Little Black Bag

Ok my fashionista friends, this is totally for you. I just discovered this awesome site called Little Black Bag. It's like one of those sites where to pay a certain amount of money and they send you goodies to try out and keep, like Birchbox (which is $10 a month) and you can either pay the months you want to do it or you can get a clumped subscription. With most of those sites you can try beauty products, however Little Black Bag if for Fashion,jewelry,home decor,accessories etc. It's also more pricey. This one is $50... but wait don't shy away just yet. Let me explain. Ok so you take this little fashion quiz. After that It shows you a HUGE list of items for you to pick from, some worth over $100. You pick the one you FOR SURE want to have and then they pick 2-3 other items for you based on the quiz you took. Those last 2-3 items remain a mystery until you pay for your goodies. After you pay the mystery items are revealed. If you are happy with all of your items AWESOME, you can click on the ship box button. If you aren't happy with one of them, you can then go and look at all of the other people who have boughten boxes (there are always a ton) and offer up a trade. If you see something you REALLY like, you can offer one or all of your items to trade for it.If your trade is accepted and you are happy with your goods, again, click the ship my stuff button. You can trade items as many times as you want for 7 days. After the 7 day period your box will automatically ship. So it's free to try. You can pick your one main item, and everything. You only pay after you have chosen your one main item if you decide you want to give it a go. It's worth the money. As it is right now I've save 75% off what I would have it buying it in a shop somewhere. I'm on day one of my trades. I'm going to check out the trade area often to see if anything pops up that I like better than the items I got. Want to try it out? Ok click here and give it a go! Let me know what you think

Busy, busy, busy! Getting our place all set up is taking longer than I thought. We need to buy furniture, decor, kitchen appliances, etc... one step at a time. We've got to save up for all the things we need. Regular updates to come in the coming weeks. I promise!

Vote for my mom and I

Click here and vote for my mom and I. I entered a photo of us and shared a fond memory we have together on Verra Bradley's facebook page!

Hard Boiled Eggs (with out the boil)

Another successful recipe from Pinterest. I've never hard boiled eggs before, but I remember my mom doing it and having it take forever (or maybe i was just impatient HA).

Here's what you do.

Set oven to 325
Put your eggs in a mini muffin pan.
Into the oven they go for 30 minutes.

Use tongs to take the eggs out of the muffin pan and into a ice bath for 10 minutes.
There may be some brown spotting on the shells but it will come off in the ice bath.

I didn't get the white shelled eggs because if there was any browning of the shell,like other people were saying, I didn't want it to show.




That's it! Done. Enjoy!

Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare

This was shared with me by: Katie Orse on her blog

A Walt Disney Story


An eight-year-old boy approached an old man in front of a wishing well, looked up into his eyes, and asked:

“I understand you’re a very wise man. I’d like to know the secret of life.”

The old man looked down at the youngster and replied:

“I’ve thought a lot in my lifetime, and the secret can be summed up in four words

The first is think. Think about the values you wish to live your life by.

The second is believe. Believe in yourself based on the thinking you’ve done about the values you’re going to live your life by.

The third is dream. Dream about the things that can be, based on your belief in yourself and the values you’re going to live by.

The last is dare. Dare to make your dreams become reality, based on your belief in yourself and your values. ”

And with that, Walter E. Disney said to the little boy,

Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare.

My Desk Space

At our new place I have a little nook for my desk. I love the space. After we moved in I just tossed things on and in this area. Yesterday I decided to actually organize it. Here's what it looks like now.

I found a lot of cute little tubs and buckets in the dollar section at Target, as well as the 4 magazine holders on the top shelf!

Camera Bag Giveaway

If you are a photographer, professional or amateur, everyone needs a great camera bag. Well over at Becky Higgin's Blog she's giving away a BEAUTIFUL camera bag. I entered to win and wanted to share the oppurtunity with you guys too!

Here's the link to the giveaway and photos of the beautiful bag!