9 THINGS..... that drive me CRAZY.

I decided to start another "theme" post to do occasionally called "9 Things"
After my difficulty with finding topics to blog about for whatever the reason I found this little gem of a page with some ideas! 

So here goes the first "9 THINGS" post on my blog.....

 

9 things that drive me CRAZY.

 

 

1.  It drives me crazy when there is bad traffic and people drive up the shoulder just to get in front of everyone else.  This is probably my biggest pet peeve.  Selfishness at it's finest.  Why is your time more important than any of the rest of us waiting in traffic Mr. (or Mrs.) Impatient!

Seriously - I just CAN NOT handle this.  I sit in my head and imagine my car turning into a transformer and lifting this car up and sticking it in the back of the line or that I'm on Mario Kart and can throw a banana in front of them or shoot a red shell their way ...I've even considered as far as if I was a super hero my super power would be Karma (oh yeah sadly I've thought about this one in depth) and while they're driving up the side I'd simply point my finger and they'd get a flat.  Nothing horrible.  Just karma.  (I am aware this probably defeats the point of the word Karma and perhaps I should just said "fairness" or something but Karma Kelly has a better ring)  So please unless you are on fire do not drive up the shoulder of the road to cut in front of everyone else because you are driving me crazy!

 

  

2.  The thought or actual touching of a napkin on my teeth drives me crazy.  I have no idea what it is about this.  I'm not sure where it came from.  But it seriously makes me CRINGE.  I'm running my tongue over my teeth right now to try to get the thought out of my head.

 

 

 

3.  VOICEMAILS.  With today's technology if you are a friend of mine PLEASE do not leave me a voicemail  I hate listening to them.  Especially when it just says "hey its me - call me"  Yes, I have caller ID - I see you called and assume that means you want a call back.  Send me a text - please don't leave me a voicemail.  It drives me crazy.

 

 

4.  It drives me crazy that I curse.  I wouldn't mind if I did it once in a great while but unfortunately it's becoming a habit.  Call me sexist but when I hear women cursing when talking I really think yikes I wonder if they know how awful they sound.  Now I am not talking about the occasional curse word I'm talking about a curse word per sentence.  I've picked up doing it more than I like and slip and use it around people I'd rather not - so the fact that it's becoming a norm of mine is driving me fucking crazy! :)

 

 

5.  When people leave the top to the copy machine up at work.  It's always the same people.  I guess it's not that big of a deal in the long run but it definitely drives me crazy!!

 

 

6.  The people who let their kids run crazy - and think its cute - drive me crazy.  I'm not a parent so I try to be lax on this topic as much as I can but come on people have some common courtesy.  I love kids but I don't want to play 20 questions with your kid touching me while I'm trying to have a serious conversation at dinner.  Or trip over them while I'm in Target because you think its adorable the way they run away laughing when you tell them to come back 5x as you're staring at a bottle of Tide.  Drives me crazy.

 

 

7.  It drives me CRAZY when people don't say Thank-you.  It's such a simple gesture.  So easy to let it escape your lips - so why is it said less and less.  I try to say thank you all the time if someone is being polite or going out of their way for me so it's hard for me to understand when others don't do the same.  You're going to hold the door open for me?! Thank-you kind sir.  Oh I'll hold the door for this guy - sir, you don't say thank-you when I hold the door.....

 

 

 

8.  When you stop to let someone cross and they walk as if they haven't a care in the world.  Like they are a slug strolling across a sidewalk.  Especially when they give you the look - I think you guys probably know what I mean.  The "yeah you better stop" look.  Like it's your job to stop for them and dog gone it they're gonna make you work for that pay.   I think this kinda goes along with the same concept as saying thank you. 

 

And last but not least... 

 

9.  It drives me crazy that I over analyze everything!  Why didn't that person say thank you to me?  Well what if I write a thing that drives me crazy blog and I look like a real bitch?  Why did they say that in that tone?  Should I wear my hair straight or curly?  Seriously - everything.  I'm definitely working and getting better at this and am going to go with this is just part of being a woman to ease my mind on the topic a little haha but man do I drive myself crazy!! 

 

 

  

I am sure there are a ton more things that drive me crazy at times that I didn't think of right now.  And I fully realize these are all my opinions and people may feel drastically different about them.  But these are 9 things that drive me crazy and I hope it didn't drive you crazy reading them :)




What I am Currently Listening To....

 

 

Non Stop.  I am definitely guilty of finding a song I like and playing it a million times until anyone who is in listening range wants to punch me in the face and I get so sick of the song I never want to hear it for another 5 years. 

 

Currently this is the song I have on repeat!

 

Zedd ft. Foxes - Clarity

This isn't my normal "type" of music I'd go after but just something about this song right now! 
I LOVE the lyrics, her voice, the music - EVERYTHING! 

Have you heard this one?  Thoughts on it?  What song are you currently stuck on!?

To blog or not to blog....

I started this blog because I loved reading other people's blogs.  After finding myself reading several daily I started to get the urge to write one myself.

After having this new blog for a couple of weeks I have found myself constantly at a loss of words and content.  At least without feeling fake or forced with the content. 

Does anyone else have this problem?  Is it just me?

I think I'm a creative person and I have ideas all the time and yet when it comes to trying to post something my normal word diarrhea turns into blog constipation! 

Maybe I'm just not cut out for blogging?  Maybe I'm not giving it a good enough try?

I'm sure you're all thinking - duh if you can't think of anything to say - don't blog.  But I really feel like I want to - like I have an urge too - then here I sit and ..... I got nothing! 

Anyway, just sitting here curious if I'm the only one!!??

3 Day Weekend - Woop Woop!

It's a 3 day weekend!!  Hooray!
I'm writing this from Ocean City, Maryland.  My last hoorah for the summer.
I'll post again on Tuesday but until then soak up all the summer you can get guys!

 

 

Until Then -

 

 

My FAIR Lady!

We had beautiful weather this weekend so it was the perfect opportunity to visit the Maryland State Fair and Sunday we did just that!

I had never been to the Maryland State Fair.  I've been to many Maryland county fair's but never the state fair so this was a new experience for me!  In my head I thought the state fair would have been like the county fair x2!  But I was mistaken.  It was exactly like a county fair - in fact a little smaller than some. 

We started out walking around the animal section of the fair (my favorite part closely followed by carnival games)  The llama's and aplaca's are my favorite.  We got to watch a little bit of the llama showing - watching the 4-H kids taking the llama's they raised through an obstacle course.  Lets just say llama's aren't cut out for obstacle courses. Haha.

 

They were photogenic little guys!

For some reason whenever I walk through the animal section I spend the rest of the night contemplating being a vegetarian but luckily when I wake up in the morning those thoughts go out the window at the thought of bacon!

 

Next was on to the games and rides section.  It always looks so happy to me.

 

 

 

 

And then on to the food!

 

 

That's a whole lotta meat!

All in all it was a great day and perfect weather!  See you next year, Maryland State Fair!!

 

 

 

Good Thing I'm Not A Doctor....

.........because I really don't have much patience.   Or maybe I have too much.  That doesn't even really make sense but here's the story...

I went to Giant to get a couple things and went to the self checkout.  I rang my things up, paid and then went to the bottom to bag my things up. Now here's where it gets.....interesting? A guy had walked up behind me in "line" while I was paying.   So I start bagging my items, rather quickly I might add, and all the sudden a 2 liter of soda comes down the ramp and hits my hand.  I looked up shocked.

The guy looks at me and says "Oh, sorry" and then continues to send all his items down the ramp!  It was mixing with the items that I had left and was just SO rude.  Doesn't he know the proper self checkout etiquette!   I bagged the rest of my things and high tailed it out of there but then I seriously thought about it for the next couple hours.  I mean - even if he didn't know how to be polite the machine says aloud "Please wait for the bagging area to be clear"

Anyway - that's all I've got for now.  Opinions? 

August 2013 Birchbox Review

Yay!  My first Birchbox has arrived!! 

What is Birchbox you ask!?  It's a monthly subscription box that gets mailed to your home for $10 a month containing 5 sample beauty products!  This is a great way to try out things you normally wouldn't and learn about products you've never heard of!  Brand name gems sent right to your door!
If you're interested in signing up - I get some points for referrals and you can sign up HERE :)

Ok, so down to the good stuff.

First, I was very surprised to see the size of the box when it arrived.  I mean, I know it's samples but for some reason when I saw other people post their reviews the boxes looked SO much bigger.
So do not be fooled my friends - birchbox in this picture may appear larger than it seems!

Ok - so opening it up I received...

1. Wanderlust Collection - Full Size Nail Polish in Reign in Spain
2. Coola SPF Sport - Sample Size - in Mango
3. Dr. Jart Premium BB Cream
4. Jasmine Seven Fresh Feet Wipes in Peppermint
5. uniqONE Hair Treatment

 

I'm going to be completely honest and let you know I have not tried the fresh feet wipes or Coola SPF (although after reading other reviews I hear they are great)  but I have tried the other 3 products and here is my mini review.

 

I absolutely LOVE the Wanderlust nail polish I received.  The bottle says full size but that's only because full size is mini nail polish sized.  It's not completely tiny though don't get me wrong - but "full size" when you buy it is actually a 4 pack of mini polishes which is how they got away calling it "full size"  but aside from that I LOVED this polish. It took 2 coats to go on nice and is thicker than some other polishes but I highly recommend it.  Its been on about 36 hours now and has not chipped!  Also the color (called Reign in Spain) is an AMAZING color for summer!  It's a coral-ish orange color.  It's gorgeous.  I can't stop looking at my hands and after this post I plan on painting my toes the same color. 

(Sorry for the miniature picture I will make sure they're larger next time)

BB Cream is next.  This got tons of great reviews and one of my girlfriends who also receives birchbox raved about this and how much she loved it but I didn't :(  I love BB Creams and use them a lot and this one was thick on my skin and didn't blend well. 

It also didn't match my skin tone very well.  All in all this isn't a product I would buy and I was disappointed in it but happy I received a BB Cream in my box to try anyway.

Next product is the uniqONE all in one leave in hair treatment. 

It was a nice sized sample in my opinion!  This is for all hair types and is designed to eliminate using several hair products such as defrizzers and leave in conditioners.  I've only used it once so far but - so far so good.  Not sure if I'm sold on buying it or if I feel like its a better product then the ones I currently use but I'm still open to it and have a few more uses out of my sample to try.

 

So that's my birchbox for August.  I'm not disappointed with it but I'm not in love with it either.   I am however keeping my prescription and already excited to receive next months box!

 

Did I mention I'm in love with this nail color?!

Do you receive Birchbox?  What did you get this month?

 

Until next time -