*My Christmas*

I realize this post is so utterly late it's ridiculous, but I have to post about it. Besides I'm trying to keep up with my daily blog posts. ;) I'm sure you won't mind. 

First, I'd like to make some things clear. Christmas and Christmas Hauls. Why? I understand you want to show everyone what you bought, but really? I think it's a major form of bragging and it's completely unnecessary. The only way I condone showing what you go for Christmas is showing your "Favorite Items". Maybe it's just me, is it? Christmas is more than just the gifts you receive it's about spending time with the family you love.

I watched this YouTube video yesterday from one of my favorite YouTube guru's, and she posted her "Christmas Haul", the whole 15 minutes of it. I enjoyed it and envied her(will not insert her username), she showed her huge 50" TV she got, Uggs, loads and loads of Vicki's hoodies, Michaels Kors Watch, new iPhone 4s, jewelry from Tiffany's, etc etc etc. I understand her subscribers requested to see it but it was completely unnecessary, did you really need to post everything you got? I mean some children don't even get a coat for Christmas or shoes that they actually need and you're going to brag about you new 50" tv? (Don't get me wrong, I like her as a YouTube guru, it wasn't just her, it was a lot of people, ahh, maybe I should just keep my mouth shut.) How do you feel about people posting everything they got for Christmas? Do you think it's a form of bragging?

You're right though, if I felt this way I shouldn't of watched it, but I couldn't go on to without saying something! 

ANYWAY, I'm going to continue on with my Christmas. lol. 

My morning started promptly at 7AM. *Sighs* My brother is older than me and gets so excited for Christmas it's as if he is 7! haha. Unfortunately I didn't take many photos of Christmas at my parents house, but it was filled with nice goodies from Santa. :) I have to tell you the Pandora bracelet my father got my mom, she loved! And I'm pretty sure she was in tears when I gave her her elephant charm(it was her late mother's favorite animal). 

After my families house my fiance and I spent the day at his grandfathers house just talking and eating, it was so nice to spend time with them. His grandfather reminds me of my dad so I love listening to him, he cracks me up!

After that, we went to my fiance's house to pack up our presents because we went down to our apartment to exchange presents there. It was a 2 hour drive to our apartment but it was so nice to finally spend time with, especially with our work schedules it's so hard to have a good conversation with him. So I enjoyed that so much. I have a few photos I'm going to share from that night. (And I am in no way bragging, I'm merely showing photos from that night)

Notice how my countdown still says 12 days? So lazy. haha

I finally own a north face!!! I was super surprised when I got this, I completely forgot I even asked for it!! What's great about this jacket, besides that it's a North Face is that is supports breast cancer. :) Has a pink ribbon on the sleeve and everything. :)

Can you tell I'm super excited here?! My fiance surprised me with such an awesome gift. When I asked him for this particular gift he kept saying how ugly they were and how he didn't want to buy them, gave me such a hard time! haha. I told him he didn't have to buy them and that I would purchase them myself (considering how much money they were!). He said he was at King of Prussia and he saw a girl wearing them, reminded him of me and said he had to get them for me.. so sweet. ;)

 The tall hunter rain boots in pink! I still have to do a post about these because I want to do my own review on them. He also got me the wellies that go with them in the sweater knit, he said he had to buy them for me because he knew I wouldn't spend that much money on them and he wanted to keep my feet warm since I always complain my feets are cold. :)

My fiance wanted this throwback Philadelphia Eagles knit cap for the longest time and I finally just surprised him with it, see how happy he is?!

 

See our big mess in the background?! Not to mention the milk carton. haha, anyway I surprised my fiance with some car audio things for him new car, so he was super surprised. I snooped on his computer on the things he saved so I would get him exactly what he wanted!

Our oh-so-messy apartment! We didn't want to clean at all.. I'm pretty sure we left it like that for the night. haha

 

After that we spent the night cuddling and talking. We turned up the heat in our apartment snuggled up and went to bed together, exactly the way I wanted to end our night!

My 2012 New Years Resolutions

My New Years Resolutions

I'd just like to start off by saying I love reading other people's resolutions so I'm going to post mine. It's also a great way to look back on within a month, 6 months and at the end of the year. I don't know about you, but I keep a list of resolutions in a diary and mark them off as I complete them. It's much funner that way. :)

• My first resolution is to blog more. I like to blog once a day, but I want to blog about different things. I love posting my hauls(Mostly because it reminds me of what I bought and have) but I want to expand to different things. I'd love to do more makeup tutorials or more makeup reviews. First I need to realize that type of thing takes time and a lot of time I don't have a lot of time to sit down and edit pictures, they come as they are, raw and uncut! Also, my page, it's boring and almost a year old since I last did something with it. It's time to sit down and learn to edit my page. So expect changes coming! Also, I'm curious, what would be interesting posts for you to read? Since you guys are my readers you guys get what you want first! So, let me know!! :)

• Do something drastic with my hair. My hair cut has been the same for 3 years now, maybe longer, it's definitely time for a change. I change my hair color quite often, but definitely not the style. I'm thinking bangs. I've been tossing that idea around for a while, so it's time. Maybe I'll start with side bangs and work from there. 

• Save money!! This one is inevitable, I just have to. I'm 25 and I'd like to have a nice cushion by the time I'm 30. 

• I'd like to start working out 3 times a week. My friends and I are doing that Hot Yoga again this friday and I felt absolutely amazing after so this is a good start. Tomorrow I'm going to head to the store to pick up a Yoga Mat for our next session. It'll be nice to throw that in there once a week while I'm working out at home. But let's be honest, who doesn't put this on their resolution list? :)

• Graduate! 2012 is the year I'm finally graduating, it's been such a long so-many years of college and I'm super excited to finally be done with it all. I have 2 more semesters, so I'll be graduating in the fall of 2012 and I honestly can not wait!! 

• Learn to cook. I mean actually cook a meal. I love to bake, and I feel like baking comes naturally to me, so learning to cook would be a wonderful addition. haha. :) It'll also make my fiance happy and that's always a good thing!

• Go somewhere new. I don't really care where it is, I don't have an specific place in mind, but every year I put this on my resolution list because I think it's important to do something new once in a while. Whether it be go to a new city or state you've never been to or even just a restaurant you've been wanting to go to, I think this is always a good thing to put on your list. It could be just a store you've been meaning to go to, but never yet gone there, well make it a goal to go there within the next month, I mean why not?! You've been wanting to go, so go!

• Lastly, stop tanning. This year I will be experimenting with many different self tanners and become best friends with one. I need to stop tanning, it's so unhealthy and makes you look so much older than you really are. I don't really want to stop this, but I know I just have to! It's addicting and it's time. I'm 25 and I need to get over the whole tanning phase. 

Anyway, that's my resolutions list, I realize I'm 4 days late, but I've been very busy. *sighs* I miss blogging so much and I literally made myself sit down tonight to do this. I know it's not very fancy with pictures and such, but it'll just have to do! :)


 

Hunter Rainboots SALE!

When I went to King of Prussia one of my main goals was to exchange my Hunter rain boots I got for Christmas for a larger size. (Will explain in another post) When I exchanged them the lady asked how we wanted our refund. I was confused, and she said they were cheaper today. My fiance got $35 back!! The pink hunter rainboots were on sale for $89.90 and they are on their website as well. 

I realize I'm typing this late, I just got home, so I had to share this sale with you. (www.Nordstrom.com) I'll be doing a proper review on these Rainboots when I have more time.By the way, the Wellie socks that my fiance got me are not on sale. I just know I've been watching this boots for so long and they NEVER went on sale, so I figured I would share. :)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!! 

Finally a new start, 2011 was an awful year for me, so I'm excited to start fresh and start some new goals (which I will be posting about). 

I'm starting off the new year right, my fiance and I are spending the day together and going to King of Prussia mall. I'm so excited to spend the whole day with him!!

How was everyone's New Years Eve? I spent it in PJ's watching the ball drop with my fiance and his family, had a wonderful seafood dinner with my family and of course went to church. :)

I hope everyone is spending today with the  thought of a fresh start! 

Hot Yoga

Tonight my friends and I are going to hot yoga. I'm excited yet nervous all at once. I'm nervous because I haven't worked out in over 9 months (Ekkk), but I'm excited to get back into working out, well at least motivated to work out more. :) I use to be very strict with working out.. 2 hours a day 6 days a week. Sometimes I think that was too much and that's why I stopped. 

I did Pilates every other day when I use to work out, so I was wondering if Pilates is like Yoga? I enjoyed Pilates very much! I was wondering if you guys ever tried out Hot Yoga, and what's your opinion? I'll give a follow up if anyone is interested in learning more about the session.

Leave a comment and let me know if you've ever tried Hot Yoga and if you have any tips!

My Christmas Eve

I had such a wonderful Christmas spending it with all the people I love. 

Christmas eve I had work, church, and dinner with my family. Later on in the night I headed over to my fiance's house to exchange presents with his family. It was a lot of fun, and I'm so thankful for the beautiful gifts I got. 

I decided to share some photos from the night. I hope you enjoy. 

My future mother-in-laws dog, I was trying to get a picture of him next to the tree, this is the best I could get. Fail.

 My fiance's brother opening up his present.

Such a horrible picture of my beautiful cat Nana.. I bought her a bunch of treats for Christmas and put them in a little gift bag. 

Letting Nana pick which treats she wants. 

My fiance's mom smelling the candle I got her from Bath and Body Works. 

Blue Rays for his new blue ray player. 

I always give my fiance one present for Christmas Eve, and this year it was air freshners. :)

Mr. Odie is tired after all the presents haha.. 

I had such a great night. Was up till 1 in the morning opening presents with them. Had so much fun. 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Eve as well. Soon I'll post photos from Christmas. But tomorrow is my family's annual Christmas party, so there will be lots of photos to be taken. And I'm really excited!!

Merry Christmas!

I want to wish all my beautiful readers a very Merry Christmas. Tomorrow I'll be very busy so I wanted to get a post in tonight before all the craziness started. In a little bit I'll be heading over my fiance's house to exchange presents. I'm really excited to give everyone their gifts. :)

Anyway, I hope all of you have a great Christmas. I hope Santa brings everything you guys asked for and maybe a little bit more. :) 

I made a few clay ornaments one of my best friends reminded me about that I never posted of my blog, so I figure there's no better time to post them but tonight. 

Also, while Christmas shopping, I picked up of candy cane earrings, I lost them, and they were my favorite, and I also picked up cute hair clips that I got tons of compliments on. 

Have a nice Christmas everyone! <3