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Treat Yourself Tuesday #12

December 2, 2014 by Alicia 4 Comments

It’s December and that means it’s time to get out the Christmas decorations. Oh wait…mine are still back in Illinois…waiting on my dad to ship them 🙁

Since I was at Target over the weekend though, I may have left with much more than was on my list…I guess the good thing about yoga teacher training is it takes up my weekend every other weekend leaving me no time to shop, saving me some money. However these next two weeks are going to be crazy busy since I have yoga teacher training back to back before getting a little break for the holidays and I have to learn anatomy in 7 days…so if I disappear you will know why.

Anyway let’s get to the treats and linking up with Becky.

I bought a lot of Christmas lights, but I still need a tree. I attempted to hang up one string on the wall, but they fell down overnight, guess I need some better tape. I kind of like how these look around my yoga mat though.

Treats that make me happy are the sweet treats like Christmas tree peanut butter cups. I ate one so far in the pack of 6. Trying to spread them out.

I also decided to try some holiday tea this year. I love mint teas!

I got my order from Advocare! I haven’t tried the Gingerbread bars yet, but I am sure they will be amazing. Saving them for yoga weekends. I also got some fruit punch rehydrate which I like better than the mango one. I need the rehydrate on yoga weekends as well.

These were on sale and I wanted to try them. Definitely delicious!!

Well it’s December and my gym membership is canceled until yoga teacher training is over. I only made it four times in November so I am definitely glad I canceled it, but I did get one last weight lifting session in the day after Thanksgiving. It was the best treat and left my legs super sore. I will miss the squat cage and heavy weights. I have realized lately with all the yoga that my body really does like/need cross training with weights and other activities, so I decided to get some 10lb dumbbells for at home workouts (I only had 8lbs which were getting too light for my shoulder exercises). Now I will be searching through some of my favorite bloggers pages to find some good workouts. I might even be motivated to wake up at 5am to workout as long as no jumping is required in the workout because my downstairs neighbors may not appreciate that.

Another treat that I don’t have a picture for was tons and tons of foam rolling. My legs needed that after all the yoga and the weight lifting from Friday.

I hope your week if off to a great start. Only 23 days till Christmas!!

Treat Yourself Tuesday #11

November 18, 2014 by Alicia Leave a Comment

It has been a while since I have linked up with Becky. By the way, have you seen her recent exciting news?!

After spending so much on my car recently, it has been a while since I truly feel like I was able to treat myself. It helped that my boyfriend was visiting, because he always treats me with food, which I will talk about tomorrow, but lets look at some other treats.

Thursday after dinner, Brian and I treated ourselves to some chocolate since we stopped at Whole Foods.

Saturday afternoon, Brian and I went to the mall to get some more walking in and check out a few stores. I had a gift card for Athleta thanks to my Discover rewards so we stopped in there and I found some capris on sale that were super comfy and I threw in a sports bra too because it’s my favorite color green and I need more sports bras anyway. While I was waiting at the register and looking through the too many rewards cards in my wallet, I also found a Visa gift card from over a year ago that still had $10 on it. I wasn’t sure if it would work, but it did and I was happy to get another $10 off my purchase.

We also stopped in American Eagle. I was really just looking for some sort of sweatshirt. I found a good deal there like 3 years ago…but since that was so long ago, I did not find any sweatshirts that I really liked this time. I did however spot the plaid section and Brian seems to like how I look in plaid so I tried some shirts on for him. Sometimes it is fun to try something you wouldn’t normally try on and I think they look pretty cute on me. There was a sign that said Buy 1 get 1 50% off in between the tank top shelve and the plaid shirts. It didn’t specify so we assumed it was for both and then when we got to the register I mentioned it after only seeing the discount on the tank tops and the woman didn’t want to go over and check so she just gave us 50% off the second plaid shirt. Otherwise I would not have purchased the second one, but they are definitely comfy.

I had tons of fun taking these pictures. I plan to use the tank tops for yoga as well with my new capris and sports bra. 🙂

Sunday afternoon I headed to Target for a few items. My list was building up as I have successfully stayed away from Target for 3 weeks LOL. When I saw the peppermint bark chocolate on sale, I just couldn’t resist. I mean I might as well buy them when they are on sale because I know I will want some later. I love peppermint bark!!

I also treated myself to a new color of nail polish. Growing up I did not paint my nails often because my mom didn’t like the smell. Basically I was limited to painting my nails outside which was usually only done in summer. Since moving and gaining this freedom of painting my nails whenever I want, I try to paint my nails more now to hopefully keep me from biting them (one reason I don’t pay to get my nails done). Usually this means I spend the next day chipping away the nail polish from my nails, but that at least keeps me from biting them for a bit.

When I got home, I did some blogging and cooking and also made a fresh batch of iced tea.

It was nice to relax Sunday afternoon and catch up on blogging and tv shows after not having internet for a week. However last week I definitely noticed I had more time to read…hmmm internet distractions…speaking of reading I better get back to reading my Yoga Sutras and looking over my yoga notes from over a week ago.

Hope you have a fantastic Tuesday!!

Treat Yourself Tuesday #10

October 14, 2014 by Alicia 4 Comments

Hey guys!! A short post on a few of my treats from the last week. Thank you Becky for hosting and reminding us to treat ourselves 🙂

Firstly, on Friday, I caved and got a cupcake. I haven’t had a cupcake since August as I have been saving money. When I saw a smores cupcake on the menu at the cupcake truck, I had to get it. Well it was between that and pumpkin spice…so basically deciding between summer and fall right? Anyway I decided to try the smores because I never got my smores cupcake in the summer. I am not sure why they decided to put it on the menu in October…

As tasty as the cupcake was and a great fuel for my swim after work, it was a bit disappointing. For one, it had too much frosting so I had to scrap some off and two, there was not enough graham cracker. They just sprinkled graham cracker crumbs on the frosting. I have had a better smores cupcake where they did a graham cracker crust on the bottom and prefer that. However I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered melted Hershey’s in the middle.

On Saturday I went to Target and while walking by the DVD section, I saw this for under $5 and had to get it. Two movies in one!! I find I have been buying more DVDs lately since I don’t have cable… [side note: Miss Congeniality was the first PG13 movie I watched]

I also picked up some of these to try as they were on sale. They are delicious by the way.

On Sunday, I decided to order a new water bottle. I figure I need a back up and my Camelbak straw always gets like moldy after a couple days…yeah it’s gross…but since I only use it for water and I clean it every few days, I have lived with it. I used to have an Under Armour water bottle like this but left it at the gym one day. Bonus, it was free shipping since this water bottle supports breast cancer.

I also treated myself to some yoga and reading outside in the sun on Sunday. Have to soak up that sun before winter.

I love how steady I feel in crow pose these days. I feel my fingers making small adjustments just like when I am doing balance poses and standing and my toes make small adjustments, but I feel very steady. Amazing to see how far I have come because in March of this year I couldn’t even hold crow for a split second. Also had to do my bridge pose too. Trying to practice it more to get my hands closer to my feet.

Treat Yourself Tuesday #9

October 7, 2014 by Alicia 2 Comments

I was so excited last week when it was finally October 1st. Why? Because it was a new month and my Discover card has 5% cash back for online shopping for the last quarter of the year. I almost purchased a couple items online on September 29th, but when I saw that offer with Discover, I had to wait a couple days. I mean I was going to make the purchases anyway, might as well get another 4% cash back on top of my 1%. Now let’s move on to those treats while linking up with Becky.

My first online purchase last week was some more face wash from Paula’s Choice. My friend introduced me to them and I really like that it works on my sensitive skin. They also do not test their products on animals.

When I wrote up my yoga essentials post, I noticed that my favorite yoga wipes were on sale. The sale was still going on for a few weeks and I decided to stock up on yoga mat wipes because yoga teacher training starts in less than 3 weeks and my mat is definitely going to be more on the go and need more TLC and cleaning.

Over the weekend, there were many treats. The first treat was getting a hair cut and a hair extension for Pink Hair for Hope for October Breast Cancer Awareness month. Also this was my first hair cut without my hair dresser that I have had for my entire life. I was a little nervous trusting someone else with my hair at first, but she did a great job. I think she was only cutting my hair for like 10 minutes and then the blow drying straight took like 20. [This is why I don’t own a hair dryer or blow dry my hair] She added a nice curl to the bottom though and I loved playing with my hair all afternoon.

On Saturday, Brian and I headed to a big market, reminded me of a flea market with food, many tables of homemade items, decorations, plates, baskets, etc. They also had a nice farmers market where I got some produce for a good deal. Then a little later we stopped at a bulk food store where I got some spices, flour and red quinoa to try.

On Sunday, we stopped at Dunkin Donuts while on the road and I got a pumpkin donut. It was delicious!!

Before arriving home, I stopped at the grocery store and FINALLY got my bunny grahams I have been wanting for a couple weeks.

Brian also treated me to some socks while we were on the road. Well…he pretty much told me to pick out a pair. They are 60% wool and actually really comfy. I always had this assumption that wool socks were itchy, Brian has successfully convinced me otherwise. Now I kind of wish I had more than 1 pair or these.

I’d say it was a pretty successful week of treats. The whole weekend was really quite a treat, just getting away and staying at a beautiful bed and breakfast and spending time with Brian with neither of us worrying about work. Now I am counting down the days till it is Friday again.

Happy Tuesday!

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