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4-19-2026 MY INSPO: lightning round

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  this week i'm doing brief lightning rounds  of inspo, unrelated to each other, but still worthy to end up on the blog. i found a cool outfit i want to try and recreate, from a girl on my "for you page" on tiktok.  @kellyamchugh on tiktok a recreation with extremely identical items from my closet style my haul last week i shared my new jersey thrift haul , admittingly in a rush. this week i too the time to think of ways to style these two items for future events: diesel skirt with side zippers see by chloe denim dress indyxed the indyx instagram announced some "trends" to maximize your closet use, by emphasizing accessories to spruce up looks. i went over my own indyx page to see which looks i could make using these tips: scarf as a headpiece scarf to accessorize the purse scarf as a belt tiered skirt layered on skinny pants dress as an extra layer wrap skirt above jeans this vogue bag is adorned with pins.  an enriched sporty look another semi-sporty, tropical...

4-19-2026 MY FAVES: tres chicness

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  what i'm reading... continuing the fabulous bergdorf blondes , just in time as i did a touch up with my blonde hair, got a trim,  and  bought some purple shampoo. no brassiness this summer. what i'm listening to... sib and i went to a siniša vuco  concert on saturday. for the people not aware of this singer, vuco created numerous drunk hits every croatian is born to know. he mixes rock and roll and balkan folk and often features folk singers from different regions like ana bekuta and halid be š li ć . one may associate vuco with breaking their glass cups and ripping their t shirt while drunk, semi-vulgar and trashy, but there's an art in mixing two genres that rarely ever mix. and to my knowledge, only vuco has done it so successfully - he is a household name.  here's some vuco top hits i urge you to add to your drunk nite out playlist. some are classic hits; some are super niche:   šta je,  šta je rajske kočije volim narodno sanja volim piti i ljubi...

4-19-2026 MY WEEK: a fashion equation

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back home this week, with another booked and busy weekend. sib had a huge project for work so her friday was all about networking, plus i dragged her to a fundraising gala for adults with disabilities in sports. we got lucky by winning some raffle prizes. needless to say, my makeup stash is set for the next 5 years.  saturday was record store day  and boyfriend and i went to the record den . at first, i was almost impulsively grabbing records and cds, such as an iggy pop chanson record, or best of lenny kravitz. then i went to the second-hand record section, the prices were single digits, just how i like it. i found a donna summer - live and more  4 side record, and an american gigolo soundtrack . giorgio moroder created the soundtrack of my spring, clearly.  in the cd section i was almost greedily scouring the names, boyfriend helping me find a $1.49 madonna - bedtime stories  cd and i found a janet jackson - velvet rope  one. the bedtime stories cd was pl...

4-12-2026 MY WEEK: jersey shore

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a bit late entry, forgive me. still jetlagged and running on an insufficient amount of sleep. what the hell was i doing you may ask? just a weekend trip to hoboken, new jersey .  sib and i were looking for super cheap flights to somewhere other than ohio for the spring, being fed up with this winter. newark was pretty affordable and while we're familiar with nyc, new jersey is a new territory to be unlocked. the travel diary begins... friday afternoon we had a flight right after work and we flew from a rainy cleveland to a sunny but windy jersey. ubered to the waterfront of hoboken, and checked into the hotel all while a netflix special was filming right in the lobby. these hotel staff 100% signed an nda, because netflix was the only information we got. and honestly, must've been a c-list movie because i did not see any household figures. oh well, what a fun way to start our weekend trip! while waiting for bestie nicole to visit us from the city, sib and i went to jeong's f...