POPSUGAR Must Have August 2014 *SPOILERS*

[northwest22]

So, I posted right after I got the box. Went to work right away, and just got home. I never, ever, ever wear earrings. I had to push the earrings aggressively through my ears because the piercings had almost closed up. Anyway, I tried the earrings on and my husband was gobsmacked. He said I looked so elegant and beautiful and just kept looking at me. We've been together since high school and are now in our late 30s and I think he's seen me in earrings maybe 3 times. Anyway, it made me feel so special that he was looking at me in a new way. Now I just have to see if I can get up he nerve to actually wear them to work. They feel unnatural to me and I work with a bunch of young beautiful women. I don't want to feel that whole "putting lipstick on an old pig" feeling where you look like you're trying too hard.

 

[ChicagoBlonde]

. They feel unnatural to me and I work with a bunch of young beautiful women. I don't want to feel that whole "putting lipstick on an old pig" feeling where you look like you're trying too hard.

Nonsense, don't ever be so hard on yourself /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[biancardi]

So, I posted right after I got the box. Went to work right away, and just got home. I never, ever, ever wear earrings. I had to push the earrings aggressively through my ears because the piercings had almost closed up. Anyway, I tried the earrings on and my husband was gobsmacked. He said I looked so elegant and beautiful and just kept looking at me. We've been together since high school and are now in our late 30s and I think he's seen me in earrings maybe 3 times. Anyway, it made me feel so special that he was looking at me in a new way. Now I just have to see if I can get up he nerve to actually wear them to work. They feel unnatural to me and I work with a bunch of young beautiful women. I don't want to feel that whole "putting lipstick on an old pig" feeling where you look like you're trying too hard.

I am almost 50 and I will wear them to work.  They may be larger earrings than most, but they are in a classic shape and the color is very muted and neutral.

I don't think that these earrings have anything to do with age or trying too hard.  It is a comfort zone and if you feel uncomfortable with them, then ease into it.  you just aren't used to wearing earrings, it sounds like - it is not the size /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> but the fact that you don't wear earrings that makes it seem unnatural, imho

 

[farrah3]

Ugh!  My tracking updated, finally.  With an ETA of August 25th!

 

[biancardi]

Ugh!  My tracking updated, finally.  With an ETA of August 25th!

mine is the 22nd - ugh.

I hope it gets here faster.  I mean, why use Fed Ex if you are going to ignore the EXpress part of it?

 

[pooteeweet213]

My kids LOVED the cookie dough. Me, not so much. I found all the Jimmies and extra candies in it was overkill. My kids scarfed the cookies down within minutes of it coming out of the oven so no pics. One thing is for sure, I won't be buying this dough mix since I like ricotta cookies better.

Ricotta cookies are my favorite ever!!! But I've never made them, do you have a good recipe to share??

 

[PinkShanyn]

So, I posted right after I got the box. Went to work right away, and just got home. I never, ever, ever wear earrings. I had to push the earrings aggressively through my ears because the piercings had almost closed up. Anyway, I tried the earrings on and my husband was gobsmacked. He said I looked so elegant and beautiful and just kept looking at me. We've been together since high school and are now in our late 30s and I think he's seen me in earrings maybe 3 times. Anyway, it made me feel so special that he was looking at me in a new way. Now I just have to see if I can get up he nerve to actually wear them to work. They feel unnatural to me and I work with a bunch of young beautiful women. I don't want to feel that whole "putting lipstick on an old pig" feeling where you look like you're trying too hard.

OK.   So I have to say -- there's NO WAY any woman worth her weight will say anything to you because you've decided to wear some earring to work /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />   Go for it.  

I'm typically a 'dainty' jewelry wearer.  In fact -- my earrings are from the children's section at Nordstroms.   They're teenie tiny Daisies...  and are sterling silver for only $10!!!!   (not that i'm trying to plug them... but I was just so excited to see that type of earring for so inexpensive....)   Anyway.  I normally only wear silver/white gold (sensitive ears) and dainty little posts.   Small hoops are about as BOLD as I get.   Like.... the teenie half inch hoops or smaller. 

These earrings are FANTASTIC.  I'm wearing them today -- and normally with costumey or cheaper earrings i'd already be trying to scratch my ears off -- no reaction yet!!!  And they're large but surprisingly light.   

I've gotten a ton of reactions to them too -- the ladies love them.  I also decided to give the lip gloss a shot (despite my aversion to hot pink glosses) and I actually kind of love it too!!!

This box was a hit all around for me.   I'm super impressed. 

 

[zadidoll]

Ricotta cookies are my favorite ever!!! But I've never made them, do you have a good recipe to share??

 I use to. LOL I got the recipe from a cookie book I bought at one of the kids book sales at their old school. Cookies! Good Housekeeping Favorite Recipes (ISBN: 1588162761). I want to say this recipe is the same but I'll have to go to the library to get the book again since I forgot to copy the recipe down. I love that book but it's out of print and my old copy was used so often that I had to throw it away since it was covered in oil from the butter. I used it for about 10 years almost on a daily basis. They also have a killer sugar cookie recipe that I used as a base for a lemon drop cookie and a ginger cookie.

 

[pooteeweet213]

I use to. LOL I got the recipe from a cookie book I bought at one of the kids book sales at their old school. Cookies! Good Housekeeping Favorite Recipes (ISBN: 1588162761). I want to say this recipe is the same but I'll have to go to the library to get the book again since I forgot to copy the recipe down. I love that book but it's out of print and my old copy was used so often that I had to throw it away since it was covered in oil from the butter. I used it for about 10 years almost on a daily basis. They also have a killer sugar cookie recipe that I used as a base for a lemon drop cookie and a ginger cookie.

Awesome, I'll probably just buy that book! It's only like $4-6 shipped online /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

ETA: Love how you had the ISBN number! 

 

[northwest22]

Thanks ladies! I wasn't trying to be all down on myself or anything. I was actually quite pleased with my husband's reaction. You're right about me just not being used to earrings. I'm going to wear them with pride /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[Saffyra]

Hi everyone, this is a somewhat unrelated question but do you know what happens if you get a referral when your account is closed/cancelled? Do you have to have an active account to be credited for the referral?

I believe that when you get enough referrals for a free box, they just re-up your sub for you.  So if you aren't subbed, they'll sub you in order to get your free box to you.

 

[I'm so addicted]

Ummm did anyone notice vicki on RHOC wearing the kendra Scott earings on Mondays episode while at the spa... OMG. I'm like wow I like those earing then upon closer look I discovered this... yayy can't wait to get my box. Hope I get earing :////

 

[wurly]

my box hasn't moved since the 8th.  In fact, Fed Ex just has it down as they received the info, but it hasn't been picked up /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I just called the post office because my package was due today, but it hasn't moved since Monday morning. They said this type of service can be up to 7 days later than the estimate provided by Fedex. Ugh. However, they did tell me how to convert the Fedex tracking number to USPS. Add 92 to the front of the Fedex tracking number to get the USPS tracking number. Still no more information, but at least I can try this in the future. Really looking forward to my box today...

 

[kayrahmarie]

Ok, my dough did not look like that! It was all crumbly and separated. Did you add anything else?

@@zadidoll
Did you use softened, room temperature butter? That's the only reason why I could think the cookies were more crumbly.

 

[Bizgirlva]

I got my box yesterday, I LOVE it.

Got the silver/gray earrings with the gold frame, my bf did not like the looks of them at first but on he liked them.

Oh my cookies were also crumbly too, I think adding another tsp of vanilla wouldn't hurt or possibly a splash of milk to better hold the dough together.

The candle was a bit light smelling at home but I have it on my desk today and it's just scented enough to give me a whiff of scent without annoying my co-workers.  And I love the jar it's in.   

I managed incredible will power and only at one cookie.  I think logging my life in myfitnesspal helps keep me accountable.  

 

[zadidoll]

@@zadidoll

Did you use softened, room temperature butter? That's the only reason why I could think the cookies were more crumbly.

It was soft but not at room temp since it just came from the store. I had to send my daughter to get butter since we were out.

 

[fancyfarmer]

I got my box yesterday, I LOVE it.

Got the silver/gray earrings with the gold frame, my bf did not like the looks of them at first but on he liked them.

Oh my cookies were also crumbly too, I think adding another tsp of vanilla wouldn't hurt or possibly a splash of milk to better hold the dough together.

The candle was a bit light smelling at home but I have it on my desk today and it's just scented enough to give me a whiff of scent without annoying my co-workers. And I love the jar it's in.

I managed incredible will power and only at one cookie. I think logging my life in myfitnesspal helps keep me accountable.

I LOVE My Fitness Pal! It really makes tracking easy.

 

[aweheck]

Just got my box, love the scent of the candle, the shower gel I need and the scent is nice /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> . The cookie mix makes me feel like it was sent just for me with the name "Festive celebration" and I didn't have any birthday cake for my birthday last week (tummy issues) so these will probably get made soon. The "Think Thin" Bar I'm eating now and I actually love it! (But it's pretty High in sugar alcohol's so be careful on eating these, if you're reactive.) The earring are truly gorgeous, a little heavier than I expected, silver/gray and I'm a gold jewelry person.... Don't know if I will wear them. The gloss and meal container will be put in my gift box, I have so , so much gloss and meal containers already, don't need more. I like this box just have enjoyed others more.

 

[secrethoarder]

I got my two boxes today and I got one pair of earrings in gold and one pair in silver. My preferences on both accounts were the exact same (pierced ears, prefer necklaces, prefer gold) so I don't think they're really taking into account what we wrote down. It seems like a random variation. My best friend who marked down yes to pierced ears and prefers earrings got a necklace in hers. It's probably too much work on POPSUGAR's end to pack each box with preferences in mind. 

 

[zadidoll]

I just realized that my Make it Rain wax tarts from Fortune Cookie Soap is in a little mason jar. I wish I could remember where I found the little mason jar but it's clear. Looking at it side by side with the one from Pop Sugar made me smile because it's like the opposite of the one from Pop Sugar.