Nov 30, 2017

Thoughtful Thursday

It's Thursday!!! Most importantly it's almost Friday. I finished my last exam of the semester on Tuesday. This means that I am officially free (excluding work) until January when the Spring semester starts. Since this is that last Thursday in November (I can't believe that December starts on Friday), I decided to post some funny quotes from Pinterest:











Peace & Blessings all!!! Have a great Thursday!


Nov 28, 2017

Fitness Tuesday

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Since it is Cyber Monday was yesterday, I though I would share some of the exercise clothes that I bought. For those of you who have been reading for a while, you know that most of my exercise clothing is Victoria's Secret. They had some great sales on exercise pants and sport bras. Here are the ones that I bought:
















I am loving all the cut-outs and mesh on  the pants and tops right now. Some of these I wear to the gym but I also wear them on the weekends running errands and just running around. Off to finish studying for my last final of the semester (YAASSS!!!)

Peace & Blessings all!!! Has anyone else found some new exercise clothes or styles that they are loving lately

Nov 27, 2017

Thanksgiving sale buys

Hello all!!! I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday.  I know that everyone has posted about the sales and their Christmas gift guides/wish list. Not going to lie, I usually wait until the last minute to do my shopping. This year though, I started doing it are you ready for it EARLY. 
I bought a few of  the Old Navy items on Black Friday when they were 50% off with an additional 10% off. Others items like the one from Old Try I waited a day or so to decide how many prints I wanted. Here some of the items I bought during the last three days of sales:

50% off everything with code CYBER, free shipping, and an additional 10% off with the code TREAT

I knew I wanted this top when I saw the sleeves. I bought this shirt in the black and white in the regular length. Now, here is what I did not like: if you are tall like I am, then the regular ends up being too short in the sleeves and the length over the stomach. I would order in the tall if you are wanting sleeves.



I bought this turtleneck in these two colors plus the black one (which is sold out now). The one thing I like about these is that the sleeves are long enough. They are a little bit see-through so I would suggest wearing a tank underneath or a vest on top of the turtleneck.



Via

I have been wanting to buy an Old Try print for years. This year, I finally bit the bullet and decided to get one since they were on sale. I bought the two prints (the pineapple one is sold out now) and the two pennants above. The Alabama pennant is a Christmas gift. The Georgia one is mine (no suppose there). I was also going to buy one of the Auburn prints for my friend who went there:


I have been debating whether to buy this one as well: 
What do you think???


40% off at checkout





Via

I bought the dress and the classic button down a week ago when they had a 40% off sale. I ended up returning those two items yesterday after I made the mistake of going on Black Friday. The line was about 150 long so I decided to wait. I have been wearing the cardigan everyday since I bought it. It goes great with lounge clothes and with work items. 

The dress above is actually not the dress that I own. The one that I bought got sold out between Friday and last night. I returned it to the store due to it being too big. It was a swing dress and a large literally looked like a sack. I ordered a medium online so hopefully it will not be so baggy. The shirt below is the print of the that dress:

Outside of these items, I bought an electric wine opener and my mom some of her Christmas presents. I am probably going to finish the rest of my shopping in the next few day. Many of the items are on sale so this is a better time than any to go ahead and get everything.

Peace & Blessing all!!! I would love to know if any of you found great deal or sales this week.

Nov 20, 2017

Mini Cauliflower Pizza

Hello, all. Hard to believe that it is almost Christmas. I know that I have been super M.I.A for the last almost 2 weeks #lifehappens. I had a HUGE project and three papers due. So, I took a little break from the blog to get all my school things done. These days, I feel like I am taking one step forward and three back. I am still trying to figure out blog scheduling with work and school.

 Luckily, the semester will be over on the 29th. Lately, I have gotten back into cooking at home again. I think that has more to do with me wanting to save some money. Plus, I am that weirdo that enjoys going to the grocery store and walking around (I do not enjoy standing in long line though). One thing the I have been cooking a bit is cauliflower pizza.

The first time that is made the cauliflower pizza dough, it turned out horrible. I did the first part right but once you get to the squeezing out the water part of it a lot of it did not come out so the dough was super moist and tasted weird. This time though, I used a recipe (that I made some changes to) from The Kitchen on the Food Network. Marcela used broccoli tots to make pizza dough. I used rice cauliflower

I recommend this or the cauliflower tots since they are easy to cook and there is less water in them.

First I cooked the bag according to the directions range, I cooked mine for about 6 minutes. After taking it out the microwave, I pour it into a bowl and squeeze out any extra water in the rice. I then mix in black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and Italian seasoning to the rice. 


After nixing the spices in, I rolled the cauliflower in to bags (I ended making 24 of these). Once rolled, I flatted each one with a spoon to make a mini pizza shape.


Even though I have been cooking for years, I finally discovered the pre-cut cookie baking sheets parchment paper When I say they are a lifesaver when baking anything, I literally mean it. I have used these for cookies, the pizza, and some other items. After I flatten them, I cooked them for 20 minutes on 350 degrees.
After they are cooked, I then added topping on them. I did half cheese and the other half pepperoni and cheese. I cooked them again with the topping on them for another 12 minutes. 


They tasted really great. The cheese did get a little crispy (as you an see from the picture) but I personally like my topping a little more done than others. I would say to cook the pizza with the topping for a shorter time if you do not want the top to be crispy.

Peace and Blessing, all. Have a great Monday and I would love to hear whether any of you have eaten cauliflower pizza before or tried making it yourself.