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1.   My current obsession is    new chocolate mint hand sanitizer from Bath & Body works SO good!!  

2.   Mac & my puppy     make me happy.

3.  My greatest strength is  my ability to multitask at work and not freak out   .

4.   Junk food   is my greatest weakness (seriously, it's ALL i want and the scale is proving to me that I should LAY OFF it for a while).

5.  My life is   starting to turn around. 

6.  In high school I was    shy, quiet and was somewhere between unpopular & popular 

7.  When I'm super tired   I'm cranky & like to yell. 

I learned that if I do not link up to one of the million link ups, my blog is sad & no one comes to visit, so I guess I'll keep doing them for a while..


Happy Weekend!

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Shopping Day!

So I've been doing the Fabulous Fall Blog Challenge for almost 2 weeks now & have yet to miss a day, but today is about Football & I have absolutely nothing to write about so I'll just ramble on & make some form of an entry.

I'm off today from work, it's 7am & I'm wide awake. It sucks. I am not happy about it at all. But I am going to the mall in a bit to see if I can find some jeans for the Fall. I currently have about 4 pairs that I like wearing and would like to bump it up a few more. Other than jeans I'm hoping to walk away with:

The most girly shoe ever (via mandee.com- their site/store is 50% off everything(!!) today)

A scarf, not necessarily this one, but a scarf (via mandee.com)

This adorable sweater from Forever21 (via forever21.com only $18!)

Bath & Body works candles. Their minis are 3/$5

I'll be back with a post on all I got today. I'm sure you're all excited!

What's your favorite clothing store? 

What's your favorite bath & body works scent (candle or lotion)?

What I'm loving Wednesdays

Here's what I'm Loving this week:

That another Blogger & I have been e-mailing/texting back & forth all week. I love having new texting buddies,especially ones that live in NJ.  If you don't read Nikki you should

That we're apartment hunting. So excited to eventually move!

The cool weather,even though it's not here for good just yet.

This sweater I got from Kohls (I swear I ordered brown, but it came in black)

And as always these guys :)

What are you loving?

Oh so Pinteresting Wednesdays!

Today I'm linking up for Oh, how Pinteresting Wednesdays 

Pinterest Desert Finds:

And this one because I find it funny :)

Fabulous Fall Blog Challenge Day 8

Fabulous Fall Blog Challenge hosted by Neely over at A Complete Waste of Makeup and Amber.

  Today's topic is: Fall travel/road trips


The first thing that comes to my mind with this topic is that I love about living in Northern NJ. We don't have far to travel to see gorgeous leaves. These things are pretty much in our backyard:

Greenwood Lake NY

Ringwood Manor, Ringwood, NJ

Skylands Manor, Ringwood, NJ (where our engagement pics were taken!)

High Point State Park, Montague, NJ

Central Park, NYC

Where do you go in the Fall? Any beauty around where you live?

Target Tuesdays

I'm linking up for Target Tuesday! This is also my 75th post here in blogger. I have to say, this place makes me feel a little more like home everyday, I'm even thinking about leaving my old writing place (opendiary.com)

welcome to target tuesday! 
here, i list all the fabulous things i want from target!

today, you have another opportunity to link-up!

your post can include anything found at target..
from clothes
to shoes
to makeup
to home decor..
ANYTHING!

Today I chose pet items.  As some of you may know, we got a sweet pitbull puppy a few months back and we like to spoil him a bit. So if funds were unlimited I'd get him:

He could be a 40 pound Squirrel for Halloween

No walking for our little guy, he'd trick or treat in style

He would come home after Trick or Treating & come pass out in his mansion

If he got tired of being in his mansion, he could just go lay on his sofa

We love our pup to DEATH, but I don't know if I could ever justify spending so much money on him on such ridiculous things..even if we had the money. If you treat your dog to a $400 home, I am not judging.

What would buy from Target? Link up & share

Fabulous Fall Blog Challenge Day 7

Fabulous Fall Blog Challenge hosted by Neely over at A Complete Waste of Makeup and Amber.


 
Today's topic is: Fall Recipe's


Cooking is something I love to do & wish I had more time to do it. When you work the late shift like I do, the last thing you want to do is cook at 9 o'clock at night. I try and make several things on my days off and freeze them. So here are some of my favorite Fall recipe

Buffalo Chicken Soup

ingredients:

1/2 yellow onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1/4 cup flour
2 cups milk
1 cup chicken broth, plus extra if needed
4 oz sharp cheddar cheese
2 cups cooked and cubed chicken
1/8 cup Frank's RedHot sauce
1/2 tsp celery salt
1/2 tsp garlic salt

This one is a favorite in our house!

directions:

Saute onions and celery in butter until tender. Stir in flour until smooth. Slowly add milk and broth. Heat and stir on medium until soup starts to thicken. Add remaining ingredients and simmer, stirring occasionally, until cheese has melted.

I also added rice to mine to make it a little more stew-y and less soupy. 

What's your favorite Fall recipe?

Blog Challenge Day 6

Fabulous Fall Blog Challenge hosted by Neely over at A Complete Waste of Makeup and Amber.



  Today's topic is...FALL TV
I have WAY too many choices for Fall TV.  Some old favorites are:

Not a fan that Christopher Meloney isn't in it this Season, but I'm going to give it a try.

Again, not a fan that they took Jillian off and put Anna Kournikova on it, but there's a pretty hot new trainer, so I may watch lol

Some new shows I've grown to like or at least want to see this season:

Whitney, Happy Endings...

What do you watch?

Fabulous Fall Blog Challenge Day 5

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 Things you are looking forward to for fall

Comfy clothes that hide my weight (lol)

Wearing cute boots (I seriously NEED these boots)

Burning Candles

Hot drinks from Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, 7-11, I'm not picky

Apple picking

Snuggling under the blankets with the windows open. I love feeling the cool air when I can keep warm

What do you look forward to in the Fall? Can't wait to hear!

pictures from pinterest.com, dunkindonuts.com & google.com

Fabulous Fall Blog Challenge Day 4

Link up here for the Blog Challenge

Fall decorating

I love Fall decorations, but I really don't decorate.  We work a lot, we're hardly ever home and frankly, we have no extra money for decorations. I'm hoping that'll change and I can slowly start buying my Fall stash. I definitely want to be one of those moms who's always decorating the house to match the season or upcoming Holiday. So instead of showing you my boring couple of fall candles or my sad & lonely pumpkin, I'll show you what I would do if I had the money. All decorations are from pinterest.com (where else would they be from? lol)

Can't wait to see how everyone decorates for the fall!

What I'm loving Wednesdays & that's so Pinteresting We

  Today I'm linking up for What I'm Loving Wednesday & Oh, How Pinteresting Wednesdays

This week I'm loving:

- That we should finally start having 2 paychecks in this household again. It's been a while since that has happened.

- That Mac works so hard even if he is working for my company's competitor ;)

-More money in this weeks paycheck thanks to Labor Day Pay

-That I did my first swap this week. I'm so excited for them to get my package. I cannot wait to see what's in mine. I love mail as long as its not a bill!

-Our puppy. Who's currently sleeping on our bed with his head on the pillow under the blanket...

And I'm loving these pinterest finds:

So join in with Jamie to tell what you're loving today & Michelle to show your finds on Pinterest