Vinylmation Update + More

Enjoy the video! The first three on the top row were bought on Vinylmation Exchange. The Cutesters at the Beach was from the trade box. All three Monster's University vinyls were bloxed. The Remy was bloxed a couple of weeks ago and the Mike was a birthday present from one of my best friends! The two non-Vinylmations were bought at Hot Topic. And finally, the Fantasia set was from eBay.

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My Birthday

So now that my birthday week is over, I can write a post about it! My birthday was Thursday the 6th and it was a pretty average day. My mom gave me a goody bag (she always gives us goody bags) and here is what was in it (not including the candy)-

(clockwise: Beaded headband, pack of colorful headband, Almay lip gloss in Cantaloupe, Baby Lips 2 in 1 pack, Sinful Colors polish, Sally Hansen Salon Effects nail strips, and Couture de Minnie OPI nail pack.

As always, she included candy but I didn't want to photograph chocolate bars haha. I loved all of the goodies! That Almay lip gloss is definitely getting a review! I'll also be reviewing the Baby Lips glosses and those awesome Couture de Minnie OPI polishes.

On Friday I went out to dinner at Giordano's with my sister, mom, two cousins, uncle, and his fiancée. It was a ton of fun and we stuffed ourselves on pizza, salad, bruschetta, cheese sticks, and more! Definitely loved some of the hilarious memories we created that day.

This Sunday, we had my birthday party! I wore a dress from Victoria's Secret and sandals and cardigan from Forever 21. The cardigan had 3/4 sleeves and the dress was above the knee.

Once you get in your teens, people stop giving you actual gifts (like clothes and toys) and just give you money. I'm fine with this! Every family member who gave me money went to me when I was alone and gave me money and talked low and said happy birthday. It's always the same and it cracks me up- every family member except for one did this! I wonder if it's just my family who does this? 

The reason I said every family member except for one is because my aunt gave me an AMC give card when we were in a crowded room. What a great gift, right? Especially in the summer when you go to the movies every other weekend! I'll actually be going this Friday with my cousin to see Man of Steel (SO EXCITED!) so it's the perfect gift!

We had some amazing food! Since I'm a vegetarian, I asked my family members to bring vegetarian-friendly meals (if possible). Boy did they bring some food! In addition to the barbecue chicken and garlic bread my mom brought (you know, since it isn't ALL about me- my family loves barbecue chicken!), there was the following: fruit salad, spicy green pasta, two potato salads, one pasta salad, Mexican rice, enchiladas (my grandma made these especially for me, but I shared), marshmallow graham cupcakes (yum!), and two types of cakes. I know what you're thinking, that's a buttload of food! But including babies and children, there were 32 people who ended up coming. All family. Of course, not everyone was there at a time (2 left early, 2 came later). The party lasted around 4 hours and it was tiresome but so much fun. It was gorgeous out- warm with a very nice breeze (probably the best weather we've had all month!). Everyone had a nice time! I had a wonderful time and I can't wait to hang out with everyone at the next get-together (not going to the father's day party since I'll be at Six Flags).

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Recent Purchases: Pre-Birthday Buys!

Most people around my age still get money for their birthday (no more clothes and toys) and we all love to spend that birthday money on something big or sometimes we save it. I wanted to buy something before I get that birthday money. What is it? Something I first talked about months ago! A bag for summer/Wisconsin!

I previously blogged about my need for a summer bag that could fit many things inside. I settled that around this time in June I would buy on of the purses above. Did I? Well, sort of. I bought this bag-

As you can see, it's not exactly the third purse, but it's from the same line. I hadn't seen this one while searching the purses back then because this was in the "Tote" section instead of overnight section. This tote is larger than the one pictured with the two purses. In addition to being larger, it was significantly cheaper because it was on sale. This purse, with shipping and a $5 off Birthday Coupon, was $25.15! Not bad for a big, cute purse! I'll be sure to review it once it comes next week.

I bought this Whiskers & Tales Vinylmation from someone on Vinylmation Exchange. I only bought it yesterday, but I thought I'd include it anyway. It was only $6! I only need her to finish off the one's I want from the Whiskers & Tales series. Luckily I got 4 of the ones I wanted from the BOGO so I only needed to get her. I wasn't going to take my chances in buying another blox and getting a duplicate or one I didn't want (like Lambert or Tito) so I figured I would find someone on Vinylmation Exchange who was selling her for cheap. I saw most people selling her for $9 but a few selling her for $6. I chose the first person I saw selling her for $6.

I also bought this cute ring. I remember seeing these being sold at Sanrio but they only had one character, Tuxedo Sam. I didn't want a Tuxedo Sam ring so I bought my things and left. I decided to look up the rings on eBay and lo and behold they had the My Melody ring! So adorable 

Well, that's all for now. Expect more "Recent Purchases" posts in the coming weeks. I might (emphasis on the might) go to the mall this Saturday, so stay tuned!

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Summer!

Summer is here! Well, technically it isn't until June 21st, but summer break is here! This summer has been great so far and will be one of the best since Summer 2011 (Florida!). I'm gonna lay out my plans/goals for this summer in this here blog post~



1. Create a  for my blog!
I was hoping to make a Youtube for my blog this summer, but I'd like to get a better camera first! So camera first, Youtube channel second! I'd review things, make package opening videos, Vinylmation videos, makeup videos, etc.!

2. Go to Six Flags with my friends
I'm planning on doing this after my birthday. We're working it out right now and it's sounding like it's gonna happen! One of my friends who is going has never been and I'm so excited to go with her for the first time! I haven't been to Six Flags in a good 3-4 years, so I'm excited to go again! I'm also hoping to go to the water park with them. Also, what's a Six Flags trip if you don't get their deluxe funnel cake?

3. Go to Wisconsin for 3 days
My aunt invited me to Wisconsin a couple of months ago! I'm so excited. It's planned for early August, I believe. Once we are there, we (my aunt, her husband, her kids, and my cousin) will chill out at the rented home and go to the water parks on the second day. We'll eat out at restaurants, shop, check out local attractions, etc.! I'm very excited for this and hope I don't get too sun burned!

4. Birthday Party
My 20th birthday... oh how I dread you and want you to come faster! Dread because I'm turning 20. No longer a teen... getting older. If anyone knows me, I'm a total kid at heart. Turning 20 is scary to me. With age comes more needed responsibility. But with birthdays come presents, cake, and parties! I'll be celebrating either the day before or the day after my trip to Six Flags. My birthday party last year was so much fun! My family loves celebrating things, so there are parties for just about everyone. May and June are very big with parties! I want to have a fun party like before- sundaes, balloon fights, chocolate cake, possibly goody bags!

5. Buy loads of stuff!
With 20th birthday's come loads of birthday cash. So why not spend it on my favorite things? Sanrio and Disney stuff! I'll buy things at Wisconsin Dells for my mom and sister, buy things at Six Flags, buy things at Sanrio and the Disney Store, and just spend it all!

6. Read 5 books
Now onto a more serious topic (sort of)- books! I haven't read any books for my sole entertainment in so long. It's all about school books and not enough about books I actually want to read. I have one that I hope on starting this week, but I also want to read the second Hunger Games book and another John Green book. I have other books on my Amazon Wishlist I'd like to buy/read but I'll get to those after I read Catching Fire and my John Green book.

7. Go to the beach
I only went to the beach once last year when it was like the hottest day ever. It kind of sucked, but I still want to go again. I love the whole experience- sand castles, swimming, sandwiches, and chips.

That's all I can think of for now~ let's hope I stick to most of these!

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