Braided/Beaded Bracelet - Project Pinspiration #7

The picture for this Project Pinspiration idea is super long, sorry about that!

And here's how mine turned out:

March 2013 Favorites - Beauty, Craft, Food and Lifestyle

[Insert quips about the month going too fast, the year flying by, etc.]

This month when I was walking around my house trying to remember all the things I had been using and loving in March, I realized I need a better system. Maybe I'll start a list somewhere when I have that "I need to share this in my monthly favorites" thought and add to it as the month goes on. I have no idea, but something has to be better than just wandering around the house looking for things.

Beauty

Homemade Lip Gloss/Balm

I got this as part of a Christmas stocking from my bosses at work and I've been loving it ever since. I have no idea what they made it out of, but it works great when my lips are super chapped. Over the last month or so I've been having quite a bit of dental work - which is what happens when you don't go to the dentist for a few years - and that has been really drying out my lips. If I put this on right after I'm done at the dentist, my lips don't get gross and peely or flaky.

Life Update - March 2013

A couple weeks ago I had a mini life update about my testing, but otherwise it's been a fairly quite March. For that I'm sorry, sort of.

In the last couple of weeks I've been picking up extra hours at work. There are a few things I'd like to save for: a car and a tattoo being near the front of the list right now. In order to help pay for those things faster, I've been trying to make some extra money. Because most of my work hours are all over the place, that's left me mostly tired and unmotivated during the day, when I used to work on blog stuff and the like. This week alone I picked up enough to have 4ish hours of overtime (I'm scheduled for 35.5 hours this week).

Aside from that, there's isn't that much new. It's mostly the same old stuff. Easter is this weekend though and I'm happy to have a long weekend off (my regularly scheduled weekend off). Unfortunately it also means that all the Easter candy is out. Are there any holidays that don't heavily involve food and/or candy???

I suppose in other news, I've been testing/using a few new products (most are just new to me) and I'll be sharing my opinions on them soon. If there's anything out there you'd like me to try before you buy, let me know!

HSG is done!

I've decided to label these posts ttc for trying to conceive...mostly because that's what they're about. I'm still not sure how much I'll be documenting here but wanted to update you all on the HSG. I had it on the 15th. It took 3 tries but we were finally able to see that my tube is indeed clear.

That's amazing news and honestly not what I was expecting. The doctor has cleared us to start trying when we're ready and said that when I get pregnant again I'll be very closely monitored, especially in the beginning, given my history of ectopics.

March 2013 Ispy/Glam Bag

This month's theme, as you may be able to tell by peeks of the bag through all that product up there, is The Great Escape. The bag features products that are promised to be good for "getting gorgeous on-the-go."