Its a Christmas movie showdown

That's right folks, Its Christmas time again and we all know what that means. Christmas music is playing. Children are acting super sweet because of Santa, you're stress free and Christmas movies are on TV non stop. Weeeel at least two of those things are true, Fa la la la la .

On my way home from work tonight I said to Mr. B lets watch a Christmas movie. Which then ensued the usual well which one do you want to watch? Then you have to think, do I want to cry, do I want to laugh or do I want a classic.

We decided on non other than Home Alone and Home Alone 2. I mean come on cant go wrong with Home Alone

Its the feel good movie of Christmas time! And everyone knows all the lines because you've seen it A MILLION times. Its like Ralphie in A Christmas Story. You know hes gonna shoot his eye out! Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra RA!

Lets be honest everyone loves watching Christmas Movies! Which is your favorite?

Can I get a snow day?!

You know, 

I think living in Florida is just plain rude! I am a winter baby I need the snow in my life. I mean really. I live in the only, and I mean ONLY state in the country that is in the 70's+. I am not even kidding a little bit. And everyone on Facebook is putting up their "Winter Wonderland" pictures and im over here like hey its HOT AS HADES!

Last time I checked my calendar it was December 10th right!? Which means it should be a little bit cold . I am fortunate to be with Mr.B in or own place with a beautiful view. However I need the snow! Just like Christopher Walken needs More Cowbell!

I'm gonna go sulk in my living room with the AC cranked. 

December Birchbox un-boxing

Well hello, 
This is going to be a super quick blog tonight because I'm Exhausted with a capital E. It was one of the longest days at work! 

Anywho, I came home and checked the mailbox and found my December Birchbox. I was super excited.

1.) Back of the box

2.) Side of the box

3.) Once I opened the shipping box the 

birchbox said Sparkle and Shine

4.) Once opened the card w/ description

5.) Inside the box

6.) All the products inside!

Inside the box the products are:

 Eslor skin care,

 Number 4 non aerosol hairspray,

 Super Good Correcting Creme,

, The honest company healing balm,

[don't see this product in my box :(  ]

and a gourmet Chocolate covered pretzel.

 

 Birchbox Phone wipe

So that's what was in my box.

What did you get in yours?

November Bride Box review... just a little late!

Well hello there lovely's-

I am a sucker for anything wedding related. I'm sure any recently engaged or married woman feels the same way.  I came across The Bride Box on instagram. Check them out here (http://www.thebridebox.com/) . This is no way an endorsement because, well lets be honest I dont have enough followers for an endorsement deal. HA! So back to the box... 

They give brides to be ideas for favors, products to try for their big day and craft ideas for $35.00 a month! When I came home this beauty was waiting for me

 So of course I ran in and opened the bad boy up.

 This is the inside of the box:

Believe me I was surprised with what was inside:

1.) Top left- What the box looked like when I opened it

2.) Top middle- Skin care samples

3.) Top Right- Sweating for the wedding razor top. 

I was super excited for this I was going to make one. Now I don't have to!

4.) Middle Picture- a sample gift bag

5.) Bottom left- A sample of a DIY Christmas ball

6.) Middle bottom- Candle sample smells so good

7.) Bottom Right-candle with the lid favor idea.

I am pretty dang excited to see what comes in December's box! You can also send them as a gift to a bride to be. Check them out.

Leave me a comment with your favorite Monthly box subscription.

Quick Christmas Craft

I love crafting as I talk about all the time, yet i had only done one craft blog. Well get ready for another one... This one was pretty easy, I am actually surprised that I was able to do it.

Finished Products

All I needed was a black paint pen, paint, canvas, two empty protein containers, cotton balls and a hot glue gun. 

First we will do the Santa and Elf:

I cleaned out the containers and prepared the paint to make a flesh tone. From there I painted out the heads and the eyes 

I used the black pain pen to frame the eyes, nose and mouths of both m Took the brown paint to make the hair and tried to make the elf look like an elf.

I took the cotton balls and hot glued them to the lid of the containers and for Santa I stretched out the cotton balls so they didn't look so awkward. Here is the finished product

I thought they looked pretty good for someone who can mess up a stick figure. 

The second craft I made was a canvas with a quote from The Grinch. Started out like this 

I took the paint pen and wrote the craft, longest part was waiting for the paint to dry

This took me a day to complete. I am so happy with them! 

What Christmas crafts have you done so far?

Its a Photo Shoot!

So we finally had our engagement pictures done! We could not be luckier to have friends like the ones we have. I mean really, we lucked out. I will share a few from our photo shoot. I cant wait to put them all around our apartment!

I mean come on, we are a stinkin' good lookin' couple. If I do say so myself.

I ordered a book from Shutterfly (Thank you David's Bridal) and it is amazing. It came in the mail today 

Well I'll cut this short, since there is a lot of love in this post. I will post tomorrow. I promise!

A quick Catch Up..

Dont get too comfortable because there will be another entry after this one...

That being said, Well hello there! I just read my last entry, and I think I need to dedicate myself to this a lot better than I have been. I mean I think I'm kinda funny, and I really like to craft. Our lives aren't too exciting as twenty somethings trying to make a way in the world for us. I may never have as many followers and funny blogs as Stephanie ad Southern Mess ( for real Check her out, she inspired me to blog! http://www.snhblog.com/ ) 

But I digress, Its funny because in my last blog post, like 3 months ago i was all "Lets hope its not too long now" and here we are December 5 and I am just doing another Entry. I do have another blog post that I want to post before the night is over.

I decided to change the title... to " From Beans with Love...". And I'm sure why did you rename your happy place From Beans with Love? Well Darlin' I'll tell ya. My nickname as a kid was Beans, and this name is A LOT easier to remember than the old one. 

So my sweet loves, I am going to make a conscious effort to blog more, I really like to blog and now that we are in our apartment hopefully I will have more craft posts.

Well Well Well, What have we got here?

I woke up bright and early this morning did the whole long arm stretch deep waking breath , even a little smile because it was super bring in our bedroom... and then I looked at the clock. 8:23... C'OM ON! I tip toed out of bed as to not wake sleeping beauty next to me. I was able to get back in bed and snuggle in before he cleared his throat. I know this means hes awake, then realized at 9 am College GameDay is on.. UGH! I mean isn't it bad enough that we lose our husbands,fiances, boyfriends all afternoon on Saturday you have to ruin the morning too. I just don't agree with Football and Coffee.

As much as I find this annoying I couldn't love B anymore than I do when he jumps out of bed and runs to the living room like a kid on Christmas because its time for GameDay. I was sitting here thinking well what am I going to do with myself and it hit me.. Well maybe a little bloggity blog entry would be amazeballs. 

Its been a while since I've had an entry and that is because we have had a lot going on. Between working too much and moving I have not had the energy to do ANYTHING else besides lounge around. But how about a wedding planning update?

We have officially set our wedding date and I am so excited for it I will be a wife on October 24, 2015. I made our wedding website too that is what I spent last week doing! we made sure everyone would be our sidekicks before we confirmed them on the internet because you know they cant put anything on the internet that isn't true!

And we have planned to get our engagement pictures taken! I cant wait I am so excited. One of our friends are going to take them for us because photographers charge WAY too much and you get like 10 pictures for $250.00. Its pretty much insane, so I will be making props for the session which means there will be a craft blog FINALLY!!! 

Well I am going to see if there is any breakfast and or coffee made. Happy Saturday everyone I hope it wont be so long between posts next time!

Disney movie marathon?

Calling all kids cleverly disguised as adults!!

Admit it Disney movie marathon sounds pretty stikin' good doesn't it. I mean after a week that felt both shot and long at one time. And in this town there is NOTHING worth the money to do, calling to your inner child and watching Disney movies and eating ice cream and or having Starbucks sounds like a pretty good night. I mean I am a woman after all! I think as adults we are supposed to allow ourselves to be kids because there is no reason taking life too seriously, Spoiler alert-- No one gets out alive!

The trickiest part will be trying to convince Mr.B that HE also wants to watch Disney movies with me. Now let me just say I won the lottery with this man, He give back rubs(after hours of asking for one) and he cooks and he watches chick flicks. I mean I got pretty friggin' lucky with this man! He has done marathon shows with me you know that one AMAZING show about doctors Grey's Anatomy. Yep hated it before he watched it with me.. now? Hes hooked. So trying to convince him that he REALLY wants to cuddle and watch Disney movies with me wont be too hard... I hope..

Its just been one of those weeks, Headaches and stuffy noses and terrible sleeping habits have all joined a group that they wanted me to be miserable by the end of my work week. Its not a very nice group. I just need a down night, where we don't have to do anything but watch the stories of make believe, with unrealistic expectations for hair, singing fixes EVERYTHING and they all live happily ever after. I think I can handle that.

Off to convince my fiance that he wants to get lost in the land of make believe with me.

"Here you leave the world of today, and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy"- Walt Disney

On the other line....

I'm sure you are looking at the calendar and thinking "wait just one second missy, its wedding Wednesday where are the wedding related rambles that I've come to love"

 Well dearest love flower, I have no wedding related rambles today. There just isn't much to ramble about that hasn't already been rambled... So I'm going to change it up a little and give you some tips and tricks... fun facts... or life lessons how ever you choose to look at them. 

Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE my job. I get to meet new people everyday for 8 hours a day. Its a pretty sweet gig I have here. But as a customer service representative here are the top things to remember when you're calling for help with something.

1.When you start out the call by blurting out the problem and then sitting there waiting for us to just give an answer will not help at all, Start with your name. And thennnnn go on with the speech of the issue you're calling about.

2. That person answering the phone did not a. kick your puppy b. eat your last cookie or c. drink the last yoohoo at the house...That being said please and I am stressing PLEASE don't yell at the person on the other line..I mean think about it, when you were a kid and your parents yelled at you how fast did you jump to do what they said... yeah think about that one...

And I'll finally wrap this up with 

3. Please dont ramble its hard enough trying to decipher what is being said. But if you are asked how to spell your name It should go something like this " R as in Robert- O as in Oscar- B as in boy- I as in indigo- N as in Nancy", It should not go something like this "R as in Robert- obi -N as in Nancy" I mean if you need to spell it out at least make sure we can get all the letters. (Note: Robin was used as a reference to HIMYM Mr B is watching while I blog, Not in reference to an actual person, place , or bird.. heh)

So there are just a few quick tips for what you should do when you call a customer service department...

Off to snuggle with my Fiance

My car buying experience...

So before I was able to purchase the Sable I was going to go to a Hyundai dealer and purchase a 2004 Hyundai Elantra with like 18,000 miles or something like that on it. I mean it was almost too good to be true.... well wait let me rewind just a little bit....

I have been out of a car at this point for just shy of 9 1/2 months. So when I came across this ad  for the car that was UNDER $6,000 I was like well shit I can do that! Absa-frickin--loutley. So I make the first phone call when I get home from work it went a little something like this

Me "Hi I'm interested in the Hyundai Elantra for 5,991 that you have there would I be able to come loo at it?"
Lady ad dealership " Of course wen can you come down"
Me "Well I am definitely able to get there Saturday will that still be possible:
L.A.D"yeah that shouldn't be a problem, If something changes with the car I will email you, whats your email"
Me(gave my email)" Okay great I'll see you at 9 am"

Fast forward 15 mins... I called back

Me" Hi so instead of coming down Saturday I am able to come down tomorrow around 6 is that okay?"
L.A.D" That's even better I'll change the appointment to tomorrow at 6 and I will email you if the car leaves the lot for any reason."
Me" Okay great I'll see you tomorrow"

So all damn day I checked my email to make sure that the car was still there no emails everything is good to go...   right,  right ,  RIGHT.... wrong...

So we show up at the dealership and at this point its Me, and my future in-laws. Mr B was working...(Which in retrospect is probably a good thing because he would have gone ape-shit on this place)

So we walk in and I'm all excited which was my first mistake.. my rule #1 never, ever get your hopes up for something because it almost always wont turn out... Past experience just treat it like it happens all the time and then when it turns out to be awesome celebrate!...I digress... So the lady I spoke with comes down and starts talking and says this is Joe (Joe looked like this ...

...So for the rest of the story he will be known as Danny Divito or DD)

So DD starts talking and not to me the person with the appointment, he starts talking to my father-in-law(how rude right) "okay I have the Santa Fe all ready for you to look at." I stopped him right there. I said "Nope DD we are here for the Elantra this one" and pulled out the ad from the internet. He looks confused (thinking was not a strong suit here) So he takes us out and walks us through the lot and then back inside... Now at this point I know the car isn't there. I am no dummy.  

So he goes and is looking HARD on his computer for something to make it work.. It turned into a classic bait and switch DD came back over with a car that had over 110K miles and another car with over 80K miles both for more than $6,000. My father In-Law ripped him a new one basically telling DD that he is a liar and that he wasn't doing business and to start talking to me because I was the one selling the car. I told him that I was there for one car, that there I was told at least I would get an email if the car was no longer on the lot and that didn't happen I was not doing business and walked out. 

I don't think I ever heard so much studdering as I did from DD when we walked away from him. I never thought that I would fall victim to a bunch of dirty used car dealers on a legit dealership lot. But it has to happen at some time. Fast forward to today. I have a car that I bought the next day from a better place and an awesome Salesman! Needless to say If you are ever in South Florida stay away from Gettel Hyundai...

So there is my car buying experience hope the next one doesn't start out so eventful!

Where in the world have I been?

I know its been a month and a half since I have blogged. I got a new job, I bought a new car finally. and I've been living the engaged life with my Fiance. There have been things in between but I'll get to all that. 

So I started my new job May 20, and since then the idea of sitting in front of my computer when I get home does not appeal to me. I mean I sit in front of a computer for 8 hours a day, when I get home  just wanna sit in the silence and just read or something. And honestly I haven't been too inspired to blog I have been so run down getting used to the new schedule and all. Its pretty crazy how long that takes to kick in. 

We got to see great friends tie the knot, and a beautiful setting... The rain held out which was really nice the pictures turned out amazing.  

I got a new car she is pretty amazing. Shes a 2005 Mercury Sable she only has 33000 miles and her name is Sally. ha I mean everyone names their car right.

I mean other than that we really havnt been doing much just saving our pennies to get our own place, we have a few places in mind that we are looking out.. Fingers crossed we find one.

Just a quick update not really much going on but I plan on blogging

 more and more

Time to get some shut eye