Things worth paying for...

As we get older I think that we learn there are some things in life that we really have to pay good money for. I am a cheap ass, no really.  I hate spending money on anything.  As I've gotten older I have started spending money on myself more and noticed I no longer want cheap shampoo or cheap shoes.  I have figured out that when you spend more money on certain things they last longer and you don't have to buy them as often....duh

Here are some things I splurge on:

Shoes-I used to try and find the cheapest tennis shoes possible but now I pay for good ones.  I need the support and comfort...don't we all?

Shoe insoles- Recently I learned I have arthritis in my feet.  I went to the good feet store.  Ever been there? My advice DON'T!  They were trying to charge me 780 dollars for 3 USED insoles wtf?!  Anyway I found something similar on amazon for 35.  If they work I will be paying for more in the future!

Shampoo and Conditioner- As a couponer I usually get these free or really cheap but it's always brands like Herbal Essences and Pantene pro-v.  I went to a salon and they convinced me to buy some Regis shampoo and I will never EVER go back.

Mattress- I've always looked for really great deals on mattresses and usually end up with crap ones.  I don't sleep well or at all sometimes and kick myself for not spending the money on a really good one.  Anyone can a mattress they can't live without?  This is my next big spend.

Phone cases-  After my last incident I decided spending 50 dollars on a phone case to protect it is worth it.  It hurt but it will save me more money in the long run.


What do you splurge on?  What are your favorite tennis shoes? shampoo and conditioner?

Yolo #3

 

I am so glad the summer is almost over!  Not because I'm ready for that white stuff but because I'm exhausted.  I have had a blast this summer and it's still not over.  I still have 2 more concerts in the next two weeks, a gambling trip, and my birthday.  So much fun but I'm ready to relax and lay on my couch.  For some reason with being busy I am managing to read a lot, not sure how that's happening but I love it!  I will do a post about what I've been reading.  Also I haven't had the motivation to blog but I have a ton of post ideas, hopefully I can get those going! 

 

First Up:

 

 

 

 

ZZ Ward

Oh Red Rocks you are so beautiful!

Amos Lee

 

This man can SING!  He's amazing!  Like a modern day Otis Redding which makes my heart happy!

 

My boyfriend got me 2 bouquets, balloons and a card for our 6 month anniversary.  Yes 6 months, we are cheesy...don't judge

 

My best friend Nicole decided she wanted a 13 going on 31 birthday party...mustache themed.  She loves mustaches so we made the party happen in my back yard!

 

Our friends Amber, Adam and their brand new baby complete with mustaches of course!

Nicole being silly!

 

 

We are creepy!

 

Her cool cake.  I free handed the mustache and her mom did it with the frosting because she has cake decorating skills and I do not

 

Jumping castle with my sister and niece in it!

 

Picture on the left is from her 26th birthday and the one on the right is from her 31st.  We don't look much older lol

 

The Rockies decided to retire Todd Helton's number.  I bought these tickets in January because I was so excited about it!

 

Nicole and I decided to pregame with some margaritas and chips and salsa.  I had to go light because I HAD to have a hot dog at the game, it's a must!

 

Nicole, Steve, Dorlene, Kevin and Terry.

We got goofy!

 

 

 

 

My baby started 6th grade:( Middle school next year, then after that he will probably get married and have kids.  That's how fast time is going...sad

 

We went to the lake again to jet ski.  This time Marcus' Dad, his wife, daughter and their friend came.  That picture is weird for a couple reasons.  I'm not supposed to be that good of friends with my son's step mom am I?  I just love her.  Second I just posted a picture of me in a bikini and don't regret it hmm...

 

 

I have been cooking my way through this cookbook and let me tell you EVERY recipe I have made so far is amazing, especially anything you bake.  I made chocolate swirled banana bread, lemon raspberry muffins and pumpkin waffles.  They are all delicious!! 

 

Life without cell phones

I went to the Santana/Rod Stewart concert last week and broke my phone.  (We will get to the weird of that concert in my next Yolo post)  I was a dancing fool and my *cough* *cough* 500 dollar phone was in my back pocket, slid out and the screen smashed on the concrete.  Ouch!  I had an LG and apparently when you break the screen of those they never work again.  I wish someone had told me that geez.  Anyway I could see that I had a million messages,emails and phone calls but couldn't get in my phone.  My alarm went off and I couldn't get it to stop so it went off every 5 minutes until I just threw it away.

I was without a phone for 16 hours and I thought I was going to die.  No actually I didn't.  I was relieved.  I didn't have to respond to anyone, I didn't check my facebook or instagram 5 million times or pinterest.  I didn't have to make sure I had my phone with me all day long you know...just in case. I didn't keep checking it just in case I didn't hear it. I didn't feel tied to a device.  Then I kept thinking when did I get so ridiculously addicted to this thing?

Then I started remembering back when there weren't cell phones.  What a simple life that was.

We had to get ahold of people with a home phone.  We didn't have Facebook to know what people are up to.  If you wanted to know what someone was doing you would go to their house or call them at home.  You didn't need Facebook to tell you anything.  If you didn't know, you just didn't know. 

I don't know about you but I LOVE text messaging.  Love it.  I absolutely hate talking on the phone so when they came out with texting I was in Heaven.  The problem is it's so lazy and impersonal.  What did we do before? Oh that's right wrote letters or notes.  That was so much more fun don't you think?

From now on I am making a better effort to stay off my phone and live in the moment.  It's so easy to spend hours on it not really paying attention to anything around but I want to live my life rather than watch everyone else's.

What's something you miss about pre-cell phone life??

YOLO #2

Yes all my post are going to be Yolo with a number for the rest of the summer haha

Can you believe summer is almost over already? Marcus starts school in 3 weeks.  Speaking of that we told him he was going to have to get a job to pay for his school supplies.  It's ridiculous the things they need.  Earphones?? I mean really.  Next they are going to need individual laptops in 6th grade.

Anyway I'm going to overload you with pictures of all the fun I've been having

 

I love lilies and this is the first time I was able to grow one! It just happens to be my favorite color too:)

 

I was in a crafting mood.

We went jet skiing for my first time! What a blast!

And I'm wearing a bikini for the first time in my life!

I had a Mexican BBQ for my family.  Lots of good food, ladderball, water balloon fight, karaoke and lots of tequila.  You want to come over I know.

My cute grandma

My honey bought me some beautiful sunflowers

My tomato plants, looks like a jungle. I have gotten 4 cherry tomatoes so far, yum

I went to Cheyenne Frontier Days with my mom, her boyfriend and my boyfriend.  We got to see Lady Antebellum and my all time favorite country singer Clay Walker.  My boyfriend laughs at me because I always tell him that Clay and I have been through a lot in my life.  Are there any other people out there like me that truly feel music and take it with me whatever happens in life? Probably just me lol

Anyway we drank and had a great time!  We even slept in tents.  The whole night I had to keep directing everyone so we would be on time for the concert and so they told me I was bossy.  Then when the lady at Starbucks asked what my name was they told her Miss Bossy haha

 Wednesday we went to Red Rocks to see Dierks Bentley and Chris Young.  It was a blast but seriously I'm too old for weekday concerts.

 

This weekend is all about rest and relaxation....I wish. Brunches, cleaning and working boo! I can sleep when I'm dead I guess!! (Yes I'm writing this Friday and posting Monday)

 

How was everyone's weekend? Anybody else going concert crazy?

 

 

City Vs. Country

It's funny how until you experience living in a different area than you grew up how you can't truly appreciate it.  I grew up in the city.  It was 10 minutes to anywhere I want to go.  My ex and I decided on a crazy whim that we wanted to raise our kids in the country.  It was about 45 minutes from where I grew up but might as well have been a whole different world.  I moved back to the city about a month and a half ago and I realized there are so many things I'm loving but there are so many things I miss.

City..............

*I love being close to everything.

*I only have to fill my gas tank every 2 weeks instead of twice a week or more.

*I love being close to my friends and family.  My grandma lives 6 blocks away!

*I can now go to parties and family get togethers without preparing hours ahead of time.

That's it lol

Country....

*Those sunsets.....I miss those like crazy

*The stars

*The wide open skies

*The sunflowers

*No stoplights

*The traffic

*The grocery store.  I have gone to 5 different grocery stores where I live now and I hate how they are laid out.

*The fresh air

Such a difference!  I'm a country girl for sure!

Sugar Detox

I'm sure you all have seen The Four Fit Sisters on Instagram.  Marta does a 14 day sugar detox.  I decided to try it.  With my fibromyalgia sugar causes me to have flare ups and I am a serious sugar addict. When I say addict I mean that I binge sugar.  I can't just have one piece of chocolate....I will have 10. I thought it would be nice to be detoxed and slowly add things in to see what hurt me and what was ok.  

The first 5 days was seriously rough.  I had the worst headache and was sick.  It's funny that sugar is just like a drug.  I was literaly having withdrawals from it.  After those 5 days though I have never felt better.

We couldn't have anything, no really.  Meat, veggies, berries only, almond butter, eggs, nuts, almond milk, coconut milk, coconut sugar, cocoa powder.  It was boring as hell but also felt good.  You have to get creative with it.  Marta gave us a lot of meal options.  I ate a ton of avocado and I don't even like avocado but I grew to like it because what else was I going to eat?

I learned so much about food and how terrible almost everything is for you, even beans.  I also learned that sugar is in EVERYTHING.  EVERYTHING even meat, added in.  I also learned how bad wheat is for you and turkey bacon...WHAT?! I thought that shit was supposed to be good for you.  Nope.  Did you know all fruits except berries actually make you crave sugar? Now you do.  My mind has been blown.

I lost 7 pounds on the detox.  I didn't work out one time either.  I reached a weight that I haven't been since middle school.  It was crazy.

Then it was over and I thought oh a little sugar here and there wasn't going to hurt.  Wrong!  I binged for 3 days.  I'm mad at myself and decided I may need a permanent sugar detox.  How sad but unless I constantly want to be in pain it's a must!

Anyone else have a sugar addiction?

Yolo

There isn't enough time in the day for all the things I wish I could do.  I am an overachiever, I will work all day cleaning 6 houses then come home make dinner, clean, go shopping, etc... Not bragging just saying I NEVER stop.  My boyfriend tells me all the time to just stop and sit down.

I look at my parents and they are the exact same way.  They never sit.  I probably won't start any time soon either.  Anyway that brings to me to why I haven't blogged.  I decided this summer I was going to do a lot of things...fun things.  You only live once right? I hate Yolo but it was appropriate for this post!

Here's a little of what I've been doing...

 

My new boyfriend.  He's Nicole's nephew and the cutest kid and he loves to kiss me:)

 

It was Nicole's niece's birthday party and my darling niece dove into the pool with her clothes on

Nicole and I went with my mom and her boyfriend to see Jake Owen.  I have been to ALOT of concerts and he was in my top 5.  He put on such a good show that we never wanted it to end and he also went for 3 hours!

We live by a lake now....so convenient to wear these kids out

I got to see my cousin that I haven't seen in 6 years and her kids!!

and of course the Fourth of July! Look at that face!

Love him!

I decided to decorate my house.

I'm REALLY impatient.  I can't decorate my house a little at a time I want it done all at once.  Don't mind all the crap on the entertainment center this was just a start.

 My sister and I got crafty for Father's Day. Yes the words are crooked...almost gave me a heart attack but my sister said it gives it character and my dad loved it so it's a win.

I love to make gifts instead of buy them. This was for Marcus' Dad's wedding.

My little ring bearer.  And yes I was invited!  We have a cool relationship!

I went to my friend's housewarming party.  I hadn't seen her in 3 years.  She lost a baby when Marcus was a year old and I was there the whole time with her and then 3 years ago she was there with me so after 3 years there were lots of tears and then lots of fun.

My friend Dez's 30th surprise birthday party.  Just so you know the last three were in one day...

Brunch and mimosas with Jaclyn!

 

 

The next two weeks will be fun too.  Jet skiing, family BBQ, Cheyenne Frontier Days to see Lady Antebellum and Clay Walker, then Dierks Bentley.  Lots of pictures to come!

 

How is everyone? Having a fun summer?