Sephora Favorites

I have been (im)patiently waiting on my LashStash mascaras to get here, and now I see that Sephora has quite a few of these fabulous samplers- each for $40 or less. What a great way to try out products!

LASHSTASH MASCARAS: Try this eye-batting arsenal of 11 of Sephora’s most-wanted mascaras- it’s our bestsellers in a box! Sephora Favorites Lashstash Mascara Deluxe Sampler

EAU GIRL SCENTS: This scentsational set packs 8 petite versions of Sephora’s most sought-after spritzes, perfectly sized for even the smallest clutch.Sephora Favorites Eau Girl Fragrance Deluxe Sampler

SKIN-SAVING MOISTURIZERS: Find your next miracle cream with a kit filled with our 6 top
moisturizers – you’ll have nourished, hydrated skin in a flash! Sephora Favorites Face Quenchers Moisturizers Deluxe Sampler
NATURAL WONDERS SAMPLER: See how green glamour can be with this set filled with 9 of Sephora’s best-selling natural beauties. Sephora Favorites Naturally Gorgeous Skincare & Make-Up Sampler

And here's a link for Sephora's Official Coupons and Code page.

Do you think?

I should make this my profile pic?

Mamalicious just posted this on FB and I about died laughing. Do you know the time that went into that hair? It involved Awesome hair spray and a blow dryer and hanging my head upside down.....

Tonight I will be looking through my albums for some of her in return......

Last Day for Neutrogena Giveaway

Today is the last day for my Neutrogena sunblock giveaway. Right now there are only 4 entries for the 2 prizes, so the odds are in your favor if you'll just enter!

Good luck!

Reality Check: Shred It or Dread It

Last week Slim and I (and Big Bubba) were eating lunch in celebration of Slim's 35th birthday.

Whilst I was dunking my 59th tortilla chip in the oh-so-creamy cheese dip, Slim smiled at me across the table and said "So, how's your Shred program going?".

Yeah, not well.

So today we start o-vah. I've actually got my WW QuikTrak Diary right here and am logging all food I eat so I am at least accountable to this damn notebook. There are no birthdays at work for a bit so I won't be tempted to make any random desserts. Although I am disclosing that I am going to make Hot Bean Dip and Bacon Ranch Dip for the 4th and do plan on taking a day off-plan to celebrate.

But it's happening y'all- I'm losing 10 pounds by July 23. Pinky-swear.

We Have An Injury

Our very first tball injury.

See those baseball stitch marks? The Politician caught a ball with his face last night. He went to the dugout for a bit but headed back on the field pretty quickly.

He was actually kinda proud of his battle-wound when I asked him if I could take a picture of it before bed last night. But you can see he's pretending to be sad in the photo......

We lost our third game of the playoffs last night, but we've got another chance tonight since it's double elimination. Good luck Cubs!

RH Baby & Child: Who Knew?

Did you know that Restoration Hardware has a baby and child line? I didn't! But I guess they knew how big of a fan I'd be, so they sent me their catalog yesterday (unprompted). Super-smart of them since I of course placed an order today for bedding for WC's big girl full-sized bed.

Uh, huh. How gorgeous is that? I'm going to use that blanket (on sale for $45- regular price $129) as a coverlet and I got two of the matching standard shams for $10 each (regular price $29).

Her bed has a footboard, so we really don't need a bed skirt. I got this boxspring cover in petal for $40 (regular price $80).

And I also got this darling full-sized blanket in petal/chocolate for $35 (regular price $99).

How gorgeous is all that?????? Can't wait to get it.

A New Giveaway!

I've got a new giveaway up at my giveaway blog for some Neutrogena baby sunblock products! And don't forget to enter the iPod drawing... it's been extended until July 6.

The Quest for the Perfect Mascara

This is so cool- Sephora is offering a great kit called Sephora Favorites Lashstash Mascara Deluxe Sampler- samples sizes of 11 of Sephora's most popular mascaras for only $39.

Here's what's included:

• Anastasia Lash Lifting Mascara
• Tarte Lights Camera Lashes
• Sephora Atomic Volume Mascara
• Stila Multi Effect Mascara
• Benefit Bad Gal Mini
• Bare Escentuals Buxom Lash
• Too Faced Mini Lash Injection Pin Point
• Smashbox Bionic
• Lancome Cils Booster
• DuWop Lash Venom
• Korres Provitamin B5 and Rice Bran Mascara

Of course I had to purchase this myself, because I think it owe it to my blog readers to try out each mascara and give my opinion. Isn't that a valid purchase? I think it is.....

Don't forget to go through ebates for 8% back and you can use code 3SJ9HQ for free shipping on $25. I always find great codes on RetailMeNot, so if you are spending more than $50, you'll get free shipping anyway and you can use a code from there for a free product sample.

Baby Sweetstakes at Amazon

Amazon is running a neat sweepstakes right now- you can win a dream baby registry valued at over $3,000 in apparel, feeding, gear and nursery products from top-name baby brands like Britax, Fisher Price, Graco, Quinny, Maxi Cosi and Skip Hop, including a one year supply of Huggies Supreme diapers!

One Amazon Dream Registry Sweepstakes winner will be selected each month from May through December for up to eight chances to win.

It’s easy to participate - you simply need to create an Amazon Baby Registry and add 10 items to be automatically entered into the sweepstakes. The sooner you create your baby registry, the more chances to win! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Drawings monthly. Ends 12/31/09. See Official Rules for details.

Last Day for Giveaway!

My first giveaway on my new site will end at 10 pm CST today! You've got a fabulous chance of winning a 16 GB iPod Touch since there are only 48 entries right now. What are you waiting for??????????

Edited at 1:45 pm CST: Great news! xtra xtra has asked me to continue the giveaway through July 6th! You still have time to enter.

Need Your Honest Opinion

I am crushed. Defeated. Saddest I have ever been.

Yesterday at Wally World I was picking up a few things we had forgotten to get before the Father's Day dinner at the ILs. I tossed a pack of Mike's Light in my cart along with all the other random things we needed because I always need Mike's Light.

Checking out, I saw a message flash on the screen as the cashier scanned the Mike's:

Is customer under 40?

The damn whipper-snapper chose NO!

Unbelievable- do I look over 40?????????

(And really, I should be honest and tell you I don't actually want your honest opinion- I just need about 20 commenters telling me I totally don't look a day over 30 to re-set my confidence meter).

Go.

Over My Head

If I'm on your blogroll with my OLD blogspot address, it looks like it's not redirecting... it may be a blogger issue, but it also may be a google issue that I am so lost on how to fix. Something about new DNS entries.

At any rate, please update your blogrolls for my domain http://www.sashasays.com/ so you don't get that pesky page not found message!

Although I am thinking this post might be pointless, because if you typically find me by my blogspot address..... how will you see this? I'm going to bed.....

GDA: Lean Cuisine at Target

This week Target is having a fabulous deal on Lean Cuisine and Lean Pockets.

Purchase three Lean Cuisine One Dish Favorite meals for $2 each and get a free package of Lean Pockets! Basically, you get four frozen items for $1.50 each! And if you eat the Lean Pockets individually, as I do, it's actually just $1 per meal.
My current favorite Lean Cuisine is Pasta Romano with Bacon. Nom Nom. It's divine- aside from a few large chunks of tomato I picked out, I ate the entire thing! Don't read the reviews on the LC site- there are some crazy people saying it tasted too much like bacon. Hello! "Bacon" is in the title!

Current Lean Pocket flavors I am digging: Whole Grain-Garlic White Chicken Pizza, Whole Grain-Meatballs & Mozzarella, Cheeseburger, Chicken Parmesan, and Mexican Style-Chicken & Cheese. Yay for no veggies!

Oh, and anonymous, if you are still out there and plan on griping at me for not liking veggies, don't bother. We don't care for that around these parts.

OMG- Father's Day is Sunday!

Did you all know that Father's Day is Sunday? I knew in the back of my head, but as typical for Sasha, I haven't managed to pick up anything for the hubs or my dad.

An Amazon.com gift card might solve all my problems!

One Word

Awesome!

Heat it for 8 seconds in the microwave and eat it with a fork- that's the secret!

I Must

have these. Hungry Girl told me about them yesterday and I can't quit thinking about them. How good do these Cinnabon Snack Bars look? I think they'd be worth the 3 WW points.

GDA: John Frieda Root Awakening

Last month I posted about the new John Frieda Root Awakening collection that BzzAgent introduced me to and how much I was loving the Nourishing Moisture shampoo and conditioner. Well, I still do! I did try the Strength Restoring shampoo and conditioner, and I didn't like that formula nearly as much. I have also been using the Health Boosting Detangling Spray on both my daughter and myself and absolutely love it.

And this week there are two pretty fabulous deals on these products that will give you a low-costs opportunity to try them too!

First, CVS is offering the products for $4.99 when you use your ExtraCare card. Add to that deal the $3 coupon from today's Smart Source insert, and you've can try the products for only $1.99 each!

Walgreens has an even better deal if you can get your hands on three of the $3 off coupons. You can basically try the shampoo, conditioner, and detangling spray for $1! Walgreens is offering them 3/$15, and then they give you $5 in Register Rewards for your next visit. Net price is then 3/$10 and if you use three $3 coupons, your end price will be $1 for three products. Fabulous.

If you try these products, let me know what you think.

Vocab Lesson: Wow Wear

Are we all watching Little Miss Perfect? If you're not, you should be. There's all kind of things to be learned.

First of all, when thinking of my daily wardrobe, it'll now be all about "Wow Wear", which is some type of creative outfit or sportswear that the girls in the pageant wear to "Wow" the judges. That can certainly apply to our lives I think- don't we all need to have that "Wow" factor when we get dressed? I'll be putting on my black pants and work shirts and thinking to myself, "Will I wow anyone today in this outfit? If not, I probably need to change."

Also, I have a new favorite song, and it's called Little Miss Perfect Pageant. Did you know there are citrus colored rainbows on the other side? I do now....

Contest Reminder

Let's chat a bit about the giveaway on my other blog. Right now there are only 25 people entered! And since there are two prizes, well, the odds are pretty good that you'll win an amazing prize. So head on over and enter!

Shred It or Dread It: Update 1

Hmmm... I think my scale lied to my face like it did to Mamalicious a few weeks ago.

My mother-scratcher scale told me I've only lost 4 pounds since I first started Shred It or Dread It about 9 days ago.

I'll admit that I haven't gotten my planned 6 days per week of exercise in, and I certainly haven't managed to keep track of my WW points like I should, although I'm betting most of you figured I'd fall off the wagon in some way. I always shoot big so I if I fail on some of my tasks, some of them still get done and there's some positive-ness to pat myself on the back for.

I've totally succeeded on limiting my alcohol intake to Saturdays (well, there's just been one Saturday, but you bet I drank on it) and so I figured I'd lose a few more than that...... maybe I sabotaged myself on my Saturday off with Slim and Mamalicious? Oh wait, I did have a few beers last Friday on accident.

At any rate, I suppose that's a good start and I still have 6 weeks or so to go to lose the remaining 11 pounds. I'm not sure when I'm going on my trip because I have a terrible memory for things like dates. The hubs asked me last night what day I leave and I told him I'd have to pull out the calendar to check, and damn, it was all the way in the kitchen. Hopefully the girls I'm going with will remind me when it gets close. Surely they'll pick me up on their way to the airport.