Easy just stop by http://acharmingtime.com and fill up your cart use coupon code: ICANTDRIVE65 for 65% of all of your orders between now and January 5th or until supplies run out! Not valid on custom orders and no rain checks. Most items are one of a kind. First come first served. Get your shop on!

Come on and RSVP for the Friday Night Nails Auction this Friday December 28th the last one of the year!
https://www.outbid.com/auctions/7092-nails-nails-nails-auction

Also, every Saturday at 7:00 pm CST you can find items from us at the Queen Bee Auction Just look for the items marked Patroozie at either of these auctions. RSVP for next Queen Bee on January 5th:
https://www.outbid.com/auctions/7001-queen-bee-auction

Do you want to create YOUR INCREDIBLE 2013?

I was introduced to the most amazing workbook and planner by a dear friend of mine. She’s been a part of a fantastic group of women since last spring and has been talking to me about them off and on and how it has changed her life. Recently she did a video review of the Incredible 2013 Create Your Incredible Year Calendar and Workbook after watching the video and seeing just how interactive and SIMPLE the book was to work with I HAD to get a copy for myself. And it is less than then bucks! I got to the site and they had multiple options, they have a personal and a business edition. Of course I wanted both, you can buy a bundle for less. They also offer an amazing opportunity to join the women’s circle where you get all of the materials they have for a yearly membership.

I was really torn, should I spend the money or not. So, I left it to a little hard work and the Universe. If It was meant to be I would have the money by the end of the day on Monday and if not, it wasn’t meant to be. Guess what! I DID It! On Christmas Eve no less. My journey to an incredible 2013 started with my amazing customers. Thank you so very much to those of you who made my dream begin. I have already started working in my workbook. It has been so freeing and I feel energized and excited to bring you more new jewelry and product lines in the new year. If YOU want to create your own INCREDIBLE year check it out here: http://tinyurl.com/ct68tuh

OMnomnomGnomnomcrunchgodscrunchdroolsofreakingawesometasticallygasmicallygood. Have you all tried this stuff? Jump on it! Jump on it! Jump on it! I think I just died and went to fatty chocolately goodness heaven. And Mama M. is an angel who has paved the road with this fantastic S’mores Mix. And I would probably eat it off the ground. HEY don’t knock it, it would theoretically be Heaven and have no germs right? RIGHT? Mmmkay? I digress. Back to the goodness at hand err mouth.

Website: http://www.mamamellace.com/

Country: USA

Newsletter: http://mamamellace.com/newsletter-c65.php

US Shipping: Can’t buy directly from their site

International Shipping: N/A

Anyways, we were in “town” 30 miles away from BFE where we currently live at the “better” Walmart looking at the snack aisle when I spied this spectacular sounding snack! Always on the look out for something new to try in this backwater we live in, I said hey lets try it. So we did. Well, I did. he he he, I haven’t shared it with anybody. It is basically a mix of mini marshmallows, graham  crackers (aka Golden Grahams cereal my favorite cereal) and chocolate chunks. How can you go wrong? Well, you can’t!

Now there are some flaws in the bag. First the chocolate chunks appear to have once been chocolate chips because there are some floating around in the bag still. So it looks like they may have melted into smallish masses, which can be kind of awkward to eat at times. And dare I say there is TOO much chocolate in the mix for my taste? It is a bit too much. I found myself wishing for more of the graham crunchies. So, I went and dumped some more of my Golden Grahams cereal in the bag and mixed it up. Perfection!

The mini marshmallows are not soft, the are semi- hard which is fine, this isn’t a soft snack mix by any sense of the word. While I was on their corporate site, I didn’t see this mix. Which makes me wonder if they are discontinuing it or just selling it to certain corporations like Wally World. I hope not. It looks as if they sold it to Amazon at one point but it is no longer available there. Here’s a  link of where to find their products.

The do offer other natural and organic snacks too. As an added bonus from their site “Mama Mellace’s products are certified by the Orthodox Union to be either OU or OU-Dairy respectively. Each item listed in Our Products highlights its kosher distinction with the nutritional information and ingredients statement.”

I can’t remember what we paid for this bag of yummy goodness. But I think it would be fairly easy to replicate if they were to stop making it. Since it has some fairly basic ingredients. So, I did a bit of googling and lo and behold somebody DID make it themselves! http://dawnye7-noideas.blogspot.com/2011/11/make-it-yourself.html After looking at the ingredients listed on this blog, I started digging around my bag and realized there were a few more things in the mix I hadn’t realized where there. LOL

So, all in all if you make it our buy it, this is a 5 star snack and I love it. I think this would be a hit at any party all year round!

This was not a paid product review, I bought this shiz myself.

As many of you know (or may not know) I dip my hands into many different ventures. Mostly to support my one main venture that is Bitten by Books! Hey can I help it I love to read? My newest adventure is online auctions selling all kinds of goodies, from my handmade jewelry also sold on A Charming Time, fashion bags, scarves and yes nail polish!

Woohooo for nail polish. I am a total color whore, so you are probably going to see a few of these posts from me in the coming months, well maybe. lol First though a shameless self promotion on where you can get some of these lovelies Tuesday night and hear me live on the microphone talking about them.

So be sure to turn your volume up so you can hear me! Go here: http://www.outbid.com/auctions/4774-all-about-nails-auction and RSVP, it will ask you to register and when you do, you get a $5.00 credit that you can use towards your first purchase on Outbid.com. You have to take a mini survey (I think) but it is painless. When you RSVP you can set it up to message you on your cell phone AND it will send you an email an hour before the auction. They also have an iPhone app. that you can download here.

So, please tweet and share this on Facebook and bring your friends and chat with me, buy some awesome nail polish and have some fun! Okay on to the review.

KleanColor is a relatively inexpensive nail polish that touts itself for being long lasting, chip proof, fast drying with great coverage. They have over 250 colors and counting, so there is no limit to how many colors you can try. My choice for today’s review is Metallic Mango!

It is a rich orange/copper color with a great metallic gloss to it. It is nice and shimmery. I have had a lot of trouble with nail polishes in the past that just come right off within a day or two, sometimes the SAME damn day. Frankly I had given up on wearing them for several years, but kept buying all these great colors. I decided to pick up several bottles of KleanColor because I had read some many great reviews on them.

I sure am glad I did. Metallic Mango is the first one I tried.  As you will see from my pictures below the color is very striking. It goes on really easy, it isn’t goopy or drippy. This polish lasted almost 5 days before starting to wear off in places. Now, I have always had problems with polish just peeling right off or chipping. Metallic Mango did none of these things. I put on two coats. It says fast drying, but it did take about the same time as a normal polish to dry. I am a bit heavy handed with my coating though. It was about 4.5 days before I took it off, and I probably could have done another day and gotten away with it.

Here’s what the color looked like on my hands. It is an awesome Falliday color and winter color all around. I LURVVV it! I really didn’t want to take it off, but I have so many more colors I want to try and review for you all. LOL I used OPI Nail polish remover to take off the polish. The metallics seem to take a bit more oomph to remove, so I make sure to saturate my cotton pad and let it sit for about 20 seconds on the nail before rubbing it off. That really helped. In a nutshell I give this color and brand 5 stars. It goes on smoothly, is long lasting and doesn’t chip. Color wise it is stunning, I received a ton of compliments on it. Even my husband liked this one and he’s not used to seeing me wear nail polish.

Hey Everybody!

Long time no blog, obviously right? Gah, I hope you are still with me out there in blog land. I have a few pots I want to share with you today. I won’t bore you with my lame excuses as to why I have been ignoring you, I will just jump right in with this awesome product review.

Website: http://dstornello.mymarkstore.com/

Country: USA

Blog: http://facebook.com/markgirl.dina

Newsletter: Yes when you register at the link above

US Shipping: Free for orders over $50.00

International Shipping: No

I recently got some of this amazing smelling hand cream from Mark. Now, I have to admit this is my first product from them, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Now as many of you know I live in the middle of nowhere KY and spend most of my time indoors, which translates to dry ass skin. I put a small amount of this cream on and it soaked right into my dermal layer immediately. It is not greasy or slimy in the least like some super moisturizing blends that shall remain unmentioned at this time. lol

So, I thought to myself. “self, you need more!” more is always better right? I took a double shot at it and again it soaked right in. My hands are feeling super soft now and not a tad of dry skin to be found. BONUS points for Mark! The other thing I want to talk about is the scent. Jasmine Petal. Can you say WOW!? I have real jasmine absolute in my essential oil repertoire so I *know* what the real deal smells like. This is a fairly close representation for a fragrance oil blend.

Hand it Over Mark Super Moisture Hand Cream in Jasmine Petal is a strong floral for those who don’t like a lot of scent in their hand creams. For those like me who do, this is just the ticket. I love my lotions heavily scented, so that I don’t have to wear perfume on those days. I have had this on about 2 hours or so and can still smell this. To say I am in love is an understatement. I am looking at picking up the Get Misty Jasmine Petal Body Mist to see how it fairs. It says it is a light hydrating mist, so it may not be strong enough for me. Then again it may compliment this hand cream perfectly.

It looks like you can’t buy the individual tube which is normally only $4.00 in this campaign, but you can buy a trio of scents for only $8.00 gift bagged. Not to shabby, thinking about getting that so I have a spare of this and can try the other two scents plum berry and new vanilla cream.

I will tell you that Dina is my rep now for Mark products she is also a long time reader of the Bitten by Books blog and supporter of A Charming Time. HOWEVER, this was not a paid post, this is something I am doing without her knowledge. he he he She is a very kind and loving person who will go out of her way to help others and do something nice. She also used to have a daughter named Rachel so that makes her doubly cool in my book. If you decide to check her out or her products, please let her know you read about her here on WSIMD and tell her I sent you. AGAIN I get NOTHING from this. I am just paying it forward for a great friend and a great product. I hope you enjoyed today’s episode from the Desk!

Rachel

Sometimes I get lucky and get news of an awesome deal and today is our lucky day. Remember the awesome review I did awhile back for Moody Bee Lip Balms here. The best freaking lip balm in the world (yep still standing by that). Well she’s got a quick special running.

Here it is: