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confessions

Confessions

–I spend way too much time looking through memes and ecards every week for the Confessions and Friday Favorites posts. It is like a black hole but good for the soul because I do so much laughing!!!

–Easter is my favorite time of year for seasonal candy. It has all the good stuff: cadbury mini-eggs and cream eggs, reese eggs, jelly beans, peeps, basically give it all to me! I am avoiding the clearance aisles with every ounce of fiber in me. #allthesugar #clearancecandy

–Am I the only one that is PISSED that Bloglovin is adding what posts people saved to my feed??? I mean seriously!!! The sponsored bullshit is bad enough, but now this? Oh Bloglovin, how I loathe what you have become. I wish that there was something else out there that looked just like Bloglovin without all the bullshit. I tried Feedly and I just didn’t love the format as much because I am an old had that doesn’t want to adapt to something different than what I am used to. #bloggerprobz

–Chris and I did some late night grocery shopping at Publix this past Saturday. They had Thomas English muffins on sale, buy one get one free. You guys, their cinnamon raisin muffins are one of my most favoritest things ever! I have been having one with butter every morning. Real butter, not the fake shit. And it is so good I don’t even care how many layers of wrong it might be. Yeah yeah yeah, I will get back to “clean” breakfast next week, ok. I needed a break! #butter #carbs #isbutteracarb

–Speaking of breaks, my lunch this week is the most random shit ever. Whole wheat pita bread with hummus, apple, cottage cheese and a veggie. Today’s veggie was lima beans. Don’t judge. I just couldn’t bring myself to do soup this week! #deathtosoup

–Mac ran down the hallway one morning this week and ran straight into the door. He bounced back up, looked at the door and growled. I laughed so hard my eyes were watering. Sometimes you laugh at your dogs, ok?! #imnotabadperson

Confessions in ecard

#ecard:

Link up with Kathy and I and get some confessions off your chest!

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March 30, 2016 by Nadine

beauty

Extraordinary Hair

Hair is something that I have always struggled with. When you have super thin hair, there aren’t many products out there that you can use without weighing it down and looking greasy. When my hair gets to a certain length, it starts looking stringy and damaged and it always makes me so sad.

I started using L’Oreal Advanced HairCare Extraordinary Oil last month, and I have got to say I am impressed!!! Normally I stay away from anything that has oil in the name given my hair type. So I might have been a little skeptical when I first got it. I cracked open the lid and smelled it, as I do everything, and man oh man this stuff smells amazing!!! I couldn’t wait to try it.

I used all three products; the shampoo, conditioner and serum for about a month and I am loving the results! My hair looks less damaged and has a shine to it without looking greasy or weighed down. Plus I love getting whiffs of my hair throughout the day because it smells wonderful!

I received the products the day I got my hair cut, so you will have to look past the obvious length and color differences and look at the healthiness of my hair!

This line has Coconut, Argan, Chamomile, Amla, Soja, and Sunflower oil complex. I have to say that my hair was so soft after just one use. After using it for a few weeks, I noticed a huge difference in the softness and shine. My hair doesn’t look as dull as it did without the product. I only put the serum towards the tips of my hair, not the top. I have volume and it doesn’t look weighed down.

I received these products through Influenster and all opinions are of my own. I will only share things I like with you guys!

Have you heard of or tried this line yet?

March 29, 2016 by Nadine

weekend shenanigans

Weekend Shenanigans

The last weekend of March was here and gone! I can’t believe Easter has passed by so quickly too!!!

My Friday started out with a great lunch at Real and Rosemary with Laura. Real and Rosemary is a new spot in Homewood that offers healthier lunch options and is just the cutest place! I love the rosemary that was planted out on their patio. I ordered the Spiced Rubbed Chicken with succotash and a corn polenta cake. Everything was delicious and I didn’t feel an ounce guilty about the meal.

I got out of work a little early on Friday so Chris and I spent some time over at his parents house Friday evening and called it an early night.

Saturday morning I cleaned the house, played some Wooly Yoshi on the Wii U and then we headed out to Hickory Tavern for a late lunch. Everything was delicious as always! We split the Shredheads (basically fried hashbrown balls) and I had the Korean BBQ tacos and sweet potato fries.

Every Easter, Chris and I have breakfast at Waffle House and this Easter was no exception! I love our traditions!

After breakfast, we headed over to Chris’s parents house to help get ready to host the family for lunch. It’s always great seeing everyone! After that, we headed to Walmart to pick up a few things since we didn’t get our grocery shopping in.

And just like that the weekend was over. I feel like we hardly got anything done, but that is the way most weekends go…right?! I hope everyone has a fantastic week!

Linking up with Biana.

March 28, 2016 by Nadine

friday favorites

Friday Favorites

Favorite Song: Home by Rhodes – This song is totally chill and I love it! Plus it is just one of those songs that you can sing along with in the car after a long day.

Favorite Moment: Coming home last night to an Amazon box surprise from Chris. Don’t be jelly of my snuggie. Best. Invention. Ever.

Favorite Recipe: These sweet potato bites with bacon and avocado look delicious!!!

Favorite Dog Products: My dogs are family, and if I am being honest…they eat better than we do! I read the back of every package of dog food and treats that I buy to ensure that nothing has animal by-products or other nasty things in them. I received a box of FIVE different kinds of dog treats and a coupon for a small free bag of dog food from Purina Beyond through BzzAgent. I immediately flipped the packages and got to studying the ingredients and was pleasantly surprised to see that REAL chicken, beef, fish and veggies were listed as ingredients. No by-product. In fact, a few of the jerky treats were even grain free!!!! Gracie must remain on a grain free diet to help with her allergies and her pancreas. Both Gracie and Mac were obsessed with the jerky treats, they were begged for daily. In fact, now that I give Mac other biscuit treats, he looks down at them and then at me like…hey….where’s the jerky??? Spoiled!!!!! When I ran out of their regular food last week, I picked up a small bag of the salmon pumpkin food from Publix and my dogs have cleared their food bowls every day since! If you are looking for some treats for your dogs, give the new Beyond line a try. You know I only share good stuff with you guys! In fact, blogging about the food wasn’t even a required task…I just really love to see my dogs get excited about the jerky treats!

Favorite App: I discovered this game called Two Dots and I can’t stop!!! Basically you are just connecting colored dots but there are challenges where you have to get a certain amount of colors in a few moves. I am hooked. Did I mention there are anchors in it? You know I love anchors. It’s free, what more can you ask for? Go download it!

Favorite Treat: I discovered the Project 7 gum a few weeks ago at Target. My favorite flavor is the Grapefruit Melon but all the flavors are wonderful for hitting the sweet spot craving that you get in the afternoon lull. Smores, Key Lime Pie, Birthday Cake…what is not to love?

Favorite Lust: I have heard great things about the Mario Badescu line and I have been meaning to pick up this drying lotion. At only $17 it is a steal compared to other acne treatments out there!

It is also that time of year again to start slathering myself in sunscreen before I go anywhere. After reading several articles last year poopooing all over my normal brands I grab for stating that there are dangerous chemicals in them and such…I want to try that Alba Botanica line. I know that you can find this at Target, grocery stores, drug stores etc so I appreciate the accessibility! I dont always have time to run to Whole Foods for such products.

Favorite Links:

—27 Things You Wont Understand Unless You Went to High School in the late 90’s. Pretty much yes to all of these things except I was the friend with the cell phone and I didn’t ironically like NSYNC, I was open about my love for all the boy bands!

–Trying to up your plant game? The Sill has amazing tips and answers to all of your questions.

–Do you need to clean your closet? Here is an easy list to follow of the things you must let go to get you started!

HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MY BABY SISTER!!! Tracy will be 28 on Sunday!!! Happy Birthday!!!

Favorite Funnies:

I found these amazing Disney fitness memes last week and I had to share them! My favorite is the Sleeping Beauty one!

When someone asks me my name and they don’t catch it the first time…

When you walk in to a new restaurant…

How I feel after eating pizza or burgers…

When the bottom of the bush just wont do….

My reaction every time…

Linking up with Amanda, I hope you all have a fabulous Easter weekend!!!!

March 25, 2016 by Nadine

confessions

Confessions – Words I Will Never Quit

I am probably showing my age when I use certain words, but I don’t care. I can’t see myself quitting these words, well….ever! Words these days are wack. Like on fleek? Bae? Yaaaas? and all the other ridiculousness the other generations are coming up with now. The words of the 90’s and early 2000’s were way chill, ok?

–Dude and Sweet – Sometimes together or completely separate. Either way I can’t quit them. If I am about to say something serious, I usually start with dude.