12 dates, 12 months

It's that time again!

Yes christmas time and normally I'm ready and have ideas on what I'm getting everyone but this year I'm behind and when it came to my Lover Boy I was stumped as to what to get him. He's one of those who never wants or needs anything,  boooo!! And he's also the type who doesn't make a big deal out of Christmas but I'm really big on it. It's my favorite time of year. I love decorating and I love giving! 

I love to see the smiles on everyone's face. Him on the other hand think it's overrated. However he still buys me presents but he does that all year round 😊

Anywho, I was browsing Pinterest and came across a few ideas and we agreed on 1 bought gift and anything else after has to be creative and it hit me...since he doesn't want a bunch of presents how about I make 1 present that contains several gifts in it 😆

Genius huh? 

So I decided to create one of those Date Night envelopes for him....ta-da!!!!!

So easy and so simple and doesn't cost much. Mines literally cost me $2 and that's because I had most of it on hand. The activities will cost though. You can prepay ahead of time or pay as you go,  totally up to you. 

*Hallmark note cards--free (I got free from an event)

*Highlighters & Pens-- I had already

*Brown Envelope-- $1 pack of 12 at Dollar Tree

*String- $1 pk of 3 at Target

*Printer & Paper--Had already

Some ideas for you:

Bowling, paintball,arcades, movies,cooking dinner at home,  picnic,  dinner, zip line, beach trip, star gazing, movie night at home, pottery, and salsa dancing to name a few...be creative! Go out the norm!

Wrap it up and you're done!!

ENJOY!

Xoxo

* Letter from Clean & Scenstible Blog that I found on pinterest *

Birchbox- Oct

It's finally here!!

After getting a few disappointing bags from Ipsy, I decided to go ahead and look into other beauty subscriptions. I've heard of Birchbox and wanted to try for a while now and figured what the heck, it's only $10. It took awhile to get here but was very excited when it got delivered today.

Now for my review

The packaging was good. Came into a cute pastel box. Something that gets you excited. Once you open the box,there's another cute lil box inside that you can actually reuse to hold little knick knacks,cards, jewelry,whatever..I was impressed with the packaging. 

Now for the inside...for my 1st box, I wasn't impressed at all. The only thing that I liked was the mascara. I like with Ipsy, you do a quiz and they give stuff detailed to your likings. I might give it one more shot, if the 2nd box is anything like this, I will cancel it too...now I wait for my Walmart beauty box and Sephora Play to get here.

**Disclaimer, this is a PAID subscription that I pay for every month. I am not an employee or paid user. This is my true and honest opinions.**

Free Tmobile members

Ok here is another freebie but for Tmobile users. Download their free app called Tmobile Tuesday. Every Tuesday you have chances to win free stuff like MLB apparel, they had a free Galaxy Note 7 contest, and more.  Every Tuesday they have freebies like a free Frosty from Wendy's. I've gotten free 6" sub from subway,free Tmobile tee, movie tickets and movie codes to name a few.

I have 3 lines with them and each phone can download and redeem 😊

*Disclaimer: I'm no way affiliated with Tmobile or their sponsored partners. I didn't get paid or any free products for this review. This is my personal and honest opinion*

Free makeup

Yes you read it right, free makeup and I'm going to tell you how...

This deal is at Target aka Targé, my new fav spot, don't tell Walmart I've traded them in lol, anywho, download their Redperks and Cartwheel app onto your device, if you aren't members, sign up to both, they are free  to do so.  I will explain both apps below. Once you do that link the Redperks to the Cartwheel before the deadline I believe is Oct 31 and they will give you 5,000 points. Those points you'll be able to click the free makeup or polish reward. There are other rewards you can get like free item from their Bulleyes aka dollar section, snacks etc...as you collect points, the rewards go up. Yay for free stuff 😊

Cartwheel program- this is basically their digital coupons. They have great savings. Just click on the items you want to save on and scan at the register. Even if you do not use a coupon during your trip, still scan your Cartwheel to get points !

Red perks- is a point reward system that they will be merging with Cartwheel by the end of the month so that it's all on 1 app. For every dollar you spend, you get a point. It's their way of saying thank you for shopping with us. You redeem points for free goodies with Target. I had enough points to get free Starbucks as well as my free makeup 😊

Today's shopping trip, I picked up an ELF pallet ❤

Enjoy!!

Love, Ricca 

UPDATE: apparently this is for certain parts of NC only 😕

*disclaimer: I am NO way affliated with Target. I was not paid nor offered free products to leave my review. This is based on my personal experience and love for Target*

Selfie Light Phone Case (Wish product)

So so so LOVE my new phone case. I 1st saw these on IG and clicked on the sponsored link, I believe it was Lumee or something like that, the cases were $100 😐 Late night on my new obsession Wish, I saw it for $6 and decided why the hell not..it shipped fast and it works really well! My new favorite case for my S7..comes in different colors and with a cord to charge the case.

*This is my personal opinion/review. I wasn't paid or asked to leave a good review. Item was purchased with my own money*

Shoe Dept.

Yay, my 1st post for 2016 😁

I barely go into this store in our mall but on my way to Forever 21, I decided to stop in and I'm so glad that I did. I will be stopping in every time I take a mall trip.

Shoe Dept. sells name brand shoes for a fraction of the cost. But you have to catch them when they have sales going on. Because fall is around the corner, they are marking everything down...boots for under $10, heels, etc... so I go in to look for sandals for my daughter and came across these 2 pairs. The brown pair is Steve Madden that I scored for $9.97...yup $30 off !!! The other I scored for $7.97...definitely couldn't leave them in the store for those prices.

This might be my new fav store 😆