the things us ladies do: part dos

Ok last week i was writing about little things here and there that us ladies do and my reccomendations. It just so happened that later that afternoon we had a pedicure party at a place called Bora Bora nail spa in the bunker hill shopping center off i-10.
i thought Isle Pedi spa was the shiznit when i went before but this place takes the cake!!!! At isle pedi spa i believe my crazy coco nut and milk massage thingy was about $78. Dont get my wrong it was wonderful but Bora Bora was better for this reason...
You get there and they had us all in chairs ( not the big booth like Isle) and the chairs were massage chairs with remotes. i was in heaven. i could pay just to go sit in that chair. i played with all the buttons, they had a heated wrap around my neck. She must have massaged my feet and my legs 5 times. at one point she got hot stones and massaged them up and down, then made me lean forward and oiled my neck and shoulders and rubbed them down. My legs and feet never looked better. Not to mention wine and cookies UM HELLO!
I looked at the menu and it was only $32 and you could add a few things like a parafin wax for your legs and the total was $45. we got a lot more at Bora Bora for less than half at Isle. I will definitely go back!!!!

coupons
I get express and victoria secret coupons all the time.... i guess cus the know i will spend my money there :/, but my aunt sent me a ton last week and i had some that were $30 off your purchase of $75 or more or $15 off your purchase. I went in there and found something for $20 went up there to use my coupon, apparently the item was on sale, so he just hands it back to to me and tells me to have a good day! So i got it for FREE!!! went back and did the same thing the next day! gotta make use of free crap!

annoyance list

Do you ever have days where its like anything and everything annoys you.... i had one recently which inspired this list of things that just drive me NUTS!!!

1)people who would rather talk about something than do it. example: the person who is always saying they hate their job, or that they are fat, or that their relationship sucks.... QUIT TALKING ABOUT AND FREAKING DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!!!!

2)one uppers- you know... the guy in the office who always did something that was better than what you were talking about... somehow your talk about the pizza you had last night turns into his amazing trip to Italy...

3)deliberately bad english.... i joke with several friends and family members by talking ghetto, but when people deliberately say things off and claim thats they way they talk i call BULL DOOKIE! Example: when Usher started being referred to as ursher.... ummmm ok?

4)when girls who are obviously larger than life think they can dress like a size zero and have all their stuff exposed to the world.... ok none of us want to see that and the person who lied to you that you look good needs to be slapped...TWICE

5)people who are in love with being in love. omg that drives me nuts. one month they are so in love with this person and their facebook and everything they talk about is "omg i love blah blah" " i miss blah blah" and a month later its some other person.... really? is this 6th grade? thats not love my friend....

6)guys in girl jeans.... maybe if thats your idea of birth control but really i mean isnt that uncomfortable???

7) excessive body hair.... yes guys you can do something about. nair it, wax it, shave it, lazer remove it.... SOMETHING thats absolutely sick! there isnt one girl out there who finds gorilla arms and back and chest remotely hot...

8)when people are so obviously blocking your view of something and are so inconsiderate to do NOTHING about it.... MOVE!

9)the butt short skirt ot shorts with ugg boots? if your feet and calves are so cold you need to wear uggs put some flippin pants on!

10)when girls curl their hair and get all dolled up at the gym.... then their whole workout their hair nor their face shows any indication of work.... you're not working hard enough sweetie!

11)really janky cars with rims, spinners, whatever.... if you are gonna go drop 2k on your 1988 caddie, why not put it as a downpayment on a semi new car thats worth more than the rims on it....

12) super clingy relationships.... let your woman/dude breathe they were an individual before you were a couple, and they still are... let them be that way

13)chewing tobacco....one word GROSS

14)stoners--- do something with your life, are you that ignorant that all you do is smoke all day and you only make money so you can smoke more the next day. maybe if you got your mouth off the pipe for a minute you might find a new hobby or new appreciation for life oh and you may find you dont smell like crap all the time!

15) when guys expect girls to chase after them... sorry babe... not gonna happen... heard of chivalry. i dont want to tell my children one day that i chased you until you gave in... not me sorry

16)people who are so in debt cus they cant get control of their spending or need for the biggest/greatest/name brand thing. if you're in hard core debt then dont go buy that tv, boat, vacation whatever. get yout crap taken care of.... you're not helping the economy and the deficit

17)american idol....go away already

18) sluttiness...does sleeping with someone new every weekend really make you feel better about yourself? i mean it may be fun in the moment, but is it really worth it...makes me want to puke in my mouth... blah

19) soapboxes.... meaning people get up on their high horse and dont let you say what you want to say or are so opinionated they dont even respect what you have to say or what you think or your rationale

20) really really large butted people who wear underwear several sizes too small so that the back of their pants gives the appearance of 4 butt cheeks instead of 2 ( i had a facebook status about this the other day it bothers me so much)

21) lazy people ( especially women) you dont work all day cus your husband makes a bunch of money, you dont have kids, you have someone to clean your house, so what do you do all day? NOTHING but spend money and sleep. shoot clean the house, workout... something. i mean i could totally pull off the hot housewife gig, but i'll be damned if i dont clean my house myself, have dinner on the table, take care of myself, and find some sort of productive hobby or part time gig to keep me occupied and feel i contributed to society.... ugh

22) club rats--- you know.... the guy or girl who every monday have pictures of them at a different club both nights of the weekend. unless you work there, or you're like 18 or 19 get a new hobby seriously....

23) people who have never left their hometown or state---- hello? you know there is a whole big world out there of some kick ass stuff. go see it, experience it, breathe new air, see god's creation and people.... learn something outside of your comfort zone!

24) people with no backbone--- dont enable people to treat you like dirt

25) cheaters--- karma will come get you and its gonna suck. why hurt someone you care about cus you have commitment issues. if you're unhappy get out of it, and if you're just selfish dont subject others to your issues... jerk!

i could go on but i'll save it for another day! :)

The things us ladies do: reviews

Us females do a lot to take care of ourselves or for our men.
I personally take care of myself cus it makes me happy and makes me feel good, but whatever your reason here are my reviews on a few things, i've broken them down by category....

Hands and Feet:
If you like to get your feet done and you want the best pampering ever i reccomend Isle Pedispa off Kirby. Omg its amazing. Its not like most spas that have a place for your hands and feet, this place is just for your feet. Its not cheap so go there for a real treat or a great gift. You sit in a little booth just for you with your own tv, a heated neck wrap, wine and then select from their menu what you want. I of course went for the whole shebang ( i wasnt paying :) ) I got rubbed, salt rubbed into my legs, milk poured down and massaged into my legs, my legs and feet scrubbed, massaged, soaked in wax and hot tub and so much more. Omg i was in heaven

we had a pediparty and they let us bring food and everything in there and accomodated quite a bit of us. The service was great and if i could afford it i would go ALL THE TIME!!!!

I'm going to another pediparty today at another spa, i'll review it later....

In between trips i always give myself weekly pedicures as i find it SUPER relaxing. the best feet prodcuts i have found that the Tru Blue products at bath and body works are awesome. They leave my feet so soft, my cuticles all nice and if you get the hand line, the clear nailpolish/strengthener makes my nails look so shiny and gorgeous. makes me feel good and saves me money from the nail place.

waxing
ok so i have had two wax experiences in my life and well the first was pretty traumatic. before our all girls boat trip i went in for a brazilian and well it was awkward and it hurt and i swore i would never go back!!!! any girl who has had one done can probably tell you a really funny story about their first time. my mom cracked up when i told her.

well then i decided to go to costa rica so i changed my mind, however, i had a lady who was less awkward and i think better and it didnt hurt AS BAD. it probably helped that the second time i took advil before and had a class of champagne so it was tolerable. as always i laughed through the whole thing to make it more enjoyable and less awkward....

i went to European Wax Center in Riveroaks. they have several locations and if its your first time some treatments are free ( eyebrows, underarms or bikini) my first time since i upgraded to brazilian i just paid the difference. I think it was like 13. If you are an avid waxer they even have memberships that make your treatments really affordable.
The place is really nice and i will definitely go back. its perfect if you are gonna be on vacation in a bathining suit and you dont want to have to worry about that sort of thing.

Tanning
i am all about wanting my skin to look amazing when i'm old. no wrinkles here and if you ever met my grandmother or saw pictures of her, knew her etc you would have noticed her radiant nearly wrinkle free skin at 80 years old. She was a walking ad for cold cream and took care of her skin every single day. she bestowed that to my mother and my mom has carried it on to me. In additiont to my skin and face regime i have to make sure i take care of my pale skin from the sun. I dont tan and if i do its like everyone elses pale and certain parts of my body just freckle. I dont want to be that old lady covered in freckles.... so if i need to be tan for something i do spray tan. I already wrote a blog about my first experience but i have since had another one and well the girls at throwing copper are AWESOME. my tan lasts, its even, no streaks, i dont feel retarded being butt naked and sprayed, they have great followups with their customers... I LOVE IT. read my blog about it and check out some of my vacation and halloween pictures to see how it turned out....
why damage my skin when i can be brown without it!

good and bad stuff... wink wink
I recently was at a girls night event at the Rice hotel and passed a booth for Booty parlor. Its kind of like those "pleasure party" things. they asked me if i wanted to have one and i was like " why the heck not!!!"
My girlfriend let me host it at her house and well we had a blast. I think some people are hesitant about those kind of parties cus they dont know what to expect. it was my first and i didnt know what to expect but its one of those situations where you can make it as innocent or as bad as you want it to be. We had an absolute blast!!! I made sangria and food ( both were a hit, esp the sangria.... its been requested again...) and we made new friends and just laughed and laughed.
Everyone bought something and like i said it was as innocent or as naughty as you made it. if you just wanted some bubble bath and lipgloss than you did, some of the girls opted for the kinkier things but no one judged anyone and like i said we just laughed and laughed and LAUGHED and had a blast. in fact we are having another one. If you want to have a party i can pass along the name of the girl who hosted ours.... fun times

i bought their body butter and omg it smells amazing and leaves your skin soft for days!!!

I got more but i will have to get back to ya.....

Seriously Mr.?!?!?!?!?!

So today on the Rod Ryan show on my way to work, they were talking about this man from Michigan who is in the news for his crazy amount of donations to the sperm bank. I about changed the channel cus i thought "seriously who cares", i figured it was some dude who had issues ( which clearly he does) but probably some college guy looking for cash or something.....

Well apparently 14 years ago this man and his wife felt that they were so blessed with their children that they felt bad for the women and couples out there who had problems conceiving, so they decided they should donate this man's goods for other couples to enjoy and have babies with.

He donated twice a week for 14 years and made just short of 15,000 donations.

I'm sorry but are you trying to be like David or Solomon in the Bible with all those kids, that was a different time and story, thats just sick and unnecessary.....

The man didnt do it for money as each donation was 20 bucks and in that time made about 29,000 over the 14 years. he calculates he has fathered about 450 children.

ummmmm does anyone else find that a bit creepy and sick?

i know there are a lof of women out there stuck on having their own baby, but what about all those kids in orphanages????? I dunno it rubs me the wrong way when i think about how selfish people get and then they want to play God and play doctor. Maybe i will think differently if i get to the point in my life where i want a baby and i cant have one or something, but why create life in a test tube when their are plenty of lives that need families.

my baby cousin is adopted and my aunt and uncle tried for years to have a child. My cousin was a child to a family who had too many kids and just couldnt afford another one. She's been such a joy to not only my aunt and uncle but the whole family. She's my heart. I cant imagine if my aunt and uncle had tried to have someone elses child just cus my aunt "had to have the baby" instead of adopting Rachel.

I mean come on Mr... a few donations i could understand, but do you really think there is a need for you to donate 2x a week? I would think even 2x a year would be steep....

Sick!

SAVE MONEY HONEY!!!!!!

Like I've said before, i'm always down for a bargain or a way to save money so i thought i would share my latest finds. coupons, energy bills, airline miles and cashback

COUPONS

I use to be a big time coupon cutter and i go through phases where i do and do no clip coupons but its such a hassle sometimes cus i hold on to them and then i forget and they expire blah blah. i always seem to do a good job of remembering my Victoria Secret and Express Coupons though (go figure). I was looking online at Randalls website today and I came across something AWESOME. On there website they have three alternate sites where you can select coupons and they are saved directly to your remarkable card. I dont really like shopping at randalls and while on the coupon sites i found you can add your Kroger card which made me super happy cus thats where i shop.

Check them out:

http://www.randalls.com/IFL/Grocery/Coupon-Savings

http://shortcuts.com/

http://www.pgesaver.com/Sites/PG_eSAVER/Page/HomePage

You can print out your grocery list and see what you have coupons for. I think one will even text it to you. Bad A if you ask me!!! No having to carry around coupons. and IT SAVES PAPER!

ENERGY BILL

I live in an older apartment so the insulation SUCKS to say the least so in the hot summer and when it gets cold my energy bill is sky high.

Well i got an email from my houston tidbits ( god i love that site) and they talked about Bounce Energy and the promotion they were doing for a $50 Nordstrom gift card, and some other goodies for switching. I went to their website and their rate was almost 6 cent per kwh cheaper than what i was paying. I did some research, called the company and looked at their other promotions. They had promotions for everyone. I signed up for one that offers free companion flights for a year. I just checked their website and they did away with that one but have one where you can get one free companion ticket for a domestic flight and then several promotions where you can get gift cards. they have rewards programs where you earn free stuff and money off your bill for paying ontime and paying online. My energy bill was so cheap this month. i was SO HAPPY!!! CHECK IT OUT http://www.bounceenergy.com/customer/rewards-promotions.php

ONLINE SHOPPING AND AIRMILES

Anything that gets me two for one i am all about.... If you are a member of a frequent flyer program make use of all their give aways as possible. I subscribe to e-miles.com and a few others that i earn anywhere from 5 to 25 miles just for clicking on a few buttons that takes a whole 10 seconds. Sometimes if you buy whatever they are showing you, you get more...

If you have Continental they have partners that they work with where if you buy through their site you earn miles per dollar. I just bought a crap ton of stuff on snapfish.com for christmas gifts and right now they are offering 20 miles per dollar. I'll let you do the math.

They have a ton of retailers on there. My credit card is offering double cashback on all online purchases so i got cashback and i earned miles. My credit card company even offers more cashback if you go through their website and shop there. I figured i would go for miles this time, better deal! Just about any and everystore you can imagine is on continental and on discover. make use of it if you're gonna shop on those sites anyways.

CASHBACK FOR SHOPPING

I recently purchased a super cool bad ass camera thats waterproof, freeze proof, shock proof etc... I bought it for my vacation and best investment ( i am gonna blog on it later) but i found the best deal through http://www.bing.com I was telling my friend James about it and he let me in on a great thing. Bing lets you set up an account with them ( i ts free) and when you search to purchase something in the corner of your search for each store there is an icon that lets you know if its elligible for cash back. When i got home from vacay i checked it out and shoot i could have gotten anoter $20 on my camera that i had already saved close to $100 bucks on! i signed up for an account and you can have them mail you the money or you can have them add it to your paypal. GENIOUS!