Weekend Recap, Happy, & Swaps

This weekend was pretty relaxed.  Our friends Max and Ashler were staying on our couches for a few days and so we mostly hung out with them.  We did break away for a bit to go with Shawn and Justin down to Emma's and play games-which was fun.  She sure has cute kids!  The littlest took to Josh  like glue.  He hadn't even said two words yet when all of the sudden his legs were being hugged.  I bonded with the little girl because we both like pink and blue, and my scarf was her favorite color (teal!) so she made me a pretty picture:

Now on to some swap goodness:

Did you see that the sign ups for Books 'n' Bloggers is up?  It is!  Don't miss it, they're only open for a week!  Also don't miss the giveaway associated with it-Printcess is giving away 4 book-themed polishes of your choice!

Speaking of swaps, here's my 12 Days of Christmas Swap package from Alicia of Addicted Readers!  She knew I was a nail polish junky, look at all these cute things!  See what I sent her HERE!

I also totally got caught up in Christmas and forgot to share my Secret Santa swap package.  It was cute too!  Sadly there was a big glass owl that did not make it through the postal service, it was dust before I opened the box. Sad day.   My partner (who didn't know she was my partner) was Tina of Zoo Cutie Printables!  See what I got her HERE!  (I was really proud of this package)

This Week's Happy List:

• I'm embracing my inner nerd-I got this amazing calendar called Ridiculously Inspiring Quotes from Ridiculously Nerdy Fiction from Odd Egg Out on Etsy.  It's so nerdy I love it!  
• My new Batman hoodie & Tardis hoodie make me happy.  I'm wearing them all the time.
• Also the Ninja Turtle PJ Pants my momma got me for Christmas make me happy.
• I went super red with my hair, which is pretty in spite of missing a few spots in the front (gah!)

• I'm talking to a new guy... Or two... Right back on that dating horse right?
• I've been listing to Marina & the Diamonds Electra Heart album all week!  I'm giving it away HERE.

How have you been?

I'm hoping to be caught up with all my mail that's behind this week! 

If you're waiting on something from me, I'm SUPER sorry! 

Linking up with:

How to Be a Heartbreaker {Musical Mondays & Giveaways}

What is Musical Mondays?

Musical Mondays is a weekly linky party where we share a song we're into for the week, and talk about why we like it-or why it effects us.  Along with talking about music, I host a (usually) month-long music related giveaway.  

This week's Song

How to Be a Heartbreaker

by Marina and the Diamonds

Rule Number One is that you've gotta have fun
But baby when you're done you've gotta be the first to run

Rule Number Two, just don't get attached to 

Somebody you could lose, so let me tell you

Chorus:

This is how to be a heartbreaker

Boys, they like a little danger

We'll get him falling for a stranger

A player, singing I la-la-love You

This is how to be a heartbreaker

Boys, they like the look of danger

We'll get him falling for a stranger

A player, singing I la-la-love You

At least I think I do

'Cause I la-la-love you

Rule Number Three: wear you're heart on your cheek

But never on your sleeve unless you wanna taste defeat

Rule Number Four: gotta be lookin' pure

Kiss them goodbye at the door and leave them wantin' more

[Chorus]

Girls we do whatever it will take

'Cause girls don't want, we don't want our hearts to break in two

So it's better to be fake

Can't risk losing in love again babe

[Chorus]

'Cause I la-la-love you

At least I think I do

I have always liked Marina and the Diamonds, but hadn't heard this song until Kristina and Jan showed it to me this weekend.  She's just adorable in so many ways (you cannot tell from this video that she's older than I am-I thought she was really young) and hello-sooooo many hot dudes in this video.  

But the song is fun too.  It's high energy and there are some good tips (in moderation.) I'm not saying go out and be a player-but damn I need to listen to her lyrics here and not wear my heart on my sleeve or give too much away too fast.  Maybe if I stayed more aloof I wouldn't have so much failure with dating!  

What are you listening to this week?

Please grab the button and link up your Musical Mondays post in the linky!

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The Giveaway!

Enter to win an MP3 copy of Electra Heart by Marina and the Diamonds (sent from Amazon)!
This giveaway will run from Monday 1/6/14 to Friday 1/31/13.  It is open worldwide.

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The Weekly Round Up is Back!

♥ I'm so excited that Beth's shop Printcess is finally open!  She sells gorgeous mineral eye shadows that are book themed, read the post about it HERE!  Giveaway happening HERE!

♥ Allie at Tales of a Twenty Something wrote a very honest post about why she's not ready for kids, and I can totally relate!  It's not your typical spill about it either.  Photo Source: Tales of a Twenty Something

♥ I soooo admire Jess from The Militant Baker. Yet again she's written another post about the Smash the Scale Revolution and I am so inspired by it!   Photo Source: The Militant Baker

♥ Sign-ups for the Books 'n' Bloggers Swap start tomorrow!  This is one of my favorite swaps, as I love getting new books!  Make sure you check it out and enter the Printcess giveaway!

♥ Kaelah from The Clueless Girl's Guide shared a very useful article on How to Tip Toe Through a Rebrand!  This is something every blogger/shop owner thinks about now and again!

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Share your favorite reads this week!

The point of The Weekly Round-Up is to focus on other people instead of just another post about ourselves.  It's to build better community, share insight into what we love to read, and hopefully introduce you to a new blogger you'll love and adore!  Wanna play along?  Write a post with links to your favorite blog posts from others throughout the week, put the button in it, and link up with us on Sundays!