Laser Hair Removal

So, if you don't know what groupons are...sign up for them..ASAP! (sorry Topeka is lame, and doesn't have this option, but KC is close, and if you go up there half as often as I do..it will be worth it!) Pretty much its an online coupon that is sent to your e-mail. You get one every day, and normally you have 24 to 48 hours to purchase it....they can range from spa services to restaurants..pretty much whatever you click that your interests are.

Well...one of the coupons this week was to a spa up near Zona Rosa for 8 laser hair treatments for $99!! (the coupon said it was a $676 value) HOLY SMOKES...I practically jumped outta my seat! So, I said Merry Christmas to me..and bought it! I can't wait to make my first appointment (and I will as soon as my work figures out which shift they are putting me on...grr) I couldn't decide which I should get done my hoo-ha, or pits...but I guess I don't have to make that decision, because one of the packages covers both areas! And, my sisters friend at work goes to this same spa for her laser hair removal..so I know its legit!

So, go sign up for groupons now (and..if you click the link above, it will count you as a referral from me, and when you buy a groupon, I'll get $10 towards my next groupon..its free..so go do it sister!)

The weekend is over already?

This weekend turned out to be really fun! We actually didn't have many plans, but ended up staying busy, and it was good!

Saturday morning Cam ran his second 5k! I am EXTREMELY proud of him! We often talk about how we used to barely be able to run down to the stop sign at the end of our street without feeling like we were dying, so this feels like such an accomplishment! His run started at 8 at the Combat Air Museum at Forbes. My dad and step-mom Brenda, and Laura all came out shortly after 8 to surprise Cam when he finished his race! It was fun to see the look on his face when he looked over and we were all cheering for him!

(This is Cam at the start of the run)

Cam shaved about 3 minutes off of his run time as well, and I had bought him a cheap-o sports watch he can use at work and when he works out! (he only owned one with a metal watch band, which is HUGE now and he doesn't know how to take out the links)

After the run, Cam went home to go to sleep (he worked the night before) and Laura and I went to the gym to take a "basic weights" class. HA! I knew I was doomed when the very first thing we did was squats as a warm-up..needless to say, my legs are still hurtin! Laura had me crackin up in class, at one point I turned around and she said "eat your heart out Suzanne Somers"

They really should rename the class to something more like "legs on fire"

After the gym we went thrift store shopping (and TJMaxx...but lets be honest, that place is about as stressful as a garage sale) Laura found this mirrored end table that is really cute that will go in her dressing room...seriously folks..her house is adorable! And also this stand deal (I don't know what its called, its a smaller rectangle cabinet type thing) for her living room, but it needs to be red, and she wants to change the hardware on it to glass knobs..so she has a craft project on her hands! Both of these items were things that Melisa had told her would look great in her place...again..need help with your decor? Call Melisa!

Anywho..Melisa had also told her that on top of this red table she should have lots of silver candlesticks, non-matching. So..we hit up a few thrift stores, and Laura found quite a few at Maj-R-Thrift, and all they need is some TLC that spray-paint can provide! These aren't them..but you get the idea!

I had seen this idea with mason jars, so while we were thrifting..I picked up a few for my craft room Im patiently waiting for. Hey..I didn't say I wasn't appreciative, just very anxious!

After we were done thrifting, it started to rain (really hard) so Laura went back home, and I took a nap. Saturday evening I got to watch a VERY cute little boy, Jaxen! My girlfriend Chelsey and her hubs went out to a birthday party, and I wanted some snuggle time with the little guy! He really made me want a bambino!


Sunday morning, Cam woke me up when he got home from work, and asked me if I wanted to go for coffee! (yes please!) We were going to walk to the coffee shop up the street, but last time we were at Starbucks, Cam saw these reduced-calorie breakfast sandwiches he wanted to try, so we went there instead. We both got one of the sandwiches, which is turkey bacon, white cheddar cheese and egg white on an english muffin..it was good! And then we also got the usual iced latte! I sat there and read my book while Cam read the paper..it was so perfect! Reminded me that I have so much to be thankful for!

After our coffee date, we got home and puttsed around for a while. Then Cam asked me if I wanted to bring my book and go fishing with him. (How could I say no to a face as handsome as his?)

Ps...this is the book series I am currently reading...right now I am on book #3..if you need something to start reading..these are good!

Now Cam is crashed out for the evening, and I am heading to the gym! Hope you all have a good week!

Christmas present before...

Here is the room in the basement that had been filled with random junk. Cam asked me to help him clean it out, and has since requested that I stay out because he is working on part of my Christmas present...a craft room!!!!

As you can see..its not pretty, so he has quite a job ahead of him!

MAC counter...here I come!

Saturday I ran my 2nd 5k with my very best friend in the whole world, Ashley! It was also her 2nd 5k as well! Ashley kept saying she wasn't sure how she was going to do, but that girl got up and ran; I had to convince myself a few times to stay with her pace..not gonna lie, there were a few times most of the time my breathing sounded like Darth Vader!

Ashley couldn't remember what her first 5k time was, and mine was 33 minutes and 33 seconds. I mentioned in another blog that Cam promised me if I beat my time, he would buy me some MAC make-up that I've been wanting!

Drum roll please...............Ashley and I crossed the finish line together at exactly 30 minutes!!! That's 3 minutes and 33 seconds I shaved off my last race time! Thank you Ashley (and Bone Thugs 'N Harmony on Pandora) for keeping my butt going!

Here we are before the race...(not sure why I have my headphones in?..they weren't on)

I had to put this in here...a guy at work who runs a lot (training for a marathon) told me Friday that I needed to take one of these "gu shots" before I ran Saturday morning, that it would help give us a burst of energy. So I went to Dicks and got a few (one for me and Ash, and one for Cam for his race next Saturday) I wasn't really sure what to expect...I know it wasn't much considering the name of the stuff. It had a bad taste too, which was only made worse by the "flavoring" (blueberry is what we had) and it had the consistency of honey. Ashley only "slammed" (as Cam put it) half of her gu..I don't blame her..often throughout the race I was burping and revisiting the gu taste, which wasn't pleasant. I honestly don't know if it is in my head, or if it really did give me a burst of energy..who knows?

You can't really see me in this pic because of the lady running the clock, but here we are at the finish line!

Hopefully we can go this week to Dillards for my treat ;)

After the run, we stopped by Ag Hall for the Library's Annual book sale. I was able to get quite a few good hardback books that I am trying to get the entire series of (Evanovich, Patterson and Sparks)

That's all for now. Tomorrow I'm going to post "before" pics of the craftroom Cam is creating for me in the basement. (Don't get excited..there are no "after" pics yet) he said maybe the end of this month?

CiRqUe Du SoLeiL!!!!!!!!

I'm so excited!! Do you remember when Cam and I went to Vegas, and hands down, my favorite thing was the Cirque Du Soleil "O" show we went and saw? Well...guess whats coming to Kansas?!?!?!?! A CIRQUE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is called Alegira I just got the tickets last night for me, Cam, Laura and mom all to go!! It is 1.2.11 in Wichita...can't wait!! If you get the opportunity to go, you should so do it...and I don't want to hear it about the $...its worth it!

Im pouting...WLC

Had weigh in yesterday, I gained a little over a pound, which is no suprise considering all the time I spent standing in front of the fridge this last week! What is my problem?!?! AHH! Back on the bus this week!

Cam lost 1.8 pounds, which I am very proud of him for doing!!

Nothing too exciting going on this week; other than Saturday when Ashley and I both run our 2nd 5k!! This is silly, but Cam told me if I beat my first 5k time (33mins) then he will buy me the make-up I've been needing/wanting from MAC (I know..you can get it other places for cheaper..but I just love their stuff!) because I am too much of a tight-wad currently to buy it myself. Hopefully he is able to get off of work on time and root us on at the finish line!

After the run, I think we are going to go to the book sale that the library is putting on at the Expo..I love me some books. Then it is home to sleep because this dummy signed up for some overnight security hours from 6pm Saturday night to 8am Sunday morning...can we say coffee?? O-well, I get paid in cash at the end of the night, and I'm putting that money aside for Christmas since there are only 7 PAYCHECKS LEFT until Christmas (not counting the one on Christmas eve...lets be real..what shopping are you getting done on Christmas Eve?)

Hope you have a great week!

Funday Monday

Monday Cam and I both had the day off work, so we decided to make it a date day...which sorta turned into date night..lol.

Monday morning Cam woke up bright and early and went fishing with his buddies. I woke up, went for a run, and then met Ashley and a long-time friend of ours, Jamie, for coffee at Panara.

After Panera, I went to Hob Lob, and got a bunch of random things...stuff for scrapbooking, since I have that all-day scrap coming up in October that I've been waiting months for!! Some ribbon for different projects, like this cool crinkle/tag blanket I made for my girlfriends baby shower. This isn't exactly what mine looks like (I failed to take pics of mine) but I wanted to give credit, since I didn't think of the idea myself..I need inspiration for most of my projects..thank you blog world for providing that! And I also snagged some wood hanger things to make closet organizers with for the baby shower! These aren't mine..but again..giving credit..(I've been noticing more bloggers doing this..so I thought I'd better so nobody was offended if they saw me use their project)

After Hob Lob, I came home and waited for my SEXY Cam to get home so we could spend some quality time together. After he got home, (I'm warning you...we can be lame) we got out the bucket/soap and shop vac, and we washed our cars and cleaned out the insides (much needed!) then we got cleaned up and went to dinner! Here is a pic of us before we left..


Cam has been craving wings..and I've never had them (sheltered apparently) so we went to BWW. It was pretty good, but when you aren't used to eating like poop, it makes you feel so guilty/disgusting, so it was good, but I can't say the taste out-weighed the guilt..does that make any sense?


After dinner, we weren't sure what we were gonna do, so we drove around at Lewis Toyota and looked at trucks for Cam, and I drooled over new cars.. Then we rolled thru the $2 movie and saw that Grown Ups was playing, and decided to go see it. It was really cute..I told Cam when we left, if we had paid at the expensive movie (what we call it) to see Grown Ups, I wouldn't have been too happy, but for $2, it was cute!


Ok, so here is the best part of the day... after the movies, we came home, and Cam asked me to go downstairs and help him empty the spare room (which is PACKED with all my sewing/scrapbooking/random craft projects) he said that he was going to start working on part of my X-mas present...creating a craft room for me!!! He told me that I wasn't allowed in that room until it is done! I am soooo excited! I took some before pics, and once it gets done I'll post before/after pics!

Its a pretty low-key week this week...my girlfriend Lindsey is coming over to have another craft night tomorrow, Thursday I am working late for some OT, Friday I have an apt to donate blood, Saturday I work security all day at Sesame Street Live (you laugh, but its damn good $..so sign me up Elmo!) and Sunday I have a baby shower to go to! All in all..a good week!

Talk to you soon...

ps...have my 2nd 5k on the 18th!! This is addicting!

First ever 5k!!!!!!!!!!

Today was the big day!!! Laura, Cam and I all ran our first ever 5k together! It was at the Royal's stadium, and you ran the 3.1 miles around the parking lots, and behind the Cheifs stadium, thru the tunnel, and you finshed on Royals home plate..so cool! Everyone that crossed the finish line was on the jumbo-tron!

Even though we all ended up splitting up during the run to run at our own paces, Cam finished at 32 minutes, and Laura and I finished at 33. (We question the time because there were 1000s of people there, so there is no way everyone could have started right at 8am..so we guess our actual time was under what was on the big timer at the end)

After the race they had SOOOOO much free food! Everything from ice cream, to hot dogs, to granola bars, to fruit, to breakfast smoothies from Sheridans.. yum! (thats not even naming 1/4 of what was there to eat)

All-in-all, it was great first experience, and I can't wait to run my next one on the 18th with Ashley! Cam told me today that he is possibly signing us up for an Air-Force 5k at the end of the month also, so there may be a 3rd run too!