Bachelor Snafu & Updates

So I still didn't get to watch the entire episode of last nights Bachelor, hence the lack of recap, because my 6 (almost 7) year old son loves to delete my dvr programming every monday night since both The Bachelor and One Tree Hill are set to record!!! I was so excited to sit down and watch my shows last night. I snuggled into bed and husband and I started watching the hometown dates. I was anxiously anticipating who was going to drop the bombshell and go home, when.... for the love the pete! ... the show came to a screeching halt!!! So now I have to watch the rest of the show online. I already know who left, but I don't want to speculate on it until I see it with my own, pretty, hazel eyes ;) I also happened to come across the latest issue of Us Weekly last night containing some juicy Bachelor gossip and there was quite a bit about Ms. Vienna in there. All I can say is that if it is true, which I could imagine it very well might be, YUCK!!!

On to other news.... After much consideration lately, I have decided to let go of my Stella & Dot business. Though I love the jewelry, it is just not working for me anymore and I'm ready to move on. For now I'm going to focus on Scentsy (who has a 10% off sale going on this month :wink: :wink:) lol, and am also considering going to school, though I have no clue for what yet. I'm between a few things, but just cannot make up my mind. And the outlook doesn't look so good considering I've been trying to decide for years!!!! lol. But I want to figure it out soon and maybe look to start next fall. Husband is also looking to go back to school as well, so I want to let him figure his stuff out first since it is more of a priority for him than me right now ;)

I also have a New Blog underway, though it is in bare bones stage right now. I'm planning on it being a luxe for less kind of thing, and also finding great sales, as well as items that might be somewhat pricey, but are worth it! I seriously LOVE writing about fashion, beauty, etc and don't want to overcrowd this blog with all of that all the time since it's not just a fashion blog ;)


I also received this fab award from the Miss Jody over at Miss Fancy Pants! She is so funny and absolutely lovely, so please make sure to check out her blog!!!

As part of my award acceptance, I now have to list 10 things about myself and then choose 10 bloggers to also award to...

~ I seriously love to cook and wish that I lived near a really good cooking school so that I could go to school to be a chef!

~ I am a MAJOR animal lover, so much so that I see "furry babies" when I look at my 3 cats. I love their unconditional love and innocence.

~ If I could have any job in the world without having to go to school or worry about looking for it, meaning it could be tossed in my lap right now and I'd already have the training etc with the snap of a finger... It would be a special fx makeup artist! I would love doing makeup for horror movies and those whimsical movies. So utterly cool!!!

~ This may sound old-fashioned, but I truly adore being a Mom and a Wife. While I'm always trying to figure out what I want to do/be in life, being just that will always be enough for me.

~ I love goats. An odd statement, I know. But I seriously do. I don't know what it is about them. I find them so adorable, even though I think they have demon eyes!!

~ I want to move out of NJ so badly... To a place that has mountains or beaches or outdoorsy things to do! California, Colorado or North Carolina maybe?

~ I love, love, love Horror movies and just can't get enough. Even of the dumb ones!

~ My husband and I got married young, 22 and 24. And even though we have had some rough times and have been through some very unfair things, I don't regret any of it. He is my best friend and we have truly "grown up" together. Even though there are negative things that infringe on our past, present and future (not by him), I wouldn't sacrifice what we have together for the chance that things might be different for us, because otherwise we might not have what we have now.

~ I hardly ever match my socks. No one ever sees them so I just grab what's there. lol

~ I frequently "See" spiders in my bed at night whilst turning over etc in a sleep induced fog, when they are not really there. I scare the crap out of husband and my cats when I do it. I've been doing this since I was about 5, although it has dwindled down from seeing hundreds at one time to just 1. Weird huh?

Now to pass on this lovely award... oh how do I choose?! Please, please don't take it personal if I don't give you one! It's so hard for me to pick....

***Lil' Woman***

***Scientific Housewife***

***Ashley***

***Katie***

***Juliana***

***Carol***

***Kelsey***

***Holly***

***Amy***

***Meg***

And I'm cheating and adding one more ;) .....
***Julia***



So that wraps up this super-long post! Check back for my Bachelor Recap ;) xoxo

Clarisonic Nightmare

It is with very sincere regret that I am posting this review, and very sincere regret from my face as well. Ugh....... So I got my new Clarisonic handle from Clarisonic last week. I fully charged it and was so excited to start using it again. It had been almost 2 weeks and my face had really spazzed out! Clarisonic was also kind enough to enclose a free sensitive skin brush head for my troubles. Unfortunately, after just 3 uses, and very careful uses I might add, it died......... AGAIN!!! I fully charged it. I have no idea what is going on as this is the second time with a different brush handle!!!

So tomorrow I am calling Skinstore and returning it. I am very upset as I really loved the results of the product, but I just can't keep doing this. I start using it again and I get some small blemishes coming to the surface. I stop using it and my skin spazzes. I'll have more blemishes than before I started using it! So I am very sad about it. Luckily it happened within my 30 days (by just a few days too) of purchasing it and I'll still be able to return it for a full refund from Skinstore.

Now I'm at a loss. My skin is now accustomed to this brush. The couple weeks I didn't have it to use it look cruddier than ever! What do I do?! Does anyone have any good products that might be semi-comparable for me to use? Any recommendations please??? Help!!!!

******UPDATE******

I called Clarisonic this morning before contacting Skinstore and they were very nice. The CSR was convinced that it is the charger that is the issue since the brush handles keep dying and not working at all after only a handful of uses. She was very very nice and helpful and offered to ship me a brand new unit asap since it is under warranty for 2 years. In the end I decided to go ahead with my return through skinstore. Even though the CSR at Clarisonic assured me that this is not a common thing and that it wouldn't matter how many issues I had, it would always be replaced, I just am afraid this will keep happening. It's already going to take my skin forever to recover after using it again and now not using it anymore. This just can't be a once a month thing. I am so so sad. I really did love the product and wish I could keep it. I hope I can find something at least 50% comparable to use now since my skin is going to be a mess. I am seriously open to suggestions!!!

Snowed In....

So the snow started around 10 or so last night and didn't stop until just an hour or so ago! We got quite a bit. I would say close to 30inches. And I don't mind one bit. We've been running around like crazy the last few weekends and I was long overdue for a nice, hibernating weekend. Two feet of snow outside is the perfect excuse to stay in ; ) So far I've gotten some cleaning done, gave myself a mani/pedi, made hot chocolate and I'm getting ready to curl up with my new book, make some dinner and then watch a movie tonight! Aaaaaaaah......

Looking out my front window across the street

My front porch earlier this morning

Have a great rest of the weekend everyone!!! I've got some good posts planned for this week ;)

A Movie Review & the Clarisonic at 20% Off!

Hello lovelies! I hope everyone is having a great week!! It's almost the weekend - yay! We are supposed to get snow here Friday and Saturday and even though I'm not really a huge fan of the snow, I am kind of looking forward to it. The white stuff is the perfect excuse to lounge around in jammies all day reading, watching the food network and watching some movies =) Speaking of movies, I watched a really odd but good movie on Tuesday night. It's called Pandorum and I quite enjoyed it!


First I should mention that if you are not a fan of sci-fi you will not like this movie! Let me premise by saying that I have been watching sci-fi and horror movies since I was about 5. 5?!? You must be thinking right? No, my parents weren't crazy and asking for me to have nightmares, lol. I kept asking and asking all the time to watch scary movies or alien movies etc. I bugged my parents constantly. So one day they decided to give in, figuring that I would get scared and never ask to watch one again. They let me watch Lost Boys (fast forwarding the love scenes and super gory parts of course) and guess what? I loved it! lol. As I got a little older I graduated to watching Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street and Alien. I loved these movies and the monsters in them didn't frighten me one bit. I'm still a major horror fan to this day. And I also like a little sci-fi if done right.

Pandorum didn't get such great reviews, but I don't always go by that since everyone has different opinions and one man's trash is another man's treasure right? So I really liked the movie. And even though monsters in movies do not scare me typically, I will say the monsters in this movie were just downright nasty/creepy. I tried to find a photo, but I couldn't. They are definitely not something I would want to find hiding in my closet at night! Husband didn't like the movie and fell asleep. Def not a sci-fi fan AT ALL. Lol.

Other than that I should be getting my Clarisonic replacement handle today! Yippee!! Which brings me to my next bit of news. Skinstore is having a 20% sale, use coupon code "luv20" and guess what?!? It can be used on the Clarisonic!!! And all orders of $49+ get free shipping. And you can earn 6% cashback through Ebates!!! LuckyRewards offers 8%, but I believe there is a membership? I'm not sure how it works. I joined because I subscribe to Lucky. But it's worth checking out!!! So if you've been wanting to order the Clarisonic, now would def be the time to do it! Skinstore offers fab customer service and the shipping was so fast!! I would recommend getting the Classic brush with two speeds. I think this is sufficient for most people. The spot treatment brush is definitely not my favorite. I plan on using the normal strength brush head for my body. I would have exchanged it, but it's just not worth the hassle for me. So save your $$ and get the classic!

I think that's about all for now! Hope everyone is having a great week!!!

Bachelor Recap

So last nights show was pretty eventful in terms of learning more about the girls. At least for me it was! I'm definitely enjoying this season of The Bachelor and I like Jake even more now than I did before!! So lets start off with each girl, forgive me if I get the date order wrong, I think I remember, but it may be out of order, lol ....



Tenley was the first one-on-one date of the show and I was so glad she was one of the girls he chose to take on a single date! From the very beginning I really liked Tenley. For a while there, when they weren't showing a whole lot of her, I was wondering if she was too wholesome, too sickly sweet, and she kind of came off as annoying at times. But after seeing her on this date, I stand firm by the fact that I really like her and she seems very genuine. I know that Jake already comes off as over the top and intense and it might seem like overload for him to be with someone like Tenley. But ever since the very first show I thought that they seemed as though they would fit well together. They make sense and it truly seems as though there is a spark there. I don't want to get into anything else on Tenley right now since I don't want to post any spoilers. I really like her and that's all I'm going to say ;)



Next is Gia. I know she went on a double date with Vienna as well, but I'm not going to include Vienna here since I have way too much to say about her and want to save it for the end. Last week when Gia and Jake went on a one-on-one date I was so pleasantly surprised with this girl! I think she seems so sweet and down to earth, a genuinely nice person. Her and Jake seem to have a real spark as well. I would love to see her make it to the final three, but I have a sinking suspicion that that won't happen. It looks like a lot of drama is going to ensue on next weeks show, could Gia be a part of that maybe? I did think she handled the date very well, especially when Vienna went to sneak into Jake's room... but more about that a little later ;)



I wasn't too sure about Corrie since we didn't really hear much from her other than her little stand-up routine making fun of the girls, which I did not like at all. I do think she is adorable and I was hoping that maybe there was some alcohol and nervousness involved in that little minor outburst. The date was hot and cold and how painful was that when they were in the boat just staring at each other? LOL. I felt like screaming at the tv "Just kiss each other already!!!" I have mixed feelings on the end result. I'm not really sure Corrie deserved to stay since she didn't seem to put herself out there enough leading up to the date and it really seemed to be too little too late. But then again, I felt other people, actually a certain other person, really deserved to go home this week.



Ali's date with Jake went well! I think they also fit really well together and she was the other girl that I immediately liked from the beginning. I called Tenley & Ali as final two - whether that will be true or not, we'll see. I really like Ali, but this whole thing with Vienna has gotten really old and I'm hoping that she can really let it go like she says she is going to. I totally get where she is coming from and see how it must be frustrating, but... 1) It's none of her business, 2) I think it's rude that she vocalizes it constantly, 3) It's hypocritical for her to act like she's this super-nice and mature person when she can be hurtful and dig into Vienna in front of her face the way she does, and 4) It's annoying to see it every week. Just get over it already Ali!!!

And last and certainly least in my opinion .......



Vienna. Ah, where do I start? Well I know when they showed a clip about Vienna in the very first show I was not impressed AT ALL. I thought she came off as a Paris Hilton Wannabe and did not seem like she belonged there. I definitely thought she would be one of the first to go. As we got to know her a little bit, my feelings started to change, but I always had that little voice in the back of my head telling me that this girl is not for real. After watching last nights show, there is no doubt in my mind that she is not there for Jake. She doesn't come off as genuine and her little crying episodes come off as very rehearsed. It really bothered me that she was on the double date and wanted to pretend that Gia wasn't sitting right there. I understand that this is a show where Jake and one girl end up together in the end. But the second Jake went off with Gia, Vienna was soooo hurt. Nevermind the fact that she probably dominated an hour of conversation with Jake with Gia sitting there, talking about her Ali drama. She really should have saved that for the time she would talk to him alone. And going to his room... just ridiculous. I tried so hard to like her and see things from her point of view. But I just don't. I don't like her at all. And if Jake keeps her around and chooses her in the end over women like Tenly, Ali or Gia, that seem like they are genuinely there for him and not to win some prize, then he is not the guy I thought he was! I guess we will see. Sorry for my little rant there, LOL. Can you tell last nights show struck a nerve?!

Until next week!!!

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