If it Makes You Happy...

Y'all are in for a treat again. The always funny, always makes me smile Wannabe WAHM has tagged me for a great little list.

Simple yet oh-so-telling.

I present to you the "10 Things That Make Me Happy" list.

Sidenote-it's a given my daughters and husband make me happy. So with that said I'm naming ten other things.

{1} The first spring flower that blooms.
{2} A perfect cup of coffee w/a yummy creamer.
{3} Getting a handwritten note or card in the mail.
{4} Finding the perfect jeans.
{5} Having a good fabulous hair day.
{6} Seeing that I lost another 3.1 lbs in 6 days. {which brings my total to a little over 5 lbs so far! Yay!!}
{7} Cupcakes.
{8} A great movie.
{9} Wine/margaritas.
{10} When I get a comliment from a stranger--whether it be about my family, purse, etc. That totally makes my day.

Want to play along? Leave me a comment and I'll stop by to check out your list. Or you can just leave your list in your comment!

Smell Wonderful w/Jovan Satisfaction {A Winey Mommy Review and Giveaway}

Jovan has recently launched their new new fragrance line Jovan Satisfaction--the first new scent in a decade--which will be released on Feb 1st. I was lucky enough to be able to get a sample of Jovan Satisfaction before it hit the shelves!

I admit I've never used Jovan--although I do remember the name from when I was younger and growing up. Right when the package arrived I tore it open. I read the insert and the description of the fragrance which told me that Jovan Satisfaction will be sure to leave a great lasting impression. It's described as a sexy, sultry and sophisticated--which sounded very mysterious.

The women's fragrance has notes of mango, lotus flower and warm vanilla--all of which sounded very much like me. I tend to go for the combination scents. I don't care for perfumes that are based on one scent.

The men's fragrance is said to be bold and very masculine--which sounded amazing. I love a man who smells manly! The scent is a combo of grapefruit, cardamom, cedarwood and amber. It sounded really good--and mysterious as well.

So I opened the men's fragrance first. And...I loved it. Seriously. It smelled so good and just how I would imgaine a man to smell. I called Leo in and asked him to try it out. This was the real test--he can be picky about what types of fragrance that he wears. He sprayed and smelled...and...he really loved it as well. He told me he would be packing it in his bag for Haiti. Score!

After enjoying the men's scent I smelled the women's bottle. Sprayed a little in the air and sniffed. I really liked it! A lot. It wasn't too strong at all--I'm not a fan of anything too overwhelming. Leo smelled--he loved it. So all in all? Both scents are a win-win in our home.

***Buy Jovan Satisfaction***

Jovan Satisfaction {website will be up on Feb 1st} will be available for purchase on Feb 1st. It retails for $12 for a 0.5 oz bottle or $18 for a 1.0 oz bottle. You will be able to find it at CVS, Target and Wal-Mart--and it will make an affordable and wonderful gift just in time for Valentine's Day!

***Win It!***

I am offering ONE lucky reader their own Jovan's Satisfaction men and women's fragrance set which includes one of each fragrance! The approximate retail value for this prize is $24.

To be eligible to win leave me a comment to what your favorite smell is. It could be a certain fruit, cookie, flower--anything! This must be done in order for any bonus entries to count.

***Bonus Entries***

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{2 entries per tweet} Tweet about this giveaway! Leave one hour between each tweet and make sure to leave the link to your tweet in your comment. Copy and paste the following: Win a men and women fragrance set from @winey_mommy! Ends 2/3 http://bit.ly/7d535G

{3 entries} Place my new button on your sidebar. Leave me a  link to your blog and where I can find the button.

{10 entries} Blog about this giveaway with a link back to The Winey Mommy. Don't have a blog? Email {five} of your friends/family telling them about this giveaway! Be sure to cc me on the email. My email address is on my navigation bar under contact me.

***Rules***

This giveaway will end on February 3rd @ NOON CST. Open to all US residents 18+. To to be eligible to win you must do mandatory entry. If you do not follow that rule all entries will be void. Leave a valid email address in comment or available on profile. Winner will be drawn via Random.org and will have 48 hours to respond to notification email. If winner does not contact back w/full name/address a new winner will be picked.

All opinions in this post are my own honest opinion. I was provided a sample of each fragrance in order to perform review. I was not paid to write this post.

A Party, Stick Figures and Grounded Forever...A Tale of Two Sisters...

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When I was in the 8th grade we moved from my hometown of Springfield, Missouri to this itty bitty town called Lebanon, MO. It was around 45 minutes away from the only life that I had ever known...the only life that I truly wanted to know if I'm going to be totally honest...

8th grade was hard enough. Teenager. Hormones. Attitude. Puberty. Moving.

In my mind this was the worst possible life scenario. I wasn't shy, but I was pretty quiet until I knew you and trusted you.

Anyhow. So there we were. My sister and me. She was in the 7th grade, I was in the 8th grade. You could have said we would have done anything for friends, so we did what we assumed any other junior high student would have done in our situation: we planned the party of the decade.

My Dad & Mom were supposed to go to a flower shop opening for a few hours. And us? We were supposed to be babysitting our two brothers.

We had it all figured out. Put the boys in their room upstairs complete w/video games and snacks. Have our party. And clean up before the parentals were to arrive home. {Okay, stop laughing. We were idiots.}

We made fliers. Complete with stick figures drinking peach schnapps{for the record? we did not drink. i'm guessing that it was "cool" to say you drank when you were 12 and 13 years old...}. We bought food--we managed to spend all of our lunch money at the grocery store across the street. We filled up three grocery carts with food, sodas, etc. We then filled our "friend's" mom's car with our so called party food.

We passed out the fliers at school to anyone and everyone who would take one. The cute guys talked to us. The popular kids let us sit at their table. We felt like we were on top of the world.

Oh--and our friend? Gave as many as she could to her high school brother to pass out to his friends. We were geniuses I tell you. Complete and total geniuses...

We were stoked. We thought to ourselves, now this? Is it. We are popular. We will be friends with everyone.

That is until someone from the school staff called our Mom. Foiled our plan. Got us grounded forever {you think I'm exaggerating. I'm not. In fact I'm probably still grounded...}. We had to tell everyone the party was off. It was no bueno. Finished.

Talk about the embarrassment of a teenager's lifetime. Not only did we have to tell everyone there was no party...but we were grounded. Couldn't.do.a.damn.thing. No tv. No phone. No plans. And most importantly? We had no friends. No boyfriends. It was horrible. Every teen girls' worst nitemare.

Anyway...I still remember muffling my laughter as my Dad sat out on our front porch with a bb gun...haha! Teens were showing up in their cars...doing a small town drive by to see if the party was still going on. It was seriously border line hysterical.

So, there you have it. One of the dumber things THE dumbest stunt of my teenage life that I now crack up about.

{And I may still roll my eyes with my sister when reminded and made fun of by our parents....}

So what's the dumbest thing that you did when you were a teenager? I want to hear your dirt and laugh until I cry...so make it good, friends. Make it good.

My Lucky Seven...

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The ever wonderful and fabulous Mommyologist wrote a fabulous post about her seven things that truly describe her. And then?

She tagged me! I know most of you are just dying to find out more about me, The Winey Mommy, so guess what?

You? Are in for a treat.

Without further ado, I give you....

My lucky seven--all fabulousness, all me.

{1} When I was in Iraq back in 2004 I had to get stitches. I wish I had some fabulous story about how the stitches came about...but my story? Um, it's so embarrassing. We were getting ready to open the doors for the hospital crew to come eat. I was outside with a group of people. Look at my watch. Saw I was late and took off running. And then? I tripped on some cables. Fell. It was so slow motion and dramatic. My chin? Totally contacted with the concrete. Yuck! I reached up to touch it...blood. Gravel. I was crying and couldn't eat real food for awhile. My jaw is still messed up. I am sooo clumsy!

{2} I'm originally from Springfield, Missouri. I cannot wait to live there again. I love it. To me it's the perfect city. Not too big, not too small. We get all of the seasons. My family lives there. I want my girls to grow up there. It's funny because when I lived there I could not wait to leave. Once I joined the Air Force I realized just how much I loved Missouri! It's funny how you don't realize what you have until it's gone...

{3} I can't just windowshop. If I get ready and leave I want to shop. Spend. Buy. I love the feeling I get when I come home with shopping bags. It's a high...and I love it. My weaknesses would include Ulta/Sephora, Gap, Baby Gap, Target. I know that there are more, but those are the main stores that I shop at down here. I may or may not refer to Target as my lover...

{4} One of my favorite movies is Riding in Cars w/Boys. It's such a good movie! I used to watch it over and over and over again when I was single...it was my go to movie if I needed something to just forget about life and stress in general. Love Drew Barrymore and Brittany Murphy {may she rest in peace}.

{5} I love my wine and margaritas. I know, I know, you already know this. But I had to throw it in. I like my margaritas on the rocks, no salt. Seriously yummy. Mmmm...

{6} I laugh at everything. And I sometimes laugh when noone else laughs...I remember in Turkey we went to the movie theater on base and saw Talladega Nights. I think I laughed at every single part. Especially the cougar in the car. Not many other people laughed...Leo kept telling me to be quiet which made me laugh even harder. Haha! I love being able to laugh!

{7} I'm afraid of the dark. Okay, you can stop laughing at me now, ha! But seriously, I have a very wild imagination and always think that someone is going to break into my home. I can't watch scary movies if Leo is TDY or asleep. Because I seriously freak myself out. Yes, I'm a big baby. I do use my BlackBerry to navigate me through the house when I get to bed and everyone is already sleeping. Oh--and my feet cannot be anywhere near the edge of the bed. I'm afraid someone or something will grab my feet from under my bed....don't make fun of me! Haha!

And there you have it. Seven more amazing facts that are, simply put, me.

If you want to play along let me know--I love finding more out my friends!