Beauty product of the month - March

Each month I am going to share with you the beauty product of the month that I have been using. Last month it was Seaweed face scrub and this month it is...

Maybelline brow drama sculpting brow mascara. 

I keep meaning to get my eyebrows threaded but still haven't got around to it so I need something that is going to tame and define them. I have never been a fan of eyebrow pencils as they make your eyebrows stand out too much (especially when you shave your eyebrows off first!) and I like the more subtle, natural look.

I do have the problem of having faint looking eyebrows, they tend to disappear a bit in photos that are taken from afar so this product is great for defining them, it also keeps them in place and being a dark brown colour it blends in perfectly.

I haven't tried any other brow mascaras so I cant really compare but I am glad that I've come across this one and it is now part of my daily routine so I will definitely buy it again!

Mealplan Monday - 31/03/14

I'm feeling really shattered today, think it's all down to losing that extra hour in bed! The thought of standing in front of the oven is just making me tired, that's why I want to put some simple meals on my list this week. Plus its the last week of term so hopefully next week I can spend a bit more time finding some good recipes. (That's when I'm not laying on the sofa stuffing my face with chocolate Easter eggs!)

Monday - Fry up (egg, sausage, mushrooms, beans...)

Tuesday - Pasta bake

Wednesday - Pie and mash with veg

Thursday - Lasagna

Friday - Jacket potato with various fillings

Saturday - Pizza

Sunday - Lamb chops with roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings and veg.

This mealplan is linked up with #mealplanningmonday over at Mrs M's

50 books 2014 - March

 This month has been really slow on the reading front. I have only managed to finish 2 books which I had actually started last month! For some reason they both just seemed to go on forever, thats not to say they were boring I think its just that I was reading in the evenings, after getting through a few pages I was falling asleep.

  

Im not entirely sure why this book is named the debt and the doormat. It starts off with Poppy and her friend Jazz. Jazz being in debt decides to swap lives with the sensible Poppy in order to stop her spending and encourage Poppy to let her hair down, but then the story takes on all sorts of dramas that caused me to want to shout at Poppy in frustration, almost as if I was watching a soap opera. Poppy is a very endearing character and I really enjoyed reading about all the turmoil she went through in order to get the man of her dreams.

 If You have read my last 2 months of 50books2014 you would know that I have been reading The Hunger Games series. I really loved the first two books and I think book one was my favourite of the three. I read the first half of this book and then seemed to waver a bit, reading a bit here and a bit there. I really got into the end of it in the last few days and I think I would have enjoyed it more if I read it all at once.

Katniss Everdean survived the first two hunger games and the capitol are not happy, they want revenge! But who should pay the price Katniss herself or the people she loves the most?

So far this year I have read 9 books but with the Easter holidays coming up im hoping to catch up on my reading, especially as I have a habit of downloading loads of books onto my kindle app and need to get through them!

This post is linked up with #50books2014 reading challenge over at Ups & Downs, Smiles & Frowns.

Positive pic of the week #2

Sitting in my kitchen playing around with my camera (as you do) I took this photo of two of my little angels.

Jasmin is sitting at the table on the laptop, probably searching all those fashion websites for new clothes that she can pester me for! And Kieron is watching something on TV, not sure what he is doing with his tongue, probably licking some leftover food from his chin!

I love that they are both oblivious to me taking their photo (ignoring me as usual) and are so content with not a care in the world...oh to be young!

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Word of the week - Vacillating

This week has been pretty average, I haven't done much out of the ordinary, although I did take another school trip to The London transport museum (I went last week) with year 4.

My mood has been a bit up and down, I've felt quite positive about certain things and decisions I have made, but then when thinking of the future I'm wondering when its ever going to improve, it just feels like I'm living from month to month and time is going by so fast without much changing...sometimes being optimistic is hard work!

I have chosen the word Vacillating as it means to fluctuate in ones opinions, be indecisive. For your information the word vacillating comes from 1590-1600 Latin vacillatus meaning to sway to and fro.

This post is linked up to #wotw over at the reading residence