What's In The Mailbox?

I wanted to share some of the fun things that have shown up at our house recently.  It's always a highlight of my day to get packages!  

Arm & Hammer baking soda from Smiley360.  Diaper pail, cat box, laundry room...  I've had this shaker all over the house lately.

Caltrate Calcium gummies, also from Smiley360.  These are yummy!  I used to take calcium chews that were more of a taffy consistency.  I quit taking them, because they were kinda gross.  But since my Vitamin C are gummies, too, I knew I could handle gummies.

New panda shoes from zulily.com (affiliate link).  Hannah really thrashed the old ones on the right, so when I saw them again, I got her another pair.  Unfortunately, between the time I ordered them, and the time they arrived, she got a new (bigger) foot!  So they don't fit now.  I've put them up for Katie to grow into.

This was a great VoxBox from Johnson's and Influenster!  No more tangles shampoo, conditioner, and spray!  Confession?  Brianna had asked me for another bottle of tangle spray the day before this box arrived.  I let her have this one.  Hannah and Katie are using the conditioning shampoo.  Love it!

One of my sweet sewing mama friends sent me this lovely box of handmade soaps!  Brianna staged them for me with some of her recently crocheted washcloths.  Aren't they pretty?  The soaps smell great, and we're having fun trying them out.  You can see what she has available here.

We have a Special Occasion coming up that I want to look extra nice for, so this is a good time to play with some new makup from Modern Mom and Sheer Cover Studio.

Moms Meet sent us a package of Walgreens Well Beginnings brand diapers, wipes, and baby wash, plus samples and coupons for my friends!

Anything interesting in your mailbox lately?  I'd love to hear about it!

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My Influenster Jolly VoxBox

Now that I've had a week to play with my goodies from Influenster, I'll share my thoughts with you.  

Up first, Puffs To Go.  

Brianna made me a knitted tissue pouch for Christmas, and I'm carrying these in my purse.  They're soft and strong, and they've handled everything we've thrown at them so far.  I'm pleased with these and would happily purchase them.  

Next, we have TWO items from the makeup aisle!  Rimmel's London Show Off Lip Lacquer, and NYC HD Color Trio.  

The Rimmel Lip Lacquer is a hybrid of gloss and lipstick.  The convenience of gloss with all the color of a lipstick.  I like the tube, the applicator, the glossy feel...  but can't get past the color.  I raised an eyebrow at it when I opened the box, but I know sometimes things look different when they're on, so I gave it a shot.  Nope.  It's orange.  I'll be passing this on to one of my girls, and I'll buy my own in a color I like.  Fortunately, Rimmel does offer this product in some great shades.  I'll be watching for a coupon or taking advantage the next time I see a sale.  

NYC's HD Color Trio came in a pleasing set of neutrals.  I love their tagline:  Uptown Style at Down-to-Earth Prices.  As you can see, I go for subtle when it comes to eye shadow, and this works well for me.  Of course, these trios are offered in other fun shades, as well, and I could easily see myself trying another set next time I get the urge to change things up.  

The Ducklings sized duct tape totally makes me grin!  As soon as I saw it, I knew I'd have to fight to keep it for myself, and sure enough, both Brianna and Eli asked if they could have it.  I used a strip to spice up my current notebook.  

These come in several adorable prints, and I've gotten all sorts of ideas from Pinterest for things I can do with the rest of the roll.  

I made cute little duct tape bows from my Duck Brand tape, too.  I put them on these clothespins.  I think I'll stick a command strip on the back of one and put it up on the frame of my bulletin board to hold Hannah's weekly homework packet.  It would be nice to know where it is every week when we start searching for it the night before it's due.  Yeah, we're those parents.  Maybe if I make duct tape flowers on top of my favorite pens, the kids won't walk off with them?  And this print will make cute summer hair clips for Katie and Hannah!  

The final product in my box was the Skinny Cow Candy.  The only Skinny Cow product I'd tried before was the ice cream sandwiches.  I was expecting something more bar like, for some reason (the box, maybe?) and maybe crisped rice or other "filler" when I thought of diet candy, so I was pleasantly surprised by Skinny Cow's Devine Filled Chocolates.  

When I opened the wrapper, before I even *saw* the candy, the smell of peanut butter hit me.  While I prefer dark chocolate to milk chocolate, this tasted like chocolate, not "diet food."  And the peanut butter filling is smooth, not gritty like the peanut butter cups I'm used to.  These were tasty!  

I just love getting mail, and this was a fun box to review!  If you are interested in Influenster, please click below.

I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes.

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I'm Back, Did You Miss Me?

Okay, so I realized just how addicted, no, obsessed, no, unhealthily attached to the internet I was when I had to do without it for 72 hours!  I'm still catching up.

I had all sorts of things to tell you, and no way to do it!  Let's see...  I took Hannah's stitches out Wednesday night, and her head is looking good.

This picture was taken after her bath Tuesday night, when the stitches were still in.  You can see the new, pink skin.  I tried to take after pictures tonight, but they turned out lousy.  The close ups have too much flash.  I'll try again later with Paul's camera.

Samuel is helpfully pointing at her "scar" but you can't really see it.  We're band aid free as of after school today.  (I didn't want any school germs getting into it.)  And now Little Missy is off school until... February 3rd!  Katie (aka Hannah's Shadow) will be thrilled.

I got my very first VoxBox!  It's a happy little goodie box that comes in the mail from Influenster.

Isn't it cute?  

For a little box, it packs a lot of goodies!  I'll be sharing my thoughts on these later, but I just had to give you guys a glimpse of what we got.

Sadly, it appears we've started yet another "remodeling" project.  Home repair is a way of life in large families.  The upstairs boys bathroom is currently out of commission.  Fortunately, with 5 bathrooms, it shouldn't be too much of an inconvenience.  After it's finished, I'll get serious about potty training Katie, since this will be her main bathroom.

We're really happy to have the internet up & running again, as it was harder than I thought to do school without it!

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