CoMinG SoOn!

(ignore the caps issue I was just being....zany!) There are soooo many things I have discovered or Re-discovered online this past week. I am excited about all the new purchases I will be making soon....which leads to......that's right! REVIEWS!!!! Those up and comers are:
HAIR:
Avocado Oil
Aphogee Keratin and Green Tea Restructurizer
ORS No-Lye Olive Oil Relaxer
Healthy Fare
Pumpkin Oats (they look so yummy)
Vita-Tops (preferably the Mint Chocolate Chip ones)
Make-up
L'Oreal HIP Chrome Eyeliners (especially in Blue Spark)
Mac's Shale e/s
Essie nail polishes
Sigma Brushes
MAC's LE Comet Blue Dazzleglass (I will go through hell and high water to get this)
MAC's Bell Bottom Blue (discontinued), Blue Brown, Platinum, Milk (from HK collection) pigments
....and the perfect pink lipstick for my NW50 shade cuz this princess is in LOVE with pink!
Clothing
oh WOW!!! have I been clueless to all the great places a plus size barbie/princess like myself could get hot finds! Wet Seal(online), Faith21 (online-with 3x's coming soon!), Torrid(of course a staple), DebShops (a staple as well, cute clothes, but ehhh quality), Old Navy.com and my new overseas fave.....Dorothy Perkins!!! OMG why am I just knowing about Dorothy Perkins??!! That website is like....heaven!

Can't wait to start w/ these! Until then....stay beautiful ladies!

Food, hair, Beauty finds and other mumbo jumbo

FOOD



First yesterday was AMAZING!!!!! I planned out my meals meticulously!

B: frosted strawberry shredded wheat and soy milk

S:Luna Morning Vanilla almond Bar and apple slices

S2: (I worked a 10 hour management shift and it was busy too busy for a real meal) string cheese and apple slices

L: 1 chicken wing, 1/2 c. red beans and rice, and 1/2 c. okra

D: Qdoba naked chicken burrito no rice, sub lettuce and a brownie yum!!!!


and I was done for the day or so I believed until a late night phone call to my BF had us running out at 11 pm to some random club in Milwaukee with his friends! alcohol consumption *sigh* ruined my ever so thought out plan not to mention the rueben I ate at 4 am when we moved over to the next location...the casino! *sigh* I think those calories kinda roll over to today's since it was past midnight so I don't have a lot of options today good thing it's 2pm and I'm just getting up. I think I'll stick to H20 all that alcohol made me dehydrated.

MAKEUP


last night I was feeling rather hmmmm...unattractive, and BROKE! I was thinking about my make-up purchases and how I gotta curb my spending and still put forth effort to look hot. That clinique I have is a tinted moisturizer. My friends say I don't need foundation at all, but I just like the coverage. There's a girl I work with who has never paid more than 12 dollars for any makeup she's purchased and she was the most adorable well put together manager in our crew. She told me she uses Dream matte mousse foundation. I decided to look it up and check it out. Of course around 9 pm I was at walgreens making the purchase so far I like it I used it for bar night last night. We'll see how it looks at work today if it's not hot...RETURN! I also bought Maybelliene shiny-licious in Raizn' Razzle, and a wet n' wild lip liner.


HAIR

This is just a picture of some of the items in my new hair care regimen. Not pictured is my infusium 23 and olive oil mix I spray in my cornrows. I do that in the morning and at night, or whenever I feel moisture is needed. I keep my hair braided so I can't see major difference yet, but I can say I don't get anymore shedding at the nape and ends. The back used to feel horribly brittle and broken. Anytime I touched it I'd have hair in my hands. That's only after week 1! I am 17 weeks post relaxer (wow) and I get one sometime this coming week. Boy oh boy I can't wait to see what it looks like. Hope I'm not disappointed.

well that's all my ramble today toodles!

The Check IN......

DIET
Today I went to "the pig" looking for my fave Ezekiel 4:9 bread *sigh* to no avail they got rid of it!!! I knew there was a reason I didn't shop there that often! So I was a lazy daisy today. I got up at about 11:30 am so after I left the grocery store and Sally's I had breakfast. (Yes I had breakfast at 12:30!

So Far:
1 slice of Butternut whole Grain 100% whole wheat bread (toasted of course!)
1 TB of Smucker's sugar-free strawberry preserves
1 egg poached hard (runniness is yucky)
2 strips of Jennie-O extra lean turkey bacon
So far so good, but the day has just begun there is still work looming @ 5. While in line the man in front of me picked up my kryptonite (reese's peanut butter cups) I almost got the shakes stopping myself from buying one, but I made it whew!
HAIR
So I just bought the products to begin my hair care regimen. Due to my workout schedule I will be sticking to the braids and wigs at least until June. However I will make a point to more frequently wash and condition the crowning glory that is tucked away underneath. I decided that what I will start with is a pre-poo on Sunday nights, a shampoo and condition monday and I will braid it then. I will apply a leave-in conditioner daily. We'll see what transpires from there.

MAKEUP
after my mini CCO haul on Tuesday I think I'll just get one product next week oh and I'm really thinking about getting the Monistat Chafing Gel as a primer I hear it works well for oily skin like mine but GOSH I'm really having a problem with the idea of MONISTAT ON MY FACE!!!! So I'm still holding out for the 260 to get my MAC foundation in the mean time I went around to all the counters and asked for foundation samples (I know that's kinda cheating) I liked Clinique's so much after wearing it tuesday I bought it, but now I'm falling in love with Lancome's Teint Idole Ultra in Suede 5 might have to get that too GOSH I will never get my security deposit if I keep shopping. I have to keep telling myself the move comes first! Oh and I plan on potting my UDPP sometime this week I'll show/tell you how that works out

EXERCISE
I swear I haven't been anywhere near the gym since tuesday :( I know I know I've just been plain lazy. I'll definitely will be there in the morning (gosh I just really hate the new January crowds).

P.S. I've been wanting to post more pics but somethings wrong with a) my new memory card or b) my drive either way the BF is outta town and he's the house techie so maybe I'll be adding some pics on Tuesday laterz!

Today was a good day!

That's the look of Happy!!

So tomorrow is my boyfriend's birthday so I chose to get in a great workout this morning because I will be hanging with him and his friends probably eating pizza and drinking beer so I have to burn as many calories as possible. I'd like to say I'm losing weight, but right now I'm at 268.9 so I'm down 1.1 yeah I'm pretty damn happy about that it's something

See I definitely don't look the part of 268 and 5'4"
anywho today has been just great! 1) I watched the inauguration of the first black president 2) freebies at the make-up counters (I got Sarah Jessica Parker's Lovely body lotion) 3) my lil cousin bought me a cute new shirt 4) I went to CCO and got a new lipglass (Boldheart), lipstick (Cyber), blush(Raisin), and foundation (Clinique's Perfectly Real Make-up in #54).5) I finally picked up the parcel from the post office that had been waiting for me for weeks, my big sister Laurie lives in San Francisco and works in marketing for benefit cosmetics. She sent me this amazing B-Spot fragrance kit! I did have some really unusual moments today! 1)I woke up at 3 am with the biggest craving for Coke Zero ever!!! it was so freakin' strange cause I haven't had a soda in months. It nagged me for 2 hours. What the hell was that about??? 2) Leaving CCO I took a wrong turn and landed in a snow filled DITCH (no joke)!!! a man came by to help me and HE landed in the ditch too!! Luckily he called his friend and he came and pulled us both out! Well I should really be sleeping I have to be at work at 7 am and me and my sweetie have lots of plans for tomorrow *muah*

my MAC desires are getting the best of me

I know me. Pretty damn well might I add. Unfortunately I know I have a major procrastination issue and I know of all seasons the winter is where I get my most lazy. I also know I have a MAJOR addiction to makeup. So I promised myself I couldn't go to the MAC counter and buy a new foundation until I made it to 260. DAYUUUM!!! That's like at least 4 weeks away:( In the meanietime I promised myself that I'm allowed to go to the Cosmetic Company outlet once a week only and ONLY if I stay with in my caloric range and get in at least 4 workouts a week! That allows me to get some sweet lil MAC makeup goodie for 30% off, so I can look half-way cute when I'm not sweating and looking gym gross. So here's what I got yesterday.Is it not the prettiest purple EVER????!!!!
Anywho my workouts aren't as intense this week I've been feeling a lil' TOM blah, but I'm sure to pick it up by Sunday! So far my eating is good. I went to BW3 with the boyfriend last night and had a side salad and 4 of the smallest honey BBQ wings on the plate. I was pretty proud of myself. Truth be told a year ago I would have had some mozzarella sticks, a beer, a coke, maybe a margarita and 10 wings, and some potato wedges. Today I didn't do so hot. I failed to mention I'm a restaurant supervisor and waitress at a beloved IHOP! (yeah just think how much harder that makes this eating thing) This morning at work I had a 2 egg spinach, mushroom, and cheddar cheese omelet. Well I got my veggies, but they piled that cheese pretty darn thick (kinda to the point where it isn't even good anymore). Not to mention I was so hungry I totally forgot to tell them to make it with egg whites and no butter. Oh well I'll do better at the next meal. I refuse to bat myself up over my bad days. I know I will have plenty, but I gotta keep moving forward. Well I guess I'll be having my leftovers from monday tonight. I cooked turkey meatloaf (from a recipe I found on sparkpeople), homemade mashed potatoes (with a lil soymilk and I can't believe it's not butter spray) and steamed green beans. My boyfriend secured his space as meat and potatoes man because he left the heaping pile of green beans right in the middle of his plate. I guess I'll be eating those tonight;) Hope all of you are well out there *smooches*