Friday Faves
-Wildcats win! It was a close one….
-Your amazing Winter Shape Up checkins. Keep ’em coming! I’ll have the week 3 schedule up on Facebook later this afternoon if you’d like to plan ahead.
-Heart shirt twins for Valentine’s Day. It’s happening 🙂
–One of my recipes was in a Buzzfeed article!!!!! I can’t even begin to describe the level of excitement. Thank you so much to Christine for including me! Check out the list for some delicious new breakfast ideas.
-Slowly burning through the last of my Fresh Balsam candles. I have two left and will have be strategic about them until next year….
-60 things older women want younger women to know.
–CVS pulls tobacco from store shelves.
-RX bars. I’ve only tried the blueberry so far, but LOVE the mild sweetness and texture.
Best part? The ingredient list.
-These sponges! You know you’ve reach an, erm, special part of life when you get excited about a sponge.
-Even when I get plenty of sleep, I wake up and look like I got in a fight and have dark circles under my eyes. Madre told me it’s hereditary and that quite a few people in my family have it, but suggested trying eye cream. I went with my fave brand — we’ll see if it helps.
–SeaHawks players take yoga and meditate daily. “Om” FTW.
-How to eat chicken wings like a genius. Ok, so this isn’t really a “fave,” but I need to know if it really works. Has anyone tried it??
While this post goes up, I’ll be getting back from a 10-miler! Wahoo!
Hope you have a wonderful day <3
xoxo
Gina
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OMG I LOVE THOSE SPONGES TOO! lol. The first time I used one from the pack my mom got me (she’s obsessed too), and I saw it expand in the water I’m sure my face was akin to a 5 year old first seeing the Magic Kingdom. 🙂
Ahh congrats on being featured in BuzzFeed!! That’s so exciting. Also those Valentine’s shifts are adorable! Have a great weekend 🙂
Whooooooooot! on the 10 miler. Amazing way to start the day!
I’d definitely do the matching heart shirts if I had a little girl too. Adorable. 🙂
Oh wow, those Hello Apparel shirts are awesome! I love their stuff. Jealous of your beautiful running weather. The ground is covered with snow here. I’m pretty sure I’d break a leg if I tried running outside right now. Hope your 10 miler went well!
i love their stuff, too!
oh no!! sending some sunshine your way 🙂
Hope the run went well!!!!!
thank you!
Congrats on getting on Buzzfeed!!!! You’re even more internet famous now 😀
Hope your 10-miler went well!
haha, thank you!!
enjoy the weekend!
Congrats on your recipe being included on Buzzfeed! That’s awesome! Love those RXbars! Awesome ingredients.
thank you! i actually thought “giselle would like these” when i was eating it because i know you did whole 30 🙂 hope you have a great weekend!
Congrats on your recipe on Buzzfeed! Hope you have a great run in beautiful Tucson!
thank you! have a great weekend 🙂
The chicken wing thing totally works, but it takes a little practice. You still get messy, but it’s contained to your fingers, not your whole face.
wow ok! i’m excited to try it 🙂
I’m definitely trying that cream, I have the same problem! 🙂
hope you like it!!
Congrats on your recipe making it to buzzfeed! I still need to try out that recipe.
thank you! let me know if you do 🙂
Love the article about what women need in younger years. I needed to read that today! Thank you 🙂
i loved it too 🙂 xo
CONGRATULATIONS on getting your recipe featured on Buzzfeed! You’re movin on up to big things! You should be so proud of all your work!!!!!
thank you, amber!! 🙂 xo
Those shirts are to die for adorable!!! I’m interested in those RxBars for sure – love me a good, clean, protein bar!
i really like them! i’m excited to try and make a version at home
Haha! Love the sponges too!!! Even gave some to my daughter. 🙂
they’re amazing!!!
I need some of that eye cream! Way to start the weekend off right with a 10 miler!
have a great weekend!
Be sure to update on how the eye cream works! I have the dark eye circles (as does my mom) even when I am well rested. I was once told it looked like I had a black eye. Congrats on the BuzzFeed article, I’m going to make those cookies this weekend.
i definitely will! thank you 🙂 hope you enjoy the cookies, too! xo
Omg those valentines shirts are too cute!
thank you!
Love the heart shirts! Wear them with pride!
we will 🙂
Let us know if the eye cream works. I’ve been “gifted” with the under eye circles from heredity as well. Very cool to see your contribution to the buzzfeed article. Congratulations!
i definitely will! thank you!
10 miles!!!! Very impressed 🙂 I am just starting out the C210K program today…I did the C25K a while ago and since stopped running very much but have been itching to get back in. Hoping the 10K program will keep me motivated
it definitely should! have fun with your training!! xo
Love the shirts! Where did u get them?
thank you! hello apparel
I saw your recipe in buzz feed! Way to go!!
Hope the 10 miler was a success….you sure have pretty scenery to enjoy!! Jealous 😉
thank you!! yes, it’s beautiful here 🙂 have a great weekend!
congrats on the buzz feed feature, love the article!
Congrats on the Buzzfeed article! That is so awesome! 🙂
Hope you and your family have a great weekend.
thank you! hope you have a great weekend, too 🙂
I love the heart shirt…been looking for something similar! Where did you find it???
hello apparel! they were a limited run though, so they sold out pretty quickly
Congrats on Buzzfeed! Please let us fellow dark circle sufferers now how that works, it is no fun looking like a zombie even on our most rested days :).
i totally will! yeah, it’s a bummer. i’ll sleep for 9 hours and wake up looking like i haven’t slept in 9 days
GINA, YOU’RE SO WELCOME! I have been reading your blog and others since probably 2008, and I figured it was time to take a break from the “27 Red Velvet Desserts That Want To Be Your Valentine”-type posts and do something healthy. Figured I might as well shout out to the blogs that I’ve been loving for so long (p.s. – tried to feature the original, unbaked breakfast cookie, but the link was broken?). Just read this post and saw that you mentioned me and kind of geeked out a little 🙂 Happy Friday!
omg, i wrote that thinking, “there’s no way she’s going to see this. i need to email her.” and YOU DID :)!! thank you again so much for including me! it seriously made my week <3
xoxo
ps thank you for the bfast cookie link reminder!
those heart shirts are too cute!!
thank you!
Congrats on BuzzFeed!!! Hope the 10 miler went well 🙂
thank you!!
Oh my gosh, PLEASE keep us updated if that eye cream works! I have dark circles under my eyes too and it must be hereditary- because it doesn’t matter how much I sleep! I’m desperate for something- anything!! 🙂
i definitely will! same. when i woke up the other morning, i was like SOMETHING has to stop this.
Love your twin Valentines shirts! Nothing beats a good baseball style shirt any time of the year. I have really dark circles too. It’s the only thing I got from my dark complected side of the family. I wasn’t blessed with their ability to tan, just the bags under their eyes! =)
hah!
Love your Valentine’s Day shirts — too cute! Happy Friday!
thank you! happy friday 🙂
I actually have eaten chicken wings like that before! It works.
i’m so excited
Can’t wait to try those Rx bars! They sound delicious 🙂
Hope your run went well and your knee didn’t hurt! Those shirts are adorable! Happy Friday!
That protein bar looks good! I need to try them. Thanks
Blueberry oil? Sounds good to me! I’ll have to try those out. Love those heart shirts. TOO STINKIN’ CUTE.
I have the black eye problem too, have since my early 20’s I guess its common with olive skin tones. when I worked at Lancôme they had this grape seed oil eye cream that worked really well but being in college I couldn’t afford it but used the sample tube every time I worked 😉
interesting!! i like the korres a lot so far
Hi Gina, we’re just getting power back after days of being without (I live in PA and we got hit with a bad ice storm). Needless to say, I missed the WSU this week. Should I continue with week 3 and come back with week 2 after week 4? Or should I be off a week? Thanks for your help.
oh man! glad you’re back 🙂 i would do week 3 and 4 with us and then go back to week 2
where did you get those RX bars? they look & sound lovely!
i ordered them from the website! they’re PERFECTION
Hi Gina!
I’m a huge fan! Congrats on being featured on buzzfeed! I read your blog every single day (and sometimes even more when there are multiple posts a day…) You give such great advice and I absolutely love your recipes.
As a teen who’s completely obsessed with food and nutrition, I just started my own gluten free/dairy free health food blog. I’m just in the beginning stages, but I aspire for my blog to be just as popular as yours one day!!
I would love it if you could take a look and let me know what you think! Any tip or tricks you can share for creating a successful blog?
Thanks!
Hey there! I recently started my own food/fitness with traveling/culture/food blog also! I loveeee the blog Gina, it was the first one i started reading almost a year ago! I was going to wait to put my name out there a little but I’d love if you (and everyone!) would check out my blog.
Good luck to you as well!
l.o.v.e those shirts…where are they from?!?
hello apparel 🙂
those valentine’s shirts are ridiculously adorable! you & livi are going to look cute on v-day 🙂
have a great weekend!
haha thank you! hope you had a great weekend!
You’ll have to let us know if the eye cream works! I have really dark circles under my eyes even though I get plenty of sleep. I feel like nothing covers them (not that I try that hard).
i already notice a big difference! i’ve been using it for less than a week, too
Thanks for letting me know! Will definitely check it out!
Congrats on the Buzzfeed article! Funny story – as I was scrolling through the recipes, I saw that my sister was mentioned as well! I saw the pic and thought, “Melanie? Funny, that looks like something my sister would make…” And, when I clicked the link, it was her!
She’s in good company 😉
no way! that’s awesome!!
Oooh the new apple flavor of RxBar looks sooo good. I received a package from them last year but the shipping to Canada is horrendous so it’s not worth ordering more 🙁
awww man! it was pretty fast here in the states
I LOVE the matching shirts! My niece is just a few days apart from your daughter, and I’d love to do the same thing. 🙂 too cute.
it’s fun to be twinsies sometimes 🙂 happy weekend!
I used to live by what I was told was the original Korres store in Athens. I’d walk by it every day but I had never heard of it until my (also) American roommate wanted to stop by…I should’ve bought something before I left Greece! Congrats on the Buzz Feed article! Hope you have a great weekend!
thank you! hope you had a wonderful weekend, too!
Those shirts are adorable! And aren’t those sponges awesome?!
Breakfast cookie ftw! Congratulations 🙂
LOVE the sponges 🙂
hope you had a great weekend!