Finally living out my childhood dream!

This is happening tonight. Yes, that's right. I'm reverting back to my middle school years and going to get all giggly girl crazy tonight with NKOTB, 98 Degrees, and Boys II Men. I cannot express in words how excited I am about this. I have wanted to see the NKOTB since I was an awkward 5th grader. But my mom would never let me go or even consider buying me a ticket. So when I saw that they were coming to town, I was in. And I recruited 7 of my girlfriends to accompany me on this extravaganza. It is going to be THE concert of the year (at least in my mind). I will for sure have a blog post soon to recap the awesomeness that's happening tonight.

And is it bad that I'm literally counting down the hours until I get to skip out of work at 4:30 to head to the concert? I think not. Only 5 hours and 20 mins until that time arrives. But who's counting really....

My very first VoxBox

About a month ago, I received my first Influenster Spring Fever VoxBox in the mail. It was so exciting to be getting free products to try and give my opinion about (and please note that these are MY opinions about the products). I couldn't wait to try the different things in the box and who doesn't love free stuff!

This is the box that I got. Full of goodness!

First up: Secret Outlast

I was excited to try this because I'm always looking for a great deoderant/anti-persperant living in hot and humid Houston. This one didn't disappoint. It worked wonders and smelled lovely. The only thing I didn't like was that if I applied it right after shaving, it stung my skin. And the dial broke about halfway through the sample so I didn't get to use all of the product. Bummer! 

Next up: imPress Broadway Nails

I would have to say I'm not a fan of fake nails at all. But I was willing to give them a chance. I also wasn't fond of the color that was sent to me because I can't wear those to work. So I had to save them for a special night out. They were easy to apply and remove. And looked pretty cool on (I completely forgot to take a picture of them on though)

Third product: Schwarzkopf Professional Geltastic

This product was a pretty cool. It definitely did the trick and kept my hair under control (and I have some crazy, frizzy hair). A note to those that may use it- a little bit goes a long way. 

The food product in the box: Tasty Kake

I just recently tried this and it did not disappoint. It was so yummy! I even shared it with some of my coworkers and they all loved it. I have never seen these in stores but I definitely have my eye open for them now!

And my favorite product in the box: NYC New York Color

This lip gloss is fantastic! I love the color of it (not to bright but just a hint of color) and it smells/tastes lovely. The actual gloss part is like a lipstick and has an apple shape in the middle of it. So cute! I will definitely be buying more of this product once I run out. 

So there you have it. My first Influenster VoxBox and review. I loved getting these complimentary products and being able to try them out. I definitely hop I get chosen for another box soon!

NOTE: "I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes."

Adventures in cooking

This past Sunday my mom and I were debating on what to have for dinner. We went to the store and decided on fajitas. We got the met, sour cream, and tortillas and figured we had everything else at home (my mom loves to buy food so we very often have at least 2 of everything you would want to make). Well, when we got home, we realized that we didn't have any Mexican rice to go with the meal. I had my heart set on rice with this meal. I really wanted to make this rice from my friend Whitney's blog but we didn't have any cumin (which is a whole different story because my mom has every spice imaginable except for cumin apparently). So, I did what any resourceful, blogging, pinning person would do and hopped on pinterest. I found a recipe that only required the ingredients I had in the kitchen. You can find that recipe HERE. It was a super easy recipe and didn't really require a whole lot of effort. I would definitely make it again. The rice didn't have lot of spice in it though so next time I might cook it with a few slices of jalapeno to give it a little kick.

Here is how to make the rice-

First, you need these ingredients-

• 1/2 cup rice 
• 1 small tomato
• 1/4 garlic clove
• 1/4 onion (I used dried onions)
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 tbsp. chicken bullion
• 1 tsp. salt
• About 1 tbsp. vegetable oil

Step 1: Place tomato, garlic clove, onion, and water in blender and mix.

Warning: the water splashed everywhere since I used a food processor instead.

I had to put a towel around the lid to keep it from spilling out. 

Step 2: Saute rice with the vegetable oil in a sauce pan over medium heat until the rice is light brown

Step 3: Pour your blended mixture into the sauce pan. Add salt and chicken bullion. Lightly stir.

Step 4: Cover & simmer until the liquids are evaporated.

Then enjoy!