Favorite things from January 2013

Every once in awhile I come across products, websites, or just random little items that I wish I could share with anybody. Now I know most people do that sort of thing on Facebook or Twitter, just since I don't have those I decided just to stock pile all my piffling shout-outs until the cease of each month, and make a mail service out of them.

So here are a few of the things that I was crushing on during January!

Scott Westerfeld's Uglies series

I know these books have been around for some time, simply I've just now gotten around to reading the whole series,  and I loved them! The last one, Extras, pretty much seemed like just that, an extra, simply the beginning three really had me enthralled. A dystopian earth ruled by plastic surgery…It was definitely something new!

TV & Movies : Downton Abbey

Downton Family Portrait

It'due south BACK! Need I say more than? Fifty-fifty Ant has become addicted!

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Photoshop Multiple Exposure Tutorial

I've been on quite the Photoshop kick lately trying to make my photos and other weblog elements more polished and interesting, and Katrina's weblog Pugly Pixel has been a god transport. She has tons of free shapes, brushes, actions, and dozens of tutorials to help brand your photoshop experience easier, and totally cute. Even if you don't use photoshop, you should still go check it out. There are plenty of great inspiration photos!

Food: Blood Oranges

inside of a blood orange

If you lot've never had one of these wonderful fruits, yous need to endeavor them ASAP. Everyone describes it as having an orange crossed with a raspberry type flavor, but I but call them astonishing! I fell in honey when Pismire and I were in Italy, and was extremely disappointed when we couldn't find any here in u.s.a.. January through March seems to be the superlative season, simply yous have to proceed an center out. They show up one calendar week and have disappeared by the next. Final year Ant found a few for my stocking at Harris Teeter, but this twelvemonth I actually grabbed a bag from Walmart of all places. You never know where they'll be!

Kids: Fisher Price Stack and Roll Cups

Fisher Price Stacking cups

Corbin got these for Christmas, and they have been our most popular toy since and then. They stack, nest, snap into balls, and take upwards practically no room at all. Corbin likes to bang them together, Reli likes to pretend they are mixing bowls, and I've even caught Ant playing with them a fourth dimension or ii. Makes a wonderful infant souvenir!

Adults: Dyson DC39 Animal

Dyson dc39 vacuum

Yes that's right, I'thousand excited well-nigh a vacuum, and I freely acknowledge it! Did you lot know that nosotros accept iv cats?

(no judging! That'southward less than we had when Reli was born…) Anyway, we have 2 short-haired cats, 2 long-haired cats, 2 kids, and a vacuum that would spit out just equally much dust equally information technology sucked in. Ant has been telling me I could take a Dyson since they outset released the fauna over three years ago, only information technology never came to pass. So this past black fri when they went on sale, I said "Buy it now! OR ELSE!" (in my very sweetest voice of course), and it was here in less than a week. I don't honey information technology more than material, merely it'due south  pretty far up there on the list.

Simply for Fun: Chocolate Truffle Chapstick

Chocolate Truffle Chapstick

Recall all those different flavored Lip Smackers you had back in Junior loftier? Well, I'chiliad ordinarily a standard Cherry type of girl, merely I got one of these for Christmas and loved it so much I went out and bought two more. You know, In case ane gets lost like they always do. It'due south a express edition after all, so amend safe than sorry correct? I besides tried the Apple Cider flavor. It was alright, but honestly how can that compare to Chocolate Truffles?

What take you been burdensome on lately? Are whatsoever of these your favorites too?

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P.Southward. I didn't receive anything for writing well-nigh the products higher up, I simply personally enjoyed them.
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