God is cracking me up!

I HAD to share this b/c for the last 24 hours, I have literally been laughing at the way God has been working!

For my son's 1st birthday, we asked that people to bring a donation for CASA of Denton instead of gifts for him. We are beyond blessed and lord knows we don't need any more 'made in China' plastic toys! We dropped off the donation on Monday and the ladies there were soooo sweet and appreciative and blown away that we did that for Colson's birthday. They took a picture of my kiddos with the donation (to my protest b/c even talking about it on here is not something I want to do but, for the sake of sharing how God is working, here I am talking about it!).

Before we left, I noticed their angel tree, which was FULL of kids that needed to be 'adopted' for Christmas needs/wants. We ended up picking 2 girls, sisters, age 1 and 4 (the exact age of my kiddos--figured it would be easy to know what they might like). Kinsley loves to shop, terrible news for daddy's wallet but great for this situation! I wanted to adopt ALL of the kids...if I was a millionaire or even a couple hundred thousand-aire....consider it DONE! However, I'm not even close! At home that night, right before bed, I prayed that God would help me to make more money between now and Christmas (through my Rodan + Fields sales) b/c I wanted to put that money towards the kids I adopted or adopting more kids!

Once again...God was answering me and my request in ways that I never would have imagined! I'm a member on quite a few FB Garage sale sites and the other night, I posted Kinsley's old tricycle on the site for sale. Immediately, it was claimed and I was in talks with this lady for quite a bit about the condition of the bike, etc. Bike was sold and ready for pick up! I got back onto the same site at about 11:30pm (I should have been sleeping), and she made a post about her daughter's skin condition and wanted to know if anbody used Rodan + Fields for that issue before. I popped up and made a comment about how I sell it, can I answer any questions, etc. I had quite a few people asking me more questions and messaging me about them. What an unexpected business opportunity that I wasn't even trying to find...literally fell into my lap. After I made my comments on there, I prayed again and basically just said, God, LETS DO THIS!! Wherever you take me, I'm there!

Yesterday, I received an email from one of my friends' sister, she said she wanted to get into selling R+F  with me! That is an instant, almost $200....$200 that will go directly to the adopted kids! I wasn't seeking her out either, she contacted me! God is truly working and I love that I'm able to see it and so quickly! Glory to HIM!

THEN today....I bundled up the kids and we headed to Once Upon a Child to find clothes for these little girls! I wanted to get the biggest bang for my buck and get them the most clothes I could find while still having money left over for the other items on the list! I thought it was perfect timing too b/c they were having a sale...(This was the ad/email I had about the sales)

Wednesday 

Nov. 27th  6am - 8am

'Minimize the Madness'  Sale

A very special pre-Black Friday sale for our 

Email customers ONLY!!

50% OFF on ALL gently used clothing and shoes.

(You must bring the attached e-ticket  with you or show it to us on your phone as your ticket to get in!!)

Thursday 

Nov. 28th  CLOSED

          Happy Thanksgiving!!

Friday 

Nov. 29th 6am - Noon

Morning Madness Sale!

50% Off -   6am -   8am

40% Off -   8am - 10am

30% Off -  10am - Noon

Discounts apply to ALL gently used clothing and shoes.

We missed the 6-8am sale b/c the kids actually slept in, for once! I wasn't going to argue with that one! I shopped like no other and we got a HUGE bag for clothes for each of the girls. We were at the check out counter, rang up, hangers off everything and I asked if it was still the 40% off time....all the ladies looked at me funny and said: "the 50% off ended an hour and half ago." Looking puzzled, I pulled up this ad on my phone and realized I mixed up my dates! I was thinking about Friday's sale on Wednesday! I about had a panic attack b/c I didn't want to put the clothes back and if I paid full price for them, I wouldn't have enough for all the other items on the list! I asked if they would hold them until Friday b/c I really wanted these for my Christmas Tree angels. The manager was on the phone next to the lady checking us out, she over heard me say that and told her to give me the 40% off anyways! WHHHHHAAAAATTT?! How amazing! Hour and half late, on the wrong day, with the wrong ad in mind....for a huge retail store, I would never have thought this would happen! Glory to HIM again!!! 

This is just the start of the Christmas for these little girls! I can't wait! 

Christmas Jammies....not on the list but felt it was necessary! Please send a prayer for these children, all of them! Christmas is so magical in EVERY aspect and I just want them all to have a happy day, if only one. 

Please pray that things will take off for me so I can keep buying for these kids and adopt more! 

Also, here is the link for CASA of Denton if you want to learn more about the organization or what to give this season! 

http://www.casadenton.org/

Please stop in their office and adopt a kiddo for Christmas! 

Along for the drive....

Yet again, another month passed between posts! Oh well....it's been a BUSY month!

For awhile now, I have been missing my financial independence and wanting to earn some money on the side. If not for anything else, I want to be able to buy my husband his birthday and Christmas presents without him indirectly paying for it! Oh the problems of a house wife! Sucks when he can see how much he just paid for his own gifts, kind of takes away from it all.

I have a lot of friends that do scentsy, Advocare, etc...I was actually looking into participating and something was holding me back. So, I held back and decided I'd wait a bit, see if anything happens, pray about it and then....my best friend Brittany called me and told me her and her sister in law just signed up to be a Rodan + Fields Consultant and she wanted me to join. I didn't jump on board immediately b/c I like to do some research and being married to a finance major who runs a business...I KNEW I would have to present research, numbers, facts, projections. Clearly, I have tons of experience with this, since I was a history teacher....(SARCASM)! I did what I could and I barely got past "and it come with a 60 day money back guarantee, if I decide it's not for me, I can't do it, etc, I get EVERYTHING back," before Zach said "just do it!"    Ummmmm....EXCUSE ME?! I had all these facts and figures ready and I didn't even get to use them! That's the same as writing a research paper and then the teacher saying it's only worth .5% of your overall grade....WTHECK?!

These were my arguement points:
-60 day money back...I have a chance to prove myself without losing money.
-Make my own hours and work as much or as little as I want
-I get to actually use the products
-No stock piling inventory
-No hosting parties or asking friends to host them, unless you want to
-It's already a name brand (these are the doctors that developed ProActive), I'm not having to brand build             and explain that on top of explaining the products!
-There are only a little more than 30k consultants for this brand in the US. The market isn't even open to
       Canada or Asia yet, this is basically, the ground floor!
-Many opportunities to earn income and goals are actually reachable

I called Brittany back and here we were in business. I kid you not, it took 2, TWO, DOS facebook posts about this and within 1 day, I literally had 15 people wanting to know more about the business or the product, or both! I didn't believe it when I heard how easy it was. I'm currently on week 2 and have already made 1/2 my investment back and still have lots more to do!

I'll be 100% honest. After I signed up to do this, I woke up the next morning with a tightness in my chest and thinking: "what did I just do?" My brain eventually woke up and reminding me that I had 60 days and could get my money back...what comfort, you really can't fail unless you do NOTHING and then don't send the product back!

I was a bit leery of the 'pyramid' pay but it works and technically, isn't every company set up like a pyramid? CEO on top, executives underneath that, sales persons under that? Same thing, no biggie! I got over that really quick when I saw all the opportunities for earning money. Seriously, around every corner...that and....the pyramid has to work or there wouldn't be so many gray haired old ladies driving those pink caddies! Ya know? BONUS with this company, they do a car incentive but with LEXUS! That's what I'm talking about...well, after an H1 Hummer! DROOOOOOLLLLLIIINNNNGGGG!!!

Ok, so, that was the business side! Now, lets talk product! 

My skin is usually oily in the T-zone area, dry otherwise, I break out on my chin all the time, have acne scaring, sun damage spots b/c I tanned way too much in high school, and I have the mommy forehead wrinkle! Needless to say...I have a NEED for all the skin care lines! 

The results seem too good to be true but they seriously aren't! I knew the products would work but I had no idea how quickly! Here is my personal before and after of my chin...5 Days!!!!

WORTH EVERY PENNY!

This is the other magic R+F product that I will swear by

The MACRO EXFOLIATOR!!  After using this, just once, I didn't even need to use this primer before I put on my make up...however, I will warn you, once you use this, your hand will instantly be attracted to your face! Seriously, so soft! 

I have tried just about everything that came in my business kit and NOTHING has done anything less than amaze me! 

Now that we're at the end...why am I writing this post?! Because....these products are amazing and beyond reasonably priced, especially compared to the Dr RX! Let's not even talk about how much one facial or session of micro dermabrasion costs! It's so hard to find a product that works and that is my #1 reason for sharing this, these products actually work and if for some reason, you don't like them, you can return them within 60 days! Take that! BAM!

With that being said: If you have any questions about the products or business, DO NOT hesitate to contact me! I mean this! lizzdeanrf@gmail.com

http://lizzddean.myrandf.com

http://lizzdean.myrandf.biz

Now...off to get some beauty sleep!