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75-Day Wedding Glow Up đź’Ť Supplement Stack, GLP-1 Hair Loss, + Am I Changing My Last Name??

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Sali is currently 75 days away from her destination wedding in Cabo, Mexico, and she is documenting her intense "glow up" journey while managing the stress of planning a major life event. As a serial hobbyist who recently acquired an embroidery machine, she faced significant frustration with her equipment due to constantly breaking thread, which she eventually solved by switching to higher-quality polyester thread and correcting her needle insertion technique. Beyond crafting, she is also navigating the logistics of a destination wedding where transporting DIY items is challenging, leading her to opt for custom-made dresses in Austin to save money and avoid excessive alterations later. She shares that despite feeling sick recently, she is recovering well and eager to try on her welcome party outfit and potentially her wedding dress again, as she feels more confident about her upper body now that she has lost a significant amount of weight. A major focus of her transformation involves her health regimen, specifically her use of GLP-1 medication since September, which has helped her lose 30 pounds but has also caused unexpected hair loss that is worrying her. To combat this and maintain her energy levels for the wedding, she has adopted a specific supplement stack including Symbiotica vitamins for immune support, Promix creatine to build muscle and aid cognitive function, and tone gummies to prevent bloating. She admits to struggling with perfectionism and procrastination as the wedding date approaches, leading her to organize her chaotic workflow using sticky notes and digital tools like Notion to manage tasks for both her photography business and wedding planning. Her goal is to work as much as possible now so she can fully enjoy a stress-free period shortly before the big day, though she acknowledges that the pressure of having many eyes on her makes looking and feeling her best a top priority. The vlog also touches on various lifestyle details and social events leading up to the wedding, including attending a brand dinner at La Pacina in Austin where she wore a cute outfit with sequin shoes and custom bangles. She discusses her love for gardening despite recent struggles with rain affecting her plants, and shares recipes like her go-to chicken taco bowls that help her eat high-protein meals without spending too much time in the kitchen. Additionally, she addresses the practicalities of changing her last name to match her fiancé's, noting that while she initially hesitated due to how it sounded, she plans to do so officially when renewing her passport next year to avoid a hassle later. Throughout the video, she balances moments of exhaustion and scattered thoughts with excitement for upcoming activities like wake surfing on Lake Austin and hosting a spritz party, ultimately expressing gratitude for being self-employed during this busy season while asking viewers for advice on managing wedding stress.
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Happy Monday, y'all. You know that means a new vlog. My name is Sali if you guys are new here. A little quick background about me. I am about to turn 30 in November. Wow. I'm also about to get married. 75 days until I say I do. That's absolutely insane. So, we're kind of in the thick of like planning and stress, and I'll kind of get into that a little bit later. Me and my fiance have been living in Austin, Texas for about 7 years. We came right after college and we love it. It is gosh darn hot here, but we make do. I'm also a serial hobbyist and especially with all of the wedding preparations, like I was the girl who got a Cricut and a printer and I recently got a sewing machine, an embroidery machine. And this weekend, I tried embroidery for the first time. And you guys, I was about to shove that sewing machine out the damn window. I could not figure out for the life of me why the thread kept breaking and fraying. I mean, it the only thing I can think of is the thread quality. So, I literally Amazon overnight some new thread. And I'm hoping that was the only issue because other than that, I think that embroidery should be pretty simple. I have a lot of random little crafts that I want to do for the wedding. We are getting married in Cabo, Mexico. So, it's a destination wedding. So, I can't make too many DIYs cuz I have to transport everything. And already I feel like I'm going to have so many bags that I'm going to have to carry. And they will take you to the cleaners when you're bringing more than two bags. Like literally, the third bag is 150 I think the last time. And I was just like that is just I mean, I get it, but also like uh I wish we had like a little pass for you know things like weddings. I have so many random little chatty things that I want to talk about throughout this vlog, but since we are 75 days out, we are officially kind of honing in on that wedding glow up. I haven't been super intense about it so far, but I obviously want to look and feel my best because number one, those photos and videos I'm paying a lot for. And number two, I mean, you know, like it's your wedding day. There's going to be so many eyes on me. Like, you know, I just got to look good. Transparently, I've been taking a GOP one since September, and I truly think that it has been such a game changer. And I honestly feel like I will continue to do it after the wedding. I mean, we'll see. But right now, I really don't have plans to stop it, especially like right after the wedding. It really, really helps with like inflammation in general, but also I've lost 30 lbs on it. And I've been going to the gym for like 2 years before I started. To be totally honest, I just could not lose the weight on my own. Not sure how many days this vlog's going to be, but tomorrow I have an appointment to pick up one of my welcome party outfits because I had to get it tailored and I was so annoyed about it because I lost the weight. I basically got this outfit in India when I was there in December and I'm probably 20 lb less than what I was in December. So, I had to get it tightened and it costed me a pretty penny. So, that really sucked because it was already like custom when I was in India to those measurements. So, I had to pay on top of that. I'll probably also get to try on my wedding dress tomorrow, I'm guessing, because it's all at the same place. I'm getting my dress custom made here in Austin, Texas. I'll have her name on the screen if you guys are interested. I just didn't really see too many dresses that I loved that were in like bridal boutiques around town. There were so many dresses that were beautiful and that I liked, but I just never felt like it was mine. And honestly, if you price it out with like buying a dress at a bridal boutique and then doing custom alterations, that is just so expensive. So, doing it fully custom from the start is actually saving you money. The last vlog that I posted was kind of all over the place, so I apologize about that. But, I was kind of getting sick and then recovering, and I'm pretty sure I am fully recovered now. So, I'm really really hoping and praying that that is the last time I get sick until after the wedding. like I I just need to hold off until after the wedding. But we have a lot of work to do because I just want to book as many photography sessions as I can before the wedding and not really have to worry about it after or like, you know, 2 weeks surrounding the wedding. I'm just really worried about that because that is my busy season. Sorry, I forgot to add this in my little about me section if you guys are new, but I'm a photographer here in Austin and a full-time content creator. So that is what I do for work and I just want to get as much work as I can obviously you know to pay the bills for the wedding and just to like work as much as I can right now and then we can just be in our wedding bliss because I know I'll probably not want to work maybe like a week and a half before the wedding. I'm just already scared that I'm going to be so stressed. I feel like right when it hit 100 days I started freaking the f out. So, if you have any advice on how to stay calm throughout this, please let me know. Getting ready pretty late in the day. Kind of regretting that cuz I wanted to like film a couple of things before we headed out for happy hour. I did something new to my hair, which is kind of already falling, but I love like the shape it gave my hair, especially the bangs. Look how big this barrel is. It's from T3. I think it's called the body waiver. And it just gave like a really nice like sheen to my hair as well. just like gave it a little bit of life cuz it was natural. I just washed it last night and let it air dry. I also just unboxed this new top from Tik Tok shop, you guys. Like I actually have been purchasing a couple of things on there. Um I did get my size wrong for like almost a whole order which really sucked. So I'm going to have to do some returns later on. I think all those clothes were from Addicted. So just a heads up. Order up for Addicted. I can't remember what this brand is, but this is a bandage top, you guys. Bandage is coming back. Do you remember those bandage dresses when we were younger? Like, it's literally that same material just in like a tank top version. Also, I feel like I need to be better about sharing my lip combo because look at this. This isn't even all of my lip liners. Like probably one tenth of all my lip liners. I am obsessed with buying lip liners. just all brown colors. Of course, sometimes I'll get questions from Instagram stories or like Tik Tok, what lip combo are you wearing? And I'm just like, girl, I couldn't even tell you because I usually always switch it up. But I will say this is one of my absolute go-tos. This is from Juvia's Place. I think it's in the color so rare. It's just a really, really good brown. I'll swatch it. It's like a perfect neutral, a little bit of a cool toned brown. This is what it looks like kind of blended out. So, you can make it darker or you can blend it out, make it a little bit like more natural. This is the gloss I used today from Huda Beauty. It's the faux filler in the color rich sealer. But I will say this is one of my favorite glosses. This is the YSL. My friend got this for us as bridesmaid's gifts and it has my name engraved on the side. It's kind of dirty. Sorry. It's kind of like leaking out of the cap, but it is just such a perfect pink color. I think it's 03 in the YSL gloss. It does have a little bit of plumping. So, I don't always use it cuz sometimes I'm just not in the mood for that. But even in my purse, I have like five lip liners at all times. And I Yes, I know I have a problem. I bought this skirt so long ago and I haven't figured out a way to wear it because of this like asymmetrical thing that's going on. And I'm not even really confident about this tank top with it, but this is probably the best option I have found. So, we're sticking with our bandage top. And then this skirt is I think H&M. Maybe Zara, but I think H&M. And then for a bag, I'm just bringing this Anthropology bag. It is such a good bag. It holds so much. I think I've said this in many vlogs before, but it is beautiful. It matches so many outfits. And I will try to link this outfit below. Oh, I forgot my shoes. I definitely wanted to tell you guys about these shoes, even though you can't really see them, but these are from Amazon. And I'm pretty sure the last time I checked they were $20. And I got my best friend to buy them, too, because they're so cute. They're very versatile and comfy. We're going to La Pacina for happy hour. So, let's go head out. I think it's about a 20-minute drive. We're at La Pacina for happy hour. And I forgot how good these chips are because they're so thick. They are perfectly salty. I appreciate this. I don't want some unsalted thin chip. They got some salsas. I think we're going to do some guac and some fresh seafood. We got home a while ago. I did some work and Ryan went to play golf. Of course, cuz the man can't even take a day off. Actually, yesterday I think he didn't play golf, but like hitting balls and playing golf. They're the same thing to me. So, I don't know. I'm in my cutie little Austin PJs. I think I've shown you guys these before, but they are so adorable. They have like all these cute little icons of the city, and they're from PJs by PJ, I think, but I will link them below. They have a ton of cities, and they are so cute. It's honestly like a really perfect gift. They are super comfy and they wash really well. I have the short set. It is finally time to try the new thread on my embroidery machine. Praying that this works, you guys. Otherwise, I don't even know what I'm going to do. I have so many like random DIYs that I want to do for the wedding involving the embroidery machine. And I just need the freaking thread to stop snapping. And I think we'll be in good shape. The thread that came with my embroidery machine is polyester, which is what you're supposed to use. So, it seems like it was the right thread. But, I don't know. Just really hoping that whatever I just got will work and that will be that and then it can be just smooth sailing from here. We're not going to judge how messy my office is. You can judge me after the wedding, but right now, mm- it's not happening. Okay, I'm going to try the embroidery machine I just rethreaded with the new thread. Please, God, please make this work cuz I have no idea what to do other than this. I like changed the needle a couple of times. I rethreaded. I tried to like get this needle or not needle, um, thread stand. The thread unravels a little bit better. I'm just like at a loss of things to try. So, really really hoping that this works. Let's do this. You guys, I don't I don't even know what to do. I know I could like test out the tension, but I tried that and it didn't work. I don't even know if I have like the brain power to troubleshoot it right now, but I'm like I need to figure this out because it's going to bother me. We only have 75 days and I have so many DIYs that I want to do. We got to figure this out. Um, you guys, I think I was putting the needle in wrong. Mhm. Yeah. And I remember like looking up tutorials and I remember reading that instruction and I thought I had it in right, but I didn't. Yeah. So, let's hope this is it because I'm just so tired. I need to like go to sleep knowing that this works. So, let's do this. This is going to work, babe. I have a feeling. Okay, now it's not working. Threading it. You guys hear that? It's going way longer than usual. Oh, just the needle. The needle is not facing the right direction. Yeah. Oh my gosh, babe. I'm doing it. You guys, I think we're getting somewhere. Wow. It's not great, but it's definitely better than the first couple of tries. Good morning. It is Tuesday and we are parked and ready to go see our welcome party dress and possibly wedding dress. Not sure if I'm going to try that on, but I would like to just to feel a little bit better about myself. I think I may have said this before, but the last time I tried it on, I just like didn't love my upper body in it, honestly. And I'm feeling a little bit better about myself. So, just to like put my mind at ease, I would like to try it on again, especially while we're here. Might as well. I think it was folded. Yeah. Lift. I was nice and gave you guys a little sneak peek. I'm so excited about the outfit, but it is so heavy. I literally just tried on the skirt. It's so heavy. My appointment was at 1:00. It's 10:07. I'm already in my car and have the goods. It's actually kind of nice because usually when I'm here, it takes around an hour to try on the dress and just like make notes. And I am filming a whole YouTube video about the process of designing and customizing a dress. So, I'm excited about that. But then I'm like filming whenever I'm at these appointments. So today was definitely the first and was in and out and now we are going to go back to Austin. She is out in Lakeway. Is it Lakeway or like Steiner Ranch area and if you know one thing about me, you know that I hate driving so far away. Mainly for the reason that I always feel like I'm going to fall asleep in the car. Like I'm not even joking. I get so so sleepy, especially when the sun's beating down on me and no one's talking to me. So I actually just called my dad. I think I'm going to call my mom on the way home just to be able to talk to someone cuz I get so damn sleepy. But let's go home. Feeling really good about myself cuz on the way home I stopped by UPS and made some returns that I've been pushing off for a very long time. It's always those small tasks that literally take two seconds that I don't ever want to do, but I Okay, but I just applied some new press on. My nails were looking a little janky. These are from Manny Muse. My first time using this brand of pressons, and they seem pretty thick. I've been using just like the glue that comes with the pressons recently, and so far so good. I love this pattern, this like chrome polka dot. It's so cute. So bridal. Speaking of bridal and wedding planning, I was supposed to have a call with my wedding planner today, but we rescheduled for tomorrow because apparently there's maybe a power outage, something going on with the weather over there. So hopefully everything's okay. But we just went ahead and rescheduled for tomorrow. And honestly, that works out perfect for me because I am going to a brand dinner tonight. And I don't know if I told you guys this, but I literally got the email last night after we got home from La Pacina that this brand dinner is at La Pacina. I just expected it to be at the other restaurant in the proper hotel cuz originally they said proper hotel. What is this hair? Okay, my bad for just assuming it was going to be in the other restaurant at the proper hotel. But yeah, so going to La Pacina two nights in a row. I mean, I truly cannot complain. And I just got my Rent the Runway order in. Perfect timing because I really needed a dress in there for tonight. The dress code's like cocktail or like elevated cocktail. Um, and I had no nice dresses in my closet. I got rid of a lot of stuff and I just like don't really have nicer dresses in general cuz I just like buy them for events that I need to go to. Also, I have tea for you guys. I was going to go to the Olivia Dean concert this Friday with a brand, but they just sent out an email saying that they're cancelling like the suite. Like the concert's obviously still going on, but they're cancelling like just inviting us. And I was like obviously this sucks. But the worst part about it is that I fully had like a whole cute little spritz party planned for some friends and just like I wanted to host some girly pops at my house and I planned it for that date and then I ended up having to reschedule because I wanted to take this opportunity because it was like, you know, with a brand obviously it's Olivia Dean. Like how cool would that be? So, I rescheduled my party and now I'm so pissed because I could have had my party on this Friday. A couple of people are actually coming to town this weekend. So, I was even more excited to like have my spritz party this weekend, but now they can't come cuz I rescheduled it. So, I'm determined to make this weekend super super fun because that just sucks. I literally just booked a boat for me and my friends and in Lake Tahoe. I don't know if I like posted that vlog. I don't know if I will. I wanted to do a full vlog, but I got sick in Lake Tahoe and I just was not feeling it. But hopefully I can salvage some clips and like throw it in a vlog. But our friend Dane taught us how to wake surf there and so we were like, we have to get a wake surfing boat in Austin cuz usually we just do a pontoon boat. So I made sure to book a wake surfing boat on Lake Austin for Saturday. So I'm excited for that random pivot. But I wanted to talk about like GLP1's, weight loss, wedding stress, all of the things. I cannot pinpoint what is going on, but I am losing a good amount of hair. And it's actually kind of freaking me out. Like, it's gotten to a point where I'm more concerned than usual. Like, you know, obviously your hair falls out in the shower and when you brush it. I don't know, the other day I pulled out kind of a big chunk and I was like, what is going on? And the worst part about it is that I cannot even pinpoint what it could be because it could be so many different things. Like I'm on a GLP-1 and I've said to so many people that have asked me if I had side effects. I don't have any. But now people are saying, "Oh, hair loss only comes when you're on GLP1 for, you know, a long time." And I've been on it since last September. So I'm like, "Okay, that could be it." I'm also feeling all the wedding stress. And you know, I might not be eating enough protein. I'm not going to lie. Like, I have been slacking on just getting nutrients in my body. Like, I really really need to like prioritize, I don't know, just eating better in general with the wedding coming up, but also, you know, eating better foods. Like, when I cook at home, like it's usually pretty healthy. But I got some advice from my followers. Some people said to start taking vitamin D. So, I got these Symbiotica packets. And I've heard so much about this company for years, and I really never thought I'd be the one to buy this, but they're little packets that you basically slurp down. And I'm just going to take mine right now. It's a daily kind of thing. They don't taste horrible, but they don't taste amazing. There's like a little bit of a bitterness to it. It's for bone, joint, and immune system support, which is also great cuz again, I'm really not trying to get sick again before the wedding at least. And then another thing I recently got per my dad's recommendation, actually, he was talking about this Promix creatine. He said it doesn't taste like anything. He just pours it in some water and it literally just tastes like water. We'll see about that. But you guys know I've been taking this creatine for I want to say like at least 2 years. the tone gummies from Array and I've been really really liking them. Like I actually do think that they do something and I've never experienced bloating on them, but I've also never tried another creatine so I don't really know like what that would feel like. It's literally made for women so you don't bloat from creatine. But then my mom told me that she read an article saying that gummy creatine doesn't work as well as like pure like powder creatine. So, that's another reason why I was like, "Okay, might as well try something else." Especially cuz I'm putting in all this hard work at the gym. And this is nice because it comes in little travel packets just like the Symbiotica ones. It's like, who wants to travel with something big like this? I took my gummies earlier this morning. I usually take them before I work out, but you know, why not do a little bit more? Like I said, we have 75 days, I think it's 74 now, to look and feel our best for the wedding. And so, I'm going to try my absolute hardest. Although I don't really want to stick to like an intense diet cuz that's just like not me and I feel like I would be absolutely miserable. I've also heard people staying away from the alcohol, but like I'm already a lightweight and I feel like that would just do way more harm than good. Imagine my first drink and my welcome party getting me like all my ass drunk. Like that does not sound good. Creatine is supposed to help you like really build your muscles. And also, you guys look at my shoulders. Like, what? What? I don't even think I'm flexing right, but still, that looked pretty cool to me. Like, this I mean, I never used to have that like muscle right there. I just I don't know. I feel really good about my workouts and like just feeling really good about myself. And obviously, that is amazing going into my wedding. So, yes, it helps to build muscle and also my dad said it helps with like cognitive something or another. Like it just helps you like think better and go throughout your day better. I mean, my mind is so scatterrained right now. So, I will take anything that helps it a little bit. Interesting. I did buy both of these with my own money. This isn't an ad. I got it on Amazon. So, if you guys are interested in taking either one of these, I'll have the link in the description box. I just called an Uber and this is my outfit. How freaking cute is this? And you guys, it actually kind of worked out that Olivia Dean got cancelceled. I mean, obviously it's unfortunate, but I was going to wear this to the concert and another dress for tonight, but the dress that I was going to wear for tonight, the material just like wasn't as elevated as I thought it looked like online. So, this definitely fits a little bit more of the vibe. And it's so cutesy. I'm wearing these shoes that I got for my engagement photos. They are so freaking cute. They definitely got very dirty though cuz we were like running in grass and stuff, but they have like little sequins all over them. Touched up my hair a little bit. Added some more curls and then did some body glow. I have no idea where my bangles are from, but thought this would be a fun touch. And then I have these earrings on from Amazon. I'm going to meet up with Ria a little bit before so we can take some photos before we go into the dinner. They said get there at 6 PM sharp. So, I think my ETA is like 5:37. I think that's more than enough time to take some photos. I'm bringing like my whole camera set up, my flash, my big Sony camera. So, we're going to get some good content. They literally transformed this space since yesterday. Look how cute. It's a huge brand dinner. It's so cool. so we can finalize the code as it is and anything will be considered an upgrade and an add-on. Maybe we can make it like a little bit of a brighter like terracotta color. I mean, it could be cool to have like the mirror with the bangles in the back. Like if the mirror is like actually like separate from the bangle bar. Oh, another question is will there be like an attendant? It's 8 by 4 by 4. Happy Wednesday. I was about to say good morning, but it is not the morning. It's 100 p.m. and I just got off the call with my wedding planner because sometimes I just like to set up, you know, catchup calls because I literally have a running list of random things that I'm like thinking about all the time that need to be answered. like it's a little insane, but I feel like if I don't write it down, I'm going to forget. I've been feeling so scatterbrained recently, and it's not a great feeling when there's so many things on your mind. So, I just wanted to kind of get that call going, and hopefully we'll start having calls a little bit more often just to go through like random little details. Like, it's like the tiniest details you wouldn't even think about. Still waiting on some quotes and hopefully they can send it over this week. I ordered custom cups on Alibaba. I ordered the most gorgeous custom bands on Alibaba and I really want to look into custom packaging, especially for the afterparty food. I feel like that would look so cute. So, I'm going to try to work on that today. I did another Pilates class this morning with a new instructor. Well, new to me. I guess I've only been to like maybe four at this point at Lifetime. She was a lot harder than the first girl, which I'm so glad I'm like trying out new instructors because the first girl I was like, "Okay, we're so used to our alpha classes kicking our freaking butt." So, at first, Pilates didn't feel like it was doing a lot. And honestly, like sometimes whenever I even do yoga, I kind of feel like it's not a waste of time cuz I understand it's like intentional and like you should be slowing down and, you know, being with your body, but also like I want to just like burn calories if I'm going to be there for an hour. I want to burn as many calories as I possibly can and feel really good after the workout. So like I just have been feeling like the Pilates classes I've been going to were just a little bit easier than I what I'm used to. But no, this girl today, she she kicked my butt. I mean, I didn't sweat as much as I do in Alpha, which is so nice because, you know, I didn't have to wash my hair today and I was definitely expecting to wash my hair, but because that workout kicked my ass, I have been so tired. I also had a head shot session right after I went to the gym. So, I went there and on the way home, I was so sleepy in the car, it was like concerning. I just drank my creatine and I mixed it with a crystal light raspberry lemonade packet and those were so good to me. I'm like obsessed with them. Like I said, the creatine doesn't taste like anything, but I'm not going to just sit there and like chug just water. So, I feel like the Crystal Light helped me drink it a little bit faster. I don't have anything planned for this evening, so I'm really really just hoping that I can get just some random done. And I do want to try out the embroidery machine again because like I said, I have a lot of like DIYs that I have in my head for my wedding. So, I need to like perfect that before I mess up, you know, like a lid in for the wedding. It's a requirement to have like one or two days that you just look not your best during the work week and today is that I do want to show you guys my workout set that I am wearing today. This is from Pop Flex. And usually I don't love like this crisscross thing, but feel like this works cuz it hits at a good point on my waist. But I love the things that Pop Flex does. My first ever set was this one. And it just like looks so feminine. And the owner of the brand is Blogotties. If you're an OG YouTube girl, like you know who that is. And I always see her Tik Toks come up on my for you page of her legit designing everything to be so innovative and I just think it's a really cool brand, but also the workout sets are really good. Just finished up prepping for dinner. I mean, it's pretty much all done. All I have to do is like scoop it in a bowl and add my toppings. I'm pretty sure I make this at least every week, maybe every other week if I like forget about this. But it is my go-to meal when I do not know what the hell to do with chicken. I just use chicken taco seasoning and put some red bell peppers and onions. It hits the spot every single time. I mean, if Brian could eat anything for the rest of his life, I think it would be Chipotle. So, it's kind of like a Chipotle at home. But, it's just really good and simple and I don't have to think about the recipe cuz I just have done it so many times. Obviously, it's high in protein with all the chicken. Sometimes I do split up the chicken thigh pack and just do half for these bowls and half for something else. But honestly, I just did it all because I want a lot of leftovers so I don't have to think about any other meals. Like I kind of miss being creative in the kitchen and having a lot of motivation to try new recipes, but there's so much on my mind with like the wedding and everything coming up. So, I just feel like that's the last thing I want to do is like try new recipes and spend more time in the kitchen than I have to. So, this has definitely been a go-to. If you're new here, I love gardening and I've been really getting into it. It's my third year gardening and this year was a struggle, I will say, because we had like a lot of rain that we don't usually have. So, you would think that would make the garden bloom and just thrive, but honestly, I feel like it slowed down everything. And only now are my zenyas thriving. Usually, they bloom way early in the summer. But anyways, I have an okra plant and I have to stay on top of it because if they get too big, they're too woody and you can't eat them. I get to pick like one at a time. So, obviously, I'm not just gonna eat one okra. So, I've been cutting them up and freezing them. I don't know what I'm going to do with them. But, all I know is I do love fried okra, but I feel like there's all these Indian dishes I can also make. It's going to take me forever to fill up this gallon bag of okra. I mean, I guess I don't need that much, but I want like a good amount to make a dish with. So, I've just been adding to this every time I get to pick an okra. This is dinner, you guys. It's so good. I did avocado as a topping, salsa, sour cream, a little bit of cheese. It is really hitting the spot. Good morning. I have been having such bad I don't know what it's called. Is it called paralysis? where I just feel like I have so many things that I need to get done for my personal brand, for my photography business, and then wedding planning. I feel so so grateful that I am self-employed during this wedding planning process. I seriously cannot imagine having a full-time job on top of this. And I again have a full service wedding planner, but like all these little things that I want to do and need to do, just feel like they are a cloud over my head and I just have to get some of this stuff done before it just feels like it's too late because I think the biggest thing I'm worried about is being so stressed the month of or like even 2 weeks before. I want to try to eliminate that as much as I can right now while I have the time to be doing stuff. And for some reason, I can't do things. Like, I cannot start things. I don't know if it's just the perfectionism in me or thinking I'm gonna find a better idea to do closer to the wedding. I don't know what it is, but I need someone to come shake me and be like, "Bitch, just get it done." So, I purchased some sticky notes to make it a little bit more visual for me and more like even physical so I can move it around and like stack them on top of each other once I'm done with the task. Because right now, this is such a bad way to do things. I know this, but this is what my calendar looks like. I pretty much treat my calendar like a to-do list. And I know that's horrible. And then in general, I just have so many notes everywhere. Like, I have things in my notes app, and then I have tasks and to-dos on notion. It is so funny to me because a lot of the creators here in Austin, they're always like, "You are so put together. Like, you're so organized. You're so productive." I'm like, girl. Like, if you only saw what my house looks like right now, I mean, I did clean up my office. It's feeling very, very clean right now, thank God. Except for my like little embroidery corner. But when it comes to organization, I'm not great at it. Like, I know where things are, but it could be a lot better, a lot cleaner, a lot tidier. I just kind of like throw things together and like hide them. That's how I organize. And I wish it wasn't like that. But yeah, when it comes to my brain dump, I don't know why, but it's just like all over the place. And then, you know, when I'm trying to find that one note for my wedding planner, I can't find it. So, I'm going to try to be a little bit more organized with all this. And I was thinking I could even do this for some of the things I want to get done for my personal brand and my photography brand. In college, I was attached to my day designer planner. It was the best planner. Honestly, I think it still is. And I feel like I do want to get back into like writing things out, but the only issue with that is that like if somebody's trying to make plans with me or I get an email that I'm invited to this one event, I won't be able to see it until I get home. And I like to like reply to people as soon as possible so that they get their answer. And you know, having it all on my phone is just easier that way just so I can reference it myself. What color should wedding planning be? I feel like this bridal blue Ryan's passport was going to expire 6 months from the day that we were getting married. And so I think that the law is that Mexico won't let you in 6 months before that happens, which is stupid. Like what the freak is an expiration date even for? Anyways, he just renewed his passport. I took his passport photos yesterday and it says it's going to get here like October 13th. that's like less than a month from our wedding. It's going to be fine. It's going to be fine. It's going to get here right on time. And you know, if if there's an issue, like he could always go to Houston or go back to Atlanta and figure it out. Mine expires next year. And I still don't know if I'm changing my name. I don't think I've like talked about it on the vlog at all. Originally, I was like, "Hell no, I'm not gonna change my name to Willis because I feel like it just sounds weird, Sali Willis." But then, you guys, I forgot that I have an American middle name. If you didn't know, I'm Catholic. So, my middle name is Mary. So, it's Sali Mary Peru. When you say it fully out like that, Sali Mary Willis, like it doesn't sound, you know, that weird. And on my Instagram and Tik Tok, like I probably just would keep it as Sali Peru cuz my handle itself doesn't need to be changed. Thank god. It's just so gnarly. But for our future, you know, and just to be one, I feel like it would just be nice to have the same last name. But for public records, I think I'll probably just end up doing it. But friends that recently got married are always complaining how hard the process is to change your last name cuz you have to change it on everything. So, thank God my passport is expiring next year so that I at least have time to like change my name while I renew my passport because I would be so annoyed if I had to renew it right now. And then again, all the sticky notes aren't sticking out. So, now they're like falling off freaking wood. Do I just tape them? Like this is so annoying. Thought this was such a great idea. I ended up just taping them on there, but this is what it looks like so far. And there's so many more. My mom's supposed to help me with this one. I really, really want to try to take a lot of the extend family photos on the welcome party day. So, I'm going to try to have my family come a little bit earlier so we can get that out of the way. I definitely need to do these two this weekend. I don't know why I'm pushing it off. This is definitely at the top of my list because I'm scared that it's not going to get there in time. I've been purchasing a couple things off of Alibaba. I've already purchased cups and fans. And then let's see. Oh, that's definitely an important one. I think I want to end the vlog here because I want to start a new one for the weekend. I booked the most last minute boat. We went wake surfing in Tahoe and we want to do it again in Austin. And to be honest, it was a little tough trying to find people to join the boat day because I feel like all of my friends have moved away and it's just so sad. But there are two girls visiting this weekend. So that's the main reason we wanted to do the boat. But please bear with me here on YouTube with the vlogs from now until even like a little bit after the wedding. There's just not enough hours in the day. And editing these YouTube videos is just so timeconuming. I love doing it when I actually like sit down and knock it out, but there's just so much going on. I just know I want to share like everything and anything. Also, let me know if there's anything specific you guys want me to include in the vlogs, but I will see you guys in the next video. Bye.