Confessional Friday: {Link Up with A Blonde Ambition}

// I confess that I bought the Jaclyn Hill Expert Box by Sigma Beauty and I am not one bit guilty about spending that much money on makeup brushes.

// I confess that I will no longer be surfing Pinterest for workout ideas while I am at the gym. Talk about instant distraction! And a huge time-waster! I am going to start planning my workouts on paper and then going to the gym.

// I confess that I bought two different types of protein supplements this week. Time to get LEAN!

// I confess that yesterday I started my first round of refinements for my Invisalign. This round I have 34 trays and will be changing them once a week. I also got one more attachment.

// And lastly, I confess that I want a trampoline... in my living room. What better way to watch TV and workout at the same time!?

Happy Friday, loves.

Invisalign Update: 1 Year Appointment

Yesterday, March 3, was the last day of my initial treatment of Invisalign! I went to my orthodontist and had my teeth scanned for refinements. I will get those trays in six weeks. Here are my before-and-after photos.

Lower teeth

Upper teeth

I had a lot done in the last year!

I started Invisalign on February 28, 2013, had a septoplasty on April 8, 2013, and then on July 23, 2013 I had two dental implants placed. I changed my trays weekly and had 13 attachments. I did not use Acceledent or have the corticotomy surgery.

After I finish with my refinements I will have my teeth whitened, have the two crowns placed on the dental implants, and have the upper central incisor re-crowned. I will also get retainers.

I am so thrilled with where my teeth are at and can't wait to see when they are finally done!

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks for reading!

Confessional Friday: {Link Up with A Blonde Ambition}

Happy Friday everyone! Today is Confessional Friday AGAIN. Where did this week go? Thank goodness Leslie hosts CF because without her I might never blog. Haha jokes...

but seriously...

// I am seriously IN LERRVE with this L'oreal Youth Code Texture Perfector Serum. It makes my face so smooth. I have been using it daily and nightly since I got it about a month ago. It soothes my skin, and I have not had any breakouts with it so that's a win in my book! It retails for $19.98 at Wal-Mart but right now they have a $2.00 off coupon so go load up! It's wonderful!

// I am

SO.

OVER.

WINTER.

It is going to rain today and then we get a nice "wintry mix" on Sunday with a low of 3 degrees.

SWEET.

Not.

I want to go outside and run and jump and play and stuff. Not sit inside and eat the refrigerator.

// I need this blue console table. It's on sale at Target.com for $119.99 but shipping is $36.00 DOLLARS. Uhhhh NO. So I signed up for the RedCard (why I haven't done this before, I don't know) so I could get free shipping but it takes 7-10 days to get approved! Seriously!? I am giving you direct access to my bank account and you have to go THINK ABOUT IT for 7-10 days? Dumb.

// Today is my Invisalign Anniversary! One year wearing aligners. I am so thankful for this experience to improve my smile and overall health. I can not believe the difference in my smile. See for yourself!

WARNING

Gross teeth pictures ahead.

On Monday I go in to have my teeth shaped and re-scanned for refinements. Then after I am completely finished with Invisalign I will get crowns put on the two implants you can see in the pictures. And somewhere in there I will get retainers and whitening! Can't wait to see the end result!!

Happy Friday!

Photo An Hour

A link up with Stephanie at Southern Mess blog and Meg at Meg O. on the Go blog.

I have been so utterly excited for this link up since last week when Steph did her post. I was so excited I didn't even know what I was supposed to do!

Thank you, Steph, for clarifying.

So I totally should have done this last Saturday on Tyson's birthday because that would have been way more exciting. Oh well. You get yesterday. Wednesday. A good ole Wednesday. Let's begin!

Just sat down at my desk to catch up on my blogs and go over the daily computer stuff. (Reading Style Me Swanky here.) Which if you are wondering is:

Check my five different email accounts.

Facebook.

Blogger.

All bank accounts (company and mine).

eBay.

YouTube.

Instagram.

And lastly check on the four forum sites I frequent.

This leads me to my 10:30am picture...

Still sitting here... Riveting, I know. But now I am writing my own blog post and eating yogurt instead of drinking coffee.

At 11:30am I had just got out of the shower and finished my makeup. Here I am picking out which lipgloss to wear and watching some YouTube.

Come 12:30 I was waiting for the guys to finish testing the engine so we could go to lunch. This is an engine that my boyfriend Tyson completely designed and engineered on his own. There is not another engine like this in the world.

FINALLY! Lunch time and MEXICAN FOOD!

Just brushing my teeth and putting my Invisalign back in. After every meal I have to floss, brush my teeth, and clean my aligners. That means three times a day! You were bound to see one of them.

Come 3:30pm I was back at the ole desk. Doing paperwork, making phone calls, perusing Pinterest and watching PinkSoFoxy on YouTube.

Pulling in to Walmart here. Yay for buying household items!

Bustttteeeddd. I got the 20% off coupon for Ulta so I had to do a little makeup shopping. I finally got the Naked 2 palette! I bought the Lorac Pro last year when the Naked's were so popular and bought the Naked Basics last year but I just could not decide which big Naked palette to get. I thought I had my mind made up until the Naked 3 came out. GAME CHANGER. But alas, I decided it was too rose toned for me. Naked 2 it is!

At 6:30 I had literally just got to the gym and jumped on the treadmill. (Hence why I had only made it nine-tenths of a mile.)

Me after a little sweat-sesh. No shame in my gym bathroom selfie!

Dinner and post-workout meal. An apple with peanut butter, celery, some pretzels, and some apple cinnamon Fig Newtons.

Winding down and getting ready for bed here. I picked up these Peter Thomas Roth peel pads at Ulta earlier so I was pumped to try them.

So that was my day! Not all that exciting but pretty typical for a weekday.

If you like, head over and read other's Photo a Day posts. I really hope this turns in to a weekly or monthly link-up. I love seeing what people do each day.

Thanks for reading!

As of Lately...

Let's play catch-up!

(Story of my blog.)

I've been going to the gym regularly! Yay for consistency!

Saturday the 18th was Tysons' cousins birthday. We went to El Vallarta and ate mexican food and had margaritas... then we went rollerskating. Wilma and I OWNED that skating rink!

Oh, and I rollerblade. Skates and I don't mesh well.

Then that Sunday we took Tyson's nephews out to one of their friend's motocross tracks. Tyson had not been on a bike since 2008 when he wrecked in a Supercross race and broke his leg. He used to ride pro Supercross so it came back to him pretty quick.

Then last Tuesday I had an orthodontist appointment. Dr. Roblee gave me the rest of my aligners for my initial treatment. Next time I see him (in March) he is going to shape my teeth and they re-scan for revisions. I am so excited. I can't wait to see my new perfect smile!

Last Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday I painted our bathroom... purple. This was my inspiration.

 Let me start by saying that sometime before I was in Tyson's life, he painted his entire bedroom, hallway, and bathroom BRIGHT RED. With BLACK trim, ceilings, and doors. Can we say "bachelor pad"? Yes. It was bad.

So... we already have the black cabinets with a white vanity-top. And I knew it was going to be way to big of a job for me to paint the walls, doors, trim, ceiling, etc... so I started looking for colors that would compliment the existing black and white. I found the picture above about four months ago and last week I bit the bullet. I tried 5 SAMPLES of purples. Thank God for paint samples because I was way off with the first two.

(The first two I tried are the top right and middle right.)

I decided to go with the bottom left color.

(Nothing like a picture of a toilet on your blog.)

I like the color a lot!! It's a bit more "purpley" than the inspiration picture but I'm okay with it. I still need to get new baseboards and trim out the shower and the mirror... oh and paint the lightbar. But when it's all done, I'll do a reveal!

Last Saturday was Tyson's birthday! His mom threw him a dinner party at Wilder's. His cousins and their families came and it was so much fun. The Garvin boys sure know how to party!

I got Ty some new goggles but he wouldn't model them so I did!

Then Sunday we went to the motocross track again. The guys had a great time riding...

and I had a great time falling out of this tree-swing...

Follow me on Instagram to see the video @tripac87

Sunday night I babysat this little stud muffin. He's such a doll!

And now we are halfway through the week! Sheesh time flies when you are busy!

Invisalign Update

Hello Everyone! I haven't posted about my Invialign lately and I want to update you guys on how my treatment is going. It's going GREAT! I can't believe the progress that's been made since I started back in February. Check it out!

It's hard to see just how crooked my teeth were by looking at a frontal photo. The pictures below show the before and afters much better.

I am currently on tray #34 of 53. I'm sure once I am done with my initial treatment I will have refinements so if I had to guess I would say I'm about half way done with my total treatment time.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks!

Confessional Friday

1. I confess I have had so much anxiety lately. My to-do list is a mile long. I am at a crossroads with my orthodontic work. I either need to shell out $6,000 for a surgery that will make the rest of my Invisalign a breeze, or I get to go down a rocky road of "making things work". Maybe I'll find 6k laying on the ground today.

2. I confess that I am a little excited to see the two hours season premier of Grey's Anatomy. I used to watch it religiously back in college but I stopped watching because I got so busy. I saw the finale from last season so now I want to know what happens to Meredith and James!

3. I confess that I will be a calendar model soon!

4. I confess that I miss coffee. I can't bear to have my Invisalign out for more than 2 hours a day... one hour for lunch and one hour for dinner... so I just don't have time to sip on a cup of coffee every morning and it sucks.

5. I confess that I have not ran or worked out in about a month. I'm not happy about it either.

6. I confess that yesterday I bought a box of Fruit by the Foot and Fruit Roll-Ups. Yes I grew up in the 90's and yes I plan on finishing off both boxes by next week.

7. And finally, I confess that I am so excited to be going to the Mizzou game on the 28th vs Arkansas State. It's my friend Melissa's birthday weekend and we are going to have a blast!!

Now go link up with Leslie and confess!