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Current Binges
**EDIT**:  The night that I was going to post this my computer stopped working and then died forever.  I was in mourning for the past week or week and a half or so… so this was already late but it is now especially late.  Please forgive me.

HOW IS IT ALREADY THE END OF SEPTEMBER?! Ugh, oh my gosh I cannot even handle how quickly this year is going by you guys!  This post now seems incredibly late as September is almost completely done at this point.  Better late than never is what I like to say!  So without further ado, here are my (not so) current binges for August!

European Wax Center Exfoliator and Serum Wipes


So I decided to finally bite the bullet and try European Wax Center after about 5 or 6 years of waxing, and I am wondering what took me so long!  As someone with curly hair, I have to say that hard wax is most definitely better for my waxing needs and my constant battle with ingrown hairs.  The use of hard wax in combination with European Wax Center’s custom line of products has actually changed my life!  So they actually just recently completely changed their line of products and I LOVE what they did!  I still need to try all of the new body washes and lotions, but I started with their new serum wipes and body exfoliator and y’all….omg.  Let’s start with the exfoliator.  They traded out the old product for a new chemical exfoliator that let’s you see all of the dead skin you’re removing as you rub the product over your skin (gross, but strangely satisfying).  I never tried the old product to be honest, but I like the results that this new edition has given me.  The bottle suggests use at least 3x a week, but I am bad and forget and am lucky to do it twice a week.  I was getting my best results when I was being consistent so I’m working on getting back to that.  Now as far as the serum wipes go, if you only choose one product from the EWC line, it should be the serum wipes.  They’re a little less expensive than the bottle of serum and way more convenient.  They come in a container of about 35 wipes if I’m not mistaken, and have the serum already soaked in as well as a nice antiseptic.  It eliminates the step of having to get/carry cotton rounds to put serum on and personally makes it easier for me to stick to my regimen.  As I mentioned earlier, I have been looking for a solution for ingrown hair for literally years and years and this is the first thing that gave me results I was happy with.  GET THIS! GET THIS! GET THIS!!!!

Cupcake Wars


Lol featuring this months embarrassing show I binge watched.  I don’t care what anyone says.  Competitive cooking/baking shows will never get old for me.  Something about it is so relaxing and I love seeing what people come up with!  I watched every single episode of this show that netflix had and I am only slightly ashamed, but I definitely don’t regret it.  It inspired me to get fancy in decorating some homemade cupcakes for my roommate’s opening night of her show she was in…and they were very ugly.  But it inspired me nonetheless, and took a lot of my time this August so I of course had to mention it.

Amazon Prime


So this one is kind of a no brainer and also I am suuuuper late to the party but Amazon Prime is amazing.  Especially after moving to Brooklyn and not having easy access to the stores that I usually shop at, this has been an absolute lifesaver with the 2-day delivery.  I haven’t taken advantage of any of the other features like the video, music, or pantry..but I plan to…so I’ll get back to you on that one.  I also just learned that there are a ton of other features I’m not using like early access to lightning deals, photo storage, family savings on things like diapers, and so much more. Logistically speaking, I’m paying $11.97 a month, but they tell me I could save $32.88 over the course of 12 months if I switched to an annual payment plan.  If you are someone who uses amazon fairly frequently then Prime is the way to do it man.

That’s all for now.  I am embarrassed by the tardiness of this post but please love me still <3  See you next time!  If you are a prime member and you think I’m missing out on something particularly cool, leave me a comment below!

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Current Binges

Welcome to my first Current Binges post!  A couple of my favorite bloggers/vloggers do a “favorites” post or video and I think this is going to be my version!  I love seeing what people are in to and how that changes as time passes… SO.  Without further ado, my current binges for..well, let’s say July because August is just beginning.

1. Worst Cooks of America
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So I am one of those people who could sit and watch food network for hours (as you can maybe see, my second ‘continue watching’ show has to do with cupcakes). I love watching people make delicious things, especially if there is some competition involved.  This show is especially cool because you get to watch people who are horrible at something become really good at it.  The episodes are pretty lengthy at about 40 minutes each, so it’s kind of a commitment to watch, but I usually turn this on if I need to take some time to unwind and chill. I’ve snagged some tips to help me while I’m cooking which has been cool.  Also, watching the transformation that the contestants undergo is really satisfying for me and like I said, I love looking at food. #fatty

 

2. Garmin VivoActive
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I got my first Garmin activity tracker in February of 2015 and I quickly became obsessed with it.  It was just a little Vivofit but it helped to keep me moving after I became a NARP and didn’t play sports anymore.  My Vivofit was very near and dear to me until it fell off my wrist and got run over by a car in March of this year (RIP Vivvy).  Since then I have been in the market for a new fitness tracker and after a lot of research, this is what I ended up going with!  I could go on and on about specs and reasoning for my choice, but I feel like that could be a post all its own. If you’re interested in seeing a post or video about why I picked the VivoActive, leave a comment below! I will tell you that the cute little interface, 3 week battery life, and water resistance were huge factors in my choice.  I’m extremely happy with my decision and have loved the results this has provided me for tracking workouts, steps, and sleep among other things!  I’m really working on self-care and becoming my most healthy self, so this is a very helpful tool on that journey for me.

3. Cat Care

IMG_4985PONTES!!! Guys I think Pontes hasn’t made nearly enough appearances on the blog, so I’m aiming to change that from here on out.  In line with my self-care and mission to become healthy, I am putting Pontes on her own mission.  She has been shedding excessively for the past year since we moved into my prior apartment and after doing some research I think it’s because she has been stressed 🙁  I also think that I could be providing her with a better diet that has things she needs for her coat and overall health to be better (like omega 3 Fatty Acids!) Upon moving to BK we switched her to Blue Buffalo Indoor Health and she LOVES IT.  Of course we just switched so I can’t be positive I see any results yet, but I’m hoping after we settle in and she has been on this food for a while I will see significantly less shedding.  I will keep y’all updated on that!  I wanted to switch her to a wet food as well, but she just would not eat it!  If any of you have bengals and know of a wet food that they like please leave comments below.

 

 

That’s it for now!  I think three things is a good amount?  I don’t know, I don’t want to bore you guys..we’ll see what happens moving forward!  If you also love cooking shows or cat food, comment below! Let’s bond over it <3

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I’ve been out of college for a year now.

1 year and 9 days to be precise.  I say that to myself, and I still really can’t believe it…graduation feels just like yesterday and also a million years ago all at the same time. I often find myself reflecting on what I’ve done since the day I shook hands with Cappy and said goodbye to what had been my home for the past four years.  So much about me has changed in just a years time and I’ve had to learn so many hard life lessons (ugh adulting, amirite?) but I’m so incredibly proud of the person I’m becoming and the path that I’m on.

Although I have been grinding on to my post-grad future, the impending event that is losing my Vassar student email has been haunting me.  I know it seems silly, but I have been absolutely dreading losing it and my collection of emails that I have compiled over the last 4-5 years.  Anyone who knows me really well knows these two things about me: 1) I absolutely love notes and writing them and will keep them for literally forever and 2) I am extremely sentimental.  I knew that when it started getting close to the summertime I would have to start going through my inboxes and decide what I wanted to keep and let go of.

Most of it was trash…like the list of partners for the annual beer pong tournament we did with baseball every year or old images for lab reports.  Some of it was information I thought that future me might want to hold on to like old scientific journals and workouts (thanks past self!).  But the stuff that really got me in my feels were the personal notes: Intimate revelations from the people closest to me, notes of encouragement during hard times, heartfelt apologies, and emails containing creative works that ultimately were little pieces of the sender themselves.  I got teary-eyed and may have shed a tear or two going through these things and in that moment I learned a little bit about myself.  I love writing (and keeping things written to and for me) because I feel like it provides something tangible to hold onto. Reading these emails I am immediately taken back to specific times in my life and can feel exactly what I was feeling the moment I read the message for the first time.  I’ve been scared to lose my email because I no longer will have these tangible forms of memories and I also am forced to really actually finally for real close that chapter of my life.  I’m not sure which one of those is causing my fear the most, but I’m noticing that understanding the cause of my emotion is helping me to better come to terms with letting go.

I am constantly on the quest to change and better myself, but for whatever reason, the change that is out of my control is so hard for me.  This has been one of the adulting lessons I’ve had to learn over and over since graduating and will probably be something I have to continue working on as I get older.  I feel proud for the amount of things I’m leaving behind in my Vassar Email and how this might signify some more growth for me in this area, but as I am typing this, I’m wondering if I subconsciously am looking for a way to further solidify these memories within this post…lol.

I mainly wrote this blog post for myself, but I feel like I should have some sort of take-away message for anyone else who reads it.  I can’t really think of anything to say except for never stop writing! I know at times it can be tedious and boring and long but write letters and write notes and write poems and love songs.  Not everyone is a hopeless romantic like me, but I think we can all agree that life (especially post-grad life) moves pretty quickly and it could mean so much to you or someone you care about to have the ability to stop and take a minute to get lost in a memory.  Take the time to tell people how you feel and to reminisce on the good times and also sometimes the bad times but don’t dwell on anything in the past for too long.  I’ll end with one of my favorite quotes:

 

“The bad news- Nothing lasts forever
The good news- Nothing lasts forever.”

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