I want to start writing again

But I don't have much time...and no one reads my stupid blog.

I'll try to get creative!

A few of my new products.

I've been so busy lately that even a trip to the drugstore is almost impossible. Luckily, a few weeks ago, I stopped by the Rite Aid near my house (I'm usually a CVS girl) and picked up a few things I needed.

I usually have oily skin but in these winter months, my skin is has been dry and I didn't have the right cleanser or night cream for it. I usually use Elizabeth Grady products but I haven't had time to swing by the school to pick up some stuff. I looked around in Rite Aid and here is what I found:

Olay Ageless Complete Ageless facial cleaner. So far, I'm loving it. It has little scrubbies but nothing harsh. Kind of like sand at the beach.


The next thing I found is Porcelana Night cream. Since I have that mediterranean kind of skin, I always feel like I'm discolored or something. I have dark circles under my eyes, and dark spots around my mouth. I put a little of the cream over the areas and I think it is helping a lot. I still need concealer (that will probably never change.



The last thing I picked up was Cetaphil Moisturizing cream. I'm loving this. I use this for a night cream AND for eyemake removal. I like removing my eyemake with this than using regular eyemake up remover. This has really helped with my dry skin.



So I am loving these products so far. Has anyone ever tried them?

I think I live in Alaska.

It is freezing and there is so much snow outside.
I think there is more snow coming on Tuesday?? I'll have to double check. There is honestly no more room to put anymore snow. This is insane.
Anyways, I'm going to make this really quick:
I've received my Rev Abs DVDs http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/revabs.do
I did one work out today just to get a taste for it and it was great.
I'm starting Day 1 of my 90Days. Wish me luck.

What will the New Year bring?

So I have been MIA. Who really cares right?

Anyways, I had a very nice low key New Years Eve with the FI and friends.

So today it was rainy, so I wanted to get a fresh start on the new year and clean my god aweful room. I accomplished a major project today. I cleaned and sorted all the make-up and junk that goes along with it. My vanity (which is cheap and old as hell) is my only way of looking normaon the day to day basis. It is wear I blow dry my hair, put on my make-up and basically live at for a good half hour every morning before work. It was so dirty, I thought about putting it through a car wash. I spent about 1 1/2 sorting through my junk. Look at what I finally did!

This is the Vanity! As you see, I cleaned this baby up and I can actually see myself in the mirror.

Here is some of my makeup and hair stuff. Doesn't it look neat? I am so proud of myself.

I know when I move I wont be able to take my vanity. Its just too old and I don't know if I'll have room for it.
How do you organize your stuff?

This is not my last chore, I will be doing other things. I'm slowly working on weeding things out and throwing away as much stuff before I get married and move.

A crummy weekend.

Yes, my crummy weekend is just about over. The Fiance and I are spending all our weekends looking at homes. I'm getting really discouraged by it. I just want to cry.

On Friday morning I got my butt out of bed and went to Spin in the morning. Class was in the new gym location which I was excited to check out. What a surprise I was in for, not only was it a new gym, they raised the prices so much that I can no longer afford to go. I am still upset about this. My wedding is 9 months away and I don't know what I am going to do.

I spend all my weekends looking at homes that are crappy, too expensive, or in a flood zone, or some other reason. I really hate this. The wedding is 9 months away and I know we have still have time but the still...that clock is ticking.

I really hate this weekend.

It's almost Thanksgiving???

Wow, the time just flew by. Sorry I haven't posted.
Been doing wedding planning, got ready for E-pics photoshoot and now we are in the process of buying a house. We are going back and forth with offers and I hope everything works out.
I'm really nervous. We found a house that needs work but it has the space that we need. We've been househunting since last March (8 months now)

Work has been hell for almost 2 months. They installed a new software system that has basically made my work life crazy. I'm so looking forward to this nice 4 day weekend.
I had been keeping up with my weight training class every week. I didn't make it the last two weeks because appointments came up and I couldn't go. I really want to get back to doing Spin. But it seems like every since I am have been planning this weekend, I've had the worst sleepless nights. I'm having a hard time falling asleep. Maybe because I have wedding details on the mind.
I'm hoping to clear my mind this weekend.

been so busy

Did I mention I purchased my wedding dress??? It isn't the Casablanca, its another one. I wasn't happy with it so I went with #2. I am very happy. What do you think?

Starting to Run (again)

I just started to run. I'm a lousy runner. Does it ever get better? Can you improve the more you practice? Anyone?

Count down is on!

So, I have been focused on getting some inches off my body because the fiance and I are scheduled to take engagement pictures on Oct. 7th. I will find out tomorrow if this will be the date because of my fiance's work schedule. Anyways, I had a week of VERY VERY bad eating. Since my parents were out of town, I decided to have a few guests over. ( I had some social favors to return) Of course that consisted of "junk food" eating. Yesterday, the fiance and I enjoyed the day apple picking at Smolak Farms in North Andover, Ma. We purchased the Apple Cider donuts and we ate the whole bag (6 donuts) in that afternoon. We also had some of the homemade Dutch Apple icecream. So as you could see, yesterday was FAT KID SATURDAY. We should have just ate the apples.
Anyways, I know this might sound like I am too hard on myself but I'm not, I'm being realistic. I have a CHUBBY face. Yes, I do!! I'm about 5'2" and I am about a size 4-6 (not bad) but I do carry some of my weight in my face. I know this because about 6 years ago, I was at where I was now. After a few episodes in my life, I had lost some weight and I saw pictures from 6 years ago and 4 years ago. Big difference in my face!!!
So this may sound a little crazy, but I'm not so much concerned about loosing pounds, I need to loose inches. I have about less than 3 weeks. Now I know that no one knows about my silly little blog but any advise would be great. I'm planning on stepping up my game and staying away from the junk food. I'm going to have to stay away from my usual pasta dishes.
Well I'm off to do some Yoga while my fiance sleeps away. (he had a bad headache last night)

Diet and Bridesmaid Dress Shopping

Well my diet is going pretty good. (I had a little hickup yesterday)
Tonight I had brown rice with a thin slice of steak cut up. I cut up green olives with 3 tablespoons of olive oil and some salt and added them into this risotto. It was really delish.

Yesterday, I made a big boo boo. On Monday, my fiance wanted to make a cupcake in an ice cream cone. So what he did was poor the cake batter into the cones and baked them in the oven. He added vanilla frosting to the top and put sprinkles on top. It looked just like an ice cream cone. Well I should I thrown them away yesterday but instead, when I got home from work I had one to eat. The next stupid thing I did was pull out my 30 Day Shred and did 30 minutes of that. After, that I took a quick shower and I started to feel overtired. I had to lay down and then my stomach started to hurt. I felt like crap and very weak. I spent the rest of the night running to the bathroom and vomitting. I finally had to just sleep it off. The sugar high did me no good.

Tomorrow, I plan on going to spin at 6am (I should have gone this morning but after last night, NO!) and after work I am going shopping for bridesmaid dresses. I have no idea what I want my girls to wear but I am sure it will be a lot of fun!

Dress and new diet!

Hi,

So last week, I told you about a dress I totally loved. Well last Friday, I had the day off from work and my friend did as well. She is getting married in June. I asked her if she would come with me to check out the dress. So we drove up there and I looked like a pyscho because I had just been there the night before. I asked to try on the top 2 dresses and I did. My friend loved my Casablance dress on me. We added a belt to it and it looked beautiful. It actually looked better in daylight than it did when I first tried it on the night before. I love the dress!!!! I'm not looking anywhere else and when my mother comes back from Italy, I'm going to drag her there to see it. Here is the dress:

So I don't look anything like this model but I can say that this dress looks better on me :)

I know it is plain but add a belt and it looks unbelievable.

NOW.... The fiance and I are taking engagment pictures on Oct. 7th. And since I carry the weight in my face, I'm on a mission to loose some weight. I'm 5'2" and I weigh about 134lbs. I'm on the heavier end of my frame. I need to loose the jiggile on my thighs, tummy and arms. So I'm getting my fat thighs out of bed tomorrow at 4:50am and getting to spin class at 5:30.

Wedding Dress shopping

I went shopping for my wedding dress tonight! What a workout!
I'll make it quick, I wanted something kinda trendy. However, trendy does not work for me. The best dress I put on was absolutely plain and the sales person put a belt on me. Awesome! I love the dress. My sister and friend said I should really look at more places though. Well I guess, its just so time consuming. Grrr....

Rain, Rain and more Rain

I've been lacking on my posts (Anyone miss me????)
Very busy few days, my parents are getting ready to leave tomorrow for their month long trip. Loving forward to having some peace and quiet in the house. I'll actually be able to do somethings that will not include remarks from my parents :) Do you think there are too many adults in this house? You thought right.

My fiance and I have thought about how our future will pan out in the next 13 months until our wedding. He has been over stressed these past few weeks (to the point where I started to worry) I stepped up and put my WOMAN foot down and decided we should hold off on the house hunt until after we are married. We will each spend the next few months at home saving money and at the end of next winter, we'll look for an apartment. I'm hoping the apartment hunt will go much better than the house hunt.

Anyways, rain rain and more rain its been in Boston. One good thing is that I've been hitting the sack a little early (something that I need to get back to doing) I even thought about going to spin tomorrow morning. (If I can get my butt up at 4:50am)

So I'm just going to walk my butt into bed now and watch a little TV before I go into dreamland.

Goodnight all.

Managing Stress!

Okay, my week so far... new software system at work (no one knows how to use it), wedding plans, and looking for a home, make-up appointments and social life. Seriously, shoot me. My hunny is off playing poker with friends so I am taking the night to just relax.
I got a mani and pedi after work (relaxing) and now I am going to tidy up a bit and get ready for bed early.
My parents are off to Switzerland and Italy at the end of this month so I'm planning a couple of get togethers at my house. I have about a 100 social favors to pay back. Anyways, I'm going to sit in bed and write out my menu for my little parties. I'm only going to have pickies and drinks. I'm trying to come up with ideas on quick, easy and cheap ways to make food. I have this book, The Taste of HOme Cookbook. I picked it up at Marshall's for $10 a few months ago. I haven't had the chance to use it since I picked it up. I'd love some ideas. Hopefully, the book helps.
Well I am off to get ready for bed, I am hoping to get my butt up early tomorrow. Not sure why I can't wake up in the morning.
Until next time....I'll let you know about my menu :)

Makeup and Food shopping

So today my friend was a bridesmaid in her brother's wedding. I was at her house to do her makeup. Check her out!

No, I did not do her hair but I do wish I could create that myself. It would save me a lot of money if I could.

So after I finished up with her I head to Stop & Shop for a little food shopping. I picked up these guys:

They aren't the cheapest snacks but they just taste so good. I want to put this in some basket or something but I don't have any good spot for them. Hopefully, I'll have my own place in the next 6-9 months. Living with my parents is okay, but there are just too many ADULTS in this house. Its about 5pm and I feel like I could just take a nap right now. The sun is in and out and its a little gloomy out there.

Late Workout!

I had a very late workout tonight. It is 9:28pm now and I just finished 15 minutes ago. I had family over and I couldn't get away from the kitchen table and then I had to clean it from top to bottom. I have the busiest day at work tomorrow and I am working late on top of that. So I knew there would be no way for me to get a workout in.
So I have a little motivation for this month, I have a wedding to attend on August 28th in Newport, RI. I'm wearing a one shoulder black dress. I think those dresses always look best on a slightly toned person. I know I'm not fat but I definitly need some major toning. I'm 28 years old and I don't have a child so I should be in the best shape of my life. Really, what excuse do I have??(Besides, planning a wedding, finding a house and trying to make money) That is just every day life (I'm tricking myself to think that)
Anyways, I'm tryin to jab it all in. It I feel like in a way I am neglecting my friends. I don't see them much but I feel that in order to accomplish what I need to accomplish in the next 14 months I have to be a little selfish. Now I know that absolutely NO ONE reads my posts so I guess you can just call this my online diary. Maybe one day someone a little wiser than me will give me some advise.
Until next time...

Ready to sleep

What a busy weekend I had! It was my fiance's birthday on Friday, I wish I took pictures but he wasn't feeling well so I didn't bother. He has been having issues with his stomach for about a year and half now. His stomach is off and on. He feels better today, thank godness.

So I spent my weekend nursing him and trying to tackle all weekend errands. Busy Busy.

So the good news is that I received my bridal shower invitations in the mail today. I had a my friend use photoshop and do some editing and I sent it to Snapfish to develope.

They look great.

Make-up. Did I ever mention?

Did I have mention I do make up on the side? Yes, I took an 8 week program and got my certificate from Elizabeth Grady School in Medford, Ma.

Nowadays, I barely have time to do my own make up. The picture below is of my friend Julie, she was my model.

I apologize for not having the best camera, I really wish I had one that brought out what the make up really looks like.

Tonight I have a free night (no appointments, no major plans) Need to fold some laundry and just relax. I'll post more pictures in the future. Let me know if you want to see more. (if anyone even reads this)

A little stressed!

Do you ever feel like you are jungling a million things? I'm doing that and as well balanced and fair I try to be, I somehow screw up and everyone becomes disappointed with me. Like, I was feeling tired yesterday and people get mad at me because I don't want to do anything. I do a MILLION things, so get off my back.

Anyways, tonight a made myself the scalloped tomato and crouton dish that I saw on a few posts. It was pretty delish!

Hopefully tomorrow is a better day.

Free Saturday

After a crazy busy week, I actually had a free Saturday to relax and do what I want.
I had this huge craving for a cannoli. I decided, what the heck, I got in the car and drove to the North End. THis is where I stopped:

So good, I was actually eating one right out of the box as I was walking back to my car. I had powdered sugar and ricotta all over my face but I didn't care.

There are many places in the North End to get Italian pastries.

The two big rivals are Mike's Pastry and Modern Pastry.

Mike's is very good but it is more of a tourist attraction. There is always a line out the door. Modern is where the locals go. Not has busy but the wait takes sometime. Don't worry about the wait, its because they are filling your cannolis fresh when you order it. Can't go wrong there.

Anyone ever tried the two?

Well I'm going to relax for the rest of the afternoon. I may even take a nap.

Till next time.