35 in 31 update

for anyone that has been wondering how my weight loss goal is going... [remember my goal of 35 pounds in 31 weeks?!]
well, so far so good!
these last five pounds have been the most stubborn to lose.
[annoying how fat loves me and my thighs a little too much. because.. i hate it.]
today i did my own little weigh in and i've lost 25 pounds in 20 weeks!
11 weeks left to lose these last 10 pounds.
psh.
i got this.
easy.

highlights of the week.

it's so much easier to blog about things that happened each week when i have my handy dandy iphone attached to my hip at all times to capture anything and everything. love that thing.

last monday husband and i got the rare opportunity to SKYPE! oh happy day!
it's almost weird to be able to talk face to face without actually being near each other. so close, yet so far away. :(
here's my babe! always crackin' me up. :) not sure why this made me giggle so much. probably since i get all giddy whenever i see him. this marks the 4th time i've seen this handsome face in a little over 5 months. so you can see why i get so antsy, right? :)

speaking of charlie! it's little things like this that put the biggest smile on my face. no matter how many times he's complimented me in the past i will always always always be flattered. i always dreamed of having a loveydovey romantic husband when i was little. lucky meeee :)[ hope you don't mind me putting this up for the world to see, babe!]

accidentally stumbled upon these babies at baron's last week. and BOY am i glad i did! hands down the BEST thing i've eaten so far this year. good lord why is coconut SO. DANG. DELICIOUS. [and only 110 calories!!]

i was able to drive to one of my most favorite southern california cities, dana point, this past week to visit a friend and do her hair. its places like this that i will tremendously miss when we make the big move in a couple months. *siiiigh.*

not apartment hunting until the end of next month and won't even touch a moving box for another four months.. yet i already have my apartment hunting notebook organized by city with each page having a checkoff list and a note section so i don't forget any details. thank you, older sister, for training me to be this way. :) [any of you having flashbacks of my wedding planner notebook?!]

finally putting one of my christmas presents from my brother to use tonight. yay! free music! 

have a good week, everyone. :)

what i wore wednesdays.

wednesday already?! 

well that was fast. 

this summer like weather [winter time whereeeee areeee youuuuu?!] in southern california is forcing me to mix outfits. hence the sandals and capris mixed with a long sleeve and a scarf. haha! 

don't let the fashion police see me. 

black v-neck long sleeve: target. [are you surprised? haa]

leopard scarf: one of my best friends, mandy gave this to me last year. sooo mandy, my dear, where did you get it?! UPDATE: she said she got it at wet seal. :)

white distressed boyfriend fit capris: american eagle

sandals: target. yet again. :)

ball bracelet and link bracelet: tiffany & co.

large silver bangle bracelet: i'm almost positive i got it at kohl's..? many many maaaany moons ago. pretty sure i was a sophomore in high school. 

highlights of the week.

oops i'm a tad late on this post but ohhh well. :)

this past week [jan. 16th-22nd] was a goodie. 

-had my LAST day at my second job and i couldn't be more happy to be back to just doing hair. hallelujah! 

-having a girls night with two of my best friends, kiersten and liana with all of liana's wonderful sisters. we made get well cards for their brother, jared. he had two unrelated surgeries that day and we wanted him to feel the love. thankfully he is recovering very well! and he LOVED all his cards. job well done, ladies. :) 

-this MINI mason jar used as a salt shaker! i love almost anything miniature so of course this little guy made my heart melt. so much so, that i had to take a picture of it.

-getting this adorable chalkboard/burlap pincushion/collage frame on CLEARANCE! sure i'll take it for 75% off. noooo problem. score!

-one of my favorite things in life is having breakfast for dinner. mainly because i am sooo NOT a morning person, but i loveloveLOVE breakfast foods. any and all. and this yummy apple cinnamon oatmeal sweetened with agave nectar was no disappointment. i practically licked the bowl clean. 

-deployment flower delivery day #11. i have such a romantic and thoughtful husband. he's still capable of swooning me even when he's 7,500 miles away. lucky, lucky me. :)

[my favorite part of this bouquet is the pop of sunshine this yellow gerber daisy brings. just a friendly reminder that there IS light at the end of this ugly deployment tunnel and charlie will be home SOON!]

-after scraping the sides of my blush compact for a good month i finally made my way down to sephora to pick me up a fresh one! ahh nothing like brand spankin' new blush. nars is the way to go, ladies. my favorite blush shade of theirs?: "orgasm". [yes, go ahead and giggle if you must. ]

-and the best part of this week? one of my best friends [also mentioned earlier this post..i'm a little redundant tonight.] got ENGAGED! ♥

congratulations, liana and ryan! woohoo! 

got these two lovebirds a card, some pretty orchids & some celebratory ring pops. :) [they're only fitting, right?]

yup, very good week indeed. 

care packages.

remember how i mentioned last week that i sent off charlie's LAST care package?! [YAY!]

well, it made me remember how i haven't been the best at uploading all of them onto our blog. and i can't really remember which one i last showed you all on here, so here's all 14 of 'em. 

in an odd way, i will really miss making these for my babe. it gave me such joy to make these for charlie, knowing how happy they make him while he's in such a miserable country. 

the candygram..

there you have it! all of my care packages to charlie. i like to spoil him. he deserves it. :)

[sorry to all my facebook friends that have already seen these a few times!]

what i wore wednesdays.

it's wednesday again! and this is what i wore. :)

reeeeally sorry about the graininess goin' on in these pictures. 

[if anyone would like to donate to the i'm-sick-of-samantha's-grainy-and-horribly-lit-pictures-she-needs-a-fancy-schmancy-camera fund that would be graaand. HA! ;)] 

rock revival jeans & pointy toe heals: buckle

skinny belt and striped shirt: target. [almost every outfit i wear there's something in it from target. loooove target.]

green sleeveless sweater: charlotte russe 

necklace: oh crap. i seriously forgot where i got that. BUT i'm going to go out on a limb here and guess target a long time ago- hence the memory loss. haha!




until we meet again, wendesday!

looky what i did!

so we all know i loveloveLOVE pinterest. [ya, me and every other person on this earth because pinterest is AWESOME!]

and i saw this ca-ute valentine's wreath a few weeks ago and i just couldn't stop thinking of it. soo i made one so i can whip it out and put it on our front door every year to celebrate love day. :)

even though the inspiration is much better than mine, i'm still proud of my wreath! 

especially since the wreath off of pinterest was originally a picture from a product being sold on etsy for $35. and i made mine for roughly...ohhh....$7 bucks. I WIN!