Current Loves!

Hey everyone!! 

Today I am going to share some of my current favorites with you! I will be posting about my weekend later tonight, but thought I would share this with you now! So here goes!

1. Elf Studio Blush in Candid Coral

I am a huge fan of blush. I feel like it completes your makeup look. This Blush is a dupe of NARS Orgasm blush, which I love. I don't however love the $28 price tag. The Elf blush is only $3 and can be found either online or at your local Target. If you don't mind the price tag of NARS, you can pick yours up here. I'm a little cheap, so I will stick with the Elf one!

2. Kate Spade's Twirl

I received a sample of this perfume in my September Birchbox and instantly fell in love. I wore it everyday and was sad when it only lasted me 4 days, being it was only .05oz. I went to the Kate Spade website and saw the full size (3.4oz) was $80. I have never spent that much money on, well, anything before and thought it was a bit steep. I then searched for a coupon, and found one for 30% off my purchase. My total came to $64 after shipping. I think that is a much more reasonable price tag! Pick yours up, but be sure to use a coupon. I googled "Kate Spade coupons" to find mine.

3. Danskin Now Crop Leggings

If you know me, you know that I live in leggings. I have about 6 pairs of these and I LOVE them!! They are a staple in most any girls closet. I can wear these with heels and a fancy shmancy top, or I can wear them to the gym with sneakers, they are THAT versatile. I purchase mine from Walmart and they are only $8. I couldn't find them on the Walmart website, so I linked them to the Danskin Now website. I have to say these are the most comfortable leggins I have ever owned. I love that it has a wide waist band at the top. It doesn't make me look like I have a muffin top like most other leggins do. That is a big NO NO for me! I recommend these to anyone looking for a great pair of leggings.

4. Cool Gear 24oz Chiller 

I drink a lot of water. When I say a lot of water, I mean A LOT of water. Like more than 150oz a day. Since I drink so much, I need to have a tumbler that I can carry around, rather than use plastic bottles all the time. I bought this one at Walmart for $5 I believe, and I absolutely love it! It holds 24oz of water and all I have to do is unscrew the top to refill it. Simple, easy and it's my favorite color! Pick yourself up a reusable cup/tumbler to cut down on plastic use. 

 

5. Elf Shimmering Facial Whip

This is another Elf product that I love. This Shimmer Whip is a dupe for Benefit's High Beam. It gives you shimmery glowing look. I use this on my cheek bones, as well as the bridge of my nose and my cupids bow. Benefit cost $26, while Elf cost a whopping $1. You can get Elf products online or at your local Target. If you want to get your hands on Benefit High Beam follow the link here.

 
6. Mainstays Fresh Baked Cookies

This is my go to candle for fall. It smells so delicious and is only $5 from Walmart. The fragrance isn't overwhelming, but does disperse very well, easily filling any room in your home or office. I keep this on my desk at work, and it is such a great scent for fall. Whats better than the smell of freshly baked cookies? I'm not sure many smells can top that!


So there you have it, a few of my current loves. I hope you stay tuned for some weekend fun updates! See you soon!
  

XOXO
 Shawna 

Fitness Fridays

Hey Everyone! I am starting a Fitness Friday trend, one which I will post about every Friday. Most of you already know what is happening in my life, if not we will save that for another post (the day my left eye stops twitching), and I thought what better time than now to get in touch with my inner self and start to live a better lifestyle. That includes fitness.

I started the Brazil Butt Lift by Beachbody 3 days ago as well as eating clean. It has been tough with the whole eating clean, but I am trying really hard to stick with it. The workout is for 60 days and is supposed to shapen and tone your bum. I have a flat butt, so I def need this workout. I took before photos, but those wont be on the internet until the 60 mark, if at all. I weighed myself and I was at 123 on Tuesday so we will see how I am progressing with that. I don't think I need to lose weight, but I do need to tone up. Its just nice to have a starting point.

So I hope that you stay tuned every Friday to see my progress and maybe even link up with me on here. I will be talking about anything fitness and healthy eating. See you soon!

XOXO

Shawna

In a Minor State of Nostalgia

For just a moment, hopefully a long one, a jog down Memory Lane.

It's difficult for me to fathom that almost 16 years have passed since the days when trying new recipes on our Easy Bake Ovens and playing endless MASH games were daily priorities of my friends and mine. Our primary concerns were determining which friend got to "be" Baby or Posh Spice, which boy was the cutest, who would be joining the town cheerleading team in the summer and who would be the first to have a bra.

A few other things that came to me, for the record,

-Disney movies (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Lion King, Aladdin, and 101 Dalmations, top 5)

-Backstreet Boys/N'sync/Spice Girls/LFO/Hanson

-Nerf Footballs, Barbies, Pokemon, Pogs, Furbys, Nintendo, Gigapets

-Playing Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, Donkey Kong, Pokemon and Pogs with my brothers

-Being a proud member of West Warwick Cheerleading Team and seeing who got to yell the cutest players name and number out, I always got my brothers :(

-Fantasy syncronized swimming in gram's pool

-The Maise Quinn grass at recess trying to build that ultimate cheerleading pyramid

-The Horgan playground after school (the metal enclosed slides, the bridge, the parallel bar that Cheryl always used because she was a gymnast, the "big" swings, the splinters)

-Going to Roller Magic and playing spin the bottle

-Putting on gymnastic "shows" after school, even though we only did cartwheels and forward rolls

-Snapping each others bra in Mr. Driscoll's science class, and actually breaking Vanessa's

-Those MASH games that determined if you were to be poor and have 30 kids or not

-Going to Gelina's in Coventry to get ice cream was such a treat

-Getting voted student of the month wasn't such a nerdy thing, it was cool

Being a kid was awesome, that's the long and short of it. You didn't care how much the heating bill was, who the President was, or when taxes were due. All you cared about was waiting at the lunch table to see if you got that lucky sticker under your tray, how many books you could add to your list to get free pizza at Pizza Hut (without actually reading the books), and when you were going to get to go on a field trip.

We all have so many memories of our childhood and when you get to thinking about it, it can quickly become overwhelming. At the same time, while we retain so many stories from the past, there is also so much that doesn't come back to you.

Sometimes I wish we had the capacity to remember every single thing that has ever happened or will happen in our lifetime. It would be cool to see software developed in the future that can be installed into our brains at birth and act as a storage space, like a drive on a computer, i.e : Life of Shawna Marie Spencer

Life of Shawna Marie Spencer:\Childhood\1997\September\Saturday the 24th\12:25:45 pm

You would probably find in that folder the memory of my mother, my step father and myself driving in his red and white Chevy Bronco, windows down, to The Big Y in Connecticut just because. You would find me in the backseat staring endlessly at the beauty outside, the trees, the grass, the blue sky and the big white puffy clouds. We would just drive there, using all the back roads of course, walk around for a while, and drive back home. We wouldn't even purchase anything. Oh how I miss those Saturday drives. Things were a lot simpler then.

Me being me, and thinking the world is going to end tomorrow, I feel as though the government has already prototyped these instruments and are using them on our soldiers. Oy vey.

OK, this is the point where I stop my rambling and call this a blog post! Let's make a toast to all of our childhood memories, to the one's we'll never forget! 

XOXO

Shawna

Welcome Back!

Hey all! I just wanted to take a second to welcome myself back to the blogging world. It has been a long while since I wrote last and I have decided that I would start fresh. Even made a brandy new blog title. Please excuse the lack of information available, as I am still in the process of making my layout. Be sure to stay tuned for lots of good posts and updates coming soon!! 

Talk to you soon!!

XOXO

Shawna