Good Afternoon Friends! I have been an avid youtube watcher for a few years now and a few people that I follow have posted Vitacost hauls in the last few months. I have always been interested in ordering from Vitacost but haven’t bit the bullet. Yesterday (Sunday) in my casual internet perusing I decided to pop on over and see what it is all about. I got sucked in. Vitacost is an online market and their products are typically much cheaper than at the store. I worded it to Matthew as an online Whole Foods/Sprouts but cheaper.

I was so impressed by the selection, I wanted to overhaul some of our cleaning supplies into a more “green” approach. Sunday morning I purchased my items and by Monday they were already at my door step. A huge box was sitting there awaiting my arrival. I was in a bad mood and then boom! instant happy mood! Who else gets happy when they see a package from on online purchase at their door? just me? cool.

Want to be nosey and see what I got, well have no fear I took fancy pictures for you:

Toilet Bowl Cleaner

Um. This stuff is amazing.

All Purpose Cleaner

My good friend has this soap and every time I am there I think about buying it, so here we are.

Mrs. Meyer’s Hand Soap-Basil

Mrs. Meyer’s Hand Soap- Apple 

this soap…run and get it now. like right now!

Mrs. Meyer’s Foaming Hand Soap-WATERMELON

I don’t like a smelly garbage disposal. insert ^

Garbage Disposal Freshener & Cleaner Pods

Method Shower Cleaner

The “cleaner” Clorox wipes:

Seventh Generation Disinfecting Wipes

Since I’ve started working out, I use a yoga mat for a lot of the classes; so I picked this up to give it a refresher once or twice a week.

Zum Yoga Mat Spray Cleaner

Matthew likes peanut butter and he likes honey. so boom.

Peanut Butter & Co. The Bee’s Knees

I love a good snack mix. This one does not disappoint. I am a child.

Annie’s Organic Snack Mix

Backing Powder

Baking Soda

I couldn’t wait. I had to try some. It was alright.
Yum Earth Licorice. 

This is my most favorite Licorice, I could legit eat all of it….IN ONE SITTING:

Darrell Lea Red Strawberry Soft Eating Liquorice, 7-Ounce Bags (Pack of 8)

Have you ever shopped at Vitacost? What are your favorite items:

If you want to save some money (not sponsored) you can use this link and you save $5 and I save $5..

win win. Just being honest.

Vitacost Link

Two fitness post in a row, watch out things are getting serious! I recently met the beautiful, Ashley from Balancing Chaos and I asked her some of her favorite workouts when you can’t get to the gym or you don’t have a gym membership. Ashley is “instagram famous” in my eyes in the Tone It Up & fitness community. She is a wife, a full-time working mom, and a blogger. We have some fun projects coming up and I am so excited for y’all to see them.

Ashley shared her knowledge with me, and man she knows a lot. Here is her favorite at home workout to get her heart rate up and tone all over when she can’t get to the gym:

Jumping Jacks (Warm Up)

You can’t get away from the jumping jack when you just need a good full body warm up. Complete 40 to 50 before completing the rest of the routine!

 

Standing Side Crunch

Stand with feet a little wider than hip distance apart and place your hands behind your head. Raise one leg while crunching towards the same side until your elbow and knee meet. Repeat 15 times before switching sides.

 

Double Burpees

The tried and true burpee multiplied! Perform two squats followed by two thrusters and move immediately into two pushups take a deep breath and perform two more thrusters followed by two squat jumps. Repeat 5 times up to 10.

 

Squat & Side Crunch

Perform a wide leg squat and place your hands behind your head. Lower your elbow to meet your knee and raise back up to the center, repeat on the other side. Complete 30 total reps, 15 on each side.

 

Side Plank Leg Extension

Start in plank position and roll to one side, slowly lift one leg hold for one breath. (Make sure to squeeze your core to help with balance) and lower. Repeat 15 times before switching sides.

 

Single Leg Vinyasa (Advanced)

Start in plank, lift one leg.

Exhale and move into a Chaturanga, inhale pull forward into an upward facing dog. 

Exhale and roll back into a downward facing dog and return to the original plank position and switch legs. Repeat 10 times, 5 legs on each side. 

 

Thank you Ashley, she shares some great inspiration over on her instagram and blog. Go check her out 🙂

Ashley’s outfit details, because it was pretty dang perfect:

Pants: Women’s Beyond Yoga High Waist Capris (soft as butter. for real)
Shoes: Apl: Athletic Propulsion Labs Techloom Phantom Running Sneakers – Steel Grey

Sports Bra: Victoria Secret Long Line Seamless Sports Bra

 

You guys. I worked out. I know, who am I? AND I SURVIVED.

We have several different workout studios here, in Vegas, that lend to different styles of working out. I have several friends that attend a studio called Trufusion, which offers cycle, pilates, barre, yoga, and SO many more options. Side Note: This is not sponsored, in any sort of way, I literally tried the class and said “I should blog this,” so here we are.

First off, thank you to my sweet friends that didn’t give up on inviting me. I said “maybe,” about 5 times before I finally bit the bullet and signed up for a class. I had a complimentary class pass, and signed up for  hot barre with my friend. You read that right, HOT BARRE. So not only are you working your glutes and thighs to steel, but you’re sweating all over the damn place. Rushing out of work to make the class that started at five, I ran up the escalator (which gave me more of a cardio workout than I’d like to admit) and into the modern-stylized studio.

Changing into my “trendy” lululemon pants, tank top, and peeling off my socks and shoes, reluctantly, I couldn’t help but think “what am I getting myself into.” I walk into the hot room and instantly my breath is taken away, the room was only 90 degrees but that 40% humidity got me. (Vegas is dry. I don’t do humidity.)  I take my seat and instantly take off my shirt, I was wearing a tank top and then a gym shirt on top, and I knew I was going to die wearing two shirts. The instructor starts welcoming everyone to the class and asks if anyone is new. I look around and raise my hand. He says “if you are shake-y that is great, if you are dizzy that is not. sit down and take in some breaths and you’ll be okay.”  Instant regret.

After ten minutes of warming up and stretching out I was already sweating more than I anticipated, which scares me because I have fifty more minutes of this. We haven’t even really started. We start doing some barre moves, which takes me back to all of my dance classes throughout my life, and well if you don’t use that flexibility…you lose it. Kick. Tap. Kick. Tap. 5, 4, 3, 2, and now double time. Are you kidding me, this IS my double-time.  I try not to look at myself in the mirror and how awkward I must look, like a baby deer finding it’s legs.

Grabbing onto the barre I realize how sweaty my palms have become and just hope to be able to have enough grip to hold my body as I’m tucking. Tucking is where you roll your hips forward, and engage your ab muscles. Think of Michael Jackson and his “ow” movement. My legs are shaking, which according to the instructor is good, but to me it means I am out of shape like no other. I listen to my body and take several water breaks and look around as I am the only one who has almost finished their water; rookie over here.  I take a few deep breaths, I felt fine but just wanted to make sure I was still alive.

The class continues with tuck, and tuck, and tuck…now tuck, and squeeze, tuck, and squeeze.  You’re squeezing this workout ball that is inbetween your legs, squatting while standing on your toes, all while leaning back and gripping the barre with your sweaty hands. You feel it all over, from your shoulders, to your calves. This is legit. We descend into what I assume is the cool down as there are only 10 minutes left. I’m wrong. Sweating, we move into some ab movements and I am just pumped to get to lay down for a few minutes, tap and tap and tap. The instructor says in his calm voice, “now take some deep breaths, inhale and exhale.” He is saying positive affirmations, but the sounds of the music and me breathing overtakes his voice. I am sure he was saying beautiful words, but I was just focusing on how I was feeling.

exhausted. accomplished. sweaty.

Putting away my weights, I get a taste of the air conditioner, and it feels refreshing. I meander around as I try to feel the cool air for just one more second. Back in the room I do the final stretches, say my goodbyes and glance into the mirror. I look like a tomato, red and glistening. I use a face wipe to cleanse my face, and then take a picture (for this post) but I will spare you from seeing my post-workout look. It is not cute.  I survived the workout and I say (with much surprise,) that I will be back.  I would recommend this class to anyone, the heat wasn’t too bad after you got used to it and the moves were relatively easy to follow– I felt very comfortable that no one was judging me, they all appeared to be worrying about their own sweaty selves.

Have you ever tried a trufusion class? a barre class? any workout class?

Happy Sunday after Thanksgiving, I hope y’all had a great holiday! We are blessed with lots of family all within the same town-so our holiday is spent transferring from one house to another, shuffling food, playing games, and laughing our butts off. We are lucky to say the least. I created these Christmas/Holiday Prints for y’all, if you post them please tag me @SundayComfy . I was so excited to make these, something simplistic and can go with any decor! I can’t wait to see what y’all do with them! Let me know which one is your favorite.

 

download the file here: HoHoHo

download the file here:  joy

download the file here: Christmas

download the file here: Merry Christmas – Gold 

download the file here: Metallic Trees 

Good Morning, and happy Wednesday before Thanksgiving!

I am here to give you guys a printable that you can use for whenever or specifically for tomorrow! I made this a few weeks ago and thought I should share, sharing is caring! My favorite part of Thanksgiving is not the dessert, but the bread, the carbs. Give me all the dinner rolls, I need to find the best recipe, if you have one and want to share let me know!

 

Gather Print

To download just click the above words (Gather Print) and either download or just print straight from there!

If you post a picture make sure you tag me at @SundayComfy!

Yay!

Enjoy your time with your family, friends, and co-workers (if you have to work.)

-Ashleigh

Cinco De Mayo is this week and I wanted to upload a new (to me) drink that I have fallen in love with! It is a take on the classic Paloma, a tequila-based drink with grapefruit juice.  My take on the drink is a little different, it has some carbonation and a whole lot of goodness. I do not like grapefruit, I have tried it several times in several variations…and I just can’t. I even have a video of me on instagram trying it, and it is VERY apparent that I do not like it. I was very surprised when I tried this drink and the grapefruit flavor wasn’t incredibly strong so I didn’t mind it one bit! I will be the first to admit that I am a beer and margarita girl, but when my dad showed me this drink it became a drink that I now consider a staple. THAT’S A BIG DEAL.

You will need:

I filled a glass with ice, preferably crushed or Sonic’s ice (the best).  I added 2 oz. of a white/blanco tequila. Then poured in 1 oz. of lime juice Then I fill to the top with grapefruit soda-I used Jarritos Mexican Soda-Grapefruit.

Sunday Comfy’s Paloma

Ice

2 oz. Blanco/White Tequila

1 oz. Lime Juice

Top with Grapefruit Soda

If you try it out, let me know!

What do you do on Cinco De Mayo?

Matthew and I have been married for one year on March 8th, to celebrate we took a quick weekend trip to San Francisco. Unfortunately, it rained 80% of the time we were there so we didn’t get to do all of the things we wanted to do, take all the pictures I had wanted to take for this here blog, and go on all the excursions we had planned. We made the best of it, I am not the type to dwell on the weather, I can’t control it. We just chose to drink and eat our sorrows away.

Here are some of my suggestions, Tony’s Pizza in Washington Square Park. We drank a “margarita-inspired ” drink called the Noisy Boy, it was a cucumber style margarita with a little kick! So good! It also had an almond salt rim.  I know it sounds different and we would have never ordered it if we would’ve just read the ingredients, we saw someone drinking it and we HAD to try it.

We went to the Park Tavern, also in Washington Square Park; it has a rustic/hipster vibe. I could have definitely gone back there again, and again. We had an amazing waiter who gave us some free champagne for our anniversary, any place that gives me free alcohol is my kind of place. The avocado toast was amazing, my drink recommendation is the Anchor Steam Beer Mango Wheat.

Lastly, we went on a brewery tour at Anchor Brewery.  I learned a lot about the making of beer, but the best part was trying all the different types of beer; Matthew was in heaven. We spent the day hanging out at the brewery, and then walking the streets of San Francisco on our only rain-free afternoon.

Here is our San Francisco Travel Diary video:

 

 

 

hello. mind. blown.

I cannot believe it is live. Matthew (my husband) and I have been talking about starting blogs for awhile. so here we are!

A little bit about this here blog, Sunday Comfy is going to be my place to tell you about anything and everything that my sour-patch kid loving heart desires. I guess you would categorize it as a “lifestyle” blog (aka the umbrella of all blogs, basically means I can talk about anything and it “fits” ) I plan to blog about our weekend adventures, recipes, DIY’s, and home decor! My photography sessions will make their appearances, as well!

On any given sunday you will find us hanging out in bed with bogey at our feet (gasp! you let your dog in your bed!!) yes, yes we do. we don’t have children yet, bogey is our child; and we are a snuggling family.  we hang out in bed, and most of the time we get into a tickle war before we end up telling each other “your breath stank.” we keep it real.
Our bed is my favorite, we could use a new mattress–butttt it’s still comfy. I love the idea of a bright bedroom, and light sheets/comforters. I love the feeling of being curled up in bed with this big, puffy comforter around you and pillows galore. That is how I picture my blog…a big, comfy bed (with a cold pillow, preferably).

(photo credit: Love, The Nelsons)

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