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Coming to you live from my apartment……still. Honestly, I’m doing pretty well still and my couch and I couldn’t be more in love. Oh and I still like my boyfriend too. So let’s do so more quarantine updates!
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Week Whatever of Quarantine, Vol. 3
Birthday in Quarantine
Yup, I’m one of the people who got to celebrate their birthday in quarantine. It actually wasn’t that bad though! The only downside was trying to find somewhere to deliver brunch. Not that many places were delivering brunch and going out for brunch on my birthday is one of my favorite things. But my boyfriend and I ordered in brunch from Ted’s Bulletin, which was absolutely delicious. I got to spend the day doing what I wanted and baking my own birthday cake (funfetti) and it was wonderful. Plus, my friends and family were so amazing with their calls, messages, and sending goodies! I’m still eating all of the desserts from my birthday a week later, it’s wonderful!
So yes, a birthday in quarantine was even better than I could have imagined.
Weird Purchase
Okay, so I’m definitely going to have to do a follow up on this one. I gave in and decided to try “baby feet.” Have you heard of it? It’s the thing where you soak your feet for an hour and then within a week your feet start peeling like crazy. Then when they’re done, all of the dead skin has peeled away, making your skin feel baby soft!
I had actually ordered it at the beginning of quarantine, but I finally tried the soak on Saturday. Not going to lie, I actually wanted to try it because I’m gross and just fascinated by the peeling part. I’ll give an update on how it goes!
In other disgusting weird beauty purchases, I’ve decided to also use this time to switch over to natural deodorant. (My poor boyfriend right now, though honestly, I doubt he’s noticed any of this.) I ordered the Megababe Deoderant and Detox and it’s going pretty well so far? It’s been about a week and while there has definitely been a little bit of a smell, Megababe has been doing a really good job of covering it up. I can give more updates on this too if you guys want.
Retail Therapy
Someone really needs to take my computer away from me. Seriously. I don’t actually think I’m buying that much, I’m just browsing a lot and it makes me feel like I’m shopping a lot.
Speaking of shopping, can someone please tell me if J.Crew will stay or not? I need someone who can see into the future. When they announced bankruptcy, I just thought, “okay, that’s sadly just part of business sometimes and they’re just trying to cover themselves. But they’ll be fine and I’ll be able to keep shopping there.” But now my boyfriend is telling me that a hedge-fund bought them up and will probably divide up the company and get rid of J.Crew completely. Except we really have no idea what will happen. I really don’t need this uncertainty added to my plate! Don’t we have enough to worry about here?!
A Few More Updates
What I’m Watching
I’ll go into this in detail tomorrow, but I’ve gotten really into historical fiction dramas. I’ve also started watching Never Have I Ever on Netflix, which I absolutely LOVE. Normally shows comedy shows about high schools are so awkward and cringey that you’re so uncomfortable and you don’t want to watch. But this one is awkwardly HILARIOUS. I watched like three or four episodes last night and I can’t wait to watch more.
I’ve also been watching Virgin River which is really like one long Hallmark movie, which is just perfect.
What I’m Reading
Uhhhh, too many books right now, but also a lot of rom-coms. Here are my favorite rom-coms I’ve read recently (they’re the perfect books for right now):
- The Honey-Don’t List
- The Friend Zone (and I’m going to read the sequel soon!)
- Beach Read
- The Bromance Book Club (and I’m going to read the sequel!)
- Tweet Cute (okay, this is YA, but it’s too cute)
- The Worst Best Man
- Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
- The Right Swipe
What I’m Baking
Forget banana bread, I’ve been doing banana muffins. I just feel like they last long than banana bread.
I’ve also made apple scones and this weird protein cookie dough bread. Both of which I’m going to make again, because they were both delicious! Forget cooking, I’m all about the baking right now.
I think that’s all for now, since you’ll be getting even more updates tomorrow! Let me know how your quarantine is going and if you have a Birthday in quarantine coming up!
Photos by Kimberly Graydon
