Summer is in Full Swing!

This summer has been so busy. I can't believe it's already July. Summer is flying by. I rarely know what day it is. Last time we talked was over two weeks ago! Let's catch up!

I went home to see my mom weekend before last. Good thing because I haven't seen her in almost two months. It was nice to get away from the office and be out in the middle-of-no-where for a few days. I also got our lawn mower running. Since my dad passed away in January, our "lawn" (weeds with rocks mixed in) has not been mowed. I got this sexy beast running and mowed the lawn!

On Saturday I went out on the boat with some friends.

I love this boat for a few reasons...

1. It's huge.

2. The owner is a HUGE Mizzou fan!

The day started out beautiful but in the afternoon we got caught in a rain storm. Afterwards, we were blessed with this rainbow!

Last weekend was 4th of July! Tyson and I hauled our boat up to the Lake of the Ozarks on Thursday for some fun in the sun!

We watched fireworks out on the water with our good friends from St. Louis.

Being goofy!

We might have had a little fun...

Here is a video of us jumping a cruiser wake. We got some good air!!

Saturday we went to Coconuts for lunch and some pool time.

Saturday afternoon was the famous "Rehydrate" party at Lazy Gators!

Sunday we came home... back to the daily grind!

Saw It. Pinned It. Did It... Glowstick Nails!

I saw this picture on Pinterest and instantly fell in love!

And this one...

And then I remembered seeing this color on Ingrid last summer...

Obnoxious, highlighter yellow nails?

I MUST HAVE THEM!!

I have not had fake nails since 2009 when this happened:

(pic was about ten days after)

Yes that is blood under my finger nail. Gross I know.

We were out on the boat and I was grabbing the bumpers to tie-up to another boat. When I was walking to the bow of the boat I lost my grip on the rope and dropped the bumper in the water. My stupid move was trying to grab it and when I did that my finger nail caught the hand-rail. It pulled my nail straight off the nail bed. Makes my stomach churn just thinking about it! I immediately squeezed my nail back on to my nail bed and tried to not toss my cookies all over the place. Luckily, we were tying up with a friend who was a doctor! He rinsed it and put that stretchy medical tape on it and said "You are gonna be okay!" That was a relief but I could not use my right hand at all! Hair washing, writing, nothing. Sucked.

So I grew a pair and went to my favorite pedicure place, but this time I asked for a mani. The nice Chinese man says...

 "Ooooooh, you get maneecuurr theese time? You neva get maneecurr."

Long story short, I LOVE THESE BABIES!

My nails remind me of post-it notes...

Miss Geico...

and LMFAO.

The color is by Orly and it is called "Glowstick".

And right now at Ulta Orly is Buy 1 Get 1 FREE so that is $4.00 per bottle of polish!

I know the color is a little much for spring but I just could not wait! A little tip to get the polish as bright as possible is to paint one coat of white polish underneath two coats of Glowstick. It really makes the color pop! Oh, and the color is black light reflective! Super cool!!

Confessional Friday {Link Up with A Blonde Ambition}

Helloooooo Friday!!!

I confess that I missed my blog's First Birthday. I'm such a bad blog-mom!

Let's have a little celebration!

That was fun!

moving on...

I confess that I love me some Big Lots! I got a 20% coupon a few days ago that is this Sunday only.

Yes I cleared my schedule for a Big Lots shopping trip.

No I am not crazy.

Yes I am.

I confess that my Invisalign is really freaking annoying. I told myself that I would not be one of those people who piss-and-moan about orthodontic work but omg these things are freaking weird!

I feel like I got punched in the teeth and there is one spot where the plastic is rubbing on my tongue. I'll go in to more detail on another day.

welcome to My Grill...

I confess that I have filmed two videos regarding my Invisalign experience and I'm just not digging it. There are some people that the camera just does not flatter. I am one of those people. More on this later...

I confess that I am lusting after a YMCA membership. I have always found myself more of a gym-rat than an at-home-gym-mouse. I just can't get motivated at home!

I confess that I got two rain jackets at JCPenney the other day and I can not wait for it to rain so I can wear them!

And finally I confess that I just want to go back to bed. My teeth hurt, I talk funny, and I'm grumpy... nobody wants to be around me so I vote YES on going back to bed!!

Have a great weekend!

Five Things

I saw this little Q&A sesh over at two of my favorite blogs.

Real Life, Real Estate, Real Dana

and Lesley at The Dream Tree

Of course I must participate even though I'm sure most of you don't give two sh!ts!

Let's begin!!

five things...

...you'll find in my purse

1. iPhone

2. Wallet

3. Coach Pill Case with Advil, Benadryl, and Pseudoephed (no I'm not a drug dealer)

4. digital camera

5. Eos lip balm

...you'll find in my bedroom

1. hand lotion

2. a bottle of water

3. iPad

4. Vick's Vapor Rub

5. Eos lip balm

...I've always wanted to do

1. go to Brazil

2. learn ballet

3. Go on a vacation to a tropical destination and do absolutely NOTHING! We always have an agenda when we go to Miami and it drives me nuts because all I really want to do is lay on the beach!

4. buy a Ferrari

5. design my own home

...I'm currently loving

1. Mac Studio Fix Fluid foundation

2. Dove Body Wash Pomegranate & Lemon Verbana. It smells SO GOOD!

3. YouTube-- makeup collections, vanity tours, tutorials, and hauls

4. TJ Maxx and JC Penney. Sales are my favorite!

5. Jennifer Lawrence. She is hilarious!

...quirks I have

1. I have to fall asleep with the TV on... but it can't be just anything... it has to be something I have seen before like Keeping Up With the Kardashians or Pawn Stars.

2. When I order tea at a restaurant, I order a "half-and-half"... half sweet, half unsweet. I don't like unsweet tea and I also don't like it when I pour sweetener in to my tea and it all settles on the bottom.

3. I turn everything off before I get out of my car. My stereo, seat heaters, climate control, headlights, EVERYTHING! Tyson hates it. i'm weird.

4. I cannot go to bed until I take off all of my makeup and brush my teeth.

5. When I go to Wal-Mart or Sam's and I get a sucky cart, I will go back and find another one that doesn't have a bum wheel. I absolutely hate it when I am shopping and I have a cart going "thump thump thump thump". Such a distraction!

That's all for now. It snowed last night so I am still in my pajamas... and I have no intentions of changing any time soon!

Happy Tuesday!

Possibly the best video of the century...

17 million views in 7 days... pretty impressive!

Guess who's not going to sleep tonight!?

THIS GIRL.

When your boyfriend is on a boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, you don't tend to sleep well.

They are doing really great though!!

They are well over halfway there and making really great time!

He called me around 4pm and said everything was going well. He couldn't hear me very well but I was still glad to hear his voice.

Anywho...

You probably are wondering

"What does one do while her b/f is in the Atlantic Ocean?"

Well I go shopping.

oops

It's not like I could just sit at home in front of the computer watching that little red dot update every 10 minutes. Talk about nerve-racking!

Soooo last night I might or might not have went to Target.

I got these amazeballs tank-tops that I practically live in.

I freakin love these tanks. They were on sale for $7 bones.

So I watch beauty gurus on YouTube and found this nifty dupe for primer.

Yup. "Intimate Care" crap on muh face!

I guess it has the same ingredients as these $25 primers at Sephora.

For $6 bucks, I'll give it a shot!

Then I got one of these:

For $21.25.

What?

I didn't know they went on sale either.

Then I got Ty's sister a pair of these bad boys for her birfday.

I got a pair last week and wore them to dinner last night and she fell in love.

Clearance! $15 bucks ladies!!

I got this adorable earring/necklace set. I really only liked it for the earrings but the necklace grew on me and I really like it, too.

$2.98 or something!?

After lunch today I made the awful decision to go to the mall...

on the Missouri Tax Free weekend...

when everyone and their dog/baby/grandma/sister goes shopping.

It was frigging nuts in there.

I wandered in to Charlotte Russe and got this blouse.

It's sheer, hot pink, and really long. It reminds me of something Kourtney Kardashian would wear. I plan on pairing it with some black skinny jeans. I'm excited.

*Disregard our "liquor cabinet"... we really are not alcoholics, I swear. We just collect massive amounts of alcohol after poker runs. We stock the boat and then always end up with leftovers that I refuse to throw away.

Then I went to my favorite store ever, TJ Maxx. It was nuts in there and of course I was being extremely selective so all I found was this adorable white ceramic mug that has a teal inside. It's very similar to this one:

I plan on trying that crafty project floating around Pinterest where you write on a ceramic mug with a Sharpie and then bake it... supposed to make it permanent and stuff.

It was on clearance for a dillar.

Of course I wandered all over that dang store and found NOTHING. I was not about to stand in line for 15 minutes for a $1.00 mug sooooo I picked out some fancy wrapping paper. I love wrapping paper and wrapping gifts. After wrapping Neely's birthday gifts I realized I need something that is appropriate for birthdays and not Christmasy.

After my five dollar splurge at TJ, I went to Macy's. I was on a mission to form a birthday wishlist so I was perfume shopping. I picked out a few goodies like BCBG, DKNY Be Delicious, and Dolce & Gabbana. They smell yummy.

In my attempt to leave Macy's, I saw this massive table loaded with purses that said CLEARANCE. Damnitall, I had to go look!

Then it happened. I found this beauty.

This bad boy is a hot pink, quilted, leather, crossbody, shoulder bag.

I am in love.

It is the most awesome color pink!

It reminds me of Chanel.

And considering it was clearance and then another 20% off, I was even more in love. I was going to stick her on my birthday list but when I looked around it was the last one.

I couldn't let her go!!

Got her for less than $30 bucks!!

Yes. I'm that girl that distracted herself by going shopping. Could have been worse, I guess.

Now I am going to lay in bed, watch the Olympics, and wait for Tyson to call!

Nighty night y'all!

Ughh... I've been bored lately.

WELL

Nothin' new around here so I thought I would share with you what I do on my boring days!

I watch YouTube videos!

haha... i'm such a loser.

This is my favorite Beauty Guru Channel

ciaoobelllaxo

Megan is such a sweet girl and does a really great job with tutorials. Her videos are pretty funny, too!

Another good beauty channel is...

JLovesMac1

This girl is just plain hilarious!!



This channel is purely entertainment for me.
blndsundoll4mj

Trisha has the most random videos... some good, some bad. Either way, it keeps me entertained.



Finally. My all time favorite channel is:
JennaMarbles

I am typically laughing my ass off after watching one of Jenna's videos. She is effing hysterical.

Anywho... I should add that I don't watch YouTube videos ALL DAY. Just about an hour or two on days when I'm in the office with Ty. Haha