Book Review

This chic book by Harriet Evans is about a 22 year old girl who lives in London . She just graduated from college and landed a fantastic magazine job. As her life falls perfectly together - falling in love with her flatmate, a job promotion, a new flat, and an engagement - she gets too comfortable and she starts to look past things that start happening in her warm and cozy life. Uncontrollable events change her world untill she decides to stop running to New York and faces her old life back home in London.

For Alice and Wonderland Fans this movie illustrated version is a great collectable item.

My Favorite Spring Accessory

 

Michael Kors leather wristlets

These, by far, are the most exciting things for me this spring. I purchased the black wristlet last summer and have been loving it since. They retail for $148.00 at Macy's but I got mine for sale because Macy's always has great sales. The purple wristlet was recently purchased at Macy's on clearance because they wanted to get rid of it. I paid less than $40, it was a steal!

Wristlets are so convenient and these ones are so durable. My black one has been frequently used and it still looks in peak condition and I imagine it will years from now too. These wristlets are not leaving my collection for a while. If I could get every color I would! They also came in white and gold. They are all genuine leather with a quilt pattern of a matte and shinny leathers overlapping each other. The details of them are fine. The plate on the font reads Michale Kors, established in 1981.

Since I purchased the purple one last week I have been using it instead of a purse. Its taken a load off. They are so petite and accessorize every outfit especially work ones. If I am wearing solid blacks, greys and whites this wristlets gives me a pop of color. It is so springy.

This is what the purple on looks like inside. It has a slot for IDs and folded bills.

Whats in my Wristlet?

MAC Lisptick in Pink Plaid & Colour Craft (in a jar)

MAC Lipglass in Underage

Berry M lip paint in Marshmellow

Sephora travel brush

Aquaphor healing ointment

Feeling Bloated & what to do.

Being bloated is unattractive and very uncomfortable. My body tends to get bloated with high sodium-intake and before my menstrual cycle so I battle with bloatness at least once a month. Sometimes it can be frightening cause I think I'm gaining a lot of weight but thats not the case. As soon as I begin my monthly I deflate! That is when my body peaks, right after my period. 


Since I am 5', I have to be very carefull about being bloated and about weight gain. Normally, my diet consist of high fiber intake and wheat breads which keeps me lean. Unfortunately, this month I had a lot of sodium. Being bloated is retaining water and the amount of soduim, sugars and starches in-take will make you retain water. Drinking a lot of water will help flush out these toxins and will reduce being bloated. I tend to drink a lot of water so I can flush everything out but it didn't help because I kept eating things like chips & salsa, pizza and other high soduim foods. I can easily fluctuate 2-4 pounds depending how in control I am about my diet and water-intake.


In addition to diet, exercising and taking calcium supplements can help reduce bloating. All of these things mentioned are not only good to do to prevent bloated by also to do to maintain a healthy life style. Watching your diet, exercising and taking vitamins are ways to physically feel positive about yourself inside and out.


Working all of these things in combination before you start your menstral cycle will help you reduce how bloated you are and you will be content with the way you look and feel. The worse experience you can have is running into someone at the peak of your bloatness and seem overweight, ewww. It would be horrible if you ran into to an ex or someone you have a crush on at this time. That is why with this information we can be our best and always look our bestest!


Always remember everyone has their day so don't beat yourself up over an icky bloated fat girl day!