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High Five for Friday: April 7

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Hi friends! Thanks for stopping by—I’m so glad you’re here! 😁

Where did this week even go? TGIF for sure, this week just feels like a total blur! Let’s see what brought the sparkle:

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  • Wearing a cute outfit + walking around Target, always! Until I start putting things in that basket, ha! I needed some OTC meds and supplements, so I spent quite a bit on boring stuff, BUT this Well People lip mask was a nice treat!

I use this sling, an Amazon impulse buy, way more than I thought I would!

  • A reunion with one of my first video game loves: Earthbound! What a wacky, charming, adorable Super Nintendo game. I don’t know when they added Earthbound (and Ocarina of Time?!) to Nintendo Switch Online, but I was immediately in. I wish I could just buy these games outright, but it’s better than not having them at all, I suppose. Earthbound has been a lovely, familiar hug after Breath of the Wild (…but before Tears of the Kingdom and whatever godawful mechanical spidery things await us there! 😩😩).

My inner child can HEAR this picture. 😂😂

I mean, sounds good to me!

  • Unfortunately, this next thing is a subscription too, but did you know that you can access Google’s “Magic Eraser” feature on iOS (via the Google Photos app)?! Learned that this week! The subscription part is annoying, but I do take and edit a lot of pictures, so I’ve been very curious about the Magic Eraser!


Can confirm that it worked excellently for getting rid of one million people at the botanical gardens in a single tap! 🔥

It was less helpful with baseball photos because it would usually identify players as the “in the way” background people. 🤔😞

Kind of the opposite of what I’m going for….

I do think it could be useful for sports pics once I’m better at manual erasing. Like, this one turned out pretty well!

Sir! Get out of the Cy Young’s way!

Had some fun with the Google Photos portrait mode too! Even though I hate it on iOS. 🤷🏼‍♀️

My mom’s bday dinner was Saturday, so I had to document the rare occasion of making An Effort™️.

  • Though I like sports, March Madness is a complete blind spot for me (Villanova notwithstanding). But nothing makes me happier than immediately recognizing a song out of nowhere, and that happened toward the end of the Women’s March Madness Finals game. I was delighted to catch the LSU marching band playing “Right Above It” by Lil Wayne. 10/10!! I had no idea marching band versions of rap songs from the early 2010s (aka grad school) were missing from my life, but now we know! 😂🔥💃🏼

  • Lastly, of course my ‘90s GH-loving heart was delighted by this IG video from Amber Tamblyn. She’s the only Emily Quartermaine I ever knew, and the Four Musketeers were so iconic! 🫶

What put the sparkle in your week? ✨ 

Happy Friday! xoxo


Linking up with Andrea and Erika over at Friday Favorites!