2014 Blogmas (Day 17): Last One this Year?

Today I packed some things I had forgotten to place in my luggage, I still need to pack some stuff tomorrow morning because I need to use them tonight (i.e. pajamas and toothbrush). I'm also taking my backpack with my electronics and a book and then a few things to entertain me while we drive (as if I was a child). Tomorrow I am going to make some chicken wraps so that we won't have to stop as often as usual in order to eat. We also went to Walmart today in order to buy two big bags of trail mix and other snacks. My dad and I might go back again tomorrow morning while my siblings are working in order to buy salads and brown rice (because there is none in the small town we go to!). I also charged my iPod and downloaded all the podcasts I haven't listened to and if my iPod doesn't run out of energy then I'm not going to be bored at all on the ride down to Mexico (and possibly the ride back home). 

Tomorrow we also need to load everything into the car and hopefully remember everything we need. We need to do so much in one day that it's nuts and meaning this is possibly my last Blogmas post, but here's to hoping that I find Wifi once we arrive in our town or on the road. So if I don't write again I want to wish everyone health, happiness, peace... and of course Happy Holidays!

2014 Blogmas (Day 16):Packing

Today I packed the clothes I'm taking with me even though I still forgot to place some things in my bag. I didn't make a list of things so I'm going to do that tomorrow and hopefully be done with packing entirely. I also need to pack my backpack with all the things I'm taking to occupy my time on the road.

Other than packing today I watched the few YouTube videos that were on my subscription feed. Then I spend almost all day catching up on all the blogs I follow. I had to do that before leaving because I noticed that the Feedly app I use removes blog posts I haven't read after 30 days of not having read them. Once I did all that I went to Target and Dollar Tree with my brother and sister to buy a few more things. Once I came back home and ate dinner I decided to play Sims 4 because I've wanted to play it all weekend, but I didn't have time to do it. 

And now I'm going to relax for a few minutes before taking a shower and then going to sleep.

Also it was cold and rainy all day so I was wearing my robe all day because it's so warm. Oh and I dyed my mom's hair this morning and it actually makes her look different. 

I also keep forgetting to link my new Book Haul video, so go check it out on my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/COWmabelVACA

2014 Blogmas (Day 15): Nothing

So today I basically did nothing, but watch YouTube videos. Although in between watching all the videos I curled my hair with a new curling wand my sister bought me from Walmart. It is a 1" barrel Bed Head Curling wand and it heats up pretty fast and actually works great, it only cost $11. My sister also bought me the Bed Head 1" straightener (for the same price), but I might wait to use that later on. 

Once my siblings came home from work we went to the stores we tried to go to last night and we bought things we are giving to family members in Mexico. We also bought some hair dye from Sally's because my mom wants me to dye her hair before leaving. 

Tomorrow I plan on dying her hair which means I have to wear some old clothes because I always manage to get paint on my clothes. I'm also going to start packing since we only have two more days before we leave. I need to make a check list as well because I don't want to leave anything behind.

These last two days are going to be nuts because I have to wear what I don't plan on taking and I haven't even figured out what to take yet. Also, the actual day that we leave is always my least favorite because everyone is yelling and nervous and it's just annoying. It makes me not want to be stuck in a car with everyone, but once we leave our house and realize that we have everything we need then that's when it starts to get fun. Even though the best part of the trip is when we actually arrive at our destination because by that time we just want to stretch out on our beds and fall asleep for hours.

Anyways sorry if the next two posts are short, but I'm not doing much and I just want to relax and use the internet as much as possible while I still can.

2014 Blogmas (Day 14): Errands

These next few days are going to be tough because of the small amount of time that we have before traveling to Mexico. We plan to leave Thursday afternoon so that means that Blogmas is ending on Day 17 (unless I find free Wifi on the road). 

Today was just as busy as yesterday. I woke up and went to buy breakfast for the family. Once we finished eating we went to buy groceries. After coming back from the groceries my sister and I went to buy her godson a present. Once we got back home we ate dinner. After dinner my sister came over and we hung out until a bit after 6pm. Once they went home my sister, mom, and I went to buy some more necessities, but the stores we planned to go to where already closed. So we just ended up going to CVS in order to pick up some prescriptions and then we went back home. We finally just watched Once Upon a Time and I completed a project. That project being removing beads from my huge Domo doll and stuffing it with the normal stuffing (turning it into a pillow). 

You can still see a few beads on his face. Those things got stuck on me and went all over the place so I need to clean my room up again tomorrow.

2014 Blogmas (Day 13): Busy Day

I'm sorry that this post is going up so late, but it's been such a busy day that I barely had time to sit down and write. I actually started writing (the draft didn't download onto my blogger app), but had to stop to feed my nephew and unfortunately my iPad doesn't want to connect to the internet anymore so hopefully I get this up before 12am (or you'll be getting two posts on Sunday). So here is a quick summary of what I did today...

Went to McDonalds with my sister and got ourselves a breakfast platter. Ate it back at home while watching an episode of Jerry Signfield's comedians in cars show. Once we finished we went out to buy presents for the three guys in our house, my dad and two brothers. We went to Walmart as well and bought some things for my grandma and aunts. We then got home and went back out to get lunch/dinner for everyone. While eating my nephews came over. It was already a bit past 3pm so I asked them if they wanted to go to the rummage sale at the library and they agreed to go, we went and got a lot of books along with a free sweater and an apron. We then got back home since the rummage sale ended at 4pm. As soon as we got home my dad invited my sister and I to go to a Kmart a few miles away to go buy the TV/DVD combo set we had seen this week. We got home just in time to round everyone up in order to go to church. Once we came back I helped my dad set up the TV because he wants to try it out while we are still here. I then went to my brother's house to hangout with my nephews and film the second half of my haul which I will upload tomorrow. My nephew also helped me take pictures of my outfit since I wore one of my new shirts today.

My mom made me this circle scarf and I am in love with it. I'm wearing my avenue leggings, long sleeve stripped baseball T, green anorak, and my trusty old Converse.

Oh and my purse which has come in handy.

I then edited my video and tried to upload it, but the internet is acting up so hopefully it will be up tomorrow. After feeding my nephew I tucked him and his brother into bed with three blankets since it's going to be a cold night. And finally I came home and took a shower before laying under my covers and writing all this down. 

2014 Blogmas (Day 12): Mabel takes a Tumble

I woke up to rain today which contributed to my trip to the library. I decided to go to the library at 11:40am since the rummage sale wasn't going to start until 12pm. It actually stopped raining and the weather channel website said that it wouldn't start raining again until around 6pm. My front porch tends to get slippery because of all the water so my mom reminded me to be careful while going down the steps. I actually succeed at not slipping down the stairs, but once I walked down my driveway I failed, I fell knees first. I got back up and walked to the library. I actually got there a few minutes early so I went to the back of the library and sat down since they were still settling up the rummage sale room. After a few minutes I went in and looked through what they had and bought three things. I am planning to go back tomorrow since there might be more things that they unpacked once I left. Once I got back home I checked my knees because they where still throbbing and I ended up getting a scratch on my right knee, my left knee was just red (probably a bruise by tomorrow). I filmed a haul which I might upload tomorrow after going back and probably buying more books. Then I watched a few YouTube videos and ate pozole (great for rainy days). Once my brother came home I went over to his house and watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) on Netflix which I loved. 

Fun fact: I grew up watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (on VHS) which was my favorite and first ever Ninja Turtles movie. One of my professors in college was actually the voice of Donatello in the cartoon series (how cool is that!?!).

Anyways, tomorrow I'm eating pizza because I am now craving it. I mean if a group of mutant ninja turtles don't make you crave pizza then I don't know what will. lol 

Then I just came back home and made my sister and I some hot cocoa (mine was mint hot cocoa), and ate some cinnamon cookies. 

And it was a great day, tumble and all.

2014 Blogmas (Day 10): A Quest

Today was a long tedious day. Yesterday my dad's brand new TV+DVD combo stopped working so we tried to fix it. The DVD player didn't want to load the disks and instead spit them back out. This morning I researched any ways of fixing the problem and found out that many other people who bought this brand of televisions had the same issue and it cost much more to repair it than to actually buy the TV. We bought it for our house in Mexico so we didn't want to buy another one and then have it happen again in Mexico because we wouldn't be able to bring it back and replace it since it's too much of a hassle to travel with. 

So, we took it back to Best Buy and got our money back. We then went to Walmart, Kmart, and a Target to look for a similar type of TV+DVD player combo. We found one at Kmart that had a Sale sign on it for $139.99 which was fine since it had both things and it was RCA and 24" which is a bit bigger than the one we just returned. Once we went to check out we were told that it wasn't on sale and we had to wait for a price check and for them to figure out why it was marked as if it was on sale. We ended up leaving and coming back home. My dad decided to wait until Saturday when the weekly store sale catalogs come to see if anything we like gets placed on sale. 

We were walking around so much which I don't mind, but I was wearing my brand new shoes in order to break them in (thinking I would be home all day) and my feet hurt so bad that I had to take them off right when we got home. We also had to go to church this evening so I decided to wear my jeggings and a new shirt. Here is today's outfit (I changed into my old converse afterwards)...

Hopefully tomorrow is more relaxing.

2014 Blogmas (Day 9): Christmas Shopping

We finally went shopping today instead of staying home all day. We first headed to JCPenny where we bought my eldest brother's gifts since he's tall and that's the only place nearby with a big & tall section. We then headed to Walmart to buy my sister a few sweaters and essentials, we also went back to Avenue to buy her two more pair of leggings. Once we got their things my dad took me to buy a pair of shoes, so since Payless was nearby and is having their Christmas sale (50% off most shoes) I decided to go there. I was hoping to get a nice pair of boots I saw a few weeks ago and where close to $50, but they didn't have my size (in any store nearby). I finally got a pair of sneakers that would be quick to slip on. They were reduced to $19.99 which is great for a simple pair of sneakers.

We got home sometime after 12pm so I had lunch before going out again. I had a few small errands to run like go to the post office and then buy some food for my parents. I had something small since I knew I was going to have dinner soon.

I didn't like this particular flavor of Naked juice, so I only drank a bit and then gave it to my mom who actually enjoyed it. After going to run my errands, I layed down for a bit because I started to get a head ache. 

Now I'm just with my brother about to play a bit before 8pm when our shows come on.

2014 Blogmas (Day 7): Walking Walking Walking

Since I'm out of school, my parents are taking advantage of having me home in order to go shopping for gifts. And are taking advantage of the weekends by going to swapmeets (we only have next weekend left). Today I woke up early in order to go to a swapmeet with my parents and we got a lot of things. I got socks and a trench coat (my parents also want to get me new sneakers because I'm always wearing my very ripped converse). We got back home about 2 hrs later. We then did the usual weekly grocery shopping.

Once we got back home from the market my sister and I went to a bunch of different stores in search for more gifts and some pants she wanted. We went to target (I got a portable speaker from the dollar spot at the entrance). She didn't find the pants so we went to Ross for presents, my presents were a comforter and a purse and we bought my parents a blanket. Then we went to JCPenny found nothing so finally we went to Avenue my sister bought her leggings, we found an outfit for my mom, and I got leggings since they were buy one get one 50% off.

We finally got home and ate lunch/dinner. Since my nephews were still here I went over to my brother's house to watch funny videos with them and my sister (their mom). They left around 5pm because they have school tomorrow and still have things to do before then. I came back to my room and my sister and I watched Home Alone 2. We finished just in time to start watching Once Upon a Time. Once it ends I'm probably just going to watch YouTube videos and rest.

I'll post pictures and prices of what I got tomorrow since the lighting is really bad right now. Get excited!