Drugstore Fall Lip Colors {Currently Crushing On}

Fall cannot come quick enough for me. It is my favorite seasons and I am always craving that cool fall air come mid-July when I swelter to death out side at 7AM.
While I still have a bit until my cool fall air reaches my door, I live under the impression that it is never to early to start thinking about fall/buying fall clothes and makeup.

As of right now, these are my current fall drugstore lipstick crushes and they are all available in stores now

All of these lip products wear comfortably on the lips and are well pigmented

 Maybelline Smoking Red and Maybelline Berry Bossy

Milani Matte Lip Crème in Adorable and ColourPop Lippie Stix in Lumière

L to R: Maybelline Smoking Red, Maybelline Berry Bossy, Milani Adorable (10), and Colour Pop Lumière

I was so thrilled to see new Maybelline lipsticks because I have a wonderful relationship with their color sensational lipsticks! The Loaded Bolds collection did not dissapoint and the collection includes a purple, a black, and a navy! You don't see colors like those at the drugstore very often.

The Milani matte lip crème's I have had my eye on for a while and they recently popped up at my local CVS and I was sold! They are opaque, smell like birthday cake, and they are so comfortable to wear! These are a huge hit with me.

Lumière Lippie Stix may just be my all-time favorite lip color. It is my lips but better and it is just gorgeous on! It is such a fabulous everyday color that I will be buying some back ups!

What are your favorite fall lip colors??

Weekending

Today I am linking up with Biana from B Loved Boston to talk about my weekend!

I stumbled across Biana's blog during Amanda's friday link-up and really loved her content so definitely go check it out!

This weekend was a hot and busy one. I wouldn't say I did anything super exciting, but I definitely accomplished a lot!

I dare not show you all a picture yet but I started getting my office set up so I will have a place to study come the start of the semester. I spent the rest of my Friday night working on my aerial yoga skills! I have learned a small drop maneuver and while it needs some work, I am still in awe that I was able to do something so cool looking so quickly.

I also worked on my scorpion on Sunday and it looks so much better already!

On Saturday I woke up early to head to the barn before the heat became too intense. I had a lesson on Oliver and then rode Jackson, the farms pony that is starting to be trained. After a wild ride on Jackson, I spent some time cleaning up my main man, Remi! I cannot wait to get back on him but in the meantime we are getting lots of beauty time.

Baby Jackson

My main squeeze

Saturday night Nick surprised me with dinner and a movie! We went and saw The Secret Life of Pets, which was super cute. 

It really makes we wish I could know what my two boys think all the time.

Sunday was boring and consisted of errands and me becoming sick. I still am not feeling so hot today and I'm hoping whatever this is will go away soon. While I laid in bed and watched Hulu like the pitiful person I was, Nick worked on the lawn mower and then made some grilled caesar salads for us for dinner! We finished the night by watching Sleepy Hollow and I fell asleep on the couch.

As always the weekend went by too fast but it was good never the less! I hope you all had a good weekend!

Hello Friday!

Hello Friday! The summer is flying by but honestly I am a bit excited because I am chomping at the bit to start nursing school! More about that later. For now I am bringing you my week favorites and linking up with Amanda, Karli, Tif, and Christina!

1/ Favorite Song

Hymn For The Weekend - Coldplay ft. Beyonce

Loving this song and loving Beyonce's makeup in the actual music video. So gorgeous!

2/ Favorite New Show

The Good Wife.

Now that I have watched the new season of Orange is the New Black (OMG!) and have watched all the episodes of the Mindy Project I have now moved onto The Good Wife and am loving it! Plus there are 7 seasons on Hulu so I can continue my binge watching for a while.

3/ Favorite Upcoming Moment

That's right!! I am going to be starting aerial yoga in the month of July. I had so much fun at the open house and am so excited to give it a go!

4/ Favorite Moment Of The Week

The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale started yesterday for card holders and lets just say I found a few things...

5/ Funnies

When I picked Boone up from his teeth cleaning

How I feel when Nick's alarm goes off at 4:45 AM

When I just finish my nails and the dogs try to jump on me

Getting Back In The Saddle

This past weekend I was in Virginia for a horse show. This was such a fun moment because I haven't shown since the very beginning of this year, and I've been dying to get back into the ring. While I wish I had gone to the show with Remi (who is doing well by the way!), he is still recovering so I now have a new mount named Oliver.

Oliver is only 5 years old so he is still working on some things but overall he was a good boy and survived his first show with an amateur rider. This was an interesting show because we were all on inexperienced and new horses, but overall I would say that Oliver and I were successful!

 Twinning! Ashley on the left with her new mare Greyta and Oliver and I are on the right.

Telling Oliver that he was a good boy.

After sweltering to death at the show, I managed to eat my way through Culpeper during my short stay!

Fantastic Reese's cheesecake and gelato! Sadly I didn't get to enjoy much because I felt awful that night, but I can tell you that the few bites I took were magical.

The most delicious chicken salad wrap and white bean and feta salad. The Thyme Market is definitely a little gem in downtown Culpeper. 

 I found a French Bakery and OMG...I wanted all the chocolate. They had beautiful cakes (which sadly I didn't get to go back for because they were closed), pastries, coffee, gelato, and so much chocolate! We planned to go back for more later in the day, but they closed earlier than I thought! So sad! The peanut butter caramel chocolate that I did have was so good though. 

Going to Culpeper made me realize how much I missed showing and how I can't wait to get Remi back into the show ring!

Easy {Crockpot} Stir Fry!

So the title may be slightly misleading, but I promise you that even though the entire thing isn't cooked in the crockpot, it still won't take you much time to prepare!

Oh and did I mention how good it was?!

To make the chicken:

Throw 4-5 pieces of chicken in the crockpot

Cover with 1/2 or 3/4 of teriyaki sauce (I bought the kind with the sesame seeds!)

Cook on high for 4 hours

Now the rice and the veggies are up to you, but this is what I did:

I bought Bird's Eye Steamfresh Brown Rice and cooked it in the microwave

I also bought frozen stir fry veggies and made my own stir fry sauce.

To make the stir fry sauce:

2 tablespoons of cornstarch

1/4 cup of brown sugar

2 cloves of minced garlic

1/2 cup of soy sauce 

1/2 cup of water

Mix all ingredients together and pour over veggies. Bring to boil until sauce has thickened and you are done! 

There you have it! Easy and delicious stir fry! It also tastes great as leftovers!