OrangeGlad

My OrangeGlad box showed up today and it seems like it took forever! I signed up in early July. I was super excited about this box because I have a total sweet tooth. The box is $21.95 per month and you can use the code YUMMY10 for 10% off.

I do appreciate the Priority Mail.

 A box within a box....

 First Look

All together now

 Chocolate Cake Bites

Pineapple Coconut Biscotti

 Kettle Corn

 Chocolate Sprinkles Crispycakes

 Lemon Frosted Sugar Cookies

 Honey Dipper

 Ingredients

 I'm super impressed this was included this along with info onhow soon you need to consume the items. Those chocolate cakes bites need to be eaten this week. Well, if you insist.

 While there are plenty of good things in this box I can't help but be slightly disappointed because last months box looked fantastic. I'll eat everything in this box, but I'll also share it with my husband which means I'm not in love with it. I was also disappointed to be billed for the second month before I ever received the first. I contacted customer service and I was very pleased by the response I got from Angela. She told me to try out this first box and if I wasn't happy they would refund September. She also offered to change my billing date so these overlaps wouldn't happen. I'm not sold on it yet, but I'll definitely give it another month. I get all this healthy snack boxes, I need to balance it out, right?

Traveling Baby - Niagara Falls

Okay, this post has taken forever to write, but here we go.

We hit the road with Benji and headed towards Niagara Falls last month. This was really our first road trip with the little man as well as our first touristy vacation with hotels and all and him. These last few months as we have traveled we've stayed with family. So with all this new territory out there we were a little worried. What we found out is that this little man is a great traveler.

It took 9 hours from our door to Canada. This included a couple stops to feed everyone and to refuel. It also took us about an hour to cross into Canada. 

It probably wasn't smart with the kid and all but we decided to do some hotel hopping on this trip. Even though we stayed in Niagara, we were in a different hotel every night. This sort of happened because I saw a deal on Living Social for a nice hotel with a dinner package. It sounded great but we did not want to get it for several nights and have to eat dinner at the same steak joint the whole time we were there. I looked into the regular room rate at the hotel and it was outrageous!! So we agreed on one night there and we would stay somewhere else the rest of the time. Without confusing you too much I'll just say we couldn't work it out to stay consecutive nights anywhere else. It ended up being fun to see experience the different hotels. The only problem was lugging all that kid crap around. 

So of course we hit all the tourist spots. Maid of the Mist was fun! My kids new stroller came with a rain cover that I thought was really stupid. Why would I ever use that, I thought? Turns out it came in handy in Niagara Falls. We visited a couple forts, because any vacation with my husband involves a fort. We went to several different wineries where mommy got a little tipsy because she hardly drinks anymore.

We planned to stay for 4 days but found that there was a lot more to do around Niagara Falls then we thought. So we stayed an extra night. 

Overall, I loved this trip. More than I thought I would. I would actually love to go back in the winter to see it covered in snow. If you get the chance to go, it is breathtaking. 

Ellie Fit Fashionista

Ellie's Fit Fashionista Club is $49.95 per month and you get 2 pieces of workout gear. When you use the coupon code BFF20 you'll get 20% off. You can choose the 2 items yourself or let them pick for you based on your preferences. I picked my own and here's what I got:

These items are really good quality. Not cheap stuff. It might be hard to see in the photo but the dark color is navy blue, not black which I really like. I do feel extremely large based on their sizing: I got the Large pants and the XLarge top. I'm about a size 6. I may send the top back for a smaller size. Overall it's a little too large but the elastic band for the built in bra barely fits over my large rack. There is no way I could even manage yoga in this top without a sports bra underneath but I've never met a built in bra top that could handle me. I do love that Ellie lets you skip a month. It's a little too spendy for me to do monthly (and lets face it... I'm not very consistent with my workouts right now) but maybe every other month? Quarterly? Definitely try them out HERE and don't forget to use BFF20.

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