Surprises In My Mailbox

I absolutely love to check my mail.  First of all, I collect postcards, and I also love to create mail art, so I am a member of Swap-Bot.com and Postcrossing.com.  Participating in these two sites, I get a lot of mail from my swaps.  I also enter lots of contests, take advantage of free sample offers, and take lots of paid and product trial surveys, so I am always getting something new and exciting in my mail box.

Here is what came today:

I got a full size bottle of L'Oreal BB cream from SheSpeaks, a sample of Centrum Flavor Burst Gummy vitamins, a small can of Beneful dog food along with a coupon, a postcard from Russia, a 3D postcard from the Netherlands, and a vintage postcard from Oak Creek Canyon in Arizona.

I can't wait to see what comes tomorrow!

Sara's Cupcakes

 

For Christmas, we bought our daughter a mini-cupcake maker at K-Mart.  She loves watching Cupcake Wars and she is always helping when we do any baking.  The girl has a real love for baking and for 11 years old, she pretty darn good at it too.  So it seemed only natural that we get this for her.

The cupcake maker is very easy to use and comes with an aluminum box for storage, a carrier, and an icing tool with various tips. Here she is pouring in the batter.

A look at the cupcakes after baking and before icing.

Here she is putting the icing on the cupcakes.  For these she used Betty Crocker whipped vanilla icing.

And the final product after the final touch of crumbled Oreo cookies.  MMmm!

COVERGIRL blastflipstick

I've posted before that I am a BzzAgent, and for being a BzzAgent I get to try products and in return I spread the word and give my opinions on them.  My latest Bzz Campaign is for CoverGirl's BlastFlipStick lip stick.

The lipstick is a moisturizing, dual ended lipstick that comes with a different color on each end of the stick.  One color is a creamy color and is little softer and tamer for day use, and the other color is a shimmer, and is a little more bold and dazzling for those hot nights on the town.  You can wear each color by itself, or, because they were created to blend easily, you can create a whole new look by combining the two colors together.

They come in 13 colorful duos that perfectly compliment each other.  The different color duos are:

1. Whisper 800
2. Pucker 805
3. Glimmer 810
4. Flashy 815
5. Vixen 820
6. Perky 825
7. Tease 830
8. Cheeky 835
9. Stunner 840
10. Snap 845
11. Smooth 850
12. Minx 855
13. Intense 860

These are available in most drug stores, grocery stores, and major retailers, so they won't be hard to find.  They retail for right around $8.49 each.

This is a picture of me wearing Minx 855.

For more information you can visit their website here.

Pin Board

I've seen many pin boards on Pinterest, so I thought I would try making one for my daughter for Christmas.  She loves decorating her room, so I used the zebra print, which is her favorite at the moment, and the blue and green colors match the paint in her room.  It was very easy to make, with the exception of fastening the buttons.  She was very happy with it though, so that's all that matters. 

Time Goes By...

So, it's been a spell since I've had any time to blog.  It has just been a really busy time for me lately, but I should be back in the swing of things soon.

I was laid off from my job two weeks ago.  It's only temporary though.  I am considered a seasonal worker, so once the company reopens in March, I will be right back at it.  I really do look forward to my time off, as I have lots of housecleaning to do.  I've decided less is more and I've about had it up to my neck in clutter.  

My husband has taken an out of state job for two weeks.  He leaves this Sunday, so I have a plan.  I've asked my mother to come stay with me for a few days, while he is away, so that I can get her help with the housecleaning.  The first thing I am going to ask her to help me do is thin out the book room.  Sales have slowed considerably since I took on my job, so I have decided to be more selective on what I sell.  If I don't make at least a $5.00 profit per sale, I will not sell it.  Anything I have in inventory that is worth less is going in a box and I will have a HUGE book sale here at my house in the spring.  After that it will all go to donation.

Next on my agenda is to get my daughters room in order.  She really has a hard time letting go of things, and I have warned her before "if you don't thin out the toys and clothes, I'm going to do it for you".  She hasn't taken me seriously, so I think after next week, she may get the hint!

The next few days I will be researching organization tips.  We are so out of sorts around here, and I need to get my space clear, so my head can be clear too!