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By Rebecca Duerrwaechter
Welcome to Blogmas Day 5! I hope everyone's week is off to a fantastic start! If you want to participate in the Christmas Fitness Challenge it starts today! Click here to read up on the challenge. 

Today I'm going to be going over some stuff I've been using recently and loving.


I just recently got this hand creme as a gift and it is amazing! It smells like vanilla with peppermint and it works so well. Living in Arizona has made my hands very dry no matter how much water I drink. It has been really hard to find a hand creme or lotion to actually work where I won't have to reapply it every hour. You only have to use a very small amount of this hand creme and it lasts quite a while. It's from Beauticontrol and I think the scent "Minty Marshmallow" is only out for the holiday season.


The Twisted Peppermint body spray is what I've been using all holiday season. It smells like Christmas and completely gets me in the holiday spirit every morning.


This tea is amazing! I have it at least once a day! It is Cinnamon Apple Spice from Celestial Teas. Usually I have to put some agave or stevia in my tea but not with this one! It's that good.


Another holiday drink I've been loving is the Vanilla Chai Spice Almond Nog from Almond Breeze. I've been trying to find a good egg and dairy free nog this season that didn't taste so plain. This hit the spot. Now it does taste a bit different (I always say to never expect it to taste like the original) but it is so good. I'd say it's even better than egg nog.


Now this isn't even the slightest bit healthy and I know I'm posting this on day 1 of the fitness challenge but I think with some self control I can enjoy these this holiday season. I normally don't get the limited edition oreos but I thought I'd give these peppermint ones a try since well... they're peppermint. I'm glad I did because these are dangerously good!


Again, these are not healthy for you but they're so Christmas-y! They don't taste any different but they have cute little Christmas shapes like stockings, stars, and Christmas trees! I love Cap N' Crunch as a treat and I saw these at the store so I grabbed them.


My new candle I've been loving is from Better Homes at Walmart. The scent is Fresh Cut Frasier and it smells just like I have a real tree in my living room rather than an artificial one.


Last but definitely not least is our new advent candle. We got this one with Amazon Prime. We've never had an advent candle before and we decided to get one this year. Jake and I both love it and I think it will become a tradition to do every year.
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