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It’s FRIDAY and spring break officially starts at 3 PM today!!  Woohoo!  I am more than ready for a break, and after being with 140 seventh graders all day every day, I need the break 🙂

I’m linking up with Andrea and Erika for Friday Favorites!


I saw this on Pinterest one night and died laughing after reading and looking at the picture.  I think for me it would be “We have cookie cake”–I would be right over!

Mom and I were shopping not too long ago and we always go into Williams-Sonoma together.  I get my love of cooking/baking from my momma 🙂  I saw this display and was so sad that they didn’t have this around when I was so obsessed with American Girl.  I would have been all about this partnership between the brands!  And can I add that I still played with my doll in sixth grade….too much??

The weather lately has been AMAZING and definitely a FAVORITE!  We spontaneously decided to go eat at Mellow Mushroom one night so that we could eat out on the patio.  The weather was perfect, and so was my date!  He did tell me to caption this picture “My two loves” since his truck is in the background haha.
You can see my newly dyed blonde hair!


I received my copy of Kristin Cavallari’s book and have already started reading it.  Let me tell you, I am impressed.  She talks a lot about healthy living and so I’m learning from her about some of the better food choices that she’s learned to make.  Plus, I totally was into Laguna Beach back in high school, and she talks about it some, too.  (I got to visit Laguna Beach once–way too crowded!!  This was right after the show went off and right before they started The Hills.)


Have a wonderful weekend!

Confessional Thursday

Happy Thursday, y’all!  Can you believe it’s already the end of the week?  Spring break is inching closer and I am so ready.  We’ve got sixth grade orientation today so my first three classes will have half the students in them, and tomorrow we are back n the computer lab finishing typing our expository essays–then it’s freedom for a week!

Lots of bloggers I follow participate in the Confessional Thursday link up, so I decided to try it out!
1. I have made myself a morning person after getting married.  Every morning during the weekday, I am up at 5 AM.  I get my blog reading done, start laundry, put away dishes–you name it and I’m up doing it.  When I don’t have to work, I’m up anywhere between 6:30-7:30.  I prefer being up early rather than staying up late–10 PM is late for me!

2. I’m a very fast reader!  There have been many times where I’ve read whole books in one day.  That talent came in handy many times in college when I would wait last minute to read for my lit classes 🙂

3. I love eating pizza so much–I just don’t eat it very often since I track my calories.  I had enough calories left for dinner last night, so we went to Mellow Mushroom sit on the patio and eat pizza!!
I tried the Thai Dye from Mellow Mushroom!  Two slices of a small pizza were 740 calories.  I had A LOT of calories left over for dinner because I didn’t eat very much during the school day.

4. I am very much into routines.  As much as I love going on vacation, I’m always ready to get back home so I can get back into a routine.

5. My husband is a Type I diabetic and has been since he was 4 years old.  I always get really nervous before we go on vacation together because I worry about him having low blood sugars in the mornings and if I would have to call for help.  

6. I’ve been wearing reading glasses since the third grade, but because my eyes are continuing to get worse, my reading glasses now have transformed into wearing them whenever I need my eyes to focus.  I hope I don’t ever have to wear glasses full-time and I’m definitely not ever wearing contacts–not touching my eye, thank you!

7. I had a student write an essay about how I was her favorite teacher.  Her three reasons: my clothes, make up, and personality.  Although it was the sweetest thing ever (and I learned how observant she is haha), not once did she mention anything about my teaching style.  Guess she hasn’t learned anything in my class–she only checks out my clothes each day haha!

8. Speaking of clothes (which are my absolute fav), I almost majored in fashion merchandising instead of English.  I prayed about it for a week in college right before I had to really make a decision about which route I was going to take, and I really felt like the Lord was calling me to English.  I knew that if I went the fashion route, I would get so caught up in labels to where they would become my identity–and not the Lord.  So I teach English in nice outfits haha!

Sense of Sarah: My Favorite Morphe Brushes

I have recently become obsessed with Sephora (enough to become a VIB in early February ha) and Jaclyn Hill thanks to my bestie, Kristi.  First of all, if you’ve never watched Jaclyn on Youtube….you must!  I love her personality and the different looks that she creates–even if I would never try one of her many looks.  (And I actually apply my face make up the way I do because she taught me!)  

On one of my many trips to Sephora, I befriended a girl that works there because she would always give me good tips about make up.  I told her that I loved watching Jaclyn, and she said that she did too!  Then I asked her if she used any of the Morphe brushes that Jaclyn uses because I had though about trying them myself.  The she let me in on a little secret–she only uses Morphe brushes because not only are they much cheaper than brushes sold at Sephora, but they are better quality.  That’s all I needed to hear to make my mind up about ordering!

This post is not sponsored by Morphe, but I’m writing this because I love these make up brushes so much!


I use this brush to apply and blend my highlighter to my upper cheekbone and tip of my nose.  It’s really soft which is perfect for applying something so light.
($7.99)

I use this brush to apply my translucent powder on top of my concealer.  Jaclyn would call this “baking.”  This brush is more dense which is needed when you’re wanting to really apply a powder to a certain area.  I also love that it’s tapered and that helps get right under your eye.
($13.99)

This is my favorite foundation brush ever!!!!  It doesn’t soak up the foundation and it applies it to where it looks airbrushed on, but it also gives me great coverage.  I will never use another brush for my foundation now that I’ve found this one!
($13.99)


Like I said, these brushes are super affordable but they are awesome quality!  Jaclyn uses the M501 and M439 , and she used Morphe brushes on her own before they began to sponsor her.

This is the first part in a series about make up!

What type of make up brushes do you use?


Linking up with Jenn and Jess today!