When I was in high school, I was in musicals and choir and stuff like that. I haven’t sung a serious note in about one million years, but back when my pipes were in shape, I’d sing “A few of my favorite things” from the Sound of Music for almost every audition. I love that song and I could sing it.

So, last night I was thinking about posting and this song just popped into my head, and I thought, “I’ll do a post and talk about lots of my favorite things!” I’m like Oprah up in here. Oh, the brilliance. It’s stunning sometimes, isn’t it? Plus, it’s Things I Love Thursday over at the Diaper Diaries, so I thought it’d be perfect to play along. Today I’m gonna tell you about some of my favorite products – just for funzies – no reviewing involved.

Vaseline Sheer Infusion lotion – this stuff is the best EVER. I generally will buy whatever lotion I can get for free at CVS or Walgreens or Rite Aid, which is how I happened upon this stuff. A couple of uses and I was HOOKED! Now I will ALWAYS buy it when it’s on sale and I have a coupon. I’ve never met a lotion that moisturizes so completely. I currently have a nice stockpile of about 5 bottles. It’s on ECBs this week at CVS and there are $1.50 off coupons at coupons.com so go GETCHA some.

Venus Embrace razor – Best razor EVAH. Once you go Venus, you’ll never go back. I also have an incredible stockpile of these babies from drugstoring. I get them at every opportunity, because if I run out, I might DIE. (Also on at CVS this week! Was a coupon in this past Sunday’s P&G! Go!!)

Mary Kay Eau de Toilette – Exotic Passionfruit and Simply Cotton
– these two are my favorite fragrances. I can’t pick which one I like better! I love them so much, I got the body wash, scrub, and lotion in each fragrance as well. They are both light and wonderful and make me happy! You can get them from your Mary Kay lady or mine (my BFF Luanne) if you don’t have one. Since I like to share the love, I gave Emily and her sister Anna each one of these scents for Christmas!

Lands’ End Ultra Fit boot cut jeans
– I got three pairs of these on clearance at Sears Lands’ End shop a few weeks ago, and I have thrown out (given to Goodwill) all my other boot cut jeans. The fit and style of these are amazing and make all my other pairs unnecessary!!

Shade Clothing tops – I have a zillion and one Shade Clothing tees and tanks, and it will never be enough! I LOVE, love LOVE them! They are the best basics ever and the prices are always great!

So, those are a few of my favorite things! For more favorites, check out Things I Love Thursday at the Diaper Diaries.

It’s Things I Love Thursday over at the Diaper Diaries, where if you haven’t heard, Jill is knocked up with a baby boy! Yay Jill! But anyhoo, I haven’t played along in awhile so today I’d share one of my most fervent fashion obsessions with you: Shade Clothing. I discovered Shade quite by accident when searching the old interwebz for swimwear, and then contacted them. They sent me a couple of items to review for Blissful Style a few weeks ago, and I was HOOKED. Since then they have gotten more than their money’s worth out of me! Everytime they put new items in their sale section, I buy them. I love, love, LOVE their tanks and tees. They are perfect for layering! So let me count, I now own…THIRTEEN Shade tops and one Shade cardigan. I may or may not own this boyfriend tee in all three colors.

It’s now on sale for $9.99! CRAZEEE.

These camisoles are also great for layering. I may or may not have three of those as well:

And the Shade “Perfect Tee”? Is really perfect. I only have two but I wish I had one in every color!

Here I am in a couple of my fave Shade pieces. With Andrea at Mom’s Nite Out, in my green Shade “Baby Tee”:

With Andrea AGAIN at Yanni Voices in my Shade short-sleeve cardigan and yellow tank:

What I love about Shade’s shirts are they are a nice long length, stretchy, and just perfect for layering. Plus, the prices are GREAT! They also have cardigans, dresses, skirts, and great swimwear! Check it all out at their website. I promise the Shade people are not paying me to say this (although, Shade folks, I CAN be bought, please take note), I am just telling you this out of the goodness of my heart! I want to spread the Shade love!

Oh and here’s the BEST PART! If I invite you, and you sign up for Shade’s email newsletter, you’ll get a FREE Shade cami!! So email me if you want an invite – jenny at momminitup dot com. Yay for FREE CAMIs!!

Well, that’s what I love this Thursday. To see what other people love, go visit TILT headquarters at the Diaper Diaries!

It’s Things I Love Thursday over at the Diaper Diaries, and today I am playing along with an ode to my car. My wheels. My vehicle. My transportation. I DO love it so!

My car is a 1994 Lexus LS 400. (I like to call him Mr. Miyagi as he is old and Japanese.) That’s right, I drive the finest luxury money could buy in 1994. JEALOUS? Well, you should be! It’s a sweet ride. We bought it in 2003 when I was pregnant with Joshua and at that time it had 242,000 miles on it. Why would we buy a car that old and with that many miles on it? Because my hubby is an auto technician at our local Lexus dealership and he knew it would run forever if we took care of it. Six years later it now has 296,000 miles on it and it still runs great! We have had very minimal repairs on it over the years. Hubby just replaced the springs in the back and my car is only the SECOND car in the nineteen-year history of his dealership to have those replaced. Because, they are made so well that they just don’t break!

Now I have to give credit where credit is due. Lexus is made by TOYOTA, so if you buy a nice old or new Toyota and take great care of it, it will also last you forever. My high school & college car was a 1987 Toyota Camry station wagon which made it to 304,000 miles. My hubby these days drives a 1992 Toyota Camry station wagon(I *heart* station wagons!) that has over 200,000 miles on it to date. These vehicles rock!!

Emily & hubby also own two Toyotas. Though hers were both actually made in this PRESENT decade, they should also last her family FOREVER.

So: to sum up, my car rocks, will run FOREVER, and is completely paid for. Big party this summer when it hits 300K, and you are ALL invited!

And also, if Lexus or Toyota wants to give me a new one to see how many miles I can put on IT, that would be totally cool!

I love my old car! To see what makes other people’s hearts go pitter-patter, go visit the Diaper Diaries.