It’s time for my yearly birthday blog! You may notice the absence of a post last year… in which case, all I can do is apologize to myself on that one. This blog acts as a personal diary of my own adventures and thoughts the majority of the time, so it’s my own fault when I fumble a post like that. It’s been some time since I’ve “spilled some ink” on the blog, so without further ado, here is how I’m feeling about turning 30.
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Oysters. You either love them or hate. I consider myself to be a casual enjoyer (“I’ll have one or two if you want to order some!”), but recently, I had the pleasure of visiting Glidden Point Oyster Farm in Edgecomb, ME for a formal oyster tasting and tour. A few weeks ago, Maggie’s mom shared an article with us from the NYT titled “Slurping Toward Nirvana on the Maine Oyster Trail”. Since Maggie’s parents were coming up to Maine for her birthday, we all decided to embark on tour of Glidden Point. It was educational, fascinating and most importantly… delicious! Shoutout to our fabulous guide, Althea, who was also featured in the NYT article. #localceleb
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Silly me! I forgot to pause my Rent the Runway subscription this month. It has been a minute since I last rented with them (last time I rented was in 2022!), so I got two extra spots this month. So here is a quick recap of what I ordered, why and if I actually wore it. (Spoiler alert: I need not keep any of these items, but I was tempted!)
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This is a friendly reminder that no matter where my friends move, I will find you I mean come visit you! I got to visit Shaner during her last contract in Alaska. This time around, she is in Oregon and I got to travel all the way from the east coast with Jaelin. The three of us were RAs and roommates in college, so not only was this trip insanely gorgeous, it was one big happy reunion. Here is a big ol’ photo dump of everything we did.
I would have loved for this to be a “what I bought” post but unfortunately, my car needs all new tires and new brakes. So it looks like any spring purchases will be put on hold until I can totally pay off this outrageous car bill. If I do end up buying new clothes, I will try to thrift them locally or on thredUP or Poshmark. But for the sake of this blog post, I wanted to share some links you can actually follow to items I have my eye on this spring.
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In an effort to curb my shopping habits, I’ve decided that I want to start tracking my shopping purchases. I already track my outfits everyday, so adding this info to a spreadsheet seems like a no brainer. This series will not include groceries, experiences, food, gas or travel (you know, the necessities). I haven’t done a ton of shopping in 2024 yet (at least, to me), but here are the things I purchases in January and February.
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One of my favorite things I did in 2023 was track every outfit I wore in a Google Sheets Spreadsheet. I was inspired by people on Tiktok to do so, in order for me to really get a gage on what I regularly wear. I wanted to share my most worn items from 2023 and share what I learned about myself and my closet during this process.
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If you couldn’t already tell by my lack of blog posts this month, I have decided not to post any gift guides this holiday season. Try to wipe your tears enough so you can keep reading. As someone who’s love language is quality time, I thought this would be a good blog post to share. Especially since I cannot (with a good conscious) promote shopping right now with the state of the world and state of the economy. I think we all have power in what we buy (and what we don’t buy) so personally, for me, I have been limiting my holiday shopping this season. So with that in mind, I wanted to throw out a few ideas for “experiences” to gift this holiday season.
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adorable book tree above not included, but a very cute idea to try!
In the season of giving (and time of recession) DIY gifts are the perfect solution! I am not including pictures of what I have actually made this season, because I don’t want my friends to read this blog and have their Christmas presents surprises spoiled. So shoutout to Pinterest for the help on this post! And feel free to check out this post from 2020.
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Happy Halloween! Over the weekend, my darling friend Mary threw a Halloween party over the weekend and I decided to dress up as a dirty martini. Because I have never had an original thought in my entire life, I got this idea from the clock app and made a point to DIY it and thrift all of the pieces. As a friendly reminder, I am a #thredupambassador and I got 75% of this costume from thredUP.
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