Girl Confessions

1. What color is you hair?: Dark brown at the moment. Don't think I will dye it again any time soon.

2. Drama?: Life is much easier without it and I prefer life without it, but you can never keep it out entirely, no matter how hard you try.

3. Are you a girly girl?: Somewhat, yes, but I still have times when I am much happier hanging out with my boyfriend and his friends, not having to worry about impressing anyone.

4. Who was the last person you hugged?: My boyfriend, Joey.

5. Small or large purses?: Typically, large purses, as I can rarely fit everything I need into a smaller one.

6. Are you short?: No, not really.

7. Do you like somebody: I like a certain someone very much. Actually, I love him very much.

8. What would you do if someone smacked your butt?: Depends on the smacker.

9. Do you care if your socks are dirty?: I wouldn't want to wear dirty socks.

10. Do you dress up on Halloween?: Yes, when I am able to.

11. Are you double jointed?: Nope.

12. Where is the weirdest place you have slept?: I can't really think of any strange place that I have slept, to be honest.

13. Has anyone touched/smacked your butt in the past 24 hours?: Not in the past 24 hours, no.

15. Do you call anybody by their last name?: Sometimes.

16. How many guys will read this just because it says “Girl Confessions”?: I don't know, that's on them.

“X” Marks the Spot:

[X] I do wear make up
[X] I have cried at a movie theater.
[X] I can put mascara on without opening my mouth.
[X] I get jealous.
[X] I think Johnny Depp is sexy.
[X] I love to laugh.
[ ] I like death metal.
[X] I like rap.
[X] I like country
[X] I carry a purse.
[X] I’d be lost without my computer.
[ ] I own a Spice Girls CD.
[ ] I own a Britney Spears CD.
[ ] I own a boy band CD.
[ ] I get bored watching football.
[X] I’ve never been called a spoiled brat.
[ ] Guys are confusing.
[ ] I’ve been called a bad influence.
[X] I have/had a piercing other than my ears.

17. What color is your bra that your wearing?: Pink.

18. Do you prefer light or dark haired guys?: Either one, though I prefer my own dark haired guy over all of them.

19. Are you currently frustrated with a boy?: Not at the moment.

20. Do you have a best friend(s)?: Yes, though it is a very short list.

21. Have you ever had your heart broken?: Yes, I have, but what doesn't kill you, makesy you stronger.

22. What size shoe do you wear?: Usually an 8-9.

23. Do you like your life?: Yes, for the most part, I am happy with it.

24. Has one of your friends ever stolen a boyfriend from you?: No.

25. Have you ever jumped in the pool with your clothes on?: I have never jumped in, been pulled in maybe, but never jumped.

26. Do you have more friends that are girls or boys?: More boys.

27. Do you wear extensions?: Never tried, but would like to.

28. Have you ever slapped a boy in the face? : Yes. I'm pretty sure he deserved it though.

29. What are your biggest fears?: Losing a loved one.

30. Have you ever cried yourself to sleep?: Yes I have.

31. Have you ever not been able to get someone off of your mind?: Every day.

32. Do you believe in the saying “once a cheater, always a cheater”?: For the most part, yes.

33. Have you ever had a good feeling about something?: Frequently.

34. Do you ever wish you were famous?: Sometimes.

35. Are you currently missing someone?: A lot of people.

***This guy or that guy?***

Punk/Goth or Gangster?: Neither one sounds appealing right off the bat.

Preppy or Cowboy?: Cowboy.

Face or Body?: Both, mostly face.

Sweet or Sexy?: Sweet.

Armani or Abercrombie?: Abercrombie.

City-slicker or Rural Guy?: Either, leaning toward rural.

Blue, Green, Grey, or Brown eyes?: Joey's blue eyes, they're gorgeous.

Contacts or Glasses?: Doesn't matter.

***Your pick...***

36. Eyeliner or Mascara?: Eyeliner.

37. Louis Vuitton or Dooney & Bourke?: I'm not big on brands, so I don't know.

38. Heels or flats?: Flats.

39. Skirts or pants?: Pants.

40. Socks or leggings?: Both, depending.

41. Sweatshirts or jackets?: Both, depending on the situation.

42. Flip Flops or sneakers?: Normally sneakers.

43. Straight or curly hair?: Both.

44. Hoop or dangling earrings?: Either.

45. White or black?: Black.

46. Victoria’s Secret or Bath and Body Works?: Bath & Body Works!

47. Smoothies or lattes?: Lattes.

48. Diet or regular sodas?: Some diet, some regular.

49. Orange juice or Apple juice?: Apple juice.

50. Pearls or diamonds?: Pearls.

51. Vintage or boho?: Vintage.

52. Mary-Kate or Ashley Olsen?: Whichever one is keeping herself out of trouble.

53. Lindsay or Hilary?: Hilary.

54. Ipod or cell phone?: Cell phone.

55. Friends or family?: Both.

56. Lip gloss or lip stick?: Both, sometimes together, sometimes separate.

57. Manicure or pedicure?: I'll take both, thank you.

58. Tiffany’s or Chanel?: Either.

59. Love or peace?: Both.

60. Sunglasses or purses?: Sunglasses.

***In a guy…***

Funny or Serious?: Funny, with the ability to be serious.

Romantic or Daredevil?: Romantic.

Cute or Hot?: Either.

Dark Eyes or Light Eyes?: Either.

Long Hair or Short Hair?: Either, as long as it's not too long.

Curly Hair or Straight Hair?: Straight.

Good Dancer or Good Singer?: Either is fine, I guess.

Basketball Player or Football Player?: Football.

Jock or Rebel?: Either.

Smoker or Non-smoker?: I have a smoker, though I wish he would quit.

Druggie or Clean?: Seriously? Clean.

Has a Motorcycle or Has a Sports Car?: I'd be cool with both!

Beard/Mustache or Clean-shaven?: Either is fine.

Younger or Older?: Right around my age.

Player or Loyal?: Loyal!

L'Oreal Extra Intense Liquid Eyeliner Pencil - Thumbs up!

So my new black eyeliner that I got a couple of days ago (L'Oreal Extra Intense Liquid Eyeliner Pencil) is amazing! I tried it out last night for the first time and it works so well! It went on so easily and was very dark, just perfect. :) I had heard a lot of good things about the eyeliner from forums and other blogs, but I hadn't had a chance to try it out for myself until now. And I am so glad that I did! I am definitely going to have to go get a backup and possibly the eyeliner in brown. I just wish is came in other colors, like a violet or a teal, but I'll just have to expiriment with some other eyeliner brands in those particular colors. I'm wanting to try out maybe the liquid eyeliner pencils by Revlon, and Milani . . . both have gotten good reviews and come in more colors than the L'Oreal, so I just might have to look into them the next time that I go shopping. I'm really hoping my next shopping trip takes me to Ulta as I haven't been in awhile and would really love to go. Just a couple more days and I will be back at work. Once I get settled back into things and get that paycheck coming back in, I should be okay to allow myself some more shopping time.

Anyway, I think I have rambled enough. Just thought I would share my experience with that eyeliner while I was thinking about it as I have nothing better to do. Good evening lovies and have a beautiful night!

Random Thoughts && 5 Good Things

Random Thoughts

So let me just say before I go any further . . . I adore this picture. I found it on photobucket and I now went a black and white polka dot dress, plus I love the contrast of the red and the green . . . . Anyway! So I have given myself an assignment for tonight. After watching a good many videos and looking through a good number of blogs and posts on different forums . . . I have decided I need to get my makeup somewhat organized. And once I manage to do that, I need to take some pictures of it to catalog what I have now so that in a few months when I hopefully have a good bit more than I have now, I can compare what I started out with and what it became. I don't know if you would call what I have a "collection" as it definitely isn't much, but it's a start. You know, all of us have to start somewhere . . . unless you're going to go all out crazy and spend hundreds of dollars on makeup in a single shopping trip, but that is not what I have done . . . so we don't need to go there. But yeah, I think I am going to try to attempt that tonight and will hopefully have a "collection" post up either tomorrow or Saturday. We will see how motivated I can get myself. For now . . . 5 good things . . . .

Five Good Things

1. My beautiful baby boy is one of the best things on my life right now, so of course I feel the need to make sure that he is on this list. He's precious and growing every day and I cannot wait to see what he develops into. I'm so glad he's doing so well and that he came out healthy, despite being a little over 3 weeks earlier than his due date.

2. I'm getting back into using my camera. All during my pregnancy, I just didn't feel like getting it out and seeing what I could capture with it, but I've found myself reaching for it a good bit here in the past couple of weeks. I mean, of course a lot of the pictures I am taking at the moment are of little man, but at least it's a start.

3. Joseph Dillon had his very first bath today and it went amazingly well. His chord fell off yesterday so we broke out the baby bath tub this morning and gave little man his first bath. I took some pictures post-bath when he was all wrapped up in his too-big Pooh Bear robe, and will have to get those up. Don't worry, the pictures where he is actually IN the bath tub are coming. I have to have SOMETHING to show his first girlfriend in a few years, right? ;)

4. I finally got myself my very first Hard Candy blush yesterday (in Pin Up, so if anyone is using that one right now, let me know what you think of it, please). I've been wanting to try this line out but this is the first piece I have bought by the company. I am hoping to get more once I go back to work, and have not tried the blush yet, but will let you know what I think of it when I do try it.

5. And finally, I am going back to work next week. Yes, I know it's not something that has happened yet, but it is something I am looking forward to it. I know most people look forward to getting time off of work but I am personally looking forward to going back. Looking forward to not sitting around the house all the time, and of course, there's the paycheck I will be able to bring in again once I am back at it.



Well, that's it for now. I am hopefully going to get my makeup organized tonight and get a post up in the next couple of days. Be on the look-out for it, loves! 'Night. :)

So I went shopping today . . .

I know I'm not SUPPOSED to be shopping right now -- the whole being out of work on maternity leave situation -- but I couldn't help myself as it's been awhile and I was going through withdrawals, haha. I didn't spend a whole lot (a $25 Target giftcard I had put back for a rainy day helped out some), and I won't be doing it again until after I go back to work, which should be in about a week (yay!). Anyway! Before I get to my mini-shopping spree, I have to share this . . . it's just too cute not to. :) This is my baby boy, Dillon, with his pooh bear. The stuffed animal is just about the same size as little Dillon, but he will grow into it, sooner or later. I just thought it was cute. however, when I put it in the seat with him, he shot me one of his "looks" and tried to scoot away from pooh, like he was trying to say, "This is my seat, and I don't wanna share it, thank you very much, Mister Bear, and Mom." Oh well. Yay for photo opportunities! Anyway! Sorry for that . . . . moving on.

First thing is first . . . I went to Target with the intention of spending that $25 giftcard, and I did exactly that. My final bill was $24.75 and everything you see in the next few pictures I got from Target, except for one thing. One of my favorite purchases of the day had to be the new outfit for my doodlebug. It was on sale and just too cute! It will probably be too big on him (everything is right now!) even though it is a newborn, but he will just have to grow into it.
So yeah, there's that. And then, from there, I bought some more of the Aussie's 3-minute miracle, a deep conditioning treatment for your hair. I love this stuff, it makes my hair so soft! And I was out of it, and have been for awhile, so I thought that this would be about as good a time as any other to grab some.
Annnd finally, I bought some new makeup. I just put everything in the same picture because I thought it would be silly to do everything from Target and then have to add another picture of just one single item. From Target, I got the Rimmel eyeshadow quad in SWEET SMOULDER, the L'Oreal Extra Intense Liquid Eyeliner Pencil (since I have heard lots of good things about this eyeliner and I needed a new one anyway) in black, an E.L.F. eyeshadow quad in Drama, and the E.L.F. concealer palette -- "Complexion Perfection." Then, last but not least, I got a Hard Candy blush from Walmart in Pin-Up. I really want to try all of the products from this line, but this is one of the first products I've been able to pick up from it. I plan to get quite a few the first time I get a chance to go shopping for myself after I go back to work.
So, that's it for my little shopping "spree" of the day. Not bad. But I have decided today, when I went to put my new makeup away, that I am going to have to get a bigger train case or some other way to store my makeup here pretty soon as the stuff I got today would barely fit in my current case. Ah well, I will just have to save that for another day. Thanks for reading, lovelies!

Introducing Lauren Elizabeth

Hi! So I am Lauren Elizabeth. I am twenty years old and about a month and a half away from being the mother of Joseph Dillon Cox. I cannot wait for him to get here and will be sure to let everyone know how that goes when the time comes. I'm very much new to this whole blogging experience, but I have seen quite a few people using this site, mostly people I follow on youtube when I have the time to follow them. I love photography. I am very much an amateur (maybe I will post some pictures sometime and let you take a look, if you're lucky) but it's a great stress reliever and I love what I do. I also enjoy seeing things the way others see them, captured through the lens of a camera. Music and movies are another big part of my life. Whether it's the latest country album or a popular hip-hop dance remix, as long as the song either has a good beat to put me in a good mood, or good lyrics that make me think about them, then I am down to listen to it at least one time to see if I can rock it. I am in college right now, though I keep going back and forth between majoring in law enforcement and looking into taking the classes to become a medical office assistant. I guess I will have to figure it out eventually ... anything to get me away from where I am working now. Sonic Drive In. I don't know if you all know what Sonic is, but if you do ... well, I guess you can't really know where I am coming from unless you work there because it's the working outside in the heat and other elements, combined with the drama of the people I work with that really get to me. Add this all to the hormones of a woman 7 months pregnant and it is quite a combination.

Anyway, I think this is going to be it for my very first addition to my very own blog. Thanks for stopping by and I will be sure to try to keep up with this. c: