Taste of Tuesday with Ashley and Jessica

Jessica and Ashley

I feel like this week should be over already and it is only Tuesday! But really lets get to why you're here, you want to know what I have baked/cooked this week! Since last week I gave you a borderline fail I decided to switch it up and bake this week. I have chocolate oatmeal zucchini cookies for you!

These cookies are really good especially if you don't want/like something super sweet. If you wanted to add more sweetness you could but I enjoyed these as is. They are also quick and easy! We all know how I like recipes quick and especially easy!

Chocolate Oatmeal Zucchini Cookies

Recipe from Crazy for Crust

Ingredients:
½ cup butter
¼ cup vegetable oil
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ cup cocoa powder
3 cups quick oats
1 cup shredded zucchini (about 1 small)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Spray two cookie sheets with a non-stick cooking spray. I use Baking Pam.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and cocoa. Set aside for later.

3. In the bowl of an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, cream butter, oil, and sugars. Add egg and vanilla and mix on low speed until combined. Slowly mix in dry ingredients.

4. Add oats and mix on low speed. Continue mixing on low speed and add zucchini. Mix until well combined.

5. Scoop balls onto cookie sheet. Bake 12-14 minutes until center of cookie no longer looks wet. Cool on cookie sheet then eat!

These cookies are really good and if you love zucchini it goes really well with these cookies.

Hope you're all having a great Tuesday!

Thank You.

Thank you.

Sweater Weather Tag

Thursday! That means it is almost Friday and the weekend! Yesterday I was thinking what will I post tomorrow since I knew I wasn't going to have a lot of time to blog! And bam I was on YouTube and the lovely Ingrid had done the Sweater Weather Tag! I have to say if you go and watch Ingrid's video get ready to be teary eyed at one point but I highly recommend going and checking out Ingrid because she is amazing! Love all her videos! But anyways, lets get on with this tag! You can find Ingrid here.

Questions!
1. Favorite candle scent? I'm going to be cheesy and say Sweater Weather by Bath and Body Works.This candle is a blend eucalyptus, juniper berry and fresh sage. I know that might not sound like the best candle but I have been loving it this fall! 

2. Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate? All of the above! I love me some coffee and I'm totally bummed that my Keurig died! I hoping to get one this weekend! But I'm also a tea granny and I love a good cup of hot chocolate on a cold fall/winter day!

3. What's the best fall memory you have? Best memory of fall that I have are all my birthdays when I was a kid and we would have Halloween parties for my birthday since my birthday is on the 28th of October. Mom would always go all out with everything and it was always such a good time!

4. Which makeup trend do you prefer: dark lips or winged eyeliner? Dark lips! I'm loving dark lips, I for a long time would never wear lipstick so a dark lip would have been out of the question for me but now I love me some lipsticks and a dark lip! I think my favorite right now is Strong Woman by MAC which is very similar to Rebel by MAC

5. Best fragrance for fall? Right now I'm loving Happy by Clinque I don't know if it Fall but it is what I'm wearing right now!

6. Favorite Thanksgiving food? Turkey! Love a good roasted Turkey and my mom's butterscotch pie! Sadly here in Canada Thanksgiving is passed so I have already had this meal! Can't wait for Christmas day and I get to have it again!

7. What is autumn weather like where you live? It is what you think autumn should be. It brings amazing colors to  trees, crisp air, chilly nights, and an occasionally flurry!

8. Most worn sweater? This autumn it has been my new navy sweater from H&M. It is a big knit sweater and I love it! I'm hoping maybe to get another one in the maroon color :)

9. Must-have nail polish this fall? I have been loving Mochachino from Essie, it a great neutral brown color with a bit of sparkle/sheen in it. I got it has a gift from my cousin Nicole for my birthday. 

10. Football games or jumping in leaf piles? I have never really jumped in pile of leaves I don't think and I have to say I don't really enjoy football so I don't know.

11. Skinny jeans or leggings? Both! I love me some skinnies but really leggings are just that bit more comfy ;)

12. Combat boots or Uggs? Uggs because they are just so comfy!

13. Is pumpkin spice worth the hype? Nope! Sorry ladies but I hate pumpkin spice for the most part. You will never see me with a PSL or eating pumpkin pie! GROSS!

14. Favorite fall TV show? Hostages! I'm so addicted to this show. I'm going to be so sad when it is over! Dylan McDermott holy hot!

15. What song really gets you into the fall spirit? I have no idea because I don't really feel like most songs are really fallish, maybe Sweater Weather by the Neighbourhood.

Hope you're all having a great week everyone! I tag everyone who reads this to do this! :)

xo

Beauty Wednesday: Washing Your Make Up Brushes!!

Okay ladies, I know this has been addressed on blogs before but I decided to throw it up here too because still too many of us are not washing our make up brushes! It is not a hard task and seriously you need to clean your brushes! Sometimes I hear people complaining about breaking out randomly and I have to ask when is the last time you cleaned the brushes you use on your face most of the week? Oh never you say! Well maybe that is why your face is having an acne attack! But really we clean our clothes, our body, our face, clean the brushes!

Now, I know some of you are saying Brittany I will not buy brush cleaner because it costs too much! And amen to that but you don't have to! My secret cleaner though not really a secret is baby shampoo! You can use any mild cleaner it can even be dish soap! This means you don't have anymore excuses! It will only take you a few minutes too! I have quite a few brushes and it only takes me maybe 10 minutes to clean mine. So, just take a few minutes on a day maybe you're not going to be wearing any make up or do it after you have put on your make up for the day and clean your brushes!

Yuck! Dirty Brushes!!

Super Cleaner!

Wet your brush! Always keep your brush facing down so water can't get up into the handle and loosen the bristles.

Swoosh the brush around in the palm of your hand with some baby shampoo.

Rinse until the water is clear and repeat until your brushes are done!

I lay mine flat to dry. When they basically dry I just place them back in their holder. 

YAY! Fresh and clean brushes!

I would suggest cleaning your brushes once a month or every other month if you're not gonna do it every month! I normally wash mine every 3 weeks since I do normally wear some make up everyday. The more you use them the more you should clean them and take care of them because if you do they will last longer. 

Hope you're going to go and clean your brushes now!

Happy Wednesday!

Taste of Tuesday with Jessica and Ashley and Tuesday Tunes!

Ashley and Jessica

On Sunday I was looking through Pinterest trying to figure out a couple of things to make for dinner this week. I have been wanted to make butternut squash soup for awhile now and I finally found an easy slow cooker recipe. Well, sometimes recipes are too easy. I won't say this recipe was a fail but I will say I won't be using this recipe again. It is an easy recipe but there isn't enough to it! Honestly, all that is in it is onions, butternut squash, a couple of spices, bouillion cubes, water and cream cheese! I also only used half the amount of cream cheese you were suppose to use because if I had of used all of it, the only flavor you would have gotten was cream cheese! I even added more spices just to try and make it less bland. Yes, it was eaten but it isn't something I will make again. I'm looking for another recipe for butternut squash soup so if you have one please send it my way! I really enjoy ones that are made in the slow cooker but doesn't have to be. It looked and smelled really good but just didn't have the right flavor!! If you really want the recipe you can find it here.

I haven't done a Tuesday Tunes in so long! But I decided since I only had basically a Pinterest fail for you today I should throw something else in! Today, I'm giving you one of my favorite artists on the Voice this season. I'm so happy he is on Team Blake now! I'm talking about Cole Vosbury! Last week he did Let Her Go by Passenger and I could listen to that song all day every day! It is a great song and when Cole sings it, it is magical! I hope you all like it as much as I do!

Weekend Update!

Monday again! I have been 30 for a whole week now! I have to say nothing feels different so I have dealt with the big 3-0 pretty well I think. This weekend was also the wrap up of my birthday celebrations! Lets go back to beginning of the weekend though.

On Friday, I just chilled because I wasn't feeling great from getting my flu shot earlier in the week and I was going to Halifax the next day so laying low for the night was a great plan. On Saturday, Erica and myself headed off to Halifax to go to Christmas at the Forum as it has become a bit of a tradition. We did some shopping around the city before heading to the Forum. We meet up with Tiana, Deena and Gavin. We normally have Danielle with us but she was sick :( Stupid cold! We were also missing Meghan and Melissa! Next year, we are all going together girls! Though it is always crazy busy and I rarely buy anything I love going and walking around, which if you knew me and how I normally hate crowds, this would come as a surprise to you. It is like the kick off for the holidays though. You have to love it! After, we toured around the forum and got Tiana's grandma a firefighters' calendar. Yes that kind of calendar haha We all went to dinner at Boston Pizza and had a nice catch up. We didn't leave until 10pm to drive home. But it was a lovely day in the city so it was all worth it.

Sunday, I slept in and loved having an extra hour of sleep because of the time change! Mind you I don't like the time change when it is dark at 5:15pm in the evening! But it is nice in the morning for sure! Anyways, it was time for my birthday lunch with my lovely ladies! We just went to Pizza Delight and had a wonderful visit with each other. Always nice to get out with the girls and just have a good chat with each other. After lunch I ran some errands and then watched some curling! Another reason to love the fall and winter, it is curling season. Hockey and curling are my sports! 

It was great weekend. I have had some great weekends the last two weekends and this weekend coming up is a long weekend and my brother is going to home from school. I hope you all had a great weekend! Must go and check my soup now! Hopefully it turns out and I can tell you all about it! 

Happy Monday Everyone!