jillian michaels detox drink

i'm not going to lie...
i'm extremely addicted to pinterest!

i love finding all those cute random projects
and trying them out myself.
so far, everything i've worked on, such as
covering wine bottles with yarn, to
date night ideas in a jar, and so many other
projects that i've tried and will blog about
later were very successful.

well i recently came across
one that really piqued my interest that
looked like this: <<<<<< [to the left]
being the person that i am, i tried it.
of course i read a few reviews first to
see if something like that
would be worth it.
after some researching, turns out
it really does work!
i saw positive results from other
people who have tried this drink.
so... as you can probably assume
i went and bought everything needed
to make this detox drink.
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first i bought one of these:

it's a rubbermaid liquid container that holds 64oz.
since the drink calls for 60oz a day,
it's easier this way so you don't have to make extra.
most regular reuseable bottle hold around 32oz.
you can find them at target or walmart.

then i bought these items:



i bought the water, the cranberry juice and the
lemon juice from walmart.
i bought the dandelion root tea from target.

the recipe says use purified water in which
i used the dasani bottled water.
the recipe also calls for sugar free cranberry juice
but there really isn't any because of
the natural sugars in the juice.
just get the kind that says 100% cranberry juice
with no sugar added, it works the same.
i also just bought pre-squeezed lemon juice
because i didn't want the fuss of trying to squeeze
out the 2 tablespoons of the juice.

to tell you the truth... this drink doesn't
taste delicious. it's a bit on the sour side
but it's not horrible.
i didn't change my diet either!
the only thing i can say that i didn't like
about the drink is i peed a lot! :P

also the weight you can lose varies,
it says you can lose up to 5 pounds but also
more or less than that.
i weighed myself before and after i drank
this detox drink. i lost 6 pounds! go me!


[15 days left for lent]

lash extensions

i love long, lush lashes!

so when i heard about lash extensions
my inner beauty queen screamed
'i kind of want to try them out.'
my friend/coworker and i researched a few
places and the quality of the salons.
sadly we didn't find one cheap enough.
all were around [$225.00-$250.00] we were pretty sad.

luckily, my cousin had friends who work at a salon
that i've actually never heard of. amore salon and spa.
i called them for price inquiries and it was $95.00
which isn't bad considering the other prices we found.

here's my lashes before:


and my lashes after:


it's strange that they glue the extensions directly
onto your real lashes and you can't feel them!

i really like them, it's nice not to have
to put on strip false lashes.
i do have to admit that these lashes
are really hard to take care of. guess
that's kind of one negative.
i give it a 8.5 out of 10 for care, natural look
overall look and application process.

[21 days left for lent]

temporary vacation?

rumor says that my job is almost at its tail end.

part of me doesn't care that it's almost
done, and the other part is freaking out.
the part that doesn't care is telling me that
i'll have more time to plan the wedding
and time for other things that i
never really had the time for.
the part that's freaking out is screaming,
'you need money to pay for the wedding you want.
you also need money for your bills!'
[why am i always fighting with myself?]

i don't have any job lined up for after this
whole nightmare of a temporary job ends.

i was told when i got hired, that the job i work at now,
was temporary to hire.
6 months into working for the company i get told
the job is just strictly contractor
which means its done when its done.
i felt so used and lied to. but i had nothing else.
and almost a year and a half later...
still so very much confused. :(

i've sent out more than 50 applications and
i've only gotten denial email after denial email.
it is a bit depressing.
chris keeps telling me i'll be okay.
i want to believe in that but it's really hard!

i am being positive about this situation
in every way i can.
i just hope i'm jobless for one week max. no less, no more.
chris was joking that it's a temporary vacation
and that would be nice!

[29 days left for lent]

date nights in a jar [february]

hello everyone!
time sure does fly when you're
having fun. [and getting older :) ]
it's time for your monthly update
on chris and i's date nights for february.

here's a picture of the dates we picked for february:


1. dinner for him
chris got to decide whether we should go out
to eat, or for me to cook a dinner for him. of
course he chose me to cook for him!
he chose to eat tangy beef brisket with
baked beans and cheese bread!

2. draw each other
we were originally supposed to go to a cafe and
do this but every time we tried it was busy.
so we drew each other at home hanging out on the couch,
it was fun because we've never really
drew portraits. we really didn't do too bad!

3. go to an arcade
we drove up to ames and ate at our favorite chinese
restaurant called chinese home style cooking.
and after went to the newly
built arcade/bowling alley called perfect games.
it was fun and dean, my brother,
came with us. we are all competitive so we got crazy!

4. paint on coffee mugs
technically, we drew on coffee mugs with
various colored sharpies. chris drew our dog charlee,
with all her toys.
and i drew chip from beauty and the beast. [see
it on my instagram, listed on the right side of the
main page]

can't wait to see what next month brings!
until then... see you later!

[36 days left for lent]