Christmas Around Our Home

We put up our tree and other Christmas decorations a few weeks ago and finally wrapped presents this past weekend. Finally, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Team Jenkins household.

Here's a peek!

Happy Holidays!!

Questioning My Choices

We're less than 6 months away from the wedding and I'm not sure what I should be doing. The fact that we're having a destination wedding means I have a lot less stuff to do, but there's still things to be done and I wanna make sure that I can get them all done.

We've set a date, chose the location and made travel arrangements. We've also chosen the bridal party, picked our colors, registered and I bought a dress. And that's about it! Last week I had some free time and was able to put together a wedding to-do list and I've got A LOT to get done. But the problem is that I really need to decide on what I want. I'm questing my choices before I even make up my mind. There are just SO MANY options when it comes to everything wedding related.

I never ever thought I would be so indecisive when came to planning my own wedding, but I can't seem to make a decision without thinking that I chose the wrong place, the wrong colors, the wrong this or the wrong that. I have an idea of what I want but can't seem to put it all together and so I just ignore the situation. I know I have a wedding to plan and things to get do but I've put it off. Until now! I don't want to wait until the last-minute and become overwhelmed and not be able to enjoy the experience of having a wedding.

Since, I'll have a little time off for the holiday's these next two weeks, I'm committing to getting some more wedding stuff done. Choose my invitations and select a wedding cake topper and maybe even choose what I'd like for decor on the tables or choose a photographer for our engagement photos. Soo much to do, so little time.

 

I'd love any wedding planning advice, or tell me, if you could do anything differently what would it be?

Lately...

Holiday party fun with the girls!!

Picture perfect sky

Breakfast these days. I love me some Shakeology! The healthiest meal of the day!

Headbands are a staple these days while growing my hair out.

 Gel manicure...Lasted for weeks and still looks pretty good!

Two years later and I finally made a photo book of our trip to NYC.

 Some holiday baking with the kiddo!

Did a little shopping at Target to see their Target + Neiman Marcus Holiday Collection. 

Snacks these days.

Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad for lunch at Fox N Hound. 

 

Dinner with friends at Gloria's for the holidays!

Snacking on the go!

 I love Shakeology, even on the go!

All taken with my iPhone

Engagement Session Outfit

We haven't picked a date to have our engagement photos yet nor have we decided on a photographer. But I have started thinking about what I'm going to wear when we do schedule them.

I bought a pair of teal jeans that I'd love to incorporate in my casual outfit, but can't quite decide on what kind of top. I can't decide on a color, a style, patterns, no patterns, sleeves, no sleeves. There are so many options and I'm not really sure what I want.

Engagement Session Outfit Inspiration by virgostar16 featuring mid rise jeans

Work it Wednesday's

I don't own a scale and it seems like neither do most of the people in my life. Every time I go to someones house and ask if they have one I could use, either they don't have one or it doesn't work very well. :(

Back on August 22nd, I weighed myself on my mom's not so sure if it works correctly scale and I weighed XXX.  I was shocked seeing that I had weighed the most I ever had, including while I was pregnant. At that moment, I had a goal to lose 10lbs by October 1st and started working out but not consistently.

I started p90x on October 1st and everything was good and I was on track but still didn't know how much I weighed to be able to track my progress. So finally on the 15th of the month I went to a Bed Bath & Beyond and used one of their scales (pitiful, I know). I weighed XXX and had lost 7lbs from when I initially weighed myself in August! Since then I've stayed on track with my workouts only missing a day here and there and changed my eating habits but haven't been as strict as I need to be.

My Team Beachbody coach Lori encouraged me to try Shakeology to help with my weight loss but I waited a while cause I knew if I really liked it I couldn't afford it at the time. In November  I got a few samples from her and after using it for about a week, I had already noticed a difference in how much energy I had, and felt lighter too. I enjoyed it so much that I felt like I was craving it. So much so that I decided to order a month supply of it, and it arrived on Monday, December 3rd!

Being that I'm in my last 30 days of P90X and I'm super excited to see my end results! I'm going hard on my workouts, eating healthy and (absolutely no fast food) taking Shakeology, so had to find out what I weigh now to see how much I'll lose during this last moth. So I weighed myself yesterday at 24 Hour Fitness (no, I don't have a membership. I just went in to weighed myself, cause I still don't own a scale!) and now weigh XXX which means I've lost another 6 lbs!! Woot, woot!!

30 days of shakes, the last 30 days of p90x and starting the New Year off with one less resolution equals one committed soon-to-be bride!!

I'll share more before and after photos at the end so you can see my progress! If you're interested in getting any additional info from the products I mentioned above, just let me know. I'd love to help others reach their fitness goals!

Skin Care Routine

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When it comes to my daily beauty regimen I tend to keep things pretty simple. Just face wash and some moisturizer and that's about it. Typically, I'll either use daily facial cleansing cloths from Target (below) or Cetaphil face wash & moisturizer along with St. Ives Blemish & Blackhead Control Apricot Scrub once a week. I tend to have combination skin where some areas are oily while others are drier.

In the past I've had microdermabrasion done before which I love, and actually still have a session left that was paid for in advance that I plan on using in the spring since my skin changes with the seasons. In the meantime though, I'm trying to remove dark spots, reduce the size of my pores and get a healthy glow.

I break out around 'that' time of the month but noticed that I was breaking out a little more than usual and found this helpful guide via Pinterest that has helped me out a lot.

What is your acne telling you based on its location?[/caption]

It lends true to my facial problems, so I made a few changes to my lifestyle and noticed that I'm not breaking out on my chin and cheeks as much as before.

With our wedding in just 6 months, I'm trying to get my skin looking right and I'm trying to become more consistent with my skin care in general. And hair care too for that matter. I'm a vitamin taker and fill up on them every.single.day. Even though you don't see a change over night, over time I think my vitamins have helped out a lot. Along with drinking tons of water everyday, I'm hoping to look my best by the time my wedding gets here.

I've also seen on Pinterest the pin for teeth whitening by using peroxide and baking soda. Have you? I've been doing that for a while too, and can already see a difference. To be honest I can't afford professionally teeth whitening and I'm kinda scared to try it anyways. I always hear about it making our teeth sensitive so I'd rather try something out instead.

I received a few of these teeth whitening kits from a Shecky's Girls Night Out gift bag a few years ago and never bothered to give them a try. Until now... getting married + free teeth whitening = score! I'll let you know how they work out.

Have some advise for getting your skin & hair wedding ready for a soon-to-be bride, let me know?

Who Wants to Play Fashion Stylist

I can't believe it's December already! Where did November go? Better yet, where did 2012 go?

Here's a peek at what November looked like for me via my iPhone...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Weight lost journey is on track. (Sorry for the bathroom pic)[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Touring a facility for a wedding we were both working at together.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Gorgeous cake from a wedding I 2nd shot at.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="464"] Texas sunset.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Baby sitting Kelsey Monroe.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Registering for wedding gifts at Macy's.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] For weeks I craved french toast.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Kona Grill happy hour.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430"] Headed to get my nails did.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Shakeology samples[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Worked as the Day of Coordinator for this wedding.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="452"] I work out![/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Thanksgiving with the family![/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Hot chocolate to go with the cooler temps.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Favorite drink of the holiday season, Shiner Holiday Cheer![/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] My wedding dress!!!![/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Dog sitting[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Drs. Appts[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Friday night fun with Ms. Kelsey![/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] It's looking like fall![/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="323"] Me & Baby Dax[/caption]

The 4th Thursday in November

Happy Thanksgiving all! It's officially the holiday season in my book and for me it's the most wonderful time of the year!

This year for Thanksgiving I did more cooking than I've ever done in the past and it was a success. Normally, we have a turkey that we'll cook or have deep-fried but this year we ordered a smoked turkey from Greenberg; and it was delish! I highly recommend them! Usually, I have my mom make her dressing for me, but this year I did it on my own. And other than forgetting to turn on the oven at first, it came out almost like my moms. Along with the smoked turkey & dressing rolls I also made some southern style greens and tried The Pioneer Woman's Soul Sweet Taters for the first time. I added some cinnamon, nutmeg & rum extract to the taters and they were to die for!

Our day started off by sleeping in and prepping dinner. That afternoon, we headed out to visit some of my extended family whom I hadn't seen in a while, which was nice and then headed to his parent's house to watch some Thanksgiving day football and relax. We finally made it back home around 7:30pm and it was rest & relaxation from there along with some more eating.

The day was filled with much gratitude and I hope everyone had a great day filled with family, friends and food.

I headed to Costco for a tiny bit of Black Friday but that was it. How about y'all? Did anyone do any midnight shopping for Black Friday?

Here's a peek at my day via Instagram...