talk make up.....I wanted to share the make up products I am currently using on a daily basis. Here is my routine for each morning. 

1. 

I wash my face with Clinique mild facial soap every morning. I love this cleanser! My face is very sensitive and this cleanser really cleans, but isn't harsh. My mother in law bought it for me the first time probably 3-4 years ago and I have been using it ever since. I go through a bottle probably every 10-11 months. I am usually pretty cheap when it comes to products, but the amount of time it lasts is worth the extra money. 

2. 

I put Milk of Magnesia on a cotton ball and rub it all over my forehead and nose each morning. I talked about it in a whole blog post HERE. I have been using it daily for a month and I still L-O-V-E it! My face doesn't get oily or shiny at all during the day. It keeps my face very matte. Once in awhile on the weekend I will skip it and my face just doesn't feel the same.

3.

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circle is truly amazing! I have always had issues with dark circles under my eyes for as long as I can remember. The dark circles comes from the Italian side of the family. =)  I dab this under my eyes and pat it in with my pinky finger or a foundation brush until it is blended. 

4.

Benefit Eye Bright pencil I put on the side of my eye next to my nose. Anything that is remotely dark is covered up by this little beauty. I have been using the pencil for about a month and I haven't had to sharpen it at all. This pencil is going to last a very long time. I bought this pencil on Amazon from a seller for $5. It costs about $20 from most department stores. 

 

5.

Elf Eye shadow Primer I put over my entire eyelid up to my brow line. I really didn't think primer would make that big of a difference with eye shadow. Boy was I wrong! Usually about 3-4pm my shadow would start to fade closer to my brow line or would start smudging as the day went on. 

I have read a lot of great reviews about Urban Decay eye primer. I didn't want to spend $20 on a product I wasn't sure I would really like. I decided to go cheap and try the $3 Elf eye shadow primer. Well I love the $3 Elf product and don't see any reason to spend $20+ on Urban Decay. 

6.

Ulta Eye Shadow Wisteria Lane Matte I have been using daily over my entire eyelid. I have received so many complements on this color. I've had 2 strangers stop me to ask me what color I was wearing and how beautiful it looked. 

I use to wear Sephora brand eye shadow for about 8 years. Sephora eye shadows run about $12 and one eye shadow lasted me for about a year. I recently needed a new eye shadow, so I decided to try out Ulta. Ulta sends coupons and has great sales on their products. I believe I bought the last 3 shadows for around $3 each. The quality is really good too. 

7.

Ulta Automatic Eye Liner Black is my go to eye liner. This stuff is awesome! It does not wear off at all throughout the day. The stuff stays in place even after I have exercised! I do not go anywhere without eye liner. I will wake up at 8am on the weekends to go to the gym, but my eye liner MUST be on. I buy the eyeliner when it is on sale at Ulta for about $3 each. Normal price is $10, but I suggest waiting for a sale.

8.

Elf Mascara - I will use any of their mascaras. I am not picky when it comes to mascara. I do not see the difference in the $20+ mascaras compared to the $1 or $3 Elf mascara. I also don't understand why people spend tons of money on mascara. I feel it all does the same thing. I am also very religious about replacing my mascara every 3 months. 

9.

Elf Fuschia Fushion Blush. I haven't ever been a pink blush girl. I decided to give it a try for summer and at $3 if I hated it I could toss it without feeling guilty. I really love the pink and I feel it looks a little more natural. 

There you have it my daily make up routine. My routine takes me about 5-7 minutes every morning. I do not wear foundation, powder, tinted moisturizer or any other type of concealers other than what I put under my eyes. In my middle 20's I had major issues with my skin breaking out. I stopped using foundation and now I rarely have break outs. I also can't stand the feeling of having something all over my face. 

The products I use last me about a year and I spend about $75 a year.  I do replace my eye liner and mascara religiously every 3 months.  It is very important to replace those items to avoid bacteria building up and causing eye infections. When I find my eyeliner on sale at Ulta I purchase 4 of them at around $10 for the entire year. 

What products do you use on a daily basis?

Big Lots Haul

On Sunday I made a stop at Big Lots. I had been hearing about some great deals some other bloggers were finding at Big Lots. I went to find the Philosophy cream blushes. Right when I was about to give up and figured they had sold out I spotted them! They were on a lower rack behind some other stuff. The lady beside me then starts pulling stuff out of a shelf. It was Sally Hansen waxing kits. Another item I had been wanting to try. 

I spent about $18 on all the items below. 

2 - Sally Hansen waxing kits

2 - Philosophy cream blushes

1 - Sally Hansen Salon Effect Nail - neon pink

3 - Luna bars

1 - travel bottles

If I had bought these items at Target or Ulta I would have paid about double of what I paid at Big Lots. I think Big Lots is going to be my new treasure hunting place!

Fitness Friday

Well it's time to get back into sweating off the calories! I took a week off from exercising while Danielle was here. Although we did walk about 2 + miles in San Francisco. That is a whole story of it's own!

Here are some things you can do at home. I am not sure if I believe the world's fastest workout burns as many calories as a 40-60 minute run. I bet you burn some calories, but I don't think you would burn a 1,000 calories. When I run I burn about 500+ calories in 30 minutes. 

{Source: here}

Planks are AMAZING! I have been able to see the difference from doing planks in my  core. 

{Source: here}

I have been following the Fitnessista for about the past 7-8 months. I have learned so much from her. I love her blog! I have the picture below of 10 ways to plank saved on my phone. Sometimes at night I will bust out a few planks. She suggested in one of her blog posts to do a plank for 10 seconds, rest for 3 seconds, plank for 10 seconds, rest for 3 seconds for a full minute. I find it MUCH more manageable to plank for a shorter period of time then trying to bust out a 1 minute plank. While they do not look hard boy does the time drag in plank position. 

{source: here}

Happy Friday!!!!

Hottness!

On Saturday Lacey & Cliff went to a family wedding. I asked Lacey to send me a picture of them. Aren't they just adorable?

When she sent the picture I was at the gym....and I responded back with....

....bahahaha don't I look like a hot mess. 

Marc Jacobs Daisy So Fresh

Oh I have a new WANT - Marc Jacobs Daisy So Fresh. O-M-G this stuff smells is AMAZING!!!!

I am not a perfume girl. Usually it is too strong or I am allergic to perfumes. A lot of perfumes are fine when I first spray them on, but after a few hours I will get a super bad headache, nose starts running and I feel sick!  

On Sunday I was walking through Macy past the Marc Jacobs perfumes. I picked up 1 smelled it and I didn't like it. Then I picked up So Fresh - A-MAZING!  I sprayed it on my arm to see how I would like it while I was shopping. I wore it for about 6 hours and it didn't bother me at all! 

This perfume is so soft and fresh smelling.  How adorable is the bottle? I love the flowers on the top! I think it would look really cute sitting out on my vanity. 

Wordless Wednesday

I Found it....

Remember this post about searching for a green dress like Zoey from The New Girl?  Well I have been searching for a green dress, since April 17. I thought I had found one on Oldnavy.com in the plus size department. I thought I would order it and see if it would work. No such luck! They didn't have my size left when I went to order it. Ugh I was so irritated I waited to buy it. 

I was in LA 2 weeks ago and went into Old Navy. Guess what they had the dress in the store - THE GREEN DRESS! I snatched them in different sizes to see which would fit best and headed to the dressing room. 

I <3 it!!!! 

It is super comfy, light weight for summer and adorable! I also bought some cobalt blue shoes at Target recently. I didn't have them with me in LA when I wore the outfit. I am pretty proud of my knock off outfit! I paid a lot less for the entire outfit including the shoes than the dress Zoey had on. 

Winchester

On Memorial Day Danielle and I went to tour the Winchester Mystery House.  All I have to say is that woman was NUTS! There were doors going into walls, stairs that led to no where, a 1/2 inch storage cabinet and various other crazy things in the house. We were not allowed to take pictures inside the house, otherwise I would have snapped a picture in every single room. 

We also took the behind the scenes tour and we were able to take pictures. If you ever go on a tour of the place the behind the scene tour is a waste other than to get some pictures. Although I think you could just walk around the outside of the house and avoid the additional money for the behind the scene tour. 

Danielle and I in front of the house. Only 3 people walked through the front door of the house. Mrs. Winchester and the 2 guys who installed the doors. 

The sections of the house painted black are unfinished areas of the house. 

Front of the house

Back section of the house

Another picture of the back of the house

Me in front of the house

A map of the house

Front of the house

Back of the house

Another back section

On the tour we had to wear these lovely plastic hats. We went into the basement of the house and there were pipes that were really low. 

Front door

The Winchester Mystery House is a must see in CA....but I don't think I would want to see it more than once. lol

Menu Monday

Art has been asking to do the cabbage soup diet for at least a month. It is a 7 day diet that you eat specific things for 7 days, but you can eat as much cabbage soup as you would like. It just hasn't worked out for us to do the diet with traveling for work and company. I told him we would start the diet this week. I started it on Saturday and lasted until around 5pm. Sunday I tried to get back on the diet train, but just couldn't do it. All that cabbage was making my stomach VERY upset (no kidding).


Art was suppose to start with me on Saturday. He had to work on Sunday and would be ordering Applebees for everyone, so he said he would start on Monday. I am not sure if we will be starting back on the cabbage soup diet today or what we will be doing. I do know that we have TONS of fruits and veggies in our fridge. We will be eating LOTS of veggies that is one thing I am sure of. =) Otherwise I have NO idea what we are eating for dinner this week. 


What is on your menu this week?

Oldie but Goodie

Lacey text me the picture below. It must have been taken about 10 years ago. We look so young and happy! I think this picture is from when I still lived at home. Look at how tan I was! I use to tan year round. Another thing California change me.....no more tanning! Have to protect my skin!

This picture brings back so many memories! Makes me miss Lacey so much too!