Friday, April 13, 2018

Friday the 13th!  Are y’all superstitious?  I have to admit that I am a little.

Here are my favorites in no particular order because I don’t play favorites with my favorites.

1.  My leather earrings.  I have seen them on many a blogger and I jumped on the bandwagon!  They are so lightweight and they make a statement!  I like them big!  (That’s what she said.)  I have a cognac leather pair from Nickel and Suede (the ones on the top left) and I have a few pairs from an Etsy shop called ADVdesigns.  One pair has a matching leather cuff! I would highly recommend both companies.
2. Some products that I really like:

Left:  I’m on maybe my 7th can on this hairspray. I’m really sensitive to smell and this one is not too strong and gives me a great hold for the $5 ish price.

Middle:  Have y’all tried any Trader Joe’s beauty products? This is a nice moisturizer with sunscreen at a good price.

Right:  This product costs around $10 on Amazon and came as a recommendation from Amanda at That Inspired Chick blog. It gives your hair a lift at the roots by making it a little sticky/dirty?  It’s a good thing I don’t work for their marketing department, no?  Anyway, see photo below.  I can’t believe I’m putting my forty-something face on the internet! This is what my hair looks like when styled with the hairspray and the powder product.  Fun fact about your forties:  You still get to enjoy zits with the added bonus of wrinkles!

3.  I bought some cheap-o purple tinted aviators from Amazon and I think I like them!  This is apparently the Pantone color of the year.  I may get a higher quality pair now that I know I dig  this color.  Funky photo, huh?

4.  My first “dip” nail.  I liked it.  It seems the same as gel to me.  I don’t think it is going to last as long as gel, but I hear it’s better for your nails.  My hand looks old and weird.  Do you ever look at your hands and wonder who they belong to?

Have a wonderful weekend and leave me a comment!

Amy

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Can I complain about the weather? I have put my winter clothes away and I keep having to pull a few pieces out!

I love clothes and outfit planning! I love accessories! Give me all of the tassels and pom poms right now!

This is my new scarf recommended by Sheaffer from Accessory Concierge, new neon yellow tassel earrings, and old tassel and pom pom necklace. I love bright colors for spring and summer.

My go-to teacher outfit is a comfy knit dress with a kimono over it.  I will also pair a shirt and kimono with black ankle length pants.  I hope kimonos are still on trend because I have about six of them. I almost always add a necklace, too.   I try to dress with “the rule of 3”.  Three pieces makes your outfit a little more interesting.  Here are a couple of examples.

For the weekends, I love to wear my distressed jeans!  I know I’m pushing the age limit for distressed jeans if there is an age limit, but they are just fun!

My sister gave me these distressed floral jeans that are really cute.

What are your go-to formulas for getting dressed?  Favorite pieces of clothing?  Please leave me a comment and have a wonderful Wednesday!

Amy

Monday, April 9, 2018

This weekend was the last part of spring break, sadly.  We ate lunch at husband’s favorite sandwich shop on Friday, followed by the movie Isle of Dogs.  It was very interesting, but I wouldn’t call it a kids’ movie.  It is a Wes Anderson film and my teen boys loved it.

Saturday we woke up to snow! Where are you, spring?

Sunday we relaxed and prepped for the week. I did create a tie dye cake from the Food Network show The Kitchen. I can’t believe it wasn’t a fail! Well, it doesn’t look that pretty, but I was excited!

So, I’m a full time teacher and I leave for work at 7 and return around 3-4 depending on the day. I don’t want to have to go to the store during the week at all if I can help it.  I start dinner around 5:30 each night and then we eat around 6:30.  I don’t actually mind the cooking, but it’s the meal planning that gets old. I love to see what others are making so here’s mine – it lacks creativity this week!  Last summer, I did come up with a nice list of all of our meals in a Word document. I need to organize it by types of meat, etc. and put it in a binder.   Maybe I can do that soon!

Here is the menu plan for this week:

Monday – spaghetti

Tuesday – tacos (will make the meat on Monday along with the meat for spaghetti)

Wednesday – frozen fish, macaroni and cheese, green beans

Thursday – frozen orange chicken, rice, fried rice from Trader Joe’s

I’m out!  That will do it for “cooking” for the week!

LO CAL JALAPEÑO MARGARITA RECIPE:

This is my go-to cocktail to make at home these days – even though the weather is not cooperating!  I would love to be sitting in the sun and sipping these instead of sitting instead under a blanket.  

Put about half of a Crystal Light lemonade individual powder stick in a mason jar.

Add about a shot of white tequila.  I add about 3/4 inch (very professional –  I’m not sure bartenders do measurements in inches?

Add some fresh lime juice or some out of the fake plastic lime

Add some jalapeño limeade from Trader Joe’s – maybe about the same amount as tequila.

Put lid on mason jar and give it a good shake.

Pour into glass of ice and top with Fresca or sprite or diet sprite or 7 up.  I really like Fresca because it gives you some added citrus flavors.

You could add salt to the rim or even some fresh jalapeño slices. 

Trust me – this drink is better than many I’ve had in restaurants that cost $10!!!

Let me know if you try it!  I love creating my own cocktails at home!

Wishing you a wonderful week!

Amy