Have I Accomplished My 2014 Resolutions?

1. Paying off more of my debt. (In a couple of months I will have 1 credit card left to pay off)
2. Lose more weight. (I've been doing pretty good and starting to eat healthier.)
3. Obtain clear skin. (Working towards that with my Clarisonic I got for Christmas.)
4. Pick up photography again. (I miss the days when I was at peace because I was taking pictures.)
5. Try and reach 20,000 tweets on Twitter. (Stupid I know, but this is my goal.)
6. Try at least 3 new recipes a month. (Got to widen my food pallet.)


Above are my resolutions from 2014. I will say I did 70% of my resolutions.

1. I paid off said credit card and am left with 1. Which by the way is almost under $1000. Slowly it will go away too. [CHECK]

2. Losing weight has been a struggle for me. When you live in a house with people who would rather eat fast food then cook something. And since I don't have job that I can go out and buy stuff to make and the house is never full of common necessities it hard to lose weight the right way. I guess I could of just not ate at all but that's not healthy.

3. My skin is way better than what it has been in years past. It isn't clear with no problems and I do get the monthly breakouts due to hormones but its better than before and thats all that matters. [CHECK]

4. I guess you can say I picked up some photography this year. I went on vacation and took tons of photos. Some I am really proud of and I took them all on my phone. If I had an amazing camera like the Nikon that was on sale during Black Friday I would of taken some amazing shot. [Semi CHECK]

5. Totally blew 20,000 tweets out of the water. I am actually trying to reach 25,000 by the end of the year but I may not make it. Still made my goal. Haha. It was so petty to make this goal but I made it. I also started to very successful Chicago Fire and Chicago PD fan pages on twitter as well. Live tweeting every week with the shows is a lot of fun and I have met some cool people through it. [CHECK]

6. The beginning of the year started out wonderfully with trying new recipes... but as the months went on the recipes did not. Still trying new recipes here and there just not posting about them like I used too. Shame on me.


So I guess this year wasn't as bad as I thought in the post I made about 10 minutes ago about it. I guess I better start putting together a list of new resolutions for 2015.

Where Did 2014 Go?

I swear I feel like 2014 just started. I was looking back on my 2014 album on Facebook last night to do some organizing and was thinking to myself "Man how things have changed in a year". It's crazy to see that just 11 measly months can make the biggest difference in life. I haven't even looked back at my resolutions from January to see if I accomplished any of them... if I know myself.... probably not. Hahah. I am horrible about sticking to resolutions. I think once I finish school and get myself on a schedule I may be able to keep some things together. I guess I will have to go and check those out. I know I did blog more this year... well at least I think I did.. again probably not. I was so focused on school this year that really nothing else mattered. I only have 2 classes I have to take and then I can transfer. Do you know how exciting this is for me? I have been at this for over 10 years and am finally going to be leaving the Junior College system and moving up to bigger and better things. Yes 10 years is a long time but when you did things like I did where you took stupid classes that really didn't mean anything and took a few semesters off here and there the time adds up quickly. I will eventually be done and then its off to work in the real world. My only fear is that once I finish school and get my degree I won't want to teach History anymore. Then what will I do? I will have nothing to fall back on. Maybe at that point I'll go to make up school or something. Ha. Yeah who am I kidding.

Lush "Can't Remember The Name" Bubble Bar

I looked up on the website for the name of this and it is no longer on there so I wonder if it's been discontinued. Anyways... I've used the bubble bar before and I love it. I love bubbles and I love the smell and it's one of the few ways I can take a bubble bath without my skin goin ape shit crazy because it's irritated. If I can find it again I will buy it again. 

Grade: A

Lush "Space Girl" Bath Bomb

I used this bath bomb a few nights ago. I haven't gotten a chance to post it. Way too crazy and too much going on. I really really really liked this one besides the glitter but it wasn't that bad. I could handle it, and the smell was amazing and it made the water a pretty shade of purple. I would buy it again in a heart beat. 

Grade: B

Review: Lush "Star Light Star Bright" Bath Melt

Gah!! Worst idea ever! Ok with that being said.... Moving on....

 

This bath melt was amazing in smell and the feeling it left in the water was great. The glitter on the other hand.... WAY TOO MUCH!!!! It's the reason why I only got to enjoy the bath for less than 10 minutes. I couldn't take the glitter anymore. I stood in the shower for 10 minutes and scrubed my little heart out and I am still covered in glitter. It won't go away. And yes it's in places glitter should never be. (I know TMI)! Other than the glitter it's an amazing piece of bath melt. 

Grade: C.... Can't get passed the glitter

Won't buy this particular one again. 

Review: Lush "Ickle Baby Bot" Bath Bomb

I totally forgot to take a picture before I stuck it in my bath last night so this one will have to do. I think this one is probably my least favorite so far. I was not impressed. It really didn't do a whole lot for the bath. It did smell good though when you first stuck it in the bath, after a while the smell just disappeared. I really don't have much to say about this Bomb.

Grade: D 

Will no be repurchasing 

Review: Lush "Avobath" Bath Bomb

So tonight after a long day at school I decided to treat myself to yet another bath bomb from Lush Cosmetics. I think this has taken over as my favorite bath bomb. It smells like a box of Fruit Loops(and yes I mean the cereal). It turned the bath water and very lovely shade of green and even had some shimmer in it. It wasn't like nasty huge chicks of glitter that stuck everywhere it was just a sheen of shimmer. Very classy. I did however after clean myself off with the shower because I didn't want to go to bed covered in glitter. 

Grade: definitely an A.

Will be buying this one again for sure. 

Review: Lush "Sex Bomb" Bath Bomb

I've decided that I'm going to review Lush bath bombs, melts, and bubble bars so I know which ones to purchase again. I have a crap ton of them. I'm excited to try them all.

Tonight I tried the "Sex Bomb" bath bomb. It's one I've never tried before. It smelled amazing so I thought why the hell not. I dropped it in the bath and it instantly turned a very pretty shade of purplish pink. I thought because of the size of the bomb it would take forever to dissolve, I was wrong. It was gone before I ever turned the bath water off. The smell was intoxicating but it loved it. The only downfall I had with it and could be a deal breaker on whether I buy it again or not was the flower petals in the bomb itself. I thought he would dissolve just like the rest of it... NOPE! Wrong again. They turned into this gel like consistency and never dissolved. I ended up plucking them out of my bath and throwing them away. To be honest they kind of freaked me out. I hated how they felt when brushed up against my legs or back. Ick. I would give the "Sex Bomb" a solid 'C' grade and it goes on a maybe repurchasing it again list.