little miss random

Thanks for all your input on my new header and layout! I’ve made some changes and will try to continue to make more changes at a later date (the current software I was using doesn’t allow certain fonts and effects that I think would be really beneficial for my header).

Anyway! I have been in Sarasota this week to spend some (lazy) time with my sister and mis padres. It’s been fun! Not gonna lie though, I miss my husband!!!

Christmastime!

When I first got here my mom gave me a super cute ornament she got for Ross and I. (She’s been hunting for a cute “first married Christmas” type ornament…I think she found one!)

My two favorite parts of the ornament are the foot pop (hello, Princess Diaries anyone?) and the lipstick mark on the boy snowman’s cheek. Too cute! Thanks momma!!

Vanilla Chobani Review

I also brought a couple Chobanis with me to Sarasota. My mom and I both tried part of the Vanilla Chobani.

Review: You can taste the tartness of the greek yogurt more in the vanilla than in the fruit chobanis. I’m sure this is due to the fact that without the fruit there are 6 grams less sugar in the vanilla (13 g. sugar total in the vanilla chobani). My mom wasn’t expecting the tartness and commented on it right away. All in all, another great chobani product! I think this would be great with some fun mix-ins (berries, bananas, ground flax seed, almond slivers, etc.). You can check the chobani website for the vanilla nutritional information.

P.S. The peach is definitely my favorite.

Christmas Shopping Bargains

Now yesterday I mentioned I’d share with you some Christmas shopping bargain hunting tips. Megan (the sis) and I were shopping at some outlets yesterday and I kept noticing there are SO many great sales going on right now! Everyone knows the economy is down and retailers are hurting. But if you still have Christmas gifts to shop for, now is time to take advantage! Do your research! Go out one evening and find out what kinds of deals the stores in your area are offering! You can still get a nice gift for someone while shopping on a budget.

For example: we stopped in the Nike outlet store yesterday. Because we were raised in a family of bargain hunters we headed straight to the clearance section. The majority of their clearance (already reduced to a super cheap price) was on sale for an additional 50% off! So if you have a runner you need to get a gift for, you would have been able to get them a new pair of running shorts and a new running shirt for $15 – $20!

Bottom line: bargain hunting is called bargain HUNTING for a reason! You really have to search for and track down the best deals. I promise it’s worth it though!

I won a giveaway!!!
I also mentioned yesterday that I would share with you a contest/ giveaway that I recently won! Some of you out there in the blog world may be familiar with Miss Marie and her fabulous blog. Did you know she also has her own photography business called Studio222 Photography? Long story short, I won a fabulous new iPod shuffle! Check out her photography blog for the fun video Becka and Nate made revealing the winners from the giveaways of their launch week. And please, go check out her new and revised photography site, www.thestudioishere.com. Some of the most beautiful images I’ve ever seen!!

(The above photo was taken from here). I’m so excited. This actually comes at a really great time. Because finances have been a little rough my husband recently listed his Creative studios Zen MP3 player on ebay in order to bring in a little more money for us (which by the way, sold last night!). So I’m so excited about winning this iPod shuffle, and absolutely can’t wait to start using it on runs and when working out! [should I be worried though? I never got a notification email!! I'm pretty sure I'm the only person in the world with my first and last name, because it's a last name my FIL created and changed a couple decades ago. Becka if you're reading this, shoot me an email at mrslcblog at gmail dot com, thanks!!].

Time to go out and do something with the sis! Much love everyone! Sorry for being little miss random today!

LC