A Happy List: 152

Meeting a new friend and her immediately complimenting my eyelash length lol.Learning about sleep and the different chronotypes. (Podcast is worth a listen!)Ordering a bunch of skirts from ThredUp/getting my style back.Getting almost completely up to date on my reading for school.Getting released from my church calling. (Hallelujah!)Starting to see development in my abs from BBG.The little hamburgers...

DIY Polaroid Memory Box

This DIY is super easy and quick!  Plus, it makes such a cute gift for Valentine’s Day, or any special occasion! This is a cute, functional way to showcase all your favorite memories over the years through a unique memory box. Simply pull the tab and watch all your favorite memories unravel before your eyes. I got this wooden crate at Michael's for $1. I painted it white because I want...

Getting High On Accident!

GUYS MY LIFE LATELY!!! Such random things are happening, like I can't handle it. I want to get this story down before I forget the details!SO.A few weeks ago, J and I got invited to a new friend's house for a game night. She had some little tablets she had gotten online that were supposed to change the flavors of foods. So if you ate something sweet it would be sour and something sour would be sweet....

A Happy List: 151

Driving by a movie theatre when the billboard titles were getting changed.Officially going to Harry Potter world with my family in October!J sticking up for me and getting me out of a stressful situation.Trying wings for the first time. I only really liked BBQ.Making a new photography friend who is my age.Reaching pre-training week 3 in BBG.Finding/shadowing an internship.The crack pie from Momfuku.Seeing...

Valentine's Gift Guide For Men

WHY ARE MEN THE WORST TO SHOP FOR! I feel like anything and everything they want is like $1,000 lol. #worst. Anyway, I really like making these collages now lol. I couldn't find any number graphics so I had to make these myself, but I think they turned out ok.One / J is probably so sick of getting ties, but they are such an easy gift and look so good lol. I swear guys wearing suits look literally...

Best Indie Films On Netflix: January 2017

If I start posting about movies I have watched we have 2 rules:1. Don't judge my taste. (It's very... specific.)2. Look up the parent's guide on IMDB before you decide to watch them.The Fundamentals of Caring:This has Paul Rudd, which means it is destined for greatness. He takes care of a British teenager with MS and they embark on a road trip (where they pick up Selena Gomez!) to a giant it. It was...

A Happy List: 150

Saving $500 by renting my textbooks instead of buying them.People have been so nice helping me navigate NYU things.Finding SO. MANY. GOOD. INDIE. FILMS. on Netflix. My nieces troll party lol. She had these cute macarons.Finishing 2 of my Amelie watercolor paintings.Going to a dinner party with friends.Getting plants for our apartment.Long-haired French bulldogs.Keeping a dream journal again.IKEA's...

Living in Squalor

Am I the only one who feels like it takes LITERALLY FOREVER to like, fully decorate? We still sleep on a mattress on the floor and we've lived here like 5 months lol. Lately I have really been feeling it with our white walls situation. Like I just want $2,000 to finish decorating our apartment, is that too much to ask?!We did get some plants yesterday that I'll photograph today and post on Monday....

WE GOT SCAMMED.

YOU GUYS!!!! WE GOT SCAMMED!!!We are so mad because we straight up KNEW this guy was sketchy, but we just didn't listen to our guts UGH.Ok so I'll try to make this not a TL;DR, but also there are a lot of details I want to remember haha.Ok, so it was like 9:30 on Friday night. We had just picked up some donuts and were headed home to watch Ryan Gosling movies (so I could prove to J that La La Land...

Winter Picnic

So growing up in Utah, the snow NEVER stopped real life. Like, I remember driving to school in freaking blizzards and sliding alllll over the place. But, out here on the east coast snow is like, a big deal apparently. We got a few inches over the weekend and when Sunday rolled around... church? CANCELLED! You guys, I have literally waited 23 years for a snow day.So, we brewed some cocoa, grabbed...

A Happy List: 149

We drove into our building, parked, got our stuff, and walked to the door. Then realized we were on the wrong floor lol.J surprised me with a donut cake and presents and sang happy birthday (since the Tokyo birthday was  sad lol).The guy who wrote the "Utah: Lifestyle Porn Capitol" had a website crash because of all the traffic lol.Our vacuum roller had a ton of hair in it. So I took the whole...

Tokyo Souvenirs

Neither me or J are big "souvenir" people. Like, I wouldn't say we are minimalists, but probably 90% of the things we own are things we use often. So we really didn't get a ton of "Japanese" looking souvenirs since they would have just sat in a closet lol. But we did get some fun stuff! I figure it will all probably be thrown away in a year or two lol so I wanted to document it here.Ok so all of the...

Tokyo: Part IV

Thursday was our last full day in Tokyo, and also my last day eating meat lol. So, naturally we started the day with a McDonald's hamburger. I will miss those babies.Then, we went to the Skytree to get views of Tokyo. I love love love being up high and getting good views! It was a rainy day and the fog made it so pretty. There are 2 floors, and it's seriously crazy how high up you go!Second...