Valentine's Day Gift Guide

It Feels like the new year has just started and already we are celebrating Valentine’s Day later on this week. Here are a few ideas on what gifts to get. I am so excited to celebrate this year it really makes a big difference as my son gets older. I look forward to all sorts of events that I never really did before. Whether it’s making festive cookies and picking up some valentine’s cards. I just love them so much more now with this little wild child running around. 

Kate Spade Satchel, Pink Layla Necklace, Kate Spade SquareStuds, Theo Dark Chocolate,  RoseCosmetic Pouch, Pink Moscato, O.P.I. Lacquer.

Justified Tee, Trophy Martini, Datevitation, Money Clip, Polar Watch, Chocolove.

Dear Angel, Dyson Vacuum, Mum Mum, Dear Angel, Carter for her Pj's, Mellisa and Doug Cookie Set, Carter for him Pj's. 

The dear angel products we were introduced to in our bluum box. They are really soft and easy to grab and go. Charles and my niece really love these little blankies.

We have most of the thing on the list except for the Dyson vacuum. I really want to get this for him because he is in love with our vacuum. When ever we are cleaning and he sees it he makes a beeline for it. I think I may have finally convinced my husband to let me get it for him. Hope this makes your Valentine’s Day shopping just a little easier or at least sparks an idea on what to get your loved ones. What’s the best gift you ever gave to someone on love’s day?

Sorry for the grainy picture but this was from my phone like 7 years ago.

Mine’s well was more like a prank in 07' some of my friends and I put like a thousand sticky notes on one of our friends new car and wrote all over it.

D.I.Y. Body Scrub

Hi my name is Gabby,I had a baby and got stretchmarks. Well to be fair I had some prior to baby. I tried my hardest to always put on belly lotion while I was pregnant.But  I  still got a few from Charles and then more from the tugging on my skin from the C-section. I have been using oils and lotions to help the appearance of my stretchmarks but by far the best thing I have done is this body scrub. It's a combination of things that I had at home and mixed them up and started using it in the shower. I interned with a skin specialist moons ago and I took inspiration from there. This is the recipe I have used I use what I have but I'm sure you can substitute for what you have on hand. First off I go to Starbucks inside of my local Target. No seriously that's were they lovely workers give me their ground up used coffee. Seriously and free. You can use it for your garden too. They always give me a huge bag. It's awesome. I then take about 4 cups if the coffee and put it in my mixer.

Then I gather the rest of my ingredients: Baby oil, Olive oil, Kosher salt, Turbinado Cane sugar, Vanilla extract (I used Imitation because that's all I had.) and you will need some jars and a measuring cup and measuring spoon.
I take about half a cup of kosher salt and a little over 1/3 of the cane sugar in the measuring cup and put it in the mixer.

Then add 2 tablespoons of  baby oil and 3 tablespoons of olive oil. I add the vanilla for the scent only just because I got strong grounds. and I only used a tablespoon. Then I mix it all up I have a Kitchen aid mix and use speed 2 I don't usually go any faster cause this could get messy. In about a minute it's done.

Then I scoop it out and place it in some old jars. I put one in the shower and the other two in the fridge so they don't go bad. The jars last about 2 weeks each depending on how much I use and how often. I always apply it on wet skin and in a circular motion for about 2 to 3 minutes on my stretchmarks. Then wash it off. When I'm out of the shower then I just put on lotion this scrub has really help me.

My finished body scrubs. Happy scrubbing.