My Top 10 hair stuff

I have been wanting to do a few more lists here and there and so today is the first and why not start with the most awesome, HAIR!

10. Bed Head Dumb Blonde Shampoo and Conditioner

9. Conair 1" barrel curling iron

8. RAVE extra hold hairspray

7. CHI 2"Ceramic Round Brush

6. CHI Turbo Blow Dryer

5. Prive' Texture Spray

4. MOP Lemongrass Root Lifter

3. Babyliss Nano Titanium 1" Flat Iron

2. Goldwell Curly Twist

1. ITS A 10!!!!!!

For the next couple weeks, I will post info on all of these products, including on where you can get the best deals on them if you are interested.

Love you peeps!

Coming soon...

My top 10 favorite hair products, accessories, or appliances. :)

I think Im in love.

I am that girl who loves to wear my hair a thousand different ways. I have naturally wavy hair that is medium and somewhat thick. I love a good product that is like a hairspray but with texture and can have movement as well. I found my match. I seriously am in love.

You can use this as a hairspray, as a root amplifier or simply on your fine hair to give you a little, as I like to say, "UMPH" or boost. This stuff is awesome. Try it out. Look for it on amazon or ebay. Loving you all.

B

First week. Done.

This past Tuesday, after a much needed break from school, I started back to my last semester of Cosmetology school. For those of you who don't know me very well, it has been a long time coming that the Lord has worked on me and refined me to be able to go and finish this journey. I started last January and have endured a full year of some pretty crazy times. I have been in the same room for the past year with the same 20 something girls and the same teacher. It is bananas. That many girls in one room, lets just say its not always our finest moments. But, with that said, I love these girls and am truly going to miss them when this is all said and done.

This semester is by far going to be the hardest and most emotionally and physically trying. I have pretty much not done the best that I could do at staying in school the amount of hours that I need to. So, now I MUST stay at school. My first class starts at 7:30am. Can I get a wow! That is so early for me. I don't even know how I did it in high school. I can definatly feel that I am getting older. Haha. I usually wont get to leave school until 5pm and sometimes 6pm Monday-Thursdays. Another, WOW! I am having to cut down on my work hours, which is kind of a bummer, seeing as my finances need me to work as much as possible . I know that my God will supply all my needs and that He will totally take care of it all. He is good.

I have a new teacher this semester, Miss Bee. She is AWESOME! She is such a wonderful teacher and so full of knowledge. I feel like my passion is on fire again. I can see the light. I feel like I have learned more in the past 3 days then I did all last semester. Its bananas. I love it.

So, week one is done. I am praying for the Lord to continue to refine me and make me love what I do. I pray that He would show me that this is all for Him and He will provide an amazing job for me in the end of all this. Im excited to see what He does for my life.

Thanks to all of you continue to pray for my strength in finishing this task that He has put at my hands. He is so sweet. His love for me continues to surprise me daily. I am so not deserving of such a wonderful God.

Love you friends.

B

An Amazing Birthday!

My friends are seriously amazing.

I had one of the most incredible birthday nights of my life thanks to these wonderful people. The day started out like any other day except for the fact that I was exhausted from not getting any sleep the night before. I work up around 9am and started some laundry and did some reorganizing. I had a wonderful lunch date with my sweet Aunt Karen and cousin Lindy and her baby Cade. It was awesome to spend some quality time with them and enjoy some good grub. Aunt Karen got me a mani/pedi for my birthday and so I went and got one right after lunch. It was fabulous. I was a little pressed for time, and I told the lady that I was pressed and she promised me that I would be out there by 3:30. Guess what? I wasn't out of there by then. I didn't leave the salon until 4:10. AHHHH! I was supposed to meet Amy at the mall at 4:30 to pick out a hot new outfit to celebrate in and I was so late. Fortunately, Houston traffic came through for me for once and Amy was caught in crazy traffic. I made it to the mall 15 minutes before she did and started on my mission to find "The Outfit". I walked into the first store, 'Francescas'. The very first shirt I picked up and tried on was the one. It was perfect. I loved the way it fit, the way I felt in it, everything. It was sophisticated and sexy and classy all in one. I fell in love in the dressing room. Amy arrived as I was paying and we were on our way. At this point it is almost 6pm and my dinner party starts in an hour. Its been raining all day, my hair is in a pony tail, I have no make up on and no where to get ready. Awesome. My amazing brother, Lance pulled through for me and let me and Amy come to his house before the party to get ready. YAY! Before we headed to Lances, Amy and I stopped by the nearest Kroger to pick up some balloons for the back of my chair. If you didn't know this already, I work at a Kroger in the floral department and for some odd reason, balloons are my favorite thing to do. The poor girl who took care of us was not on her game that night. Poor thing, she was terrible. My heart broke for her, and poor selfish birthday girl couldn't really take it anymore. I had the help the poor thing tie the balloons. Then, the most rude, nastiest cashier checked us out. She was so rude that I even thought about reporting her to her manager, but then I remembered all the off days that I have had and felt sorry for her. We shoved the balloons into my car and bolted to Lances. We got there at 6:45 and Lance was no where to be found. So, we waited. Great. We ended up only waiting for not even 5 minutes, but it felt like an hour. Lance arrived and escorted us to his home. I ran inside, up the stairs and into the bedroom. I have never in my life gotten ready so fast before. I ripped off tags and threw on my clothes so fast, Im lucky to not have put my pants on backwards. (haha)

I finished getting ready at 7 o'clock on the dot. Can I get an amen from the sisters out there?

We arrived at Pappasitto's shortly after 7:10pm. Good job Lance for finally driving a little faster than my great grandfather. ;)

I had made reservations for 25, because thats about how many "said" they were coming. Well, the total came out to 15. It was the greatest 15 I could of asked for. Hand down.

We all laughed so hard over dinner that I thought I was going to pee on myself. Dinner was downright amazing. Thanks to my sweet friends, Amy and Judson, my dinner and drinks were completely paid for. They win for the "Amazing Friends" award.

After dinner, most of us minus the baby dog daddy's (cough Judson) headed to Lances for a movie. It was a very chill but fun a laughter filled night. 12 o'clock rang and we all parted ways. I rang in my 22nd with a bang. It was fantastic. Here are some pictures from the night courtesy of sweet Jenna. My camera did not make an appearance because my large camera case did not match the wonderful outfit. Thanks Jenna.

Amy, myself and Jenna. Future roomies.
It seems like I have plenty of guy friends. :)
Jenna, myself, Amy and Birdie

These girls are seriously amazing!
I <3 Birdie. She is fabulous!
The great Amy. For serious, she is my fav. Love her!
I <3 this picture. Love you girls.
Jenna, Chad, Birdie and Judson. These are some pretty

freekin solid friends. Love them!

Thanks to everyone who made this 22nd birthday such a wonderful birthday. It is going to be a fabulous year with some fabulous friends. Love you guys. You are the most wonderful people I could ever ask for. Thanks for being so awesome!

Love,

B

Dear Laundry,

Im just not a fan of you, at all.

I wish that I had a collection of clothes and underwear that was so large that I never had to do laundry, I could just throw you away. Or, if I had a someone who would do laundry for me.

Yeah, that would be nice.

Okay, enough of my selfishness for one day.

Love.

B

Goals for 2010 and 22. :)

1. Graduate College

2. Lose 22 pounds by the 22nd of March (random month)

3. Run for 22 minutes without stopping

4. Get a new job

5. Move into a new house/apt

6. Spend at least 22 (intentional) minutes a day with the Lord.

7. Write my little brother at least once a month.

8. Go on a vacation.

9. Quit drinking soda.

10. No haircuts for me this year...lettin it grow.

11. Commit to pray for my parents on a daily basis.

12. Take a dance class.

13. Adopt a compassion child with friends.

14. Be actively involved in my Sunday School class.

15. Love people more.

16. Give away the clothes I don't wear.

17. Start working toward opening my salon.

18. Spend more time with my family.

19. Get my passport.

20. Go on a mission trip.

21. One word: Karaoke.

22. Have a legit accountability group.

2010 and 22, You are already 22 steps above 21. Praise the Lord for a great support system.

Love you guys!

B