Deals #buyallthethings

I'm all out of whack with what day it is... I seriously thought today was Saturday up until I started writing this blog and it's only Friday. Yay for long weekends and not knowing what's going on! What's my name again? Anyways, what I do know is deals and I've got some for you guys.

First off - I didn't step foot out of my house on Black Friday which is JUST what the Doctor ordered but I did do a little online shopping / shopping planning. Here is what I found:

HOLD UP: Lets take a moment and talk about Ebates. If you shop online at all and don't use this site yet go slap yourself right now. That sounds mean but I'm serious you are throwing money out the door. I am still mad at myself I only just found this site because I could have saved SO MUCH MONEY over the last few years it is disgusting. (Thanks a lot sister who assumed I was already doing Ebates and didn't tell me.) #Rude

Anyways - long story short you just sign up and then every time you shop online go to ebates first and then click the store through there and you will get the % of cash back that is valid for that shopping trip. I've earned over $100 CASH in the last 3 months that I have been doing this.. 8% cash back at Sephora - 6% cash back on my groupon purchases - it ADDS UP! Not to mention the referral bonuses which are nice and they change quarterly. Just take my word for it and go sign up right now! They even give you $5.00 free after your first purchase. It's easy, it's free, and it's idiot proof.
Examples of the double CASH BACK bonuses going on right now:

 

Now back to shopping...

GAP - 50% off EVERYTHING using colde Blkfriday  + if you join Ebates you will get 12% back ON TOP of that 50% off - that's getting 62% off of your entire purchase... sweaters here I come!

Quest Nutrition - I'm obsessed with quest bars and they are having a deal on Cyber Monday! FREE Shipping and 25% off Everything using code: CYBERUS or CYBERINT if you're not in the USA you still get 25% off but shipping isn't free.

POPSUGAR must have BOX - I've been getting this box for a few months now and have NEVER been disappointed. I love it's full size products and they are having a KILLER deal until Sunday 11/30 with the following codes:

Try it - your first box would only be $25 with the 15 off code and it's the December box! I can't wait to see what the treat us with for Christmas... #addicted

 

MadebyBettyB Etsy Store - Dream catchers / Christmas ornaments / handmade jewelry this store is one of my favorites. Basically everyone I know that has a baby is getting a custom dream catcher because they are so freaking adorable and unique I can't help myself. I love them - I want them all - and one of my very talented best friends owns and makes all of these lovely things. Shop small business and support local business this time of year - follow her on Instagram @madebymettyb for her SALE she is launching TONIGHT at 7pm CST. (11/29/14) Also, look out for the discount code she will put up after the flash sale that will be good on her website! Below are a just a few of my purchases over the last year...not including the ones that she is finishing up now! I just LOVE her stuff...

 

 

 

 

RUBY STELLA - I have been too cheap to buy from this site yet but dang it today might be the day! I found this site after stalking some of my favorite celebs - everyone who's anyone wears these kinds of jewels and I mean, I NEED some myself ya know. Complete and utter necessity...

Today you can get 30% off with the code: THANKSGIVING 

 

 

 

And that's all for now... Chad just got off work early and I want to go make out with him.

Happy Shopping!

 

Grocery Shopping

It's Black Friday y'all!



How many of you are going out shopping to save a few dollars today? NOT me. Nope, nope, nope, I HATE Black Friday with the passion of a 1,000 suns. My sister LOVES it - she plans and preps for weeks and heads out at ungodly hours to start the madness. Well, actually now that stores are opening on Thanksgiving night I'm pretty sure she's heading out a 6pm on Thursday and staying out until 5-6am the next day. Yuck. She gets some kind of thrill out of it which I know a lot of you do but I think you're all crazy. I will gladly pay full price not to deal with that crap.

The pure chaos that happens is what gets me - piles of things every where - frantic people pushing on doors and drooling at the mouth to get a 50in TV for $200. I'll just order it online for $300. I get the same feeling when I'm at Ross or Hudsons or a discount store. If things aren't organized and clean I can't do it and I MOST CERTAINLY am not going to be around thousands of people. I don't even enjoy music concerts anymore because of huge crowds of people - I am NOT trying to shop with them either. I would most likely kill someone in pajamas and with all my kickboxing training - I feel it's safer that I stay away from you crazy people and let y'all enjoy the savings. Online shopping is the life for me.


With that being said... lets talk about online shopping for groceries. I have a friend who I won't mention (Terra) who raves and raves about ordering her groceries from Safeway - I think this is heartbreaking. Every time I say I have to go to the store she looks at me and laughs saying she doesn't because she got hers delivered. I just don't understand... going grocery shopping is one of my FAVORITE things to do. I like to browse the aisles, look for deals, try a free sample or two, organize my coupons, check for mark downs,  and you can't do that online! Where is the fun in clicking buttons for groceries!? Granted it's awesome to not have to CARRY the groceries up the stairs but I just don't see the appeal. Amazon FRESH delivers as well but I haven't wanted to try that either.

Do you guys get groceries delivered or are you like me and plot and plan every trip to the store like a champ? I suppose it's pointless now for me now to even try the service as I will be moving back to MS soon and I don't think anyone delivers groceries there. I'll just keep on doing it like normal... ya know.. IN STORE.

Button Trees and Jewelry Holders

This weekend I have felt like absolute crap but while I was laying around watching Bravo I did get some craft projects done:

I saw this on Pintrest and I feel in love with it.

 Since I paint I decided I wanted to recreate it for the apartment. It took me a little while to figure out the grass and several trips to different stores for all the buttons (which are a pain to put on one by one) but it was all worth it.

I only wish I would have made it BIGGER.

While I was wondering the isles of Michael's I also noticed this laser cut frame boarder and had an idea for my bathroom. I've been wanting to showcase my necklaces (and not have them in a pile in a drawer) for awhile and this is the end product of my craft store find:

I painted the boarder and used foam board for the backing. I like it a lot and I think I'm going to get another one to paint a different color and get a wire mesh background for earrings. Theses were super cheap to make (only about $8) and it only took me like 10 minuets to do. What should my next color be? I'm thinking Purple.

I also did a little Retail Therapy on Saturday and bought all this:

When I shop... I shop HARD.

I've been searching for the perfect wrap shoe!

It was magical and my closet improved TENfold. (literally) Then today I decided to go through all my clothes/shoes/purses and get rid of some stuff...or Spring Cleaning as I like to call it.

Goodbye Clothes/Purses/Shoes

I'm so happy I finally sat down and did this I've been meaning to do it for awhile. I refuse to keep things I never wear and I hate keeping things just because I once liked to wear them a lot. It was time and now I have a lonely closet begging for new friends, whatever shall I do?

How often do you "spring clean" your closet?



Pain Pills and Sarah Mclachlan

Why do weekends go so Fast and the weekdays just seem to draaaaag out?

Yes, I know Every.Single.Person. has this complaint on Sunday nights or Monday mornings but still I want to know!

This weekend was pretty fun CK had a show Friday night at a local coffee shop and it was like an apartment get together. A lot of our neighbors came out to support CK which is always nice and later that night we all ended up at a local bar called Juanita Pub. I expected this place to be a hole in the wall but we walked in to loud techno/dance music (say what?!) and it was full of young babies (18-21?) everyone looked so young (maybe because I am old now wahh) our either REALLY old and out of place but that lead to some awesome people watching! The other thing that marked my new love for this place was how cheap it was! They had $3.00 wells after 9pm and the food was super affordable and SUPER huge portion wise (it was also SUPER delicious) We got a huge trough (over 1lb!) of French Fries with cheese and bacon…totally healthy but split between 4 people it wasn’t to terrible right? PS. It was only $7.00! Cheap!

We stayed there for a hour or so and then headed home.. my back and abs were KILLING me due to a lot of working out this past week. Do you ever have those times where it just hurts to sit up and breath because your stomach is so sore and your spine feels like it is breaking in half. Yea, that was me Friday night and I just needed SLEEP. I haven’t been getting a lot of that lately and my life sucks when that happens. Saturday was filled with resting and TV watching- totally what I needed and when I woke up Sunday I was ready to do a 5k! My legs were still sore from my run on Thursday so I decided to do the 5k on the Crossramp which ended up being a Great workout and the fastest one I have done in awhile on the Ramp. (Don’t be to impressed it was a 45min 5k) I think the Treadmill might be helping me get faster...which is great! I also did a killer arm/back workout and my 2^nd day of 50 squats before getting ready to go shopping with my friend Angela. She is from Miami and a complete ball of fun! Shopping with her is defiantly one of my new favorite hobbies but there were a couple things I learned yesterday:

1.       Do NOT buy heavy things First when you will not be going back to the car until then end of the trip.

2.       Do NOT wear a big heavy coat even though it is cold Outside into the mall

I am an idiot and Bath and Body Works had those Candles I love on sale again. BBW was our 2^nd stop of the day and I managed to buy about 20lbs worth of stuff (2 big candles & 5 foam soaps) to carry for the next 3 hours. More shopping was done through a HUGE mall and more purchases were bought and of course more heavy stuff for me. We came across a hair store that was closing and everything was 50% off. This lead me to buy the biggest Paul Mitchell Shampoo and Conditioners I could find and these babies:

Hello pretty nails!

I deemed shopping my workout #2 of the day after sweating buckets in my big coat (Do not wear a big coat when on a shopping marathon because you either have to sweat as I mentioned before OR you have to carry it…adding another 3lbs to your load!) and giving my arms another killer workout with all the extra weight. I got home cooked Spaghetti and Meatballs (Have I told you lately how much I LOVE CK’s new job? Grass fed organic Beef is SERIOULSY the only way to go – delicious) almost passed out from starvation because I “forgot” to eat. WTF how do you do that? I swear I really do though and I always want to die when I realized it.

It’s like Dumb and Dumber when Lloyd goes, “HARRY! Do you REALIZE what you’ve done!?”

Then CK also bought another one of these home:

I ate two… the rest were gone this morning… I think someone has a problem. Cough*CK*Cough

Then I passed out like a baby.

My whole body was sore and hurting again so I took a pain pill, crawled in bed, and called it a night at 9pm.

I slept better last night than I have in awhile.

I suppose pure exhaustion is the trick to sleeping well…oh and pain pills.

On that note I leave you with this:

Thanks ASPCA, Thanks.

PS. We love the animals in my house... if you are looking for a place to donate money choose ASPCA or your local animal shelters! 

Remember: Animals are innocent... they can't go get jobs or protect themselves like humans can.