Happy Birthday To Me

 

Its my birthday 

MiL took me shopping and J took me to dinner ❤️

20260128

Today's

Hat...DAISO

Inner...Costco

Outer...UNIQLO

Jeans...UNIQLO

Shoes...Target

Bag...gift

Accessories...Target,gift

It was Dick's anniversary so I went with Bunny and her bf to go eat some. 

Then we went to DAISO 

They have such cute new Pooh items but I can't afford them right now T T

Gets

Im generally against hardener but my middle finger nails are so squishy that its actually uncomfortable so I'm gonna try it on just those nails. 

20260125

 Today we packed up the very last items which means MiL is officially moved out.

I got sad at the end as I realized we were saying goodbye to my very first grown up home, after moving away from my parents. My first place living together with my partner. My first home in Washington. And finally, the home in which I started this blog. 

I am a very sentimental person, so my heart hurt today.

(Obviously was just crying lol)

To see it empty was so surreal. The echos were strange also. I have never known that house as anything but full of warmth and love and comfort. 

Life moves on.

20260121

 

They finally came to remove the equipment this morning so I was able to go help Mother in Law pack in the afternoon. 

I'll go back again tomorrow, and then on Friday the maintinence will come back and replace our entire vanity counter. 

Im hoping it will be a bit nicer with better storage but it will probably be the same and crappy still. 

J started playing Needy Streamer Overload for me tonight and I totally love it wow!

20260120

 

Tbh I had a bit of a breakdown today.

I stayed home all day waiting for the maintinence people who just never showed up. 

Its the last week my mother in law is in town before moving away and I missed out on precious time to spend with her because of waiting for the maintinence who just never showed up.

Yes, our bathroom has basically been unusable for about 6 days...

And I cried a lot and called my mom about it lol

But at least this polish is beautiful...

20260119

 

We went to UNIQLO...

I got banana bread this morning. It was soooo good honestly. 

It was a normal banana bread, nothing special, but i haven't had banana bread in so long and it was what I needed...

I didn't take pic of my outfit even though it was cute sorry.

I saw a vlogger wear this hairstyle so I wanted to try it too.

It looks messy in the photo because I already wore it all day and tried on clothes too lol

Right now I'm building a capsule wardrobe so I just wanted to get some basics for the capsule. 

20260118

 

Today we helped MiL move her plants. 

She has over 70 houseplants so it is a lot of work! Lol

But it means we got to take the ferry again and visit the beautiful coastal town She is moving to. So I'm happy. 

Man would not get out of the way lmao ooh

It was such a beautiful day.

The view from her porch is just...

On the way home ~

This evening, Xena found a ladybug in the apartment. A real one! 

So that's gotta mean good luck, right?

MiL also gave me a whole set of MoonCat polishes that she didn't use, I'm soooo excited to use them. In the above Pic you can see some because I already used some of them lol

Castle of Cobwebs, Le Petit Mort, and their speed demon top coat. I love them all!!

20260117

 

Today was date day.

We went for ice cream. It just sounded good lately. 

I don't know why, I get in the mood for ice cream in the winter lol

J order: double fold vanilla x cinnamon snickerdoodle 

R order: Arbequina Olive Oil

It was soooo yummy. I absolutely loved the olive oil flavor. 

And one of our favorite cafes was just across the street from the ice cream shop so we stopped for our favorite pastry on our way back home.

Cheese Lye Roll, my beloved.

In the evening we finally went to try a local pizza place that I've wanted to try the entire time we've lived here (like... almost four years? Lol) but somehow we've just never gone. 

R order: pesto sauce, pepperoni, mushrooms, red pepper, pepperoncini with extra bake

Very good!!

Now my tummy is full and I'm sleepy.

20260116

 

Went to Target with MiL

original ootd was

lol

But I got new stuff I was really excited about so I changed in the car 

Not such a cute photo...

top...Target (a new day)

jeans...Remember

shoes...Target (Universal Thread)

Aren't these soooo cute?

I've been looking at the Adidas that look like this for a while, but these are cheaper of course.

Plus memory foam inside. They are soooo light and comfortable. 

I want absolutely to get ribbon laces for them.

Other gets.

That's all for today, bye.

20260115

Now I'm feeling so tired eugh.

Today I tackled the hall closet.

It's so embarassing to show it how it was lol

But now it's better and that's one less thing that's horribly cluttered.

While I was doing that, the repairmen came and replaced our sink faucet. They managed to do so without touching the broken drain stop or the clog, which is honestly kind of impressive. They also refused to acknowledge the mold, even when I pointed right at it. One of the guys even smeared it with his finger, showing how it wiped off the surface like a powder, and said "see, it's just decomposing wood!". I didn't push it, but I find it annoying. 

Now we have dehumidifiers running in there to dry to dry out the floor of the cabinet, but since our bathroom is so tiny it basically takes up the whole room so using the toilet or shower is basically impossible. So annoying.

20260114

 

eugghhhh

I've been feeling so anxious lately like, 

nothing is to my taste anymore and I'm out of the mood for everything I own and I feel SO STRESSED OUT by all the clutter everywhere. like CLUTTER EVERYWHERE. 

Even though I think it's really not like that?

I'm looking around for clutter to fix but I can't find much because really it's not so cluttered in here.

...The closets are a different story though...

But to make myself feel a little better I thought I'll reorganize under the bathroom sink since it's a nightmare again. 

But when I pulled everything out I found out that the sink has been leaking so a lot of stuff was ruined and there's mold growing on the floor of the cabinet FUCK THAT

I HATE mold. 

So now I'm just feeling worse honestly...

Today MiL and I went to IKEA

I didn't take outfit pic just know it was cute... I promise...

Make report.

It was so gloomy today

I got both a monitor riser and a microphone arm on clearance! As well as other items. 

The microphone arm was only $9.99!! I thought that's crazy so I got it even though it only came in black. 

Yes I'm watching Dollar Tree Dinners wwww

And when I got home my new phone case arrived!

I got it from this listing

I really like it! It's much cuter than I expected and it feels really nice and snappy. 

But I think it's probably not very protective, but thats okay.

My biggest complaint is the plastic strap, I think it will break after a while. But I'm not sure how it could be made any other way, so it's okay. 

20250110

 

Helloo

Today I went with MiL to TESO Life because we haven't gone in a while...

Today's outfit:

Hat...CECILMCBEE

Top...UNIQULO

Skirt.. AnkRouge

Socks...DAISO

Shoes...JeffreyCampbell

Bag...DAISO

It's a very old and new feeling.

MAKE REPORT:

I was delighted to find that they now had WAKUKU in stock because I've wanted one FOREVERR so I got two hahahaha

Actually I got one but I didnt pull my target, and MiL didn't like one of the ones she pulled from a different series so she told me we had to go back in and get another LOL 

And I got my target on the second try

Bet you can't guess which I wanted LOL

I also gambled for Hachi... AND GOT HIM

These are meant to stick onto your monitor, soo cute

HAHAHAHA SAVE HIM HE'S GONNA FALL

Finally I wanted a more cool toned tint so I grabbed a Juicy Lasting Tint in the color Bare Grape

It leaves a really nice light pinkish purplish tint and feels much more suited to winter make.

Now I'm gonna go eat something.

New Phone... Again...

 

Helloo~

Please don't bully me I swear I don't just keep buying phones for no reason, They just never work out.

Yes, after the last time I tried an experimental phone, it didn't end up working out for me. I decided to be done and give up for now, until more options come out. There's just no good option for Google Play enabled true flip phones in USA.

But I still need a new phone because my fallback phone all this time has been iPhone 13, which I got at launch and now is very old and starting to show it's wear and tear from all this time. (it was perfect until very recently. Either it's throttled or it just wants to die lol).

But wow... smartphones are expensive!!

Here's what I ended up getting:

YUP, it's still a flip phone LOL

Actually it wasn't on purpose, I've always thought these phones are ugly. I wanted iPhone Air or 17, but I couldn't afford it in any way, but ZFlip are super cheap secondhand because they're so fragile. 

After NYE when Buri-chan was showing off her new ZFlip I got curious about the going price, so I looked it up, and I was really charmed by them. Now I don't think they're ugly, I like them a lot!!

So I gambled on it from Amazon Renewed. It was $356.58 USD and listed as "acceptable condition".

Now I'll tell you: what do you get when you buy an Amazon Renewed "acceptable condition" ZFlip5?

basically, it's almost completely perfect. The screen protector is gone, that's not surprising. I know that ZFlips are weird with the screen protectors and it's a more delicate procedure than normal smartphones, so I'm not sure if I should put a new one? Or take it somewhere to have a professional install it? Not sure how it works on Samsung devices... not like there's a Samsung store lolol.

The only issue is this deep key scratch on the front screen.

This is a common injury for ZFlips because people put it in their pocket with keys or a wallet and then it gets scratched. 

I assume this phone was gently and barely used before the original owner got rid of it. So, I'm happy. No dead pixels (this was my biggest concern), no dust collecting crease, no cracks or body damage other than the cover screen. Literally over $750 off just for a scratch. (and maybe a replaced screen, idk).

Now I'm having so much fun. There's soooo many cute cases available for this phone. It has so much personality. The ability to set a gif on the cover screen and in depth customization are so fun.I hate the case I bought first tbh, so I gotta try different ones. I have already bought another on AliExpress.

If you're curious or worried about it: No, the cameras are not as bad as people say, the cameras are quite good IMO. At least for a person who has never had a newer smartphone than this wwww. 

But the battery life IS as bad as people say. If you stream video or play games or anything, you'll have to charge several times a day, and even if you don't touch your phone it still drains anyways, because the phone is constantly pulling power to manage two screens (I think). It's not unusable, but my iPhone 13 on 86% capacity drains slower... So yeah that is a little annoying but I knew that was the downside when I bought it. Just pair it with a power bank if you buy one LOL.