Cottonelle Clean Care Routine

As I have mentioned before I'm a member of the review website Crowdtap. I love Crowdtap because they allow you to earn points to trade in for donations to organizations to the ASPCA just by participating in quick hits and random review parties. I recently participated in the  Cottonelle Clean Crew and received this awesome Cottonelle Clean Care party kit that included:

• One 18pk Cottonelle Clean Care Toilet Paper
• Two 4pks of Cottonelle Clean Care Toilet Paper
• Three tubs of Cottonelle Fresh Care Flushable Wipes

I gave the two 4pks and two of the Flushable Wipes tubs to friends to try out. Even though I love to save money and stay on budget I refuse to buy the cheapest toilet paper on the shelf. Cottonelle has always helped to keep me on budget because the toilet paper is quality, soft and affordable (plus there are always coupons in the paper). I loved adding the flushable wipes into the routine, because it great to feel extra clean after using the restroom.

My friends enjoyed the product, as well, but the men in their lives couldn't tell a difference between the old stuff and the Cottonelle. Men are weird. How can you not tell the difference between sand paper and soft paper?

*If it wasn't obvious earlier, I was sent all this stuff from crowdtap to review for free. All these opinions are my own and I love Cottonelle.

26 at 26: Update 3

*I actually scheduled this so I have no idea why it didn't post yesterday...*

Three months ago I posted 26 things I wanted to do in my 26th year and told you I would update once a month to hold myself accountable. Here are the things I have done in the first three months:

1. Read 26 books (4/26: Sh*t My Dad Says, Dune Road, Bared to You, Reflections in You [last two are borderline p*rn like 50 shades])
2. Cook 26 new recipes (3/26: Corn Chowder, grape salad, snickers pie )
3. Perform 26 Random Acts of Kindness (8/26: bought our pumpkin at the auction and gave it to someone, mailed a baby gift to a friend, sent a small thank you gift to our family photographer, Christmas gifts for a family in need, annual puppy gift to CAS, Seafarers Boxes, rescued a dog, helped coworker wrap all her presents )
4. Update my recipe file with favorites and family recipes
5. Design and have our wedding album made
6. Go on a fishing charter
7. Visit 3 historical sites in Charleston
8. Go camping
9. Paint downstairs and the stairwell
10. Lose 15 pounds (probably would have helped if I weighed myself first, but clothes are fitting loser!)
11. Run in the Color Me Rad (used to be the Bridge Run, but I can't train since I tore a ligament.)
12. Go on a picnic
13. Try ten new restaurants (7/10: Mosaic, Red Robin, Liberty Tap Room, El Poblano, Saffron, Queen Anne's Revenge, Bushidos)
14. Start couponing again
15. Purge at least 10 boxes or bags from our house
16. Develop a cleaning schedule that works for our house
17. Go on a weekend trip somewhere Clay and I have never been
18. Make a family birthday/anniversary calendar
19. Take a class (Fear No Easel painting class)
20. Go on a family vacation
21. Clear coat the wedding guest bench
22. Build the Young Adults program at church (working on it)
23. Repaint coffee table and end table
24. Pay off credit card
25. Go to a concert (Corey Smith at the Coastal Carolina Fair)
26. Organize file cabinet

Cara Box December 2012

In November I participated in my first Cara Box exchange. If you don't know what a Cara Box is click here to learn more and/or sign-up over at the Wifessionals blog.
December's theme was "Holiday Sparkle."
My partners this month were Christina & Shawna.
I loved the opportunity to meet two new ladies this month. I sent my box to Christina after getting to know her. Click here to see what I sent her. Shawna and I partnered up later in the month and she sent me my awesome box that is pictured below. :-) It definitely helped brighten my spirits this holiday season. (The sparkly trees were already in our holiday decor arsenal... I probably should have moved them first.)

26 at 26: Update 2

Two months ago I posted 26 things I wanted to do in my 26th year and told you I would update once a month to hold myself accountable. Here are the things I have done in the first two months:

1. Read 26 books (2/26: Sh*t My Dad Says, Dune Road)
2. Cook 26 new recipes (3/26: Corn Chowder, grape salad, snickers pie )
3. Perform 26 Random Acts of Kindness (6/26: bought our pumpkin at the auction and gave it to someone, mailed a baby gift to a friend, sent a small thank you gift to our family photographer, Christmas gifts for a family in need, annual puppy gift to CAS, Seafarers Boxes)
4. Update my recipe file with favorites and family recipes
5. Design and have our wedding album made
6. Go on a fishing charter
7. Visit 3 historical sites in Charleston
8. Go camping
9. Paint downstairs and the stairwell
10. Lose 15 pounds (probably would have helped if I weighed myself first, but clothes are fitting loser!)
11. Run in the Bridge Run (might not happen... tore a ligament in my foot so I can't start training for it any time soon. :( )
12. Go on a picnic
13. Try ten new restaurants (2/10: Mosaic, Red Robin )
14. Start couponing again
15. Purge at least 10 boxes or bags from our house
16. Develop a cleaning schedule that works for our house
17. Go on a weekend trip somewhere Clay and I have never been
18. Make a family birthday/anniversary calendar
19. Take a class (Fear No Easel painting class)
20. Go on a family vacation
21. Clear coat the wedding guest bench
22. Build the Young Adults program at church
23. Repaint coffee table and end table
24. Pay off credit card
25. Go to a concert (Corey Smith at the Coastal Carolina Fair)
26. Organize file cabinet

November Cara Box Reveal

I've done a few swaps since I started blogging. I always find them to be fun and rewarding. Not only do you get something in the mail that isn't a bill but you get to meet a new friend.

Have you heard about Cara Box? If you haven't then you need to head over to Wifessionals to find out more about it. Each month there is a theme and this month's theme was childhood.

I was partnered with Samantha at Hooah and Hiccups this month. She is an Army wife with an adorable little boy. I loved getting to learn more about her and her life through her blog.

I was excited to find a box in my mailbox filled with hot pink and polk-a-dot tissue paper... my favorites. :-) Clearly I was too excited to find my real camera to take pictures, because I just used my phone.

In our conversations before the swap we talked about how much we loved playing with Barbies when we were younger. I really can't lie and tell you that I wouldn't do it now if my Barbies were suddenly out of the attic. Samantha sent me a Modern Barbie Cara Box and I absolutely loved everything in it.

There was a sparkly mirror, pen, and star ring. Those fun tissues are now floating around in my purse, but I can't bring myself to use them because they are too cute. Recipe cards that I will be filling up soon since updating my recipe box is on my 26 in 26 list. Bubble Yum scented nail polish was probably the thing I was most excited about. Who didn't (1) love nail polish, (2) Bubble Yum, or (3) scented things [ahem... blueberry markers]? AND cherry flavored lip balm was without a doubt a favorite of childhood. I would still carry around Lip Smackers if I didn't have an EOS addiction.

There's my Cara Box for November. The sign up for the December one are supposed to come out on December 3. I hope you will join in, because it sure is fun!