Happy Halloween!

Wishing everyone a Happy Halloween! Have fun & Be safe doing whatever it is your doing tonight!

I Love Fall

I know this is a YouTube tag, but I am stealing it anyways and making it into blog-form! So there is ten questions all about fall (My favorite season, so I had to do it.)

1. Favorite Fall Lip Product?
My favorite fall lip product has to be EOS Honeysuckle Honey Dew. Not just for fall though, I have been using this lip product ever since I bought it a couple of months ago.

2. Favorite Fall Nail Polish?
My favorite fall nail polish for fall is Sally Hansen Pat On The Black. It is a deep dark black with a touch of red in it. I have been wearing this for the whole month of October and definitely intend on using it throughout the winter.

3. Favorite Starbucks Fall Drink?
My favorite Starbucks fall drink is without a doubt the Salted Caramel Mocha. I had it for the first time a couple of weeks ago and I am in love! If you haven't tried one yet I recommend you go and try it!

4. Favorite Fall Candle?
It is still that darn Frosted Cupcake .. I can't get enough of it, ugh! I just bought about five different mini candles from Bath & Body Works to try out and see which one I liked so I could buy it in the large three wick candle. They are all great but I still love the Frosted Cupcake!

5. Favorite Fall Scarf Or Accessory?
My Owl necklace that I picked up from Forever 21.

6. Haunted House, Haunted Hay Ride, Or Haunted Corn Maze?

Haunted House!!

7. Favorite Halloween Movie?

This might be cheesy, but It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is my favorite Halloween movie! I love all Charlie Brown movies, especially the Christmas ones!

8. Favorite Candy To Eat On Halloween?

Reese Peanut butter cups!

9. What Are You Dressing Up As For Halloween?
Obviously I still don't trick or treat anymore lol.. This year I am having a Halloween party and it is this Friday. Most people already had their Halloween parties this past weekend, which is exactly why I made mine this weekend, so everyone can come and not have to choose what party to attend! So back to the question.. I ordered my costume online and I am being a boxer! (No not the dog.. A fighter!) Come back for some pictures this weekend of my party!

10. What Is Your Favorite Thing About Fall?

The trees losing their leaves, all the pretty colors, and the crisp cool air!

Lush Haul

I go to Lush way too often to make a haul every time. BUT this time was too good because I picked up some holiday goodies and really wanted to share. I purchased six things this time. The first thing I got was the soaps, one of them is new for the holidays and it is called North Pole. It is a deliciously smelling soap. To me it smells just like peppermint. The soap comes in white or pink, of course I had to get pink, right? The second soap I picked up is a pretty popular one Honey I washed the kids. I heard that this is the solid soap form of Its raining men which I picked up the last time I was in Lush to try and I am in love with it, so I decided to pick up the actual bar of soap. If it's anything like the shower gel its raining men, then I'm excited!! It smells just like a jar of honey. The shower gel that I picked up this time is Snow Fairy, I heard a lot about this shower gel on YouTube and figured I had to try it because of the way people raved about it. I can't really define the smell of it, but I have used it once so far and I am really liking it! The next thing I bought I got as a sample last time I was in Lush. I had to go back and buy the large size because it works wonders. I did a blog post about it and how amazing it is here. It is the Lemony Flutter nail/cuticle cream. I picked up two bath bombs (Surprising how I managed to walk out with ONLY two I don't know..) The first one is out for Halloween, and since I am in such the Halloween spirit this year I decided to get one. It is The Enchanter. I have not yet tried this, but I am really looking forward to it! The second bath bomb I got is the Butterball which is an item I've re-purchased many times. I love it! Its so creamy and relaxing and it makes my skin super soft! If you haven't tried Lush products I highly recommend you get to a Lush store near you!

Homemade Pasta

Today I made a batch of homemade pasta. With this recipe and a pasta machine you can make pretty much any pasta dish. Today I decided to make linguine. 

1) First step is to make your pasta. A piece this size serves four people. 

4 Cups of Flour

8 Eggs

1/4 Cup of Water

2) Mix flour and eggs together (For best results use an electric mixer)

add 1 egg at a time

3) Mix for 5 minutes or until all combined. If it is too sticky add extra flour. If it is too dry add the water

4) Remove from mixer and knead until you have a ball similar to the one below. DO NOT over knead.

5) Lightly coat dough in flour

6) Place ball of dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours.

Remove the ball of dough and cut into chunks. I cut this ball into about 6 chunks. Then start to put it through the pasta machine.

My pasta machine is called the "Pasta Queen." You can pick up one of these at any local cooking store. They even have an attachment for the Kitchen Aid mixer which is on my wish list! 

Start by putting the chunks in the smooth side starting at number 1 which is the largest opening, working your way down to number 6. I don't use number 7 because I find it makes the pasta too thin and It is much harder to work with.

Then put the pasta that you flattened in the rigid side so it comes out like this.

I hope I explained this well enough for everybody. I really enjoy making this fresh pasta because there is no sugar and I know every single ingredient in it. Plus it just tastes so much better! I hope everyone makes this, enjoy!

Crazy Cat Lady

I am THE crazy cat lady. Without a doubt. I love my cats. I have three cats at my moms house and four cats at my dads house. They all mean the world too me. I share my love with each and every one of them. The best thing is that six out of the seven cats are all strays. So each and every one of my cats have a story. Two of them are brother and sister. We found a litter of six cats underneath a lawn mower when I was twelve years old. Just like me my parents love animals and we decided we had to save them. So we brought all six home and took care of them until they were old enough to separate and get homes of their own. We gave away four and decided to keep two. My dad also has another cat that we saved a couple of years ago from a pack of dogs in my aunts back yard. That was scary! I felt so bad for her she was so terrified, but we finally got her to come to us. The last cat at my dads house we picked out at a pet shop. I swore that I would never do this because I highly recommend going to a shelter to adopt pets or take in a stray. But when we went in that pet shot and those big brown eyes were staring at as looking so sad we really had no choice but to take him home .. (Told you crazy cat lady.) At my moms house we have one from an ex co-worker of mine. Her cat had kittens, and I had to! I also have a girl that my friend gave me for my sixteenth birthday, and a baby boy who only just turned one year a couple of months ago! I love them with all my heart!

Book Haul

Today I was shopping online at Chapters and I purchased five new books. The reason I shop online for my books is because they have tons on clearance and tons of "bargain books" which they don't have many of in store. Don't get me wrong I love going in Chapters and browsing through all their stuff. I also get an extra 5% off when I shop online, and free shipping if you spend over $25 (Which is not hard to do at all.) Here are the books that I purchased today:

The other Girl - Sarah Miller

Gimme A Call - Sarah Mlynowski

Moonglass - Jessi Kirby

Evercrossed - Elizabeth Chandler

And here is a silly one .. but I had to have it.

Good Cats Bad Habits

 

.. And that is it for my book haul. Those are the five books I purchased. I will do a book review on every book as soon as I am done reading each one. I am so excited to receive these in the mail! Happy reading everybody!

Lemony Flutter Lush Product

Hello! So yesterday I went shopping for some fall things. I picked up some great stuff from Lush Cosmetics. Lush is my favorite body care store. I love how all their stuff is NOT tested on animal, which is a very big deal for me. Also, all of their products are made from all natural ingredients.

I have already purchased too much when the sales associate showed me their product "Lemony Flutter" so I did not purchase it. Instead she gave me a very generous sample. I took it home and have already used it 3 times today. I am absolutely obsessed with it! What it is, is a thick cream to help heal your dry cracked skin and nourish your nails. It smells so fresh and clean, exactly like lemon zest. I will definitely be going back to Lush to pick up the full size of this product.

This is the description on the Lush website of the Lemony Flutter. (They probably explain it better then me.)

"We made Lemony Flutter to soften your dry, cracked cuticles and nourish your nails; it’s our thickest, zestiest cream yet. In fact, it’s so good as softening you up our customers have been using it on other rough body parts, like feet, elbows, and knees too. Fresh lemons are put into an infusion and lovingly blended in our rich butter base to brighten skin and lighten nails. Each batch contains twenty-two pounds of beeswax and cold-pressed avocado oil to moisturize and soften your skin. There are so many nutritious butters and oils in each pot, it’s no wonder that such a little amount can go such a long way."