Week three of the challenge is colorful and I think this picture fits the bill pretty well!
Wednesday was my two year anniversary at work and that called for a celebratory stop at Target for some sparkly nail polish, a cake pop and a black tea-mango-lemonade, which was pretty good! Plus, how cute are the summer Starbucks cups?
Look at me, I could totally be an aerobics instructor.....hmm maybe not, I don't look good in spandex!
~A full house!~
Between Mothers day, her birthday and her anniversary, May is my Moms favorite month! We got to have my older sister and her husband here for two of those days, they've been here for about a week and leave in early June. It's been a full house, but fun!
~The first water fight of the season~
It was finally warm enough for the kids to use the water guns they'd gotten at Easter. They didn't hear the rule that the person holding the camera is not to get squirted.....
~Photography~
This is one of my favorite spots in the yard!
~Nail Polish~
This color is Greys Anatomy from Wet N Wild, it shimmers like the back of a June bug, it's looks much prettier in person!
Not my hand, but it was the best pic of what the color looks like I could find!
This is a random post of a few things I've been wearing, my new favorite nail polish color and to show off my awesome herringbone braid skillz (yes, with a z that makes it sounds sooo much cooler....)
The little girl I nanny asked me to braid her hair and while I can french braid my hair, I can't seem to do it on others!! So, I did this!
I wore this a few days ago, it was almost warm that day!
Cardigan: Jessica London $20?
Button Down: Jc Penny $7
Skirt: made by me 3-4 years ago
Cowboy boots: Wal-Mart $17
This is the awkwardness that happens when you add props and poses beyond the hands on the waist pose!
I love this color! It looked much darker in the bottle, but I love how it looks on my nails. It has purple iridescent sparkles in it and it lasts at least 3 days before chipping. The best part? It was only $2 a bottle! The brand is Ice and I bought it Wal-Mart!
No, I did not forget wear the camera was.....
Shirt: Shop-Ko $8
Skirt: Coldwater Creek via eBay $10
Boots: Naturalizer $140....still hate typing that!
Oh, hi! I'm just randomly twirling, I had no idea the camera was on!
This is what happens when you randomly twirl irresponsibly.....remember it's a privilege not a right, use random twirling responsibly and never over do it!
~Watching a Bollywood movie in Hindi with English subtitles.....and having about half of the words and phrases be spoken in English....but that's not really the awkward part, the weird thing is that they would "translate" the English phrases wrong in the subtitles about a third of the time. For example, the main girl said, "100% percent," and the subtitles said, "Yes, I'm sure."
~Dropping an ironing board on my toe and having it hurt reeeally bad and then having the toenail on that toe turn purple, this happened a month ago. Guess who still has a purple toe! Just in time for sandal season.....though it has been fun to scare little kids with.....yes, I'm that kind of person!
~Self Employment taxes.....all I have to say about that is 15.3% baby!
~Awesome~
~Doing my taxes almost by myself, I may have had help from a few people....thanks Mom and Mrs. Toomey! =)
~ $2 nail polish that stays on better then the $7 brand, oh yeah!
~Chocolate cupcakes + Peanut butter frosting = Heaven in a polka dotted wrapper!
~This may belong in the awkward category for some, but hear me out. I've been doing it for a few weeks now and am amazed at how well this technique works! If you want to softest smoothest feet you've ever had in your life, follow these simple steps.
1: Locate that giant tub of Vaseline in the back of your medicine cabinet or it might be living under a sink somewhere!
2: That night before you go to bed, grab a pair of socks and your newly unearthed tub of magic, Then, scoop up a big ol' glob and rub it into your feet like lotion. Yes, it will be greasy and not soak in, that's what the socks are for!
3: Let it soak in over night and pumice your feet after your shower the next morning, keep on doing this and within a few days your feet will be soft and beautiful!
~This video is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!! Watch the making of videos too, it's just mind boggling. I wouldn't even have been able to figure out half of the stuff they had to! =)
I may not listen to his music, but I am a fan of his nail polish for OPI/Nicole, sold at Wal-Mart! OMB! Is the perfect shade of red and I also picked up a creamy minty/blue-y color that I saw on various fashion bloggers and loved! For $7 I hoped that it would stay un-chipped for at least a few days, but the red chipped in just over 24 hours, dishes and hair washing are the death of manicures I'm telling you! Though I have found that the colors with shimmer/glitter in them chip faster, maybe it's because the edges are rough? Or maybe I'm just looking for excuses.....
The color is My Lifesaver
I am a notoriously bad nail painter, I get it all over my cuticles and nail beds, but I found that if I paint my nails the night before I can pick off most of the mess after my shower the next morning! I also need to push back my cuticles, but it scares me, so I never do! Yes, my nails are really short, but they don't chip as fast that way, so it's a good thing, right?.....look Ma more excuses! Speaking of Ma, I know my Ma is cringing right now, she likes the more found in nature shades, colors in the pinkish and redish- family, not blues, greys and greens!
This last picture is included so you can gape in awe and wonder at my amazingly short thumb and pinkie! I didn't realize how much shorter they were until I was taking these pictures! Though maybe the fact that I have to buy mittens and gloves in the kids department so I won't have the dreaded finger tip flaps should have given me a clue.... ;-)
