Channa Masala

Hi guys! I got distracted yesterday with my nail mail! The picture below was my lunch for the lest 2 days. I bought a 4-pack of TastyBite Channa Masala from Costco and split one bag into 2 lunches. I added 1 cup of cooked rice to each and it was delicious. It's a great alternative to home cooked Indian.

Last night I was working on a new nail post for tomorrow. I got some amazing polishes in the mail and I just couldn't NOT try them out.

Anyway, I'm going to have some more nail mail soon, more reviews soon, and lots more nail art. Until next time...

Chocolate Chip Cookies and Laundry

Who likes to bake? Sorry for no post yesterday. I honestly forgot, but here is rundown:

• Woke up at 10
• Played around on the computer
• Went to eye doctor
• Came home
• Recorded a nail video/edited video/wrote nail post for Monday

Here is what has been accomplished today. I made cookies! I love chocolate chip cookies and these are SO easy to do...well, easy with my trust cornflower blue KitchenAid mixer!

Listening to Backstreet Boys while baking is calming....except when you have your husband yelling at you to stop singing off key. Whatever, haha! I redid my iPod to make sure I had all the current albums in a playlist in order. Come on August 26!

I haven't started my laundry yet...lame right? I better go do it. Did you have a good weekend? Let me know what you did!

We were thinking about the beach today but then it started raining so.....

Until next time!

Mint Manis for Talia Joy

Hi guys! If you're reading this post then you probably already know why this post even exists. Nail Polish Wars helped put together this mani event to honor Talia Joy who passed away Tuesday morning. She lost her battle to cancer but she lived every day being positive and teaching people all about makeup.

So, the nail polish world and fan of Talia have come together to show our love for Talia. We are each sporting a mint mani since her last Instagram pic was of a mint manicure.

Here are all of the mint colored polishes I own. I used every single one in my manicure for today.

China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint | Sinful Colors Open Seas

Essie Absolutely Shore | Sally Hansen Gentle Blossom

etoile Fizzy Cucumber | JulieG Gelato in Venice | Julep Shenae

I wanted to keep it as simple as possible so it would come off as delicate and subtle. I added just a little bit of sparkle to it with scattered pieces of Essie Set in Stones. I hope you enjoy these.

If you want to join in today's event, post a picture of your mani to my Facebook page and use the hashtags #mintmanisfortaliajoy and #taliaslegacy. I will share them throughout the day.

Quickly, here are all the polishes once again.

Hello Kitty & Mint Polish

Hey guys! Quick post today--I'm so sleepy so it's going to be short and sweet! Look what came in the mail today! My Hello Kitty cell phone case for my Galaxy S3. Isn't it just so darn cute?!

Tonight I also worked on my Mint Mani for Talia Joy. Below are the polishes used. Tomorrow's post is going to be the same as the one for my nail blog so you can read up on this in the morning.

I hope you all had a great Thursday and I hope you have a great weekend.

It's the Cheesiest!

What's better than a big bowl of blue box mac and cheese after a long day of work? Okay, some of you would argue that this stuff sucks, but hey, it's quick, easy, and darn good in a jiffy!

Not only was my dinner cheesy, but my coworkers and I had a pretty cheesy moment at work today. We're called the Think Tank, the Vent Tent, and...well, no other names yet but we're working on it.

This came up today:

In other news, YAY for being uber busy on my nail blog! So many things gonna be happening! Until next time...

Hello Tuesday!

Hi guys! Today is a post about my dog. He's an older dog [we think 13 years] and every once in a while, he gets these pains [so we think] in the hip/stomach area. He pants, paces, and painfully stretches and ther eis nothing we can do. We give him "thunderstorm" meds to kinda knock him out so he can sleep. Last night we let him wander the house while we slept and this is how we found him this morning.

I wish he could talk so that we knew exactly what was wrong with him. Vet says nothing specific is wrong but that he is getting old and maybe it's his joints.

In other news, I'm going to get to swatch the Fall Pixies from Zoya tonight and hopefully I will get the other polishes soon! I also scored some press samples from butter LONDON, yay!

Til next time...

Just Another Monday

Hi guys! I hope you had a great Monday. Not much happened so I'll just leave you with a picture of my breakfast.

Okay, I'll give you a little more. Today I got my monthly bonus stats for my job Turns out, my hard work the past month has paid off! I earned $100 MORE than last month and all of my stats increased! I'm so thrilled that what I'm doing is actually working to my benefit. Hopefully it will be like that or better for next month!

In other news, I'll be getting my Zoya Fall 2013 Pixies in the mail tomorrow and I'll have those up by the end of the week.

How was your Monday> I honestly wanted to stay in bed this morning, haha. We have a super comfortable king size. Til tomorrow!~

Errands on Sunday

Hey guys! Today has been a productive one! We returned the ottoman we got yesterday in exchange for a new one [at BBB]. Much better. WE also made a trip to Costco where we bought LOTS of things including the two items pictured below.

Who else loves Greek yogurt? This 15 pack was on sale of $8.69 at Costco -- YES PLEASE!

Dinner tonight? Perdue popcorn chicken -- although it looks BETTER than PC because they pieces are nugget sized! This was on sale for $8.99 [saved $4] at Costco. It's a quick and easy dinner and the hubby approves! I also mixed mine with the bourbon brown sugar sauce and OMG so good!

I also have laundry going right now. I don't feel like going to work tomorrow but I have a lot of things coming in the mail for me this week, yay!

Did you have a productive weekend? What do you do on your Sundays?

Weekend Errands and Some Sweet Tea

Hi guys! Happy weekend! Today is a quick post with a sweet video tutorial.

Today was all about me and my husband. We went out to lunch at one of my favorite restaurants at the beach: Pusser's. I had the Calypso Fish taco [pictured below] and of course, husband had a burger. 

We then went to Home Depot to return somethings and replace some things and we also hit up the Bed Bath and Beyond for couple of household items.

Now comes the good part. This morning I was made aware [by two empty gallon pitchers] that we were out of sweet tea. I decided to film a short tutorial on how I make mine. Take a look and maybe give it a try!

I Am a Lucky Girl - Backstreet Boys and Zoya

Happy Friday all! So many good things have happened in the past 48 hours! First, check out my OOTD picture below. Simple and cute!

Okay, now onto the good stuff. So I mentioned yesterday that I was/am beyond thrilled that I made it to Zoya's media list. This is a huge accomplishment for me! I got the confirmation for one set of polish to be delivered soon and I am awaiting another one soon! EEK!!!

Next, OMG I AM GOING TO THE BACKSTREET BOYS CONCERT ON AUGUST 26! My friend's mom was able to snag Row 19 seats on the floor just right of the center of the stage. OMG OMG OMG! I am so happy that I get to share this unbelieveable experience with some of the BEST ladies I know. To prepare, I'm listening to BSB on my iPod until the conert and then on July 30, their new album hits the stores! SO STOKED!

Other than that, things are pretty calm around here, haha. Are YOU going to see BSB in your city? Do you even like them?

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE BAND? Let me know below!

All of the Things...None of the Money!

Hi guys! That's my motto for today and probably every day. With so many polishes coming out and the Backstreet Boys happening in August, I will be a broke Katster, lol.

What are some things that you WANT but can't have because of no funds? Recently I was added to the Zoya polish media list and I feel so blessed and lucky to be able to bring you current polish collections from them.

I also have to save for the end of August because I am going to be BSBing ALL THE THINGS!

Anyway, here's my lunch for today. Betty Crocker Suddenly Salad in Basil Pesto. I split 1 box into 3 servings and it's perfect. Sometimes I add chicken to it but I was lazy and didn't do it this time around.

So, plans for tonight: writing more blog posts for my beauty blog. It's supposed to rain this weekend so that might interrupt my beach outing but we'll see. At least it's almost Friday!

I Could Teach You But I'd Have to Charge

Hello! Happy Hump Day! So last night....I didn't feel like cooking so I suggested Zaxby's. Did you know that their Brithday Cake Shake is here to stay FOREVER?! It's the best shake I have ever had in my life! Also, my go-to at Zaxby's is the Blackened Blue Zalad--MMMMMMM!

On to today! Nothing much in the news. Do you guys know what I do for a living? I'll just leave that there until later. If you know, comment below! My dream job would be to work for a beauty/polish company. I wanna make and name things. 

Plans for tonight: I guess I'll have to cook. I have to do some polish reviews but I might wait til the weekend because I have more daylight to work with. 

I made a batch of sweet tea last night. I do it by the gallon and always have 2 gallons in the fridge. As soon as 1 gallon is gone, "I refill it. Who else loves sweet tea???

Anyone start making plans for the weekend yet? I still haven't made it to the beach so I think I'll try to drag hubby along on Saturday. Leave some love in the comments! Ask me questions!

ALSO IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD: THE BACKSTREET BOYS ARE COMING TO JACKSONVILLE IN AUGUST! HELL YES I AM TRYING TO GO!

How Do You Food?

Hey guys! Today's post is about my food choices. Obviously we start out the morning with coffee. If you saw my FB post yesterday, it was about this new thermal mug [with a handle] that I got from Bed Bath & Beyond. It seriously is going to turn me into MORE of a coffee addict. As I'm writing this, I am still sipping on coffee that I prepared earlier today. It is hot, flavorful, and DELICIOUS!

The picture below shows two flavors of coffee that I use. I also have a dark French roast from the same people [Coffee Fool -- SO good BTW]. My usually morning mix for a full 12-cup pot of coffee is 4 scoops of the French and 2 scoops of either the Mocha Java [fave flave, no actual mocha flavor] or the Breakfast Brew. It's strong but not too strong for. I then add in a splash of Italian Sweet Cream creamer from Coffee Mate.

For lunch, well, it's leftover pizza. My husband and I order from Dominos often. We used to get their pasta which is pretty stellar where we are but we are now on this thin-crust pizza kick. Normally I get the thin crust with chicken and roasted red peppers. THAT combination is so great! This time around I opted for spinach and tomatoes. It was great fresh, but leftver -- kinda mushy. No bueno!

For dinner, I'll probably bake some chicken in the oven and have a rice or potato side. We love the starches.

So tell me: How do you food? Any patterns to your meals? Do you have a go-to meal each week? Let me know!

Welcome to My Daily!

Hi everyone! Welcome to my daily blog! As much as possible, I'm going to update this on a daily basis whether it's a random post about what I'm doing or a post about what happened during the entire day.

I hope you'll stick with me...especially if you're curious and nosy about my life. Feel free to comment, ask questions, and let me know how you're doing!

Come back tomorrow morning and I'll probably have a picture of my coffee for you! =)


Follow my blog with Bloglovin