Friday Favorites: New things!

Before my blogging break last year, I’d done High Five for Friday posts nearly every week for five years. I wanted to give myself more flexibility this time around, so here we are, haha. I haven’t been feeling amazing, so all I’ve been doing in my spare time is napping, playing Stardew Valley, and watching Schitt’s Creek!

But there actually has been some excitement around here!

Shots shots shots shots

I got my first covid vaccine! I can’t believe this all came together so quickly—I was able to go within days of PA opening it up for people 16 and older! I’m so relieved to be on the road to some normalcy (and lessened anxiety!). The nurses were soooo incredibly nice and created a really calm, caring environment. I wanted to stay more than the 15 minutes! 😁

I can see clearly now

My new glasses finally came in! My eyeglasses were a few years old, but my sunglasses were NINE years old, so this is big news indeed! (My sunglasses were definitely not the most effective anymore! 😬)

Picking out sunglasses was so easy—I fell in love with these ones immediately. They are completely different from my old ones (black and oversized, very traditional), so a nice change, and I LOVE the pink mirrored lenses!

I had a much harder time finding eyeglasses. I ultimately picked these ones just because they were in the brown family and sat well on my face, and I came home feeling very uncertain. It’s just such a big commitment when you have to wear glasses all the time and require super-expensive lenses! But now that I’ve had them for a few weeks, I do like them! I feel like I look like a glamorous beauty YouTuber who’s just taken out her contacts at the end of the day. 😂

If your friends are there, then everything’s all right

Lastly, I got to have a magical socially-distant bonfire with Maggie, Karuna, and Tara, three of my friends from yoga teacher training! (Maggie is also Pudge’s mom!) As you can see below, Maggie lives in a lovely wooded area. We had a lot of laughs and pulled tarot cards, and it was just SO RESTORATIVE AND WONDERFUL to be able to see these girls in person! (Including Pudgesicle, who gave me a few tentative bumps and then immediately started purring! 😭😭)

Happy Friday! Hope you guys are doing well! 💜💜

Linking up with Andrea and Erika!

Friday Favorites: March buys

And now for something completely different! 😂

Since I’ve come back from my little blogging break, I’ve realized that I don’t have to do things the way I’ve always done them—I can try stuff that is more interesting to 2021 me! So I think I’m going to revamp my budget posts and just highlight a few fun things I’ve bought in the past month.

(FYI: I make a small commission for purchases or clicks made through links in this post.)

Clothes

I don’t usually go to Kohls, but I went last weekend because I was in desperate need of a new pillow. Not only was I successful on that front (hooray, no more upper back pain!), I also found this cozy top to boot! I don’t love dip-dye (I wasn’t into it when it dominated dELiA’s catalogs either 😬), but I do love this lavender-blue moment that seems to be happening in the world.

I also got an Aerie half-zip pullover from Poshmark. I love the color, and it’s very soft. Perhaps most importantly, though, I can get it over my head easily. That’s clutch when you wear glasses! 😂

Accessories

When I saw these super sparkly C&C California headbands at TJ Maxx, it was love at first sight. I especially like the one that’s a mix of different colored sparkles. Unfortunately, I can’t find them online to link to. I want us to all be sparkly princesses together, dammit! 😞

I also picked up this headband on sale at Kohls because I liked that the braid isn’t huge or super puffy. However, the headband itself is very loose? Like, if I bend over, it almost falls off my head? Def never had that experience before! While I appreciate that it won’t hurt my ears, I’m also nervous to wear it on a windy day!

Beauty

I said last month that fancy on-sale lip gloss is one of the things bringing me joy in this dark time, annnd sure enough, I picked up a few more this month. (In normal times, I have a tiny bit of self-control. I think.)

I got the Bare Minerals Buttercream gloss, and I LOVE it! So much so that I went back for another! It’s creamy, non-sticky, and smells faintly of cupcakes—a perfect trio! I only wish I’d gotten it in colors that aren’t basically clear, haha. (I got Forbidden, a pinky nude, and Totally, a tan nude.)

I also picked up Lorac’s Alter Ego gloss in Socialite, which I feel like has a little more color payoff—and a stronger cupcake smell. It’s also a little bit sticky, but not terrible.

I love a bold lip. 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

What fun things did you get this month?

Linking up with Andrea and Erika!