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November 5, 2014

Birchbox Book Club

Since bascially forever ago, Birchbox has been my go to subscription service.

But a little more recently, Birchbox has also been my source for good reads.

Yes, you read that right.

This past summer Birchbox started the Birchbox Book Club and it’s been providing me with my what to read next ever since!

The October book was Gone Girl, and thanks to the monthly giveaway that Birchbox hosts on Twitter, I was able to score The Complete Gillian Flynn collection!

I haven’t started reading Gone Girl just yet, but now that I have new reading glasses, I will be very soon! I purposely did not watch the movie adaptation, because I didn’t want to spoil the book.

The fact that there’s two additional books to cozy up with, makes me wonder if it means that there will be two more movies…

Have you seen Gone Girl or read the book? Both? Tell me what you thought.
(Please no spoiler alerts!)

+ This month’s book? Yes, Please!

November 3, 2014

New Glasses

Happy NEWvember!

So, I got new glasses and I couldn’t be more excited or more in love with them.

After seeing and learning about Warby Parker on Instagram (because that’s now where I learn about pretty much everything), I wanted to give the home trial a try and figure out which pair would be perfect for me. I found two pairs that I knew I’d like and a few others that I thought could work. When one of the two pairs I knew I wanted wasn’t available to try, I took the plunge and went ahead just buying those two pairs of glasses and I am SO glad that I did!

Even if they are just for reading…

I had been on the hunt for clear glasses since before clear glasses were cool. The Coley in crystal are not only perfect but they sort of taper in and fit my face in a way that I finder kind of flattering and didn’t think was possible.

The Kimball, are just plain fun, and I think I’m fun, so of course I HAD to have them.

I figured you could all use a break from my face so no selfies this post, but if you want to see either of these on me, check out my Instagram!

October 20, 2014

Natural’s Not For Everyone

I’m back on the creamy crack.

That’s right. After almost three years of being natural and shaving my head, I couldn’t do it anymore.

Living in Vermont with ethnic hair isn’t easy. No matter how you choose to wear your hair, you have to resort to DIY.

One of the perks of being a naturalista is the versatility. I finally was able to flat iron my hair again, and it took FOREVER. Literally over eight hours. Um, nope…Not for me.

I can’t even. And I’m OK with that. Natural hair isn’t for everyone.

Are you team natural or team relaxed? Tell me why, I’m curious!

October 17, 2014

I Have Secrets…

I have secrets.

We all do.

With social media you choose what you put out there. I try to be as real as possible, but at the same time I know that I want my internet presence to look good.

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While I don’t post everything that is going on with me (I’m not about that over share life…you are welcome), when I do post about things I am going through, it’s because I want to be honest.
It’s the Sag in me.

Caught doing it for the Insta by Victoria Gloria.

So what…

October 5, 2014

Random, but Bioré Pore Strips

After wanting to give pore cleansing strips a try for some time now, I finally caved.

While the manfriend was getting movies from Redbox, I went into Walgreens and picked up a trial pack of Bioré Pore Strips from the travel section.

I had a little bit of time to kill before my trip to the Wrentham Outlets, so I tested them out…

Used a pore cleaning strip for the first time. It worked + now I’m pretty sure I’m missing a few layers of skin… #bbloggers

— Bethany Everett (@20somethingplus) October 4, 2014

While they looked silly, and hurt like a &$^#&…they were really effective. So, while at the time I may have been cursing and wondering who in their right mind would use these more than once willingly, I now realize that I will.

October 5, 2014

My New Suede Shoes

I like to shop.

Scratch that.

I like to go shopping.

I don’t go very often, so when I do go, I tend go a little crazy…

My most recent shopping excursion was to the Wrentham Outlets with the manfriend’s sister. She is a horrible influence on me…

…but in her defense, I got some great new additions to my wardrobe + just in time for fall.

Banana Republic

American Eagle

GAP

The last thing I needed was another pair of shoes (said no girl ever), but I simply couldn’t pass on these purple suede shoes!

October 3, 2014

Road Trip with the Manfriend

One of my favorite things to do is travel. Via car. With the manfriend.

And because the manfriend and I live in rural Vermont, we spend a lot of time doing just that.

I love our little road trips. Just as much, if not more so, than date night. Why? I learn so much about him and he’s forced to have to listen to an unfiltered me for 2+ hours.

These are the 5 most recent things I’ve learned while on a road trip with the manfriend:

+ He has a great sense of direction. Or at least a WAY better one than mine.

+ He has a pretty decent singing voice.

+ He is kind of obsessed with Mumford & Sons. And Dubstep…

+ He’s never seen Matilda. I mean, what kind of deprived childhood..? (If you don’t already follow Mara Wilson on Twitter, stop and go follow her. Not now, but right now.)

+ He needs new glasses. OK, this one is more of a mental reminder for myself.

October 2, 2014

Just Shake It Off

I’m not quite sure why, but lately I’ve been in a little bit of a frump. Not necessarily in a bad mood or anything like that, but just feeling kind of lazy + unmotivated.

After spending an amazing weekend in Brooklyn with The Blogcademy…

The Blogcademy Headmistresses | Kat, Shauna + Gala.

…I’ve decided that I really need to just stop it.

And as Taylor Swift would say, I have to ” just shake it off.”

October 1, 2014

Challenge Yourself

Happy October, y’all!

I don’t know about you, but I get really excited about stuff and then for whatever reason, that excitement fades. Quickly.

After an inspirational + extremely motivational weekend in Brooklyn, I am making an exerted effort to keep the excitement alive.

How? By challenging myself throughout the month of October.

I remember hearing that it takes 21 days to form a habit. I didn’t think much of it, aside from the fact that 21 is my favorite number thanks to 7th grade Spanish class, but it stuck with me. A month is more than that, so I’m hopeful.

Here are 4 ways I plan to challenge myself in October:

1. Gala Darling’s #lovetober. It’s the perfect photo challenge, period.

2. I will be following the One Room Challenge + challenging myself to spruce up a room of my own.

3. The Coast to Coast Challenge is a style challenge I participate in from time to time, but I want to commit to it this month and do each challenge.

4. Blog Everyday. If you blog you know that content is king. Even if you don’t blog you know that practice makes perfect. One really good blog challenge is #blogtober14. I personally won’t be doing this specific challenge, but if you need blog post ideas, it’s worth checking out.

Are you doing any October challenges? Or are you challenging yourself in another way? Follow me on Instagram to see how I doing, then let me know if you’re going to join so I can follow you as well!

September 15, 2014

Vitality VoxBox

I got my second VoxBox!

I have admit that I was not as excited about the contents of the Vitality VoxBox as I was for my first VoxBox. BUT, the Softlips Cube alone makes up for that. Plus, I was starting to run low on Playtex, so honestly I can’t complain.