It's snowing blizzarding outside! #SnowstormNiko. I feel extremely grateful that I'm on QI this month and don't have to go into work today. God Bless my colleagues who have to brave it into work today, hope they all stay safe. I lost my voice...again. I had a bad cold starting a few days ago and I've been coughing and hacking so much that I think my vocal cords are are swollen. And my throat is killlllling me. I've been drinking so much tea to calm my throat, it's insane. I've gone through almost two boxes just in the last few days. Thank gosh I'm on my QI block and can just relax and heal at home, instead of overusing my voice on the floors.

A few weeks ago, I was shopping at Target and found sooooo many adorable things for Valentine's Day. I really had to resist not picking everything up. OH and then I found a box of dark chocolate heart-shaped cookies at Trader Joe's that I had to include in this haul. They're super yummy! As far as the stuff I got from Target, the first thing you see on the left is this super cute mason jar topped with a heart-adorned lid. Inside the jar, I put some Hershey's Cupcake Kisses (the bag pictured above) and placed the jar in my kitchen. I'm totally going to keep it there even past Valentine's Day. Perhaps my favorite purchase are the pink and gold glitter votives in the center there. It's no surprise that I love anything glittery, and these look absolutely stunning on my work desk. I also bought a pastel pink heart-trimmed mug. I have so many mugs in my cabinet, but I couldn't pass this one up. Last, but not least, I got a sweet little heart-shaped cookie cutter. I'm hoping to make some sugar cookies this weekend, so this is going to be perfect!

If you're in the Northeast, please stay safe during this storm! 

Blog Refresh!

Whew. Intern year is a quarter (if not more!) of the way done, and I'm finally on my first two-week *paid* vacation! It feels sooooo good to lounge around and do nothing. I have a bunch of posts coming up in the next two weeks, so get excited. Much to talk about. I started playing around with makeup and beauty products again, so more beauty themed posts are going to be posted very shortly. 

However, before all that I wanted to do a much-needed blog refresh. I spent over an hour picking out a template (btemplates.com has a bunch of gorgeous blog templates, by the way!), editing the HTML, and colors....anddddd I gave my blog a new name! Cupcakes & Sparkles was nice, but didn't really sound right together. So I decided to rename my blog A Sprinkle of Sparkles. It sounds happy, positive, girly and I love anything sparkly. The content's still going to be the same. A mish mash of beauty, lifestyle, cooking, baking, and a sprinkle of fashion here and there. 

I'm absolutely in love with everything turned out. Hope you guys like it too!