Legally Wandering Jen

After waiting what seemed like forever, my June Birchbox finally arrived.  Although, I had already peeked when my items were revealed on the 10th of the month, I still always get excited to receive it!   If you aren't familiar with Birchbox, it's a monthly beauty subscription box where you received 4-6 sample items based on the profile information you fill out when you sign up.  It's only $10 a month and if you sign up now, you can use the code SUBSCRIBENOW50 to receive 50 points when you sign up ($5 to spend in the Birchbox shop).  So if you haven't done it already, please use my referral link to sign up! This month there were 3 different boxes you could receive.  Mine says "next stop adventure."  I think I would have liked this better if I could currently afford to go on an adventure.  Side note: I don't like to write negative things, but I will say this is the least favorite of the special boxes from 2015. This month's theme was ...

I feel like I'm ALWAYS the last person in the world to get my Birchbox .  I've been constantly stalking everyone else's reviews of their June box while I wait for mine to be delivered.  Rather than give into my jealousy and spend my Saturday doing that and tracking the shipping information that I know won't be changing every 5 seconds, I decided to blog about my most recent Birchbox purchases! For my one year anniversary, Birchbox gave me a 25% off coupon so I decided to use up my points and the coupon to get just a few things I had on my mind!  For every $1 you spend in the Birchbox shop, you get 1 reward point.  In addition, you can get 10 reward points for each product you review in your monthly Birchbox (typically around 5-6 products) PLUS 10 points for sharing your Birchbox on Facebook each month!  If you haven't already signed up for a Birchbox subscription, please use my referral link to sign up and take advantage of their awesome point syst...

I'll go ahead and admit I became a horrible blogger (my last post was in October....).  However, in my defense, I've had A LOT going on the last several months.  Let's just say that graduating law school, taking the bar, finding a job, finding a place to live, and basically all of my income going straight to student loans has been quite the adjustment.  I'll spare you all from the details and get to the real point of the first of many more posts to come as I get back into my regular blogging routine! Apparently, it's been a year since I subscribed to Birchbox !  I didn't even realize it until I received the Anniversary Key Chain from them.  So I thought, what better way to revive my blog than to write about my second May Birchbox ! This month, there was the option for a curated box by Emily Schuman of Cupcakes and Cashmere .  However, I didn't opt for the curated box because I like to have somewhat of a surprise :)  The May Box is supposed ...

Happy  Birchbox  reveal day!   If you're like me, you love the 10th of every month because it means you get to take a sneak peek to see what will be in your Birchbox for that month.  Some subscribers are lucky enough to receive their box before this day, but the rest of us have to wait.  I'm too impatient to ever wait until I get my actual box so I always ruin the surprise.  If you have no idea what I'm talking about, please use my referral link and sign up for Birchbox to receive 4-5 deluxe sample size beauty products each month. Here's a screenshot of the products I'm receiving for October.  I didn't think that Birchbox would be able to compete with last month, but I'm thrilled to see that they didn't let me down!  I'm excited to be receiving 6 products because that means I'll get 60 Birchbox points for my review, which is $6 for the Birchbox shop! For this month's sample choice, I picked the  ModelCo Party Proof Lipstick  in ...

Happy Saturday everyone!  It's been a long week for me so nothing made me happier than to get my  Birchbox  package in the mail yesterday!  I had missed the UPS man by about 2 minutes on Thursday and was DEVASTATED that I didn't get the package then...my boyfriend probably thought I was insane for being so upset over a package.  To ensure that I didn't miss it today, I literally sat outside and waited for UPS for a solid two hours for this.  I guess the first step is always admitting you have an addiction so I'll go ahead and admit that I'm addicted to Birchbox. I had about 80 points saved up so I used them all to get this for free :)  I also added the Mystery Sample Pack which gives you two samples for orders over $35 for free and I also added the Ace Exclusive Bonus Pack again since my order was over $75. To be honest, I'm extremely disappointed that the Ace Bag contained the exact same samples as the last one I received.  I'm guessin...

For a while, I had about 500  Birchbox  points ($50) to spend on their website.  I had gone back and forth debating whether or not to spend them or save them, when of course I receive this  tweet .  Of course now that Birchbox was convincing me to spend the points, I just had to do it.  I finally decided to order the  Number 4 Va-Va-Volumizing Set  because I fell in love with the samples I received of this in my first ever Birchbox.  I also added the  Mystery Sample Pack  and the  Ace Exclusive Bonus Pack .  Once you earn 500 points in a year, you become a Birchbox Ace and trust me, it's not hard to earn 500 points in a year and the Ace program has worthwhile perks.   Anyway, I received my order and to my surprise, it wasn't what I was expected.  Rather than the full size Number 4 Volumizing Shampoo and Conditioner, I received a travel pack of Number 4 Volumizing products.  Everything else in my or...