Little Me and Free

Posted on April 23, 2019

Primo Water – Perfect for Every Member of My Family

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ParentingWithPrimoH2O #CollectiveBias

In our city, the tap water doesn’t taste as good as bottled water. I am not sure what makes it taste the way it does, but our family chooses to drink bottled water instead of drinking water from the tap. That being said, as a breastfeeding mom, I always have a bottle of water with me wherever I go. The last thing I want to do is get dehydrated or decrease my milk supply. With all of the water we drink, our family goes through a lot of bottled water. Buying bottled water is not only expensive but also causes our recycling bin to overflow every week. To make drinking water more cost effective for our family, we switched over to a Primo® First Steps Bottom-Loading Water Dispenser. Read more

Posted on April 12, 2019

Celebrating Mother’s Day With The Perfect Jewelry

Fashion/ Gift Ideas

This post is sponsored by Kohl’s. I was paid for this post and received the included jewelry as compensation.

I have an incredibly close bond with my mother and am thankful for all of the guidance, love, and patience she had with me as I grew up. I could be quite difficult to handle at times, but I learned from my mistakes and it shaped me into the person I am today. That being said, my mom is a very important person in my life. Now that I have two girls of my own, I hope that we will share the same type of bond.

For Mother’s Day, my parents and sometimes even my grandparents travel to Texas to celebrate with us. We typically spend the weekend together by doing some shopping, enjoying delicious meals, and attending church together on Mother’s Day. For my mom, and my grandmothers, I always get them a Mother’s Day card, and I try to find them a unique gift each year. With Mother’s Day coming up, May 12th to be exact, I wanted to share with you some great gift options from Kohl’s to celebrate all of the women in your life. This year I even decided to treat myself to something as well. 🙂

For myself, I purchased a Lab-Created Sapphire and Cubic Zirconia Sterling Silver Halo Pendant Necklace and Stud Earring Set. I love dainty, matching sets. When I saw this one, I was immediately drawn to it. I had recently purchased the dress I am wearing and knew that this set would be a perfect match with it.

I have not purchased gifts for my mother and grandmothers yet, but I wanted to share some of the ones that I like. My mom and I have similar taste, so I want to get her the same set that I have except in Blue Topaz. Since she was born in December, Blue Topaz is her birthstone, which makes it the perfect gift for her. For my grandmothers, I love the idea of getting them a cross necklace. Since Kohl’s has over 600 options, it is going to take me a little while to narrow my choices down to the perfect one.

To make my shopping experience at Kohl’s even better, Kohl’s has some fantastic sales on jewelry.

Kohl’s is running the following sales:

4/11-4/20 55-60% off fine jewelry in select styles
4/24-4/28- 70-75% off fine jewelry in select styles

Posted on February 27, 2019

Wedding Wednesday – Bridal Details

Little Me and Free/ Wedding

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue… I can’t believe I just celebrated my one year wedding anniversary! Man did the year fly by! After looking at all the photos from our wedding day, I got the motivation to start writing some more wedding related posts. Today I wanted to share my bridal details with you guys. Here are the items I selected and the stories that go with them. Read more

Posted on February 11, 2019

Mother Tucker: Post Pregnancy Leggings That Tuck It All In

Fashion

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Belly Bandit. The opinions and text are all mine.

Pregnancy is an awesome thing! It is awesome that I have had the opportunity to experience it twice. There is a high level of anticipation while eagerly waiting for the birth of your little one, and also a lot of unknowns, i.e. Will it hurt? Who will the baby look like? Will it be hard? In addition to these thoughts, one of the questions that went through my mind during each pregnancy is “What is my body going to look like after I have this baby?” Well, let me start off by saying it IS NOT going to look the same. Factoring in that it takes approximately nine months for a baby to develop, it’s going to take some time for your tummy to go back to some resemblance of what it used to be. Honestly, after my first child, I didn’t know if my tummy would ever go back down! But that was, in part, due to the fact that I gained a whopping 50 pounds. I swore I would never gain that much weight during another a pregnancy, so with my last baby, my weight gain was 26 pounds. Although my weight gain was less, my tummy was stretched and out of shape. I know some women wear their stretch marks and c-sections scars like a badge of honor, but that is not the type of person I am. I want to look and feel healthy, and have a flat tummy! Who’s with me?

Since my tummy was “loose” to put it nicely, I wanted to find leggings that could tuck it all in. So when I found the Belly Bandit Mother Tucker leggings, I was sold. These leggings target the compression zones to smooth out your tummy, booty, and thighs. Belly Bandit’s Muffinology^® technology helps control muffin top and the high waist provides full coverage. Check out the before and after photo below. Read more