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11-23-2025 MY FAVES: s is for seventies and some more

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  books of the week this week i continue reading daisy jones & the six . i love it and hate. i'm now daydreaming about becoming a rockstar myself. i'm mildly infuriated by billy dunne, and i am already anticipating how bad everything goes down. i need to resume the show after i read this. music of the week a recent album i saved was fka twigs'   eusexua afterglow , and at my yoga sessions i tried to remember some bops i really enjoyed, and had forgotten about them: sweet november - sza gooey - glass animals here's some honorable top fives of this week: you rock my world - michael jackson let me down easy (acoustic demo) - daisy jones & the six yamaha - dijon talk down - dijon bliss - yung lean, fka twigs

11-23-2025 MY WEEK: falling into fashion

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  my work week was super hectic, and i was scrambling all over the place (including treading most of northeast ohio and bordering pennsylvania). nevertheless, i think i maintained not looking scrambled.  this week i was coming down off the birthday high but also focusing on the calm before the storm of the upcoming holiday frenzy. spent most days at the yoga studio when i wasn't driving around for work, and i was catching up on my book. catching up with bestie victoria for turkish coffee saturday morning was a sweet spot too, as well as watching the cavs graciously lose wednesday night. we still had a blast (thank you victoria's boyfriend for the tix!), and it helped halfway through the stressful work week. snuck a fit pic in the parking garage sib and i wrapped up the week with well-deserved window shopping in chagrin falls, and we visited a tea store (sib bought some premium green teas), a leather and fur store (amazing coats and hats, and i saw the cutest earmuffs). before ...

11-23-2025 MY INSPO: my guide to... whatever

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  the set scentlist a signature scent is something every magazine, girl, tiktok, talks about, almost all the time. scents in general are powerful time capsules. the smell of coffee and cigarettes reminds me of a cafe in croatia, or my mom's old friends visiting for coffee and gossip when i was a kid. my mom follows marilyn monroe's advice and sticks with chanel n°5 , and she'll remind us that the elizabeth taylor white diamonds  scent was what reminds her of her wedding with our dad.  there was an aeropostale perfume in 2012 that reminded me of happy days when i was finishing up middle school, including my first serious heartbreak, or a first hidden cigarette behind our gym. i think i found it on fragrantica, but it's been discontinued since. when we were kids, sib and i had a mary kate and ashley olsen perfume, perhaps our first ever perfume. can we consider that archival the row ? my mom used to collect perfume bottles when she was in her twenties, and i thought tha...

11-16-2025 MY INSPO: my wishlist, from A to Z

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  my birthday was this friday, and do i have a wishlist. this list varies from the simplest items, to more versatile and heftier price tags. what can i say, i'm a shopaholic, and my closet is my investment.  here's some items and brands that i would love to have in my possession, almost literally from a to z ... a girl can only wish, right? a gent provocateur lingerie b lack loafers c hanel sunglasses d emonia creepers e mbroidery kit f ornasetti tie g imaguas annamaria bag h ardkoo t shirt i  told ya t shirt j acquemus designs k arla Å¡petić designs l a perla lingerie m arilyn monroe coasters n ameplate necklace p hone charm r alph lauren cotton white t shirt s ocial media seriously harms your mental health phone case t  label satin bra u niqlo cotton white t shirt v erameat jewelry (particularly rings but i'm not picky) w atch with leather band x -girl brand y ohji yamamoto designs 16 arlington designs i actually did get an embroidery kit  and phone charms...