Happy New Year!

Hello all and Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! My Christmas was great and my New Year was nice and quiet, spent with family. I think maybe next year we'll venture out! This year is going to be very busy but that's ok because it's going to be a great one!! In 4 months I'll be married to the man of my dreams!! I couldn't be more excited that it's almost here, finally when people ask me when I'm getting married I can say THIS YEAR!!! We started our wedding planning more than a year ago so it's been a long time coming! So to bring in the new year I did a happy new year mani! Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of it, by the time I decided I was going to blog about it, it had chipped. Here's what I used though:

First I painted the top coat with China Glaze Champagne Bubbles. I actually found this on clearance at Ulta! Next I used this awesome polish my future sister-in-law got me for Christmas!

It's Kleancolor Firework. This polish went perfectly with the champagne bubbles! It was super cute and went on really smooth (which I was surprised about since the glitter pieces are pretty large.) I didn't go crazy and slather it on my nails, I placed the glitter thinly on all my nails. This is probably why it wasn't rough after I put my top coat on. It lasted a good four days before the chipping began which I think is pretty good since I'm constantly using my hands while at work. I also got a lot of compliments on it =]


As one of my New Years Resolutions I have vowed to be more organized and to really tackle the clutter on my desk (and more importantly... keep the clutter off *cough cough*) so my first step was to find a really good organizer (I figured this would come in handy for scheduling all the appointments for the wedding too!) I found this one on Amazon for $12, there's a blog that I absolutely LOVE (it really inspired me to get more organized). Here's the organizer:

It helped that it was super cute =] and the blog is called The Nest Effect, it's full of awesome ideas! 


Tonight Fancy is taking me to a dinner party that's being thrown by the new company he works for. I'm really excited because I get to dress up!! More on that later! 


I'm off to do some more organizing! Hopefully I can get Fancy to take out the Christmas Tree this weekend. It seems no matter how many times I vacuum the dogs always seem to find some Christmas tree needles!

Long time no blog

Hello gang! Sorry for the extended absence.... there's really no excuse! I think it was mainly because my polish obsession was getting a weeeee bit out of control and I went through a period where my nails were really brittle. I had to give them a break (haha no pun intended).


I can honestly say I went a good two months or more where I didn't buy a single bottle of nail polish! I refused to look at them, I didn't go to Ross to find good deals on Colorclub...I haven't  even been to Ulta in months! It was this week that I decided it would be ok to look. I had some greeting card coupons to CVS I wanted to use that had dates that were close to expiring but the CVS I went to didn't carry the brand that my coupons covered (figures). Instead of leaving right away I wandered over to the makeup section to see if they had anything interesting on sale. I immediately saw that there were clearance stickers on some of the Sally Hansen polishes! A wooping 75% off!! I found three =]

I wish I hadn't taken the picture on my Christmas table cloth... it doesn't help that the tablecloth is red >_< oops. Anyways, these polishes normally retail for $5.49 each but I got them for $1.37 each! To top it off, I had a $3 extrabuck that I'd been hanging onto so I ended up paying $1.40 for all three!! I ended up saving $15.36! What a great deal!


The following day after I got off work I decided to take advantage of some of the sales that were going to be ending the next day. I got a pretty sweet haul for absolutely nothing!

Here's what I bought and what coupon(s) I used:
(2) Puffs - 2/$3.00 = $3.00
Used (2) coupons that made them free when you buy any 2 Vicks products.
Bottom Line: FREE!


(2) Theraflu Severe Cough and Cold - $5.39 ea. = $10.78
Used (2) Publix coupons - $2.00 off ANY theraflu
Used (2) manufacturer coupons - $2.00 off ANY theraflu
Bottom Line: $2.78 for both


(4) Carmex - $0.99 ea. = $3.96
Used (2) manufacturer coupons - $1.00 off ANY two carmex
Bottom Line: $1.96 for all 4


(4) Vicks Nyquil travel size - $1.27 ea = $5.16
Used (2) manufacturer coupons - Free Puffs wyb 2 vicks products (size was not specified on coupons)
Used (4) Publix coupons - $1.00 off ANY size Vicks product (these coupons were expired but my Publix takes expired coupons)
Bottom Line: $1.16 for all 4 plus two free puffs!


(2) Sundown vitamins Folic Acid - $3.79 ea. =  $7.58
Used (2) Publix coupons - $3.00 off Sundown vitamins
Used (1) manufacturer coupon - $3.00 off ANY 2
Bottom Line: $1.42 MONEY MAKER


(6) Sundown vitamins Papaya Enzyme - $3.99 ea. = $23.94
Used (6) Publix coupons - $3.00 off Sundown vitamins
Used (1) manufacturer coupon - $3.00 off ANY 2
Used (4) manufacturer coupons - $1.00 off ANY 1
Bottom Line: $1.06 MONEY MAKER


Before all my coupons my total was just over $50 so I was able to use:
(1) $5.00 off $30 Winn Dixie coupon
(1) $5.00 off $20 Publix coupon


For a graaaaand total oooooof   -$3.37  ^__________^

Pleasant Surprise

Last night Fancy took my to Wiregrass Mall. I was very happy to go because I've been losing weight and my pants have started to fall down, so my plan was to find a new pair of pants! One of our stops was Sephora in JCPenney because I found a coupon online for a free sample of lip gloss from bare minerals. I've only been in Sephora once, however they didn't have any samples =( but the girl said that she could make me a sample out of anything! I decided to go with a sample of Vera Wang's new perfume called "LoveStruck". It's a very nice smell! I'm happy with my sample =) um so of course after I got my sample, I turn around and oh hello nail polish! I picked up this little beaut!

I didn't realize OPI made polish for Sephora so imagine my excitement! This one is called "Set the Mood" This I think will be my next mani (after the one I just did... more on that later)!

Our next stop at Wiregrass was American Eagle! One of my favorite stores! I found a really cute outfit!

My sweater was an extra 50% off....but.....I may have paid full price for my jeans. I bought the sweater and the jeans! Oh did I mention I've lost 13 pounds? ^___^ I brag a little because I've worked really hard! I've been watching what I eat and exercising regularly! I had an interesting conversation with one of my customers, here's how it went down:
Her: "You lose weight?"
Me: "Yes! Can you tell?"
Her: "Hmmhmm... so you not eating?"
Me: "Uh.... no I eat. I just don't eat a bunch of crap." Aaaaand then I walked away (lol).

Anyways!! I noticed that American Eagle has kind of picked up a bit of an Urban Outfitters feel (which is fine with me!). I say this because they had books, lots more jewelery, more wallets and purses.... oh uh and polish! They had this itty bitty display of teeny tiny bottle their own brand nail polish. As I stated last post, my Moulin Rouge mani didn't last long... it may have lasted longer if I hadn't chipped it at work today. >_< I have a really bad habit of picking my nail polish off once it chips. Usually I get lucky and it chips when I'm at home and I can just take it off right then. I wasn't so lucky today, I picked aaaaaaalllllllll the polish off, it was almost embarrassing how ugly my nails looked with bits of red polish still clinging on for dear life to my nail. I work with my hands a lot at work and I'm constantly handing things to people. I dropped lots of things today trying to hide my nails! Getting home I knew I HAD to do something to my nails so I decided to go with my teeny tiny bottle of polish I bought from American Eagle, on sale, for a buck!

This no name polish is AWESOME! I LOVE the color. It took two coats to be opaque. The polish went on super smooth and dried very fast.

Color wise, I would call this Mauve. Who knew mauve could be so hot? I'm thinking I'll be taking a trip to American Eagle again tomorrow to retrieve a few more colors! And maybe an extra bottle of this color! =D

Thanks for reading!! Till next time! 

China Glaze Moulin Rouge

Lately, I've been giving my nails a bit of a rest from polish. I was painting them a TON and I trimmed them back and just put some strengthener on them until they were finished with their recooping-ness. And now they are! I've been DYING to try my new China Glaze "Moulin Rouge" polish! Unfortunately I'm on the ropes about this one. The polsih in the bottle looks AMAZING. There's lots of different colored glitters in it.

Of course you can't see them in this picture >_< I should really just take the pictures with my actual camera instead of my phone but it's just so much more convient this way ^_^

I was sooooooooooooooo excited for this color....

uuuugggghhhhhh.... I started with Finger Paints base coat, then applied two coats of polish. It was very difficult to get even on my nails. Maybe I didn't mix it up enough but sometimes it felt almost gel-like. After two coats of polish, I topped it with TWO coats of OPI top coat and because of all the glitter I couldn't get a smooth finish. IDK, this may be one that looks better in the bottle =( Needless to say I don't think this will be staying on my nails for very long.

Charming Find/Publix trip

Well, it's been raining all weekend. I mean ALL weekend.... day and night! We thought it was bringing a cold front but to no avail. Because of the rain all my plans got derailed! Fancy owed me a trip to Wiregrass mall, which we were going to do on Sunday but with all the rain it wouldn't have been very fun.... seeing as Wiregrass is an outside mall. However, I was incredibly tired of being inside so I decided to venture out myself. By this time, it was just drizzling. I went to the mall, I only had about 30 minutes since it's Sunday, they close at 6:00 and of course I decided I was bored at 5:30. I only went to two stores and of those two stores was Charming Charlies. The first time I went to Charming Charlies I tried on this pair of hot pink wedges (looks better than they sound I swear!). This pair of shoes was a whopping $29.97, I decided at the time to pass. Well today I found them... on clearance... for $5.00!!!!!!

I don't own anything like these but I'm very excited to add them to my shoe collection! I'm sure I'll find something to wear with them =]

During my excursion Fancy called me and wanted to go to the store with me. Grocery shopping was something he and I used to do together all the time but we haven't gotten do go together in a while since I usually do all my shopping when I get out of work... seeing as I work at Publix and I would rather not go on my day off. Oh yes, one other thing, I've gotten really good at buying things that I can match up with a coupon and when Fancy is along for the ride I always end up getting things I don't have coupons for! However, today was an exception. I stopped by home and Fancy and I set off to the store. It wasn't going to be a very big shopping trip and it ended up being even smaller since they were out of a few items I was going to get. Here's a break down:

(12) Muellers Pasta (BOGO), $1.39 each
Used (12) $0.55/1 coupon
Bottom line: $1.74

(2) Olay Regenerists Products - Reg $6.99 and $8.99 Sale $3.99 and $5.99
Used (2) $3.00/1
AND (1) Target coupon $2.00/2
Bottom line: $1.98 for BOTH

(4) Classico Alfredo Sauce (BOGO), $2.47 each
No coupons
Bottom line: $4.94

(3) Healthy Choice Meals - Reg $2.39 each Sale $1.99 each
Used (1) $1.00/3 blinkie
Bottom line: $4.97

(5) Campbells soup - Reg $1.66 each Sale 5/$5.00 ($1.00 each)
Used (1) $0.40/3
And (1) Publix coupon $1.00/5
Bottom line: $3.60
(3) Frank's Hot Sauce - Reg $2.49 each Sale $1.99 each
Used (3) $0.50/1
Bottom line: $4.47

(2) Kellogg's cereal (BOGO), $3.99
No coupons
Bottom line: $3.99 --> this was one of Fancy's requests... at least it was BOGO

(1) Kellogg's cereal - $3.99
No coupons --> another one of Fancy's
Bottom line: $3.99

(1) Luigi's Italian Ice - $3.19
No coupons --> You guessed it
Bottom line: $3.19

(1) Glad to go containers - $2.99
Used (1) $1.00/1
Bottom line: $1.99

I also used one Publix coupon for $5.00/$20
AND the Sweetbay coupon for $5.00/$30
Total: $32.75
Tax: $1.19
Grand Total: $33.94
Saved: $58.77

Not my best trip but I'm filled up on pasta again! =D

New finds

This weekend was at first somewhat difficult but then turned out to be ok! Fancy's grandmother wasn't doing too well at first (But don't worry! She's doing better!). We were in charge of getting breakfast so we wandered into a Publix down there. I always like going to a Publix that I haven't been in before, I like to look at the things they have that we don't carry here! I found some polish ooooof course! We carry China Glaze but they had some colors I hadn't see before! So I narrowed it down to two (Fancy wouldn't let me get the four that I wanted).


Then, yesterday I wandered over to Ulta and found a pretty cool OPI set, plus they gave you a free top or bottom coat. I also picked up my first Essence polish.

(From Left to Right): OPI "William tell me about OPI", China Glaze "Moulin Rouge" (HAD to get this because of the name! Moulin Rouge is one of my all time favorite movies!), OPI "I'm not really a waitress", China Glaze "Strawberry Smoothie", and Essence in "Just rock it!".


Can't wait to try them all! Thinking about doing the pink first for Breast Cancer Awareness.

OPI trial run

Hello readers just a quick little update! Last week I got the OPI nail polish that I ordered from Amazon as well as three new collections from Color Club (which are amazing!) TO kick off October, I thought a darker polish would be nice and since I've never used OPI polish before I decided to go with OPI's "My Private Jet". This color is awesome! It went on really smooth and dried pretty quickly without any tiny bubbles after it was dried (sometimes after I paint my nails I notice that little bubbles formed in the polish). I really love the brsuh because it's just the right size and I can pretty much do one even stoke of color and it covers my entire nail. I used two coats to get it nice and even. I then finished it off with a coat of Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nails which caused a little bit of shrinkage.

I looked at the polish in the sun and I was surprised at how many different colored little sparkles where in it! The polish itself looks black, but in the light has an almost coppery undertone to it then on top of that there's all the glitter (red, purple, blue, green). I love OPI!