VERY exciting news to share!!

Good morning!

 

I have some very very exciting news to share!

 

My boyfriend Nick and I got engaged this weekend.

 

I am over this blog and want to make a new blog to use as a wedding blog, so I will save my romantic and thoughtful proposal story for that. Stay tuned!

 

Here is a pic of the ring! :-)

 

 

I am over the moon and cannot.wait. to get my wedding blog up and running!

 

Hope everyone has a great Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year! I will be back soon with lots to share. 

Clarisonic

Good morning!!

 

I turned in my project for my class last night and I am in a super good mood knowing that is one more item checked off my to do list. I actually turned it in a day early. I was paranoid something would happen as far as a technical issue or my email not going through, so I wanted to try to submit it ahead of the due date. I guess most people do not think like that, but I worry {needlessly} about stuff like that.

 

A few months ago I purchased a Clarisonic Mia after wanting one for forever. I've been using it for a while now, and I have nothing but good things to say.

 

At first you have to let your skin get used to it, this takes about two weeks. Now that I'm used to it, I use it daily. My face feels so gross after a long day in full makeup (I have some scarring so I never go without foundation, concealer, and powder etc.). I seriously look forward to taking off my makeup at night. The Clarisonic really does what it says and makes me feel like all my makeup is removed. The claim about softer skin is also true.

 

So far I haven't seen smaller pores, which is another supposed benefit of the Clarisonic. I would like to have smaller pores, but I've heard your pore size is genetic and there's nothing you can do about it. 

 

I have noticed that now when I get a breakout it seems to heal a lot faster than before I used my Clarisonic. I used to have bad acne and occasionally it will still flare up. It used to take an abnormally long time for a blemish to heal, and that has improved dramatically for me. My skin tone also seems more even and less red.

 

 

Yes, I took this picture while I'm the bathtub. I like to use that time to catch up on looking at Instagram and checking my personal email. I'm not sure if that's weird or if other people do it too.

 

This is my little friend that likes to keep me company in the bathroom. I can almost always find Ricky in the closet or bathroom. I think cats have a love/hate relationship with water, and Ricky in particular seems extra curious about the bathroom.

 

Happy Hump Day!!

Haterade

Who else is glad this Monday is almost over? I am!

 

A few weeks (months?) ago my favorite yoga instructor at the Gold's Gym I go to, Brenda, began our class with a lesson on this quote:

 

I liked it and it stuck with me.

 

This weekend a friend told me that someone had said something about me that was so mean, it really dumbfounded me. Mostly I was dumbfounded and shocked because it's blatantly untrue. {Haters gonna hate!}

 

I don't want to ruminate or obsess over it, as obviously I can't control what someone thinks or says about me, but I wanted to share this quote in case any of you haven't seen it before.

 

I used to get really obsessive over stuff. You know, be a TOTAL girl. I did this in particular over an ex-boyfriend. I would make everyone -everyone- listen to me tell the same stories and ask the same questions repeatedly. "What do you think he meant by that?" or "Why would he say that?" I'm surprised I have any friends left after that!

 

I find that I feel better if I maybe vent to one person, but then make myself move on mentally, and do something instead of obsessing. Based my own experience, I think when someone analyzes and overanalyzes, it ends up making them feel worse.

 

That's just my two cents, but really if you find yourself in a habit of obsessing and retelling stories, try it and you might find you feel better :)

 

 

**In other news, my class is over this week and I.Cannot.Wait.!!!!!!!**