Jan-U-Weary Faves. Get it?...weary.

Man I'm a hoot.

Hello Everybody!

(To be honest I still think that sounds kind of fake, but the next thing that comes to my mind is "Hey y'all" but 1) I'm not from the South and 2) Everybody else says that)

c'est la vie.

I hope that you have all enjoyed your January.
 It definitely felt like it went by super fast. For me, at least. 

I spent mine planning on doing much more than I actually had done, spending time with family, and the spring semester had also began. 

Lately I've been feeling super unmotivated, like I have all of these ideas, plans, and wants and I never do anything about them. Pretty sure it's January's fault though.
You know, winter. 

I also blame it on the fact that I'm also not drinking soda anymore so I don't have the added sugar and caffeine running through my bloodstream constantly. Which, is a very good thing, but I think I became dependent on it. Ugh.

Okay enough lame talk.
Here is what I've been loving throughout January and into February.

These lovely folks are Chip and Joanna Gaines of the HGTV show Fixer Upper.
And let me tell you what, I'm definitely not a newbie to this show but since theres not a whole lot to do during January I decided to DVR pretty much every episode. I absolutely love this show. I love the Gaines' personalities (Chip is a hoot), they're freaking adorable; and their kids? Don't even get me started.
I get HGTV magazine every month, and I'm obsessed with home improvement and I always thought I wanted to go into interior decorating as a career; it can still happen.
If I had an (almost) unlimited budget to do whatever I wanted to our house, Joanna Gaines would be getting a call.

This beautiful little thing is my planner. All I saw towards the end of 2015 was bloggers and their planners and I thought to myself, "I need one of those things ASAP". Although I don't get as in-depth with mine (washi tape, stickers, banners, multi colored pens, etc.) I honestly just use an inkjoy pen and a binder clip. I got this bad boy from Anthropologie. I try to use my planner everyday especially for school, I know I'll use it more when semester picks up.

I've heard lots of beauty you tubers rave about beauty blending sponges and I jumped on in and bought the one from Target's up&up brand and no matter how much I wetted it, it was so dense and it was like I was softly punching my face. I picked up this little miracle worker one day and now I use it instead of my realTechniques brushes. It literally blends my foundation and concealer so friggen well, it's like i've been airbrushed. Not even kidding.

I stopped by the Clinique counter at work about a month ago and my girl Dantzi hooked me up with their 3-step system which consists of a liquid facial soap, a clarifying lotion or toner, and the moisturizing lotion (I got the gel). My first impressions were that the clarifying lotion smells like cheap vodka. Once I got past that I fell in love with this. Being completely honest I'd say that my skin is definitely healthier and looks more even. 

Last but not least, I decided to cut soda from my diet just as a health option and I've really been making a conscious effort to do so. So, sparkling water has become my best friend. It has zero calories (which I have also been keeping track of) and basically zero everything else, which is kind of hard to believe since it still tastes great. The Sparkling ICE brand is great, so far haven't found one that I don't like (then again I've only had like 5 kinds ha!)

These are a few of the things that I've been loving throughout January. 

Now that we're into February I've been really making a conscious effort to come up with blogging ideas to keep up a consistent pace and to hopefully put out a new post every week maybe even twice a week if we're lucky. So, stay tuned!

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your week!

xoxo