Winner!

And the winner of the $25 Commissary Gift Card is...

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Congratulations Jen! I will get that in the mail to you ASAP!

Relax With Simple Skin Care

 

If you haven't noticed my poor blog has needed a break lately. It's been a hectic year so far. Ever since we returned from our trip things have been going going going. But it's important to take time for yourself too. When I received a box of goodies from Simple Skin Care to do so I was pretty excited. 

 

I finally have an amazing soft robe like my husband does that I can curl up with in front of the fire. The book of inspirational quotes and the candle gave me a perfect bubble bath one evening and the commissary gift card helped so much when our budget was very tight. 

 

I also love the products! 

 

I have very sensitive skin and the cleansing wipes didn't irritate my skin or make me break out. Neither did the moisturizer. Both were soothing and not heavily scented and felt refreshing. 

Being a military spouse sometimes means you run in circles until you don't know which way is up.

 

With my husband coming home, our reintegration, our trip, the loss of a family member, getting cast in a show with our community theatre, work and just day to day life I feel a little dizzy lately. So the other night when I took my bubble bath and snuggled in my robe it was a small reset button for me. It's important to take time for yourself, even if it's just twenty minutes in the tub. 

 

Don't get overly dizzy my friends!

 

And here is a little something that may help. A $25 commissary gift card provided by simple skin care. Since you can buy Simple Skin Care at the Commissary ;) Rafflecopter will walk you through it all below. You have until March 1 to enter. 

 

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/30c1268/

 

 

Note: I was given some Simple Skin Care products to review (as well as a robe, candle, quote book and slippers to fully "relax" as well as a commissary gift card) but all opinions expressed here are my own and are not influenced in any way by the receiving of products.

 

Ringing in the New Year

Our New Year's weekend was rather low key. After traveling for Thanksgiving and Christmas we decided to stay in town and just spend the weekend with friends. Saturday night Ben and Chelsea came over and we walked over to the bar and just had a good night letting loose. We played pool and talked and just had a good time. Sunday we recovered and Monday was New Years Eve.

Nicole invited us to her house for dinner and games and we had a blast. I tried some no heat curls to fancy myself up a little and I think they turned out pretty well! Ryan was funny since he never heard of any of the games (um, I hadn't really either!) and he kept saying he was being played. Actually by the end of the night we were three dollars up some how! Not bad considering how many games we both played and lost before we won.

We played dice games (left, right, center), golf, 99, and screw your neighbor. Nicole and Laura sang karaoke but I know better than to sing in public so I stayed at the game table!

 I was the DD for the night but I did have some champagne at midnight! Delicious!

Our New Years kiss! After watching the ball drop Ryan danced me around the living room to Frank Sinatra. Perfect.

My hand from the one game I won!

 New Years Day we went to Buffalo Wild Wings and watched the Gamecocks play in the Outback Bowl.... and they won! We sat there for about four hours watching the game and dragging out our dinner, but it was so worth it.

THE hit heard around the world! We literally jumped out of our chairs when it happened!

 Yesterday was a trip to the commissary which was absolutely heinous. I normally shop during the day and on my own and never on pay day. Between everyone checking in and then the registers all crashing the line literally went around the entire store back towards the entrance near the produce section. I took my time shopping and after Ryan checked in he came and stood in line for me while I finished up. Luckily I always do self check out so the line was a little less bad, but still pretty awful.

Now there may be a mini employment thing in the works, I will blog about it more later when I have more information.... but there is a trial run tonight! Still waiting to hear from the library.

Tomorrow I am getting my wisdom teeth out (and completely freaking out) but I assume I will be lounging in bed this weekend and not on the blog world. I hope you all had a wonderful New Years and are kicking off 2013 in the best way possible. See you all soon!