My First VoxBox Has Arrived!

If you read the title of this post and wondered "What is a VoxBox?" here is a quick overview.

A VoxBox is a box of free goodies that you receive from a website called Influenster. Influenster is a website that allows user to review products, stores, and places and then sends them free stuff to also review. The VoxBox is the free stuff that the influenster team wants reviewed.

 I was a little worried when I first signed up for Influenster, I found out about it from a sorority sister of mine. I signed up because I usually have an opinion about everything I try so I thought, why not share that opinion and try to make some of these products better, or share what I love most about my favorite products. As I said before, I was a little worried, because I was signed up for two weeks and my influenster score had not budged from Zero. I linked my blog, facebook, pinterest accounts and nothing happened. I reviewed tons of products and again nothing happened. I had really given up that I would ever be able to get my score above Zero. However, I randomly logged in one day (while taking a break from finals) and my score was a 68. I was super happy but frustrated at the Influenster at the same time. I had almost given up on the site because I thought it was a gimmick at that point but now I am happy I went back.

So now to the VoxBox, I just received my first one less than 10 minutes ago in the mail. And as usual, the mailman scared me and made me think someone was breaking in my house. I recieved the JollyVoxBox which contains Skinny Cow Divine Filled Chocolates Candy (Peanut Butter Creme), Puffs Plus Lotion Tissues, NYC HD Color Trio Eye Shadow, Rimmel London Show Off Lip Lacquer, and a role of Duck Tape mini duckling. When I found out what was going to be in the box I got nervous once again, I am very picky about my makeup so I was worried that the lip lacquer and the eye shadow was going to be some outrageous color that I was never going to wear. However, I was really impressed with the colors that they sent because it is really something anybody can wear. I will review these items here on my blog as soon as I get a chance to try them out.

If you have any questions about the VoxBox or Influenster, feel free to ask away and I will do my best to answer your questions the best I can.

Fitness!

I just recently found out that I am going to be in my boyfriend's brother's wedding next May. I have been upset about my weight gain since I started college and so I have decided that now will be the perfect time for me to try to lose the weight since I have a time frame and something to look forward to. I am currently starting Week 3 of Insanity. To be honest, I am so proud of myself for getting this far in the program. The first week was dreadful! I was sore beyond words. However, I think I had the most motivation my first week which is what got me through it. I have printed off my schedule for the 6 weeks (which is how long the program is) and I feel so accomplished everyday when I get to mark off a workout that I have completed. My parents have been trying to lose weight as well and they have asked to borrow my Insanity dvds. The problem is that Insanity is really for the younger crowd who is not extremely out of shape. It is extremely high cardio and requires a lot of jumping around and bending over, which isn't usually fun or easy when you are older.

I have also been counting my calories, but more so my sugar because that is where I fail, with an app called My Fitness Pal. I can't tell you how wonderful this app is. I get so excited to log in everyday and track both my workout and my meals (unless of course I ate horribly and didn't work out). It was a chore to get used to being honest with myself about what I really ate but I have found that it is ok to have something bad every once in a while as long as it is in moderation.

I can't really tell a difference in my body just yet but I can tell a difference in my workout. Every two weeks of insanity, you do a fit test. During the fit test, you count how many of each exercise you can do within one minute. I definitely saw improvement in most of the categories, however, I do wonder if maybe I just know the exercise better, which would have helped me improve.

Although I have not seen much difference in my body yet, I know it will take time. So until then, I will keep pushing.

First Post!

Well, here it is, my first post! I have never done much blogging but I thought I would like to give it a try. I have so many ideas for the things I want to blog about that I couldn't even come up with a name for the blog. You may be wondering, what does a Southern Girl love? Well, for each of us that is obviously different but for me it is Crafts and Food! I love to try new things when it comes to both of these but I must admit that sometimes I fail, miserably. But I have learned to laugh at myself and move on. I also like to try new products which I may tell you about here and there. I look forward to telling you more about my adventures soon.