Uncategorized – Page 62

Birchbox

February 17, 2012April 26, 2012by SymoneF2 Comments

Yesterday I received my Birchbox box :). I learned about it from Penny Pincher Fashion last month and decided that I must try it. It is basically: “Four to five hand-picked deluxe samples delivered to your door for $10 per month.” When I went to sign up for it, I was placed on a wait list and it has been worth the wait. You can either become a yearly or monthly member. I’m excited to try out these products, if I really like one or a few I can purchase them on the website and receive points that can be used to purchase future products. Here’s what I received this month:

Colorescience pro | glow and go travel puff (powder filled puffs)
Eye Rock | designer liner (single-use stick-on liner strips)
Jouer | moisturizing lipgloss in Birchbox Pink
Showstoppers | designer fashion tape in black and nude
Free digital download for 6 tunes from Green River Ordinance

Another product I’m excited to try out this month is the Sugar lip treatment. I picked it from Sephora as my birthday treat. It is a mini lip duo, one is the regular lip treatment and the other is a tinted lip treatment. I love receiving these gifts! I also used my Birthday credit from Vera Bradley to buy a book cover to use as a case for my electronics (Kindle Fire, Zune and wires) when travelling with them.

Hope you enjoyed.

Uncategorized

Time flies..

February 16, 2012February 16, 2012by SymoneF1 Comment

I planned to give the apartment a thorough cleaning by the end of January.

It’s February. The apartment had a cleaning… not thorough but it was cleaned. January did not go as expected and that’s good. I was out during the day so much that I didn’t even have a chance to sit at home and sulk about the winter weather (except for the week of the snow storm and even then that was fun). I have done so much since I came back that I am actually falling behind on things that I used to do on a daily basis. And I’m not frustrated. I had days where I’d sit home and wish that I had something to do outside to get out of the house (you can’t shop every day) but now I have days where I wonder when I’ll be home long enough to do certain things. I think, so far, I’m having one of my best years here. I’m really working on myself. Living a life that is rewarding and fruitful. I’m making sure I’m not too busy that I am not enjoying life. I don’t see everything as a chore and I’m not pushing myself to do things to feel overwhelmed.

Time flies and it’s not only about what we accomplished but how we did it and how we felt. I’d hate to think a month has passed and the only emotion I can feel is misery when I think of it.

Life is just for living.

Life, Uncategorized

Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2012April 26, 2012by SymoneFLeave a Comment

Today is a day that I have the motto: to each his own. Valentine’s Day is a day that could come and go for me. In all of the years my husband and I have been together, I can’t say we have some kind of tradition for it and I’ll tell you why. I’ve been really busy recently and last week my husband asked if I had started cooking dinner yet, and I said no and asked if he wanted to take me to dinner jokingly and he said yes. We went to dinner and he told me it was in appreciation for all that I was doing recently. That gesture meant so much to me. With little acts like that, especially so spontaneous, I do not look forward to a day that’s planned for showing me appreciation and love. It’s almost like I feel like I have to do something to deserve it on that day – cook a special meal or do something major to make him see how much I pay attention to him or something. I just get a card, and that is because that is what I want to do for him. A little reassurance goes a long way.

I’m not anti-Valentine’s day, I’m just not for the commercial aspect of it – the jewelry, chocolates, dinners (even though this is a good excuse not to cook, just not the fancy stuff, pizza is fine) and flowers. Last year was the first year I ever received a bouquet of flowers and I didn’t even know that he went and ordered them ~~as my husband doesn’t keep secrets well~~, just because I said I never received flowers from him. I love his spontaneity and at the same time I hate it because he never gives me enough time to prepare for anything.

The best thing about Valentine’s day is that it makes us remember all of the reasons why we love the person we are with. What brought us together, how we’ve changed and what has happened in the last year to make you appreciate that person more or less (and work on it). Love will find a way to make any relationship work, if it isn’t there then maybe it’s not meant to be. Love never fails.

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. ⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-8 New International Version (NIV)

“Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” ― Franklin P. Jones

Happy Valentine’s Day! xxxx