In's and Out's March 31

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I originally wanted to do a weekly In and Out post and I've been really slacking on it. I decided that I'm going to try to start doing it every other week instead. So here are my In's and Out's for the last two weeks.

In's

1) Floral Candles - Spring is here! To celebrate the season I've been burning some of my favorite floral candles. Some of the scents I'm loving are Slatkin & Co's First Bloom, Candle by Victoria's Honeysuckle Jasmine, and Yankee Candle's Garden Hideaway.

2) Free Samples - I love to try out new products so I'm always signing up for free samples. I have a little container in my room I keep them all in so I can find them easily. I've found a lot of things that I like and ended up buying through samples.

3) Friday Fish Fry - Every Friday during Lent one of the churches in my town has a fish fry and almost every Friday so far my family has gone to get take out from there. My favorite is their fried shrimp. The batter they use is so good.

4) Spring Cleaning - As soon as the weather starts warming up, all I want to do is open my windows and start cleaning. I have been cleaning and organizing my room constantly the last few weeks. Now I'm ready to move on to the next room.

5) Reading - My favorite thing to do is light a candle and curl up in my bed and read. I've been reading like crazy this month. I've already read 6 books and I'm trying to finish my current book today so I can make it 7.

Out's

1) Flannel Sheets - After the first nice day we had this month I decided it was time to change the sheets on my bed. Off came the snowflake flannel sheets and on went the bright pink cotton sheets.

2) Bulky Sweaters - I'm so excited that it's finally time to put away my heavy sweaters and start bringing out my t-shirts and tank tops.

3) Injured Pups - My poor Baxter Brown started limping about a week and half ago and none of us knew what was wrong with him. The vet said he probably just pulled a muscle with how much he runs around. He finally seems like he's doing better and is back to running around full speed.

4) Hangovers - Last Friday my sister had a party to celebrate her 30th birthday and I consumed a little too much vodka. Well the next morning I was definitely not feeling 100 percent. Boo to hangovers!

5) Allergies - As much as I love that Spring is finally here, I hate what it does to my allergies. Every year when the weather starts to change I end up getting sick. I can already feel it coming on, the sore throat, the headache, the sneezing. Me and my allergy meds are about to become best friends.

What are your current In's and Out's?

Love, Amanda

Weekly In's and Out's 1

I've seen some other people do these and seen them on ElleandBlair.com before and thought it looked like fun, quick weekly post. So here's what I'm loving and not so loving this week.

In

Free Gift with Purchase - I went to the Valentine's Day Party at Bath & Body Works with my mom today. They have these in store parties occasionally where if you buy something you get a free gift. At this one if you bought a Signature Collection product you received a free tote with a mini Triple Moisture Body Cream in Japanese Cherry Blossom. I had been wanting to buy the Supercharged Body Scrub in Coconut Lime Breeze anyways so I was happy to be able to get a free gift as well. I saw on Facebook that on March 17th they are having a Fresh Picked Party and can't wait to go back to see what they're offering.

Snow - It's barely snowed this winter in Michigan but it finally snowed last night and I'm very excited about it. It seems like every time it's snowed so far it doesn't snow enough to play in or it doesn't stick around. I'm going out to my family's cottage tomorrow with my dad to make sure everything is looking alright out there and we're taking my brother's dog Baxter to let him run around in the snow. I can't wait to play in the snow with him!

Jelly Beans - I bought a bag of Jelly Belly's when I was at CVS today and I've been having fun trying to figure out what flavor is which. As much as I love Jelly Belly's, I'm so excited that Starburst Jelly Beans will be out soon.

Candles by Victoria - My newest Candles by Victoria order came on Thursday and I can't stop sniffing everything. I'm hoping to put up a haul/review post on them in the next few days.

Alcatraz - This is one of my newest TV obsessions. My sister was talking about it last week and it sounded really interesting. There have been five episodes so far so I've been trying to catch up. I watched the first two episodes on Hulu the other day and the third episode last night on Fox on Demand on U-Verse. If you're a fan of Lost or Fringe then you would probably like this show.

Out

Clutter -My house is tiny so any trace of clutter looks 10 times worse and right now all of the clutter in my house is driving me nuts. I'm ready to start getting rid of things that we don't need and start organizing everything else. I've been looking at alot of blogs about organizing and watching OrganizedLikeJen's videos on YouTube trying to get ideas.

Late Fees - I'm really bad about taking my books and videos back to the library on time. The book I'm reading right now Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard was due on Wednesday but I really want to finish it before I take it back. I'm trying my hardest to finish it before Monday so I can take it back and get the book I need to start for the online book club I'm in.

Insomnia - The past week or so I've been having terrible insomnia. I'll be up all night and part of the morning until I end up so exhausted that I crash around 11 am. I think I might be a vampire.

Razor Burn - My skin is really sensitive in regards to shaving. I can't shave with just soap and a cheap disposable razor. I wish I could because it would save me alot of money. I have to use shaving cream and a change my razor blades constantly. When I shaved yesterday, I ended up with awful razor burn on my legs and my armpits. Luckily a little aloe cleared it right up.

Dry Lips - My lips have been so dry for the last two weeks and none of my lip products seem to be helping.

What are your ins and outs this week?

Love, Amanda

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