Out with the old, in with the new!

I'm happy to announce that as of last Friday I am no longer employed by Healing Waters, and as of next Monday I will be employed by Koch Industries! 

It is an extremely bitter sweet feeling. 

On one hand, I have met some of the best ladies at Healing Waters. 

Some friends that I know will be friends for life. 

They truly are amazing women. 

My med team family. 

The ladies at paint the town.

Our management team. 

On the other hand, I am so excited to start this new journey! I have been applying at Koch since before I graduated college and it has been a goal I have always been trying to reach. It's so satisfying to finally get there.

 It is the second biggest privately owned company in the United States, and from what I've heard it's such a great place to work. People work hard, but are appreciated, paid well for the work, and their is many opportunities for advancement. 

It took me three on site interviews to finally be offered the position! One 30 minute interview with HR, one 5 hour interview with 5 different people on my new team, and then another 3 hour interview with 6 more people from that team. Such an exhausting process but I totally understand them wanting to find the right fit for their team!

You are now looking at the Residential Selection Coordinator for Koch Business Holdings. 

Eek!! 

What I Wore Wednesday [2]

We recently underwent a change in all dress code for management at the spa. It is now strictly dress pants, tailored capri's, or pencil skirts, with closed toe shoes.

Unfortunately, I'm no longer able to wear my super cute sun dresses or maxi's and in the winter I can't break out the high boots with the black skinny jeans. 

Let me let you in on a little bit of my new and improved 'work swag'. 

 Shirt / Body Central 

(this use to be my go to interview shirt)

 Pants / Forever21

(don't you love when a friend looses weight and gives you their now to big clothes!)

 Shoes / Payless

  

Linking up with The Pleated Poppy.

Summer Break Envy

So today I was having a really bad case of the blues.

It was CT's first day on summer break and no work. It was also my first day as an assistant director having to close the spa. 

Those two things together made me a sassy little lady today. 

Luckily, I got to sleep in with CT today and we both got to take Bentley to his vet apoointment. What I didn't get to do was go to Salina with him to watch some baseball.

Needless to say, I'm envious! 

I should have became a teacher. 

A FACS teacher! Cooking, crafting, sewing.. the life!

 Plus paid summers off. 

What was I thinking? 

Nail Files [5] + Promotion!

Happy Friday yall! 

My Friday started out with a nice little promotion. I am now the Cosmetic Clinic Assistant Director/ VIP Coordinator at Healing Cosmetic Waters. It was unexpected and much appreciated. 

Today's 'Blog everyday in May' post is what is your favorite photo?

This is one of most absolute favorite pictures of CT and I. This was taken during the initial 'honeymoon phase' of our dating relationship. We look so young and were so in love!

This is also one of my most favorite photos.
I am so glad the photographer captured this photo on our wedding day. It perfectly discribes CT's and my personality.


This past week I got a fresh new manicure and wanted to link up with Tara.

Shellac CND - 2 coats romantique and 1 coat moonlight & roses.

The perfect light pink with a little free edge showing. 

This is totally one of those manicures you could wear forever. 

Well I hope you all have a good weekend. I have 2 birthday parties to go to tomorrow. 

I also am on the look out for the perfect red of Annie Sloan chalk paint for my new buffet table, which you can find more about here.

PS- CT is so excited to be done with his 2nd year of teaching next week. Today was his second evening being out of baseball and coming home at 3. Of course it was only appropriate to leave him a little list of things to do. I wanted to be sure he saw it! 

Haha I am so evil but soo good!

Mothers Day Weekend

I love the weekends! 

 Lounging. Cleaning. Sleeping in. Naps. Catching up on DVR. Loving on my husband and pupperz.

 Yesterday was most definitely a Friday. It was such a CRAZY busy day at work. I think it mostly was due to our cosmetic clinic director only having 3 more days left with us. I'm already feeling the repercussions of her leaving. I got triple the amount of emails that I normally do. Things are about to get even more crazy. All I can do is take one day at a time and continue to check www.indeed.com in the meantime.   

Last night a group of us girls got together for a going away dinner + drinks and then they all came back to my apartment.

We went to Mikes Wine Dive.

It was the best meal I've had in a really long time. 

I got a fried egg sandwich, a spicy oyster appetizer, and some gourmet deviled eggs. I was going to get the smores for dessert but I was too stuffed by that time.

This is where CT and I will be going for my birthday dinner [in 19 days!] because it was so delicious.

Speaking of my birthday, we also got tickets to the circus! I can't wait. 

 

 

Welp, it's mothers day weekend! 

I hope ya'll did something special for your mom. My mom was able to come up to Wichita yesterday to be a training model for us at the clinic for injectables.

 One of the many perks of my job!! 

 In the last month she has got more then $1500 in free product. I'd say that's quite the mothers day gift. =)

 

 

My mom also brought to town my new buffet table. Now I'm just needing to go find some red chalk paint and get to work. 

There are so many apartment projects on the to do list.

 

1. paint buffet red

2. paint mantel white

3. add tile around bathroom mirror

4. paint bathroom

5. find a better fabric storage for hobby room

6. refinish kitchen table 

 

 

     Still on the agenda for the weekend: Wichita Wild football game, church, our nieces soccer game, and a dance recital. 

 

 

 

 

 

I can NOT believe ...

I can NOT believe.. that it is go time! Time to make a baby! 

I can NOT believe.. that my birthday is in 22 days. 22 days till 24. I have a feeling it's going to be the best year yet.

I can NOT believe.. that CT is almost done with his second year of teaching! I am so happy that he is so happy with it almost being summer. His mood is dependent on the bratty kids at school, so with that being said he is a gem in the summer time. 

I can NOT believe.. I have almost been at Healing Waters for almost a year. It is bitter sweet. Bitter in the fact that there isn't really a whole lot of job growth available within this company, and sweet in the fact that I have met some of the best people at this job. 

How lovely is everyone in this photo? Oh the joys of working at a cosmetic clincic =)

 I can NOT believe.. I ran 1.8 miles through the ghetto to get to CT's baseball game yesterday. My body is SORE today! 

I can NOT believe.. I will be in NYC in less than 2 months. How amazing does the 4th of July in the city sound? 

I can NOT believe.. how many passwords I have memorized. It might just be my hands that know them. There are so many and my fingers just go to work when I get to each website! (I also have 3 cheat sheets worth of passwords)

I can NOT believe.. how heart breaking it was to hear about those three women that had been kidnapped and held hostage for 10+ years. I pray that those ladies go on to live happy, healthy lives after all the traumatic experiences they have been through.  

 

Linking up with Robin.

If Only

This past week + weekend has been quite the doozy! 

I worked 40+ hours at my regular job at the cosmetic clinic, then an additional 11+ hours at my summertime/weekend job assisting with event coordinating. 

As I was laying in bed last night, the bottom of my heels were throbbing all the way up into my calves. I then woke up this morning and my biceps were tender to the touch.

That just goes to show you I haven't hit the gym in awhile. 

Note to self -- get with it! 

This wedding I worked yesterday was absolutely gorgeous! I can't imagine how beautiful it would have been if it wasn't 40 degrees out and it would have went as planned. 

They spent a pretty penny on this wedding. 

A good couple 25 million pennies! 

If only...

 I had 1/6 of what they spent on this wedding I would be SOOO happy. 

All I want is my darn student loans paid off. I'm so blessed to have had the opportunity to go to college but the payments after the fact are absolutely awful. CT and I will still be in debt when we are 90. 

It's brutal.

 

 We ended the weekend with some family time at church and lunch, and then a date night were we attended a local amateur hockey game. 

It never fails, every game we attended our team loses.

This upcoming week we have lots to look forward to. 

Final buff baseball games, another exciting dr. appointment on Wednesday to see if we get a green light, and some much needed mom time on Friday! 

Beautiful things are about to happen! 

Crafting: My Birthday List [Part 1]

Birthdays are hugely celebrated in our household [especially mine =) ].

My birthday is May 30, so obviously it is celebrated all month long! 

I know CT gets so tired of hearing me say "it's my birthday month and it's my birthday week".

He is such the trooper! 

Here are a few things I'm loving lately, just in time for my birthday to come around! 

1. Willow needs an Auto-Start 

We hardly drive her in the winter or summer because CT's car has an auto start and it's so much more convenient to get into an already cool/warm car!

2. Hair Extensions  

 via

    

I have been following Bellami Hair on instagram, and I'm loving their look! I have pretty long hair but it's not very thick. I'd love some of their clip ins.

3. At Home Shellac Kit

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I spend so much on manicure/pedicures - this would definitely be an investment that would pay off quickly! 

4. Michael Kors Hamilton Tote

 

 via

Why does this bag have to be so expensive? $350! 

I try and justify this by thinking I'll have it my whole life! I just need to start saving my pennies now.

5. Clarisonic Mia 2

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Since I started working at HW, my face routine has quadrupled in time. This is the last piece I need to complete the puzzle! 

After making this list I realize I have such expensive taste =/. 

I guess that's why birthdays only come around once a year! My husband couldn't afford to spoil me all the time. 

Keep an eye out, I will probably have a part 2 of this list at a later time!  

 

 

Spring Piggies

This week was quiet and slow at work so I took some time over my lunch break to get my toes done! Oh the joys of working at a spa/cosmetic clinic = the discount! 
 

 (sorry for such poor quality)

 Hotski to Tchotchke. Such a pretty turquoise! I'm really into turquoise these days. I go in spurts with colors I like. It use to be red, then purple, now I'm really liking turquoise. 

 

Again, I couldn't resist shellac. Hopefully these piggies stay pretty for a good month and a half! I think I might be adding an 'at home shellac kit' to my birthday list. (more on that list to come!)

I don't know how smart investing in one would be since I've invested so much already in regular nail polish.
 

 See more about that here.

Do any of you have the at home shellac kit? Should I splurge and get one? Or better yet have the hubby get it for me =)  

Linking up with Tara at Fabulous by Evil. 

 

Good Friday Goodies

Happy Friday ya'll! TGIF! 

Things are getting super busy at my work right now. With the changing of seasons - everyone is wanting to get in to get all their cosmetic needs addressed: a little botox, laser hair removal, and some liposuction! 

Anyways, Good Friday has got me in the mood for some goodies. If only these goodies were flattering for my figure.

 

 Oreo Brown Bites

 

 Snickerdoodle Cookies

 Strawberry Shortcake

YUMM! All these sweets are making my mouth water, especially the snickerdoodle cookies.
 Do you have any indulgences and if so what are they? My husband and I  has a huge sweet tooth so I'm always looking for some great new recipes. I also need some more options for when I'm instructed to bring a dessert dish to family functions. Thankfully, we are going out to eat for Easter dinner so that makes me safe until the 4th of July.

Have a good Easter weekend!