Nail Polish, a Booming Industry

 

My morning routine at work usually consists of doing some blog hopping, read Yahoo's top stories, check the local news, oh and work :) This morning I found this article about the Nail Polish Trend. They said that the nail polish industry has boomed, and is a recession-proof as their sales are on the rise. One of the big reasons is because women are foregoing their professional manicures/pedicures to save money. I gave up getting pedicures about two years ago because the sand takes all the shine off my polish and didn't want to pay for a pedicure and then have it look old and dull after a few days. So it was either give up beach volleyball or give up pedicures :)

But i have found that it is rewarding doing your own nails. I love coming up with new designs, trying new colors, and being creative in my own little way.

Do you still go and get pedicures/manicures or do you do it yourself?
What are your favorite Nail Trends?

S'more Cookies

Recipe found here

These were delicious! I love S'mores and chocolate chip cookies, the combination was perfection. A few changes I made were:

Extra Marshmallows (my buns and thighs will thank me later)

No cinnammon 

Baked for an extra minute, the bottoms didn't get cooked well enough when I cooked for a total of 12 minutes.

Linking up over @ All Things Lovely

Hunting

Apartment hunting to be specific. That's what we did for 6 hours on Saturday. Literally driving up and down every street in the area that we want to live. You see I have been looking on craigslist for a while but some people on craigslist definition of "gorgeous, spacious, beautiful, recently remodeled, cute, etc" is not what most of us think. Let's just say I experienced many disappointments when I would show up at an apt that was listed as great location, luxurious apt... and the toilet and sink were lavender, smelled like a dog, no windows, basically looked like a shoe-box. And they want $1,550 a month for rent, oh the joys of living close to the beach.

After spending all day searching, we raised our rent budget, and lowered our standards to "not that bad" we found an apartment right in the area where we were looking. And it really isn't "that bad". I know once we get all of our furniture in and decorate it up it will feel like home. As long as everything falls into place we will be moving in this Saturday! I'm so excited to finally have our own place, just me and Chad. We've been so lucky to have his parents let us stay with them while we figured out where we would settle down, and couldn't be more grateful to them. Luckily we won't be too far from them.

Now I can start doing some of the DIY projects I've pinned on pinterest!