30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Show gratitude to the 2 responsible for my conception!

Item 30! Show gratitude to the 2 responsible for my conception! My Story, My Parents. #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30 Mom & Dad, Where does a grateful daughter even begin? Birth? Sure why not! Thank for the hanky panky that made your favorite daughter! Thank you for loving me, nurturing me and spanking me. But my biggest thanks are for teaching me the love of Christ, being faithful Christian leaders in my life and guiding me through the correct path when I didn't know where to turn. Thank you for giving me a wonderful brother and showing me what family is. Thank you for getting me through high school heartbreaks, my terrible teens and to graduation. Thank you for supporting me through my decisions even when you knew they were wrong. An even bigger thank you for waiting for me with arms wide open when those decisions crushed my soul and helping me find my way back. Thank you for supporting me through my greatest accomplishments and encouraging me to continue to achieve my highest potential. Thank you so so very much. My heart overflows with joy and love for you both and I want you and everyone to know it! With Unconditional Love, Naty

#flipagram ♫ Music: Over the horizon - Samsung made with @flipagram . 

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30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Wake up early enough to make breakfast on a work day!

Item 28 ✔. Wake up early enough to make breakfast on a work day. I'm half asleep but with a happy belly. #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30

30 Things, In 30 Days Before 30: Recreate a throwback photo with my brother!

Item 27! Recreate a throwback pic with Bronini!! We decided to recreate a photo of Mom and Dad to show the product of their love... and cause its hilarious! This is part of my show graditute to the 2 responsible of my conception. There will be more to that one though but here you go.... Thank you for making us the man and woman we are today! #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30 #StashGlassFro #SendYouDownMemoryLaneSunday #SYDMLS #MakingUpNewHashtags

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Let my boyfriend dress me!

Item 26! Let my boyfriend dress me! Picked a dress I had not worn in forever. Good job babe! #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Take an Art Class!

 

Item 25! Take an art class! We did Painting with a Twist and this is one of my fav items cause I got to do it with my BFF and Birthday Twin!

 

MY BOOTS!

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Donate to Goodwill!

Item 24 ✔. Donate to Goodwill! #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30 

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Pay it Forward!

Item 23! Pay it forward! I brought donuts for my coworkers as a thank you for making my birthday so special! #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: 30 Minutes of Relax Time!

Item 22! Give myself at least 30 minutes of relax time and this was much needed! What perfect way to do that but with my new yummy smelling candle my girl gave me just for this moment and this cool glass my boss gave me cause she's awesome! I'm so blessed that I get teary eyed just thinking about it. #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30 #Relax #Blessed

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: First 30 Year Old "Big Girl" Purchase!

Item 21 ✔ Make my first "Big girl" 30 year old purchase. This one was not so big cause all my big girl purchases (house, car, etc) were made in my twenties (got my stuff together!). Also this one may go back for an exchange cause I got in chewed out by dad. Apparently I'm still not old enough to make these kinds of purchases without daddy's stamp of approval. But in the meantime I think I did good! Lol #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30 #GotMyShiznitsTogether #IndependentWoman #BigGirlPurchase #NopeJKStillNeedDadsApproval #DaddysGirl

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Blow Out 30 Candles!

 

Item 20! Blow out 30 Candles! Wheeew! Now I have 5 days left to complete 10 more items..... this will be interesting. #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Ride in an Uber

 

  Item 19 ✔. We hitched a ride in an Uber. Basically regular people providing transportation for city folk!

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Take a picture with the number 30!

Item 18 ✔. Take a picture with the number 30! We borrowed another fellow 30 year olds balloons. #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30 

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Eat at IN-N-OUT BURGERS!

My first IN-N-OUT Burger! I'm gonna make this Item 17 just because I can and don't know if this chance will come again! #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Take a weekend trip!

Item 16 ✔. Take a weekend trip! Let my pre birthday celebration begin! And it's all gonna be alright cause my girl Lindsey has prepared me a Dirty 30's Survival Kit! She's awesome! Spending the night in San Diego then off to San Francisco at the crack of dawn! GN!

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Mani at a salon!

Item 15 ✔. Mani at the salon! Gave myself a break from doing them myself. She cut them too short but I don't care (yes I do) cause I had a half day today then I'm off to San Diego! #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30 

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Deluxe Pedi!

After scrubbing toilets like Cinderella I completed a much needed item 14... deluxe pedi! Pretty feet are happy feet! Still have some catching up to do on my list if I want to be done in 39 days! #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30 

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Spring Cleaning!

FINALLY marking off my 13th item! This one seemed to take forever. I worked on this over the weekend and just had the bathrooms today. Laundry is the death of me.... I hate it with a passion! BUT I'm done and ✔. #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30 

St. Patty's Day Look/ NYX Contour Palette Reviewish

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Listen to My Kind of Oldies!

Ok so I'm behind on my list and I realized I was off on my numbers lol. So time to catch up! Here's my 12th items, reminisce on what is know considered oldies for you! I'll be sharing some off my playlist with you and feel free to suggestion some! 

Here's my playlist on youtube that I'll be adding to as I go!

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Unboxing: Mini E.L.F Cosmetics Haul!

New Video: Midnight Blue Smokey Eye, NYX 3C's Product Testing & More!

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Forgiveness

So here's my item 11... Forgiveness. In order to be forgiven by my Lord for my wrong doings I need to forgive those who wronged me. I'm gonna be honest, this is not easy. I started with the easy ones like forgiving Tobi for making me chase him around the house just to get my make up brush. As I worked my way up to the harder stuff, it got really really hard. I'm going to keep trying though, I have to. #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30

Unboxing Video/ 30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Splurge On Make Up

This was actually my item #1 on the list it just took forever to get here! I have more on it's way! Stay tune and check out this unboxing video!

New Video: Winged Liner with Sangria Lips for the Rodeo!

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Get My Eyebrows Threaded.

Item 10 ✔. Now I remember why I stopped going 6 year's ago.... ouch!!! Oh well, Beauty is Pain!

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Go To A Concert!

Making off my ninth item and went to see my celebrity crush Tim McGraw in concert! What a night, I'm floating on clouds!

 

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Try A New 30 Minute Meal

So here's my eighth item. Try a new 30 minute meal. I've never made chili that wasn't from a can so I'll check this easy lazy item off my list. I took yesterday off due to pure laziness but it's all good cause of my 3 in 1 day on Saturday.

Kohl's Haul!

So I bought everything here at Kohl's minus the green pants which I got on sale for $15 at Charlotte Russe.

Lauren Conrad Strapy Sandals Tan Dress Shoes
Retail Price: 64.99
On Sale: 18.97

Lauren Conrad Blush Peep-Toe Dress Shoes
Retail Price: 69.99
On Sale: 18.97

So Light Blue Sleeveless Top
Retail Price: 30.00
On Sale 10.80

Unionbay Grey Long Sleeve Top
Retail Price: 40.00
On Sale: 12.00

Speechless Dark Blue Dress
Retail Price: 48.00
On Sale: 14.40

Candie's Flower Print Dress
Retail Price: 58.00
On Sale: 17.40

Subtotal: 92.54
Used: 5.00 off $25+
Used: 10.00 Birthday Gift Card from Kohl's
Used: 30% off when you use your Kohl's Charge

Total: 58.75 with tax 

Received: 10.00 Kohl's Cash @ Checkout for next purchase.

So it's like I spent  $48.75!

Total Savings: $237.51

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Spend $30 On Clothes

LATE POST FROM MY BIRTHDAY LIST FROM YESTERDAY:

Seventh item to take care of the 31st of March. Spend $30 on clothes! I actually spent a little more but I got good deals that I will share on my Keep Calm and Coupon On! Group and blog. #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30 Yesterday was a great day!

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Donate Blood

LATE POST FROM MY BIRTHDAY LIST FROM YESTERDAY:

Sixth item which catches me up! Donate blood and it's my first time. I never weighed enough and now I do! I also realized that March has 31 days so I'll be doing an extra one today so I can keep to the 30 Days still. #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30

Still need a few items so give me ideas! 

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30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Try A New Food

LATE POST FROM MY BIRTHDAY LIST FROM YESTERDAY: 

Marking off my fifth item! Try a new food. I've never had pineapples on my pizza cause it sounds gross and makes no sense. I'm not admitting if I liked it or not, but I will say I'm gonna get another slice to be sure. She also made me try the spinach pizza and that was indeed gross #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Reevaluate Friendships

I forgot to post yesterday's item on my blog, so here it goes.

I realized today that I call a lot of people my friends but in reality and in my heart I know they are not my friends, even those I've known for years. I have my definition of what a friend is and none of them actually fell in that category. So I did some digging to see if maybe I just hold what a friend should be at too high of a standard and did a Google search and they didn't fall under societies definition either. So I made reevaluating "friendships" my 4th item on my #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30 list and am crossing it off.

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Read A Half Started Book

I'm great at starting a book, but terrible about finishing them. So when this came across as a suggestion I knew I had to do it. So here I go for my third item, picking up where I left off! What greater book to pick then my favorite movie ever!

30 Things, In 30 Days, Before 30: Time Capsule Letter

I can begin checking off my second item on my list. I started the letter for my time capsule and figured this would take a little more than a day to do. But the main thing was this letter so ✔. #30ThingsIn30DaysBefore30

30 Things To Do, In 30 Days, Before 30!

I'm doing my own 30 Things To Do In 30 Days Before 30 challenge!  Problem is I can't think if 30 things. Soooooo, I summon the to comment below ideas for my list. Let not get too crazy and expensive either, broke girls gotta work. I'm not going to necessarily do them in order either, just as long as I do one a day. I've missed 2 days already so I will do an extra one on 2 days to catch up. I'm starting the list off with things I know I want to do or will be doing soon anyway and the rest is up you guys! Remember, practical, not too crazy. Ready, go!

1. Take a weekend trip (booked) 3/19/15 😉
2. Spend $30 on new clothes.
3. Make-up splurge. (I actually did this yesterday so we'll count it as my day 1) 3/1/15✔
4. Go to a concert (done deal) 3/10/15 😆
5. Spring clean (no one wants a messy house on their bday)
6. Blow out 30 candles. (This will be interesting) 🎂😥 3/25/15
7. Take a picture with a 30.
8. Show gratitude to the 2 responsible for my conception.
9. Try a new 30 minute recipe.
10. Recreate a throwback photo with my brother bear. (remind him who is the favorite)
11. Create a time capsule with some of my favorite things and a letter about everything I have learned about myself in the past 29 years. Write some goals or wishes I may have for the next 30 years. Open it 2045! 3/3/15 (on going project for this month)✔
12. Try a new food.
13. Give myself a deluxe pedi.
14. Get a mani at an actual salon!

New Video: Brown Smokey Eyes Rodeo Look!

Stockpile Items

So I compiled a list of items I believe are good items to have in a stockpile. I mainly based this list off of things that have a long shelf life or no expiration. Also, I included items that we use daily and tend to be pricey, like personal care and hygiene products. Let me know if you think of any others not on the list. Try think, in the event of an emergency what will you and your family need to get through it?

Food/Beverage

Pasta

Spaghetti Sauce

Rice

Cereal

Canned Meat (Tuna, Spam, etc.)

Beef Jerky

Canned Veggies/Fruit

Sugar

Honey

Salt/Spices

Peanut Butter

Coffee/Tea

Cooking Oil

Water

Canned soup

Pet food (don't forget your pets)

Personal Care

Toilet Paper

Baby Wipes

Shampoo/Conditioner

Soap

Toothpaste

Toothbrush

Deodorant

Razors

Sanitary Napkins

Medicine (advil, cold & flu, etc.)

Kleenex

Household

Cleaning products

Dishwashing Liquid

Laundry Detergent

Paper Towels

My Basic Basic Make Up Look!