Hi! It’s been a while! I haven’t written anything here for a few years – I fell out of the habit and then got really into making youtube videos for a bit, and then fell out of that for a bit too. But I really enjoyed doing it and after some coaxing and encouragement from friends, I decided there’s no reason I can’t do both! I can’t guarantee this will be a super regular occurrence, but I didn’t want to leave this beautiful blog abandoned (like so many other creative projects I’ve done…)! A lot of things have changed since…
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Fab Fit Fun Box Review – Spring 2019
Hard to believe it’s already March and a new season is already upon us, signaled by the arrival of my latest Fab Fit Fun box! Here’s my review of my Spring 2019 box:
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How I Plan Vacations (& a peek at our Europe plans!)
Happy new year! I hope you’re having a lovely 2019 so far. Now that we’re officially into the new year, that means our next vacation is just around the corner!! And this is a big one – we’re going to Europe! We’re deep into the planning process for the trip since it’s only a few weeks away, and I thought this might be a fun opportunity to show you some of my planning techniques. If you know me you may know that I LOVE to plan, especially vacations! Here’s a bit of a deeper look into how we plan our…
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A Look Back at 2018
Happy New Year’s Eve!! I can’t believe we’re already done with 2018. This year has flown by but also somehow felt SUPER long. I wanted to reflect on the year as well as what’s to come in 2019. I decided to make a vlog about some of the major events that happened this year and how they’ve impacted my life, but I also wanted to put together a more typical “favorites”-style post with all the best things from 2018. So here that is!
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Napa Rose Chef’s Counter Experience
Just like I said in yesterday’s blog post, we had one especially exciting and special dinner on our trip to California – the Napa Rose Chef’s Counter at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel. It was one of the most amazing dining experiences I’ve ever had at Disney or anywhere – and we vlogged the whole thing!
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Fab Fit Fun Subscription Box Review – Winter 2018
If you’ve been following my blog for a while now, you may recall that I really like subscription boxes. It’s fun to get a little surprise each month and try a few different things. However, around a year ago I decided to take a break and stop getting them for a while. I was getting things I didn’t want or need that just ended up getting donated, and I didn’t have the extra money lying around to get them every month. Well, due to a combination of window shopping a little too hard and a lot of post-election stress, last…
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Holiday Gift Guide 2018
Happy December 1st! It’s officially my favorite time of year and I am so excited that the holiday season is finally here. Picking out the perfect presents for everyone in my life is always one of my favorite things about Christmas, so this year I decided to put together my first ever holiday gift guide!
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Real Techniques Brushes Review
Since beauty and makeup used to be pretty much the only things I wrote about on this blog, I always enjoy going back to my roots to write about those things again. Today I wanna share with you my thoughts on some new Real Techniques I received for free recently courtesy of Influenster! I’ve written about Influenster several times before – they’re basically a word of mouth marketing company that sends out free products in exchange for reviews. My post here explains it in more detail. I get things from them pretty frequently but I don’t always write about them…
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Dealing with Panic Attacks
This post is going to seem like a stark contrast from my normal happy and excited travel posts, but in between trip series I had a few other things I wanted to talk about – and this is one of them. And I’m just as excited to write this post as I have been my travel posts, honestly. And on a stressful day like the day after the election…it seems like appropriate timing. It’s been about 3 months since I first shared some of the details about the personal challenges I’ve faced with mental health. I want to keep talking…
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Remy Dessert Experience on the Disney Dream
At this point in our cruising series it should be obvious that we LOVE food. It feels like all we did on this cruise was eat! But for our last day on board, we had planned the most special experience yet. We would be dining at the super fancy and high class adults-only restaurant, Remy! On day 2 we took a tour of Remy and on day 3 we had dined at its neighbor, Palo. But we saved the best for last with Remy. It’s considered the ultimate in luxury dining at sea, and our tour guide estimated that a…