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Weekend Update

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What a weekend this was!

Let me start with a quick backstory: Kyle and I have been somewhat-seriously shopping around for a new car to replace my 2004 Ford Focus. While I love that car, she’s starting to show her age and I’ve been wanting to upgrade for a while now. Last weekend (on the 21st), we came across the perfect little 2009 VW City Golf in Vancouver, so we emailed to inquire about it. On Monday we got a call from the dealership that it was unfortunately sold, pending financing, and (of course) they’d keep in touch if anything else came available that we may be interested in. (Typical salesmen, no?) So Kyle and I continued the hunt, bummed that the perfect car slipped through our fingers yet again.

Then on Wednesday I get a call from the dealership again, saying that the financing fell through for the original purchasers and since Kyle and I were the next in line for it, it was ours! Of course, Kyle was at work and it’s hard to get ahold of him, but since we had previously talked about what we should offer and what our top dollar would be, I made the offer. The salesman said he’d talk to his boss, while I told him I’d get ahold of Kyle, and the salesman said he’d call me back. A few phone calls later, we had agreed on a price, sorted out financing, and on Thursday evening, Kyle was buying a one-way plane ticket to go get our new car Friday morning!

Let me just add how amazing my husband is: being in a big city is NOT is thing at all, so for him to fly down to Vancouver and drive back with a new vehicle is a big deal. I cannot say how proud I am of him and how much I appreciate what he did. 

By 4:30 Friday afternoon, there was a new (to us) Volkswagen Golf in our driveway! Her name is Vera and she is SO MUCH FUN to drive around! She’s a wonderful upgrade from the Focus and the perfect addition to our family ;)

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Other than the new car excitement, life in the Evans’ household is trucking along relatively smoothly.

 

Isla is fully entrenched in potty training, and while it’s a tough process at times, she’s getting there slowly but surely. We’ve had more successful trips to the potty than accidents and I’m glad for that. I know it will be a while until she’s completely out of diapers, but I’m proud of both her and myself for the progress we’ve made. Potty training was one of my biggest fears in parenting, so I’m happy with how it’s going.

The rest of the weekend was relatively quiet. My ball team had it’s last regular season games yesterday and this weekend coming up is the wind-up tournament. Fingers crossed we stick with our stellar record (11-1!) and do great during the tournament!

Isla also has her next level of swimming lessons starting on Sunday! I’m hoping that by enrolling her so quickly after swimming all summer that she’ll still enjoy the water and remember that it’s fun!

I’m also slightly embarrassed to admit that I’m already thinking about what I’m going to do for this year’s Christmas photos. Since last year’s were such a great hit I’m determined to live up to their awesomeness, but I’m drawing a pretty big blank in the creativity department. Not much on Pinterest is appealing to me, so we’ll just see how it goes I guess.

On a shameless note: if you haven’t heard of Influenster and like getting free stuff to try out, you should definitely check it out! You can click on the link below or in the sidebar (disclaimer, it leads to my profile and I get points when people click on it), and it’s so easy and effortless!

That’s really the sum of what I’ve been up to lately! I’m in disbelieve that October is right around the corner and that the fall weather is in full force around here. Not that I’m complaining; I love the cooler weather and can’t wait to start baking delicious treats for the holidays.

How was your weekend??

Stick it with Broadway Nails imPRESS Press-on Manicure (+ a Giveaway!)

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I like having nice nails, but I struggle with painting them on a regular basis and I’m too cheap to cough up the dough to pay to have them professionally done. The result? I either have no polish, or I’m left with one hand having perfect polish and the other looking not so hot. OR I mangle the polish within 30 minutes because it takes so long to dry.

So, enter imPress Press-on Manicures by Broadway Nails. I must admit, I’m not 100% sold on stick-on nails, whether they’re store bought on professionally done. I’m not sure why, but it could have something to do with finding them on the floor of pool changerooms and nearly stepping on them … I digress.

I got my Influenster VoxBox in the mail yesterday and was excited to open it up to see what colour or design I’d received. Low and behold, I got not one, but two different “bottles” of nails to try out! One was “Over the Moon,” a funky, swirly design, and the other was “Stiletto,” a pretty reddish-burgundy shade.

I decided that I’d give Over the Moon a try. After reading the instructions, I figured it wouldn’t take me long to get them on. All I had to do was clean my nails with the enclosed towelette, figure out what sizes I needed (there’s 12 sizes and 24 nail covers, which is great because my nails are weird, wonky sizes), peel off the sticker and press them on. Pretty easy, if you ask me!

The result? Pretty looking nails … from afar. Here’s where I get a little critical.

I really liked how smooth and glossy the actual nail cover was, but up close, you could kind of tell that they were not and I think that had to do with they way I applied them. I definitely should have trimmed my actual nail to below the end of my fingers so that you couldn’t see the real nail. I also probably done a bit better job of tidying up my cuticles before applying as well. Personally, I wasn’t crazy about the shade – I lean more towards nudes and “fun” colours rather than reds – but that’s what’s great about the imPress nails – you can take them right off with ease, but they definitely could last up to a week like the box says. If I were to see them at the store, I may just have to pick them up in a different colour!

You can find the imPress Press-on Manicures at a bunch of different stores – Walmart, Target, London Drugs, and more, and they’re pretty inexpensive – about $9 for the colours and $11 for the designs. (Considering a bottle of good polish can cost $9 and you may only use it once, that’s not bad!)

Just for my awesome readers, I’m going to give away the other tester shade I received so you can try it out for yourself! The shade is “Stiletto” and would look great on a night out on the town! To enter, just comment below and tell me,

How often do you get your nails done, or do you DIY?

You can gain extra entries by: 

1. Following me on Twitter. (Leave a comment that you are and with your Twitter handle).

2. Tweet about the giveaway. (Leave a comment with the link to your tweet) You can even just copy & paste the following:

“I entered to win an #imPressManicure kit from @KaraEvs, courtesy of @InfluensterVox and @BwayNails! Enter here: http://wp.me/pM0Sy-1em”

 

3. Following me on Bloglovin. (Leave a comment when you do and leave your username!)

I’ll pick one lucky winner by Noon, Pacific Time, May 30, 2014, so you have one whole week to enter!

Win me!

Win me!

Good luck!!

voxbox-blogimage-popup2Disclosure: I received the Influenster imPress Manicure Canada Vox Box for free in exchange for my honest opinion of the product. All thoughts and opinions are my own and I was not compensated financially for this post. The giveaway is my own idea and was not mandatory by Influenster or imPress Manicure.