Good morning everyone.
I haven't really gotten started with the habit of sleeping with my phone away from my bed yet.
But I will get to that soon.
So please give me like two more weeks,
and I'll get that sorted out.
I just have separation anxiety from my phone,
and it hasn't really been easy to start that habit.
But, I took my shower, did the whole morning routine that I've been trying to curate.
It's Friday today and I have one class to go to
So I'm actually about to head to Starbucks and get my morning drink
and like a breakfast item and then head to class.
I've had two weeks of my second semester so far
and everything's been going pretty well.
All the habits that I showed in my last vlog,
have been sticking with like cleaning, eating food, as funny as that sounds.
Like actually eating my meals.
Doing my laundry regularly.
Everything's been good.
And all of my classes start around lunch time.
Which has been life changing because then I have the morning to really get my life situated.
I will do a vlog on my actual school day, probably next week.
So very very soon.
But, this week's vlog is more going to be about my fun weekend.
Because I just got a car.
This is so exciting for me because you guys know that I've been dying to get my car.
And it's been six months.
But I finally got myself a car and I'm really happy about it.
And honestly me getting a car is also not possible
without you guys watching my videos and supporting me in what I do.
So thank you guys for making this possible.
And I can't wait to explore more of California.
And take you guys along with me to show you all the beautiful places.
I drove to the beach a few days ago and it was mind blowingly beautiful.
I can't wait to share all of that with you guys.
But this weekend I'm actually going to go visit my friend at Pasadena.
We're going to have a fun Valentine's weekend.
So stay in tune for that.
And I will do a car reveal soon after I get back from my class.
So I will see you guys again very soon.
Also if you watched my favorites video, I am wearing the blush.
I also bought the water bottle that I mentioned.
This is the Swell tumbler that I was thinking about getting.
And I like it so far, except I wish I've gotten it in black.
I don't know why I haven't really thought about it before.
But I saw the pink and I like pink so I was like "Okay, I'm getting the pink."
But the pink in real life is very like Barbie Barbie pink.
It's very purple neon pink.
But I don't know. It's fine.
Also, the straw is very thin for a metal straw and it makes drinking water more fun.
This lip gloss it literally like seven bucks.
Actually don't even know how much. It might be like six dollars?
Eight dollars? Somewhere around there.
But it's so good you guys need to try it.
I posted it on my Instagram story one time,
and a couple of you guys actually went out and bought it and told me that it was so good.
And that made me so happy because this is literally my holy grail lip gloss for the past three years.
But after my Economics class that I had at 12:00,
I sat outside and did some editing for a bit.
And I got hooked and three hours have gone by.
Now we're going to do a little car reveal,
and we have some places to go to.
So, we are sitting in the car.
And this literally makes my heart want to explode.
Because it's just crazy how I'm sitting here.
It's all mine.
I have all the freedom to go anywhere I want.
I... Yeah, I'm sitting in a Tesla,
and I'm just so grateful and just so happy to have this.
It has been a little bit of a challenge to figure out how to drive here.
Because it's very different from where I learned all of my driving skills in a small town in Alabama.
We're going to go on a trip to drop something off at UPS first.
And then I'm going to Irvine Spectrum, which is a big shopping mall.
I'm specifically looking for these socks at Brandy Melville.
I saw these socks at & Other Stories' store in Korea.
And I didn't know if wanted to get it or not.
But I made the conclusion, "I don't think I'm going to wear it that much, I'm just not going to buy it."
And it's been on my mind for the past two weeks,
and my friend told me that they also have something similar at Brandy.
I feel like people might have already taken them for Valentine's Day.
So I really hope they have it, but I also am not expecting too much.
Anyways, let's go.
So I walked into Brandy, and I walked straight to their.
I walked straight into their accessory section, and I saw these socks.
They were what I was looking for but in a different color.
So they were brown instead of being cream and red, and I didn't want those!
So I didn't buy any socks.
But I still bought some things from Brandy,
because these are two items I've actually been wanting for a while.
I've been very into like these little floral prints.
But also the waffle knit type of materials.
So I got these pajama shorts.
And then this tank top that I can wear just as a top or also like a pajama top.
And then I also got Chipotle to go so I can eat that for dinner.
Here's the plan for today.
I'm going to finish all of my boring chores before I leave for Pasadena this afternoon.
So I don't have to come back to having to do laundry.
So I'm going to do my laundry, like fold them do the whole thing.
I'm going to eat my breakfast.
I'm going to throw out my trash.
I'm going to pack.
I have to pack my laptop and stuff so that we can also do some homework tonight.
I'm going to leave for Pasadena.
We're going to do our whole Galentine's day date thing.
And then tomorrow we're also going to spend a little bit of time and then come back to campus.
It's not that big of a plan saying it out loud, but it kind of is a big plan.
Because I've never been that far, alone.
I've been very into baking my face.
Actually, I don't even have like the proper product to do that with.
I just use my press powder.
And usually, people use loose powder to bake.
So I have them right here on the side of my nose.
So it's to really accentuate your features with the contour going on.
And I never thought about doing this,
just because I never appreciated the look of my higher cheekbone before.
I don't know why, I think it's just something that we all see in high fashion magazines.
I never thought about trying it on myself.
But I do have a pretty high cheekbone naturally.
And one day I just thought, "Why not take advantage of that?"
And really start appreciating what I have naturally.
Instead of being like, "Oh I wish I had that..."
"I wish I could get this feature of my mine fixed through plastic surgery or any type of procedure."
So I'm trying to really learn how to accentuate and appreciate the natural features I have with makeup.
I packed up all my things.
Shoved it into the back seat.
And we're now going to make a trip to Pasadena.
It should only take about an hour or so.
I also brought a couple of things to leave in my car,
because I don't really have anything in my car right now.
I just have my sunglasses.
And to add to the collection, I'm going to have some mask in handy.
Just in case I forget or something happens.
And then I also have a hand sanitizer.
I'm just going to listen to music the whole time there.
Sometimes I like to listen to podcasts when I'm on a long car ride.
But I think I'm just going to listen to some chill music. Nothing too much.
Just something to get me into the vibe of a good weekend.
My glasses are from Gentle Monster because a lot of people ask every time when I put these on.
We headed to Norton Simon Museum.
My friend's already been and she told me all about it before.
So I was like, "That is the first thing I want to do."
So we looked around.
We went like an hour before it closed though.
But we got to have a good look inside and also the garden outside.
We walked around Old Pasadena.
It was such a pretty area with a lot of shopping and a lot of restaurants.
We went to get Rosé Tteok-bokki.
We needed a little snack before because we reserved dinner at 8:30, which is kind of late.
And then we also had the mochi donut, mochinut.
Which was also so so delicious.
Which flavor did you get?
Pistachio.
It's so good!
And then we went to dinner at 8:30.
We originally planned to go to Griffith to see the night views,
But we were too tired and we just went to bed.
Kind of slept in for Sunday.
I think we woke up around 10:00, and then we were at Republik Pasadena.
They had really good lattes.
Some of the best lavender lattes I've ever had.
- Lavender oat, yeah. - Lavender oat latte and I almost cried because it was so good.
And then I got the most colorful avocado toast I've ever had.
[And then we went to the Rose Bowl Flea Market!!] Pasadena mosquitos are built different.
Okay.
- That makes sense. - Like I go outside for five minutes and then it's like three mosquito bites.
Wait, this lotion is so nice!
- Yeah! - It's watery.
I recommend!
We are about to go to the flea market now.
Which was like our initial plan.
I came here so we can go to the flea market.
We got our bug lotion on so we don't get bit by mosquitoes.
And... we are ready to go!
So cute!
We just got out of the flea market.
- It was a nice experience, except, - It was really nice!
It's just so hot today, I can't process that in my head.
Because it's still February.
But after looking around all the booths, I picked out some jewelry from this little
They sold specifically vintage jewelry from the 70s and the 80s.
Long story short, they were having five jewelry pieces for 20 dollars.
Which is such a good deal.
So I picked out this gold ring with the three little gems.
Oh, I saw that one! That one is cute.
Gold ring, it's a heart.
I love anything heart for my jewelry.
And it has an initial J.
And you can put it somewhere here, looks like that.
Normal gold band.
And then I got two necklaces.
Again, I'm a sucker for anything heart.
- So I got this gold with white... - Oh my god! It's so cute!
Oh, I love the chain!
- I know the chain is so unique. - Very cute.
And then, I don't know what I was thinking, but like the font here.
It just says "B."
It reminds me of like Barbie.
- And a silver chain. - Yeah.
It's cute.
I'm so happy with this purchase.
Okay, now we're going to head to a boba place because we're so dehydrated.
Hi guys! This is Sarah, your camerawoman.
I wish I had a camerawoman.
I'll be your camerawoman.
Best driver!
Oh my gosh! Look at this road!
Such a LA road, right?
- With the light it's so pretty. - Yeah!
The trees!
I think this is the perfect place for me to end the vlog.
Thank you guys so much for coming along on this cute little weekend trip.
Technically it's my first road trip.
So now I'm feeling more confident in driving to places that's a little more far away, you know?
And I've learned a couple of hacks to make that easier.
For example, I found that it's really helpful to actually look at what roads I'm taking before I leave.
So I expect like which freeway to get on to.
Which exit that I should be expecting.
And also, the Tesla map is a little vague.
So I learned that I have to have two maps going on.
So like my Tesla map, and then also my Apple Map's map GPS.
So I have two things to guide me so I do not miss an exit.
Because that has been a problem to me.
I will see you in my next video!
Goodbye!
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