Finish This! My First.

Before I unveil my new posts about Closet Purging and Organization, I decided to participate in a new link up that I found on Life the Way Amber Views it! (Which you should check out because she is awesome!)

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Nicole @ Three 31 http://nicoleandkevin.wordpress.com/

Lisa @ Coastlined http://lisadenoia.com/

Jen @ The Arizona Russums http://www.theazrussums.com/

Becky @ The Java Mama http://www.thejavamama.com/

This weeks prompts are:

1. I have a quarter to use a payphone, I call: This would depend on what I needed. If I was in trouble definitely my Mom or Dad. If I did something stupid I would call my best friend Tiffany.

2. I found $25 in my pocket, I buy: Most likely clothes or shoes. I would probably head to a local store, Goodys, because I always have coupons for there and they have super cute stuff.

3. I have 25 minutes to watch anything on TV, I turn on: Probably House Hunters or Chopped if it's on. I like to make fun of all the petty things people find wrong with houses on House Hunters, and watch Chopped to see all the good food they make while I'm eating a turkey sandwich!

4. A meal I can prepare from start to finish in 25 minutes or less is: Spaghetti. You boil the pasta, heat the sauce..easy!

5. At the age of 25, I wish I had known: Well, I'm not quite to 25 yet but my guess knowing me would be not to worry about stupid stuff so much. 

6. If I drove 25 miles south from my house, I'd be in: I would end up in Rushville. I think I will stay away from there!

A little late but I hope y'all had fun getting to know a little more about me! 

Love in a Box Swap

This month I decided to participate in the Love in a Box swap that is hosted by Kimberly at Kimberly's Chronicle and Megan from Lush to Blush. I really don't remember how I found it, sometimes I just go look at blogs and end up clicking away and don't know where I'm going. Unfortunately this was the last month for it but I still had a great time! 

I was paired with Kristen at Simply Strive and I'm so happy I was. We happened to have similar likes so I think we were able to give each other some great things. In my emails I mentioned my upcoming move to Montana and how I was trying to expand my cooking since Evan will probably want to eat and also that I was getting more and more into beauty lately. That's a story for another time but she sent me some awesome stuff.

First off, sorry for the bad pictures. My iPhone hasn't had a back on it for over a year now and was also dropped in a porta-potty so it's not the best. Anyways, she included two cooking magazines, one her favorite face masks, and also a package of the cutest chocolates ever.

The magazines, EveryDay with Rachel Ray and allrecipes, have already come in handy. There are so many things I will be trying when I get out to Montana! There was also an article in EveryDay about traveling to Alaska, and that might have to happen soon too. 

The chocolates were called Sweet Little Things by Lindt and were so good! They were all eaten very quickly, I even shared but the bag was thrown away before I could get a picture.

The face mask was probably my favorite thing I received though. It's Alba Botanical even advanced deep sea facial mask. I almost always have red cheeks for some reason, which no one ever sees because I always have foundation on. Thank goodness for that! But as soon as I used this I noticed even after being completely make-up free the redness was gone and my skin really did look more even. I would say that it lasted almost three days after I used it also. Just for fun I'm going to put up a picture of me with the mask on so now no one can use it for blackmail. Haha.

I really enjoyed doing this and I hope I can find another swap to do or maybe this one will come back! Do y'all know of any good swaps to participate in? If so, what are your favorites?

Seven Deadly Sins

All you need to do is copy & paste this list, link-up, and have fun finding out others' guilty pleasures.  

seven great things in your life.

1. First and foremost, my family and friends!

2. Being one of only four people from my campus to be chosen as a representative for the student leadership academy.

3. New beginnings!

4. Finally having a job. I don't love it but I am thankful to have it.

5. Balancing work and six classes and doing pretty well at it.

6. Finally finding the right major.

7.  Losing 20 pounds!

seven things you lack and covet.

1. Shiny, straight hair. 

2. More money.

3. Perfect skin.

4. The ability to not care.

5. More sleep.

6. Patience.

7. More time.

seven things that make you angry.

1. Being ignored.

2. Rude people.

3. Snobs.

4. Not being appreciated.

5.  Accomplishments not being noticed.

6. Know-it-alls.

7.  Gas prices.

seven things that you neglect to do.

1. take time to slow down and enjoy things.

2. Study.

3. Send back my ATT receiver..needs to be done ASAP.

4. Stay away from soft drinks.

5.  Get back to boxing and yoga.

6. Paint my room. Also needs to be done ASAP.

7. Clean.

seven worldly material desires.

1. A new Coach crossbody bag

2.  A new iPhone

3.  A new(er) Commander

4.  A new laptop
5. A tube of NARS Orgasm lipgloss
6. Lots of new jeans

7. A bottle of Curly Hair Solutions "Curl Keeper" (It is the best!!)
8. Some new dress clothes

seven guilty pleasures.

1. Parenthood. The best!

2. An ice cold Coke

3. Facebook creeping

4. AC/DC

5. Pinterest

6. Chocolate.

7. College football. GO HUSKERS!

seven things you love about love.

1. Having someone who understands you.

2. The hour + long phone calls.

3. Knowing someone can make you laugh on the worst day.

4. Having those little things that you remind you of each other.

5. That look. 

6. Being able to be yourself and know they'll still be there.
7. Sharing each others accomplishments.

How long will this linky remain open? Til Halloween, you guessed it!  Happy trails! I found this on  www.whisperingsweetly.com! It's a great blog, check it out! :)