it's happening (!), trying the viral "french toast" latte, spirit halloween & closet cleanout!

Good morning, everybody. Welcome back to another vlog. It is a Monday. I am heading into film a fitting room video. And the fitting room that I just pulled up to is right next door to a Spirit Halloween. And now I'm like, maybe when I'm done, I can just pop into Spirit Halloween. I can't remember the last time I was in one. I think a couple of years ago, Drew and I went to a Halloween party and we maybe picked up something or either that or we just like walked through, but that is very tempting because fall is coming and actually it's not 100% sure yet um because it's refundable and I had credits to use, but I think potentially Drew and I might be going to the UK in a few weeks. I'm literally so excited. Um by the time you guys see this, it probably won't be that far away, like probably 3 weeks or less. So I am very, very excited and I'm just feeling all of the fall vibes. So I'm hoping that like they have cute fall stuff at this place. I haven't been here in years. So anyways, just wanted to start the vlog, say hello. I'm wearing a very Minnie Mouse outfit today. I have this thrifted top that I've had forever. I probably got this in like 2020 and I had to get it fixed cuz the straps broke and then I just have some Old Navy denim shorts. So not a very fall outfit on, but you know, we're we're doing the best we can with the 105° day that we're having currently. And of course yesterday it rained in California. So that's lovely. Like where we live, it was raining and that's annoying. We missed it. So anyways, I'm going to film this fitting room video intro and then my mom's going to come meet me. We're going to have lunch. We're going to pop around and so we will catch up later. >> [music] >> Ooh, my goodness. It is a toasty one out there today. Let me tell you. Sorry, the air just simply has to be going. It is currently September 7th, the day I'm filming this and it is 98° outside right now. It's going to be 104° today. Tomorrow is going to be 106°. I think a lot of times, especially it feels like people who live in Europe, that's a lot of places at one, but when they talk about how like Americans are obsessed with air conditioning and like we would die without it. Like you you simply couldn't. That's a whole other debate. That was a whole thing on TikTok. Were you guys around for that like AC-gate that happened on TikTok a few months ago? That was wild. It was mostly between Brits and Americans where Americans were just like, "Why don't Brits just get air conditioning?" Like it doesn't make sense. You guys say that these big heat waves come every year, but they happen like all summer. And so it's like it seems like maybe your weather is just like that now. And people are like, "You don't understand. We have really thick insulated houses. Like we can't get air conditioning." And then Americans were like, "Yes, you can. You can get window units. You can get those like portable units." And then British people were like, "We don't want to rely on convenience." And there was someone who made a TikTok saying, "I don't want to be like Americans and conform to AC culture." It was a whole >> [laughter] >> Anyways, it's like a very hot button topic. I have noticed in my time online that the people who tend to get the most angry and upset about things are Brits. Like if you eat their food wrong, if you put the cream before the jam or the jam before the cream on a scone. Like they're very protective of their things. Like how they make their tea, you know, all that kind of stuff. And I think we are probably about certain things as well, but it is just interesting how like much of an uproar that caused on TikTok. That was absolutely insane. Um I can't stand stuff like that, honestly. Like get AC if you want and don't if you don't want to. Like I don't know. Not that big of a deal. And yeah, there are some people who live in like historic buildings and they're not allowed to have air conditioning. That also is a thing in the US as well. Like a lot of coastal towns like don't have air conditioning. Our family just stayed in Newport Beach for like a week and they didn't have air conditioning and it was hot. Like really really really hot and they just had fans and like So, I don't blame the Brits. Why did I get on this topic? Anyways, I'm going to go into Spirit Halloween cuz I'm a little bit early. I have a few minutes to kill before I need to head home and my mom's going to come over and then we're going to head out, but I just want to see what little things they have for Halloween. I'm seeing so many people going in and out of there right now. Everyone has Halloween on the brain. Let's do it. God, I probably said something wrong about the AC thing and now everyone's going to be mad at me. It's fine. I'm not going to disclaim anything. I'm not. Okay, let's go. Oh my god. [screaming] >> [music] >> Me when I'm out past 9:00 p.m., this is what I turn into. >> [music] >> I'm more interested these days in like the decor than the [music] costumes. Yeah, like a fun cover like that. Like that looks fun to me. Witch hats. This is cool. Let's see what's the price. $14.99 isn't that bad, but still kind of like me. I really love Halloween decorations. They're so fun. Look at that. They even have like bath mats. They have everything. Shower hooks, signs, skulls. >> [music] >> Okay, we got a little sports bra journal. Why not? I'm going to be honest, this is more my vibe for Halloween. I really like the cute funky stuff. Oh. Well, okay. Oh. Excuse you. Me sitting on my squatty potty. [music] This is like my Halloween costume vibe these days. Like I would do something like this, I think. I love that this is a Halloween costume, yet it's just real life. I see the furry community still going strong. These actually look fun. Wait, okay, now they have like ghost face knives and stuff, but they're bedazzled. A little bit dazzled. What is this called again? Not a hatchet. What does [music] the reaper use? Or a knife? Okay, I think I've seen enough. >> [music] [music] >> Good morning. It is now like Wednesday, I want to say. It's been a few days. Jordan ended up getting really sick over the last couple of days. Like I think he had like the flu or something. It's crazy. So, we just kind of laid low for the last couple of days. I still seem to be fine. So, fingers crossed. If you're wondering why I'm moving so quickly, it's because time life is strikes yet again. I decided to make a post on Instagram this morning. Like I've been seeing a lot of people do those posts that say something like reasons you might want to follow me or unfollow me. And so, I did a bunch of them. And it was really fun, but it like I just ended up getting carried away and kind of doing that for a long time. And then, suddenly I was like, "Oh my god, I have to leave cuz I have a nail appointment." Getting my nails done. Haven't had them done in like a month. And I now have approximately 5 minutes before I need to leave. I've luckily just eaten breakfast. I am going to take my coffee to go. I don't think we have any to go coffee mugs. We used to have lids for those cups, for the mason jars I mean, but they got all moldy cuz they were wood. And like anytime you'd wash them, I don't know. Like they just weren't They didn't feel as sanitary [clears throat] to me. So, I'm trying to use single-use plastics less, honestly. Like I really need to be better about that. Um but yeah, so I'll just bring that with me. I have idea [clears throat] what I'm doing with my hair. This is me This is me having like slept on it and it's just sort of unkempt. But anyways, we are going to get our nails done today. I have some editing work to do that I kind of started this morning, but I really need to like dive into a little bit more today. Um there's a drugstore right next to the nail place that I'm going, so like obviously need to check that out and just see if there's anything good. I am in such a fall mood, which sucks cuz I know I say it in like every vlog, but it is literally like 108° today or something. I'm just like mentally there. I've just been seeing a lot of fall content. I'm not getting fall nails yet. I'm just going to get like red, I think, with chrome. But just know that mentally I'm there. Don't really have time to do anything else. So let's I could do a hat. I could do pigtails. Would pigtails be cute? If we decide to change it later, we can. Now that my hair is getting longer, I've actually been really curious about testing out heatless hair methods again, like heatless curls, cuz I just have always seemed to have the worst luck with that. But now that my hair is getting longer, I kind of want to like try it out again and I don't know. I have like a couple K-tip extensions for fill-in. And like I wonder if that might help at all with the process cuz it's like not my hair. My hair is just so fine and like doesn't really cooperate that well, unfortunately. I have a feeling with this outfit for some reason, very like Wendy Peffercorn. Is that her name? Who's calling me? Did you guys know it was Peffercorn? My whole life I thought it was Pepper Corn from The Sandlot. I also used to think it was Zachary Binx from Hocus Pocus until like not that long ago. Like a few years ago. Someone was like, "You know it's Zachary, right?" I was like, "What?" And sure enough, it was. I'm feeling a necklace? No, I am not. All right, I I put on my deodorant. I'm going to do a little bit of this Salt Air Santal Blue. We're going to hit the road except these nails. >> [music] >> All right, got my nails done. When in doubt, I always go for some sort of red. So, I did a red with girl and it's like nice and short. I love it. And actually, this nail place is right next to a thrift store. It's a Goodwill. Oh my god, this girl's walking out with like 12 books. Good for you, Queen. We are in a literacy crisis. We need to be reading more. Honestly, some of the things that I've seen recently are diabolical and there's no excuse. We just simply need to be reading more. Anyways, we'll just pop into the thrift store super quick. Oh my gosh, they have their Halloween stuff out. There's so much. So fun. I'm looking for potentially fall things. Maybe like sweatshirts. Should I pop in the men's first? Yeah, I'll do that. It's a fantastic sweater but not exactly what I want. I'm not going to lie, I've never been to Michigan but this would be really cute if you cut the hoodie part off and it was like a off-the-shoulder crewneck sweatshirt but I'll leave this for someone else. I was looking in the men's pants to see if there's anything to cut into like capris or something but I'm not seeing much. Let's go to women's. Here we go. Long sleeve tops. Potentially might find some fall goodies in here. This grandma sweater is so cute. I love the purple. It is vintage. This is a really pretty blouse. I'm not typically a blouse person. This is from Wild Jasmine. I just worry with colors like this, it kind of washes me out. It sort of makes me look like one tone. This black velvet top is very witchy and cool. Ooh, what are you? >> What are you? What are you little whimsical magical thing? >> Frasier Lawrence woman. >> Wait, how gorgeous this? It's like one piece though. Don't know if I love the under layer. And also does it kind of look like macaroni? Like at first I was like ooh it's moons. But now I'm kind of getting mac and cheese. Never mind. This one's a little more oversized than I'd be looking for but there's this 100% cotton black sweater. It might be from Costco. Originally. It's nice. When I went thrifting the other day when I filmed that thrifting video, I was at Savers and they didn't have any jackets out for men. And now they have them out for men here. Now my interest is piqued. I'm intrigued. >> [music] >> There's a cute Christmas sweater over here in the Halloween section or holiday section. There's Jack-o'-Lantern tee. Nothing's really jumping out. I do love this sheer skirt though. And the Minnie Mouse dress. All right, I went back in the women's dresses but this top was just sitting here. This Harley Davidson tank top that is so cute. Not my size. >> [music] >> I'm in the accessories looking for any kind of like scarves, especially like bandannas, head scarves. This is cute, very 90s. I already have some like kind of more vintage worn in bandannas but this New York hat is cute. Pink. I'm good. I think I may head out. I'll take one little look through the skirts maybe and then we'll go. This might be like an almost perfect black skirt for fall. This like slinky material is from White Stag. It's so cute, but I just don't know if it would get enough wear for me. Like I would wear it like once a year. So pretty though. Oh my god. It's already starting. Now it's really time to go. Bye. Good morning. It is the next morning. It's about 8:30 and I'm just getting ready to make my coffee for the day. And I saw this coffee on TikTok or Instagram, I can't remember which one, and I really want to try it. I've tried like quite a few different flavor lattes and stuff, but I don't think I have tried this one. It's not that different from like others that I've used, but I am still Oh, no. That's not going to work for me. I'm still really curious about it. So, it's called a French toast latte. Yes, please. So, I'm going to try it. Okay, but don't hate me. I don't have real maple syrup. I think I have everything I need. So, what you're going to do is in your cup, let me push you back. In your cup you're going to add half a tablespoon of brown sugar, half a tablespoon of maple syrup, a quarter of a teaspoon of vanilla bean paste. I don't think I have paste here. No, but I do have, as you know, if you watched my recent vlogs, I have three vanilla extract. So, I'll just use a little bit of that. Some recipes call for it, some don't, but just a little pinch of salt, and then cinnamon, and then you brew your espresso. So, I am not, admittedly, a sweet latte person. So, there were some that were like two tablespoons of sugar and two tablespoons of maple syrup. Huh? Not me. So, I'm going to do half a tablespoon of brown sugar and half a tablespoon of maple syrup, 1/4 of a teaspoon of vanilla extract, dash of cinnamon, and a pinch of salt. Okay, then we're going to take our mixture. I'm going to do just like a tiny bit more cinnamon. Then we're going to take our mixture and brew our espresso over it. All right, then we're going to mix it all up. We're going to add our milk. We currently have oat milk, so that's what I'm using. Like that much. That looks like a good color to me. And we'll add some ice. And give it a taste test. And here is what it looks like. I mean, it's gorgeous. So, let's try it. All right, cheers. Here is our French Toast Latte. Well, it's interesting cuz if it was any sweeter, I probably wouldn't like it. But I can't taste the sweetness as much. Like it's definitely half sweet. So, if you like it really sweet, definitely do a tablespoon of each of those sweeteners. It doesn't really taste any different than like a brown sugar oat milk shaken espresso kind of thing. Like or the Teddy Graham Latte that I tried. It's really good. It kind of just tastes like a normal cinnamon sweet coffee. It's delicious. It doesn't taste like French Toast to me personally. But I still give it like an 8.9 out of 10. Like it's very, very good. I don't know why I expected it to taste like bread dipped in an egg mixture and cinnamon and all of that and maple syrup, but I am definitely going to enjoy it. Now that I'm thinking about it, is this the same thing as that one that I tried like a few months ago that they called the perfect iced latte? If not, it's really similar. Anyway, delicious. Definitely recommend trying. I am so [clears throat] tired today. I was up not like late, but later for me because I finished my book last night. I'm kind of a slower reader. I like to just read for like a little bit at night, but I've been trying to find more time during the day to like carve out time to read my book instead of scrolling stuff. So I ended up starting my book again at like 7:30 last night and I finished by like 10:30. I don't know how I feel about it actually. I don't know if that author is for me. She came highly recommended by a lot of people. Um and I really enjoyed reading the book up until the last like 20%. Then things kind of started going off the rails a little bit. By the way, I read My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney. Um and basically the premise is you're in this English seaside town in Cornwall that's a little bit creepy. There's not a lot of people that live there. Um and there's this woman who goes out for a run and when she comes back, she goes to use her key to open her door and the key doesn't work. She's trying to get into her house. All of a sudden the door opens and this woman is standing there and is like, "Who are you?" And she's like, "I'm Eden." And she's like, "No, I'm Eden." And then like the husband comes Anyways, that's like I'll just say that that's kind of the premise. And then like there's other characters involved and whatever. Um it gets really convoluted at the end. Like I actually had to sit there and be like, "Wait, what?" Because there are like six or seven different people involved in all of this. There's Yeah, there's seven different people involved in this. And so it's like I knew that they'd kind of be involved at some point, but it just kind of all happens at once at the end. And so I'm having to sit there and I'm like doing the math and I'm just it wasn't that easy to follow and I actually didn't enjoy it. Like it felt like sort of pulling like 20 rabbits out of a hat kind of thing. I don't know. I don't know if that's my style. I felt similarly reading this, that's what I was going to say, as I did when I read um The End of the Last One Left by Riley Sager. I just don't know if that particular writing style is for me. Like the Riley Sager one, truly at the end of the book, there were like 17 twists. Like it would twist and then it would twist again and then it would twist again and then it would twist again. And it was just sort of like I don't I don't particularly enjoy that. I was just kind of like it was a bit too much, I guess, I should say. So, I don't think I'll probably read another one by this author. Maybe. I would say she's comparable to like a Freida McFadden. So, if you enjoy Freida McFadden's books, you'll probably like Alice Feeney's books, but I don't know. I don't know. I do love like a cozy British crime thriller though, so maybe I will. Like when I just want like a popcorn thriller kind of thing. But yeah, I enjoyed the book overall, but not the last like 20%. So, those were my brief book chat thoughts. I've just been, yeah, like trying to diversify what I'm reading. So, I think next I'm going to read Well, I'm still currently listening to Fame Sick by Lena Dunham. And my TBR for the rest of the year is The Calamity Club, which I've seen a lot of people talk about. I'm not super familiar with the premise, but I've seen so many people recommend it. I was like, okay, I have to. I think it might be like World War I storyline or something like that, but I'm going to give it a try. And then, I did just buy A Good Person. You guys saw me buy that book in a bookshop recently, so I'm going to like dive into that one. And then I really want to read Fruit Fly as well. So, those are kind of my three probably for the rest of the year cuz these days it takes me like a month to read a book or more. But yeah, that is my little book corner review. I'm in my office now. I think I want to organize a little bit. I have all of my thrifted stuff from the other day that's like been washed and sanitized and stuff, but I need to put it away. I'm actually going to take it back with me to California. I have some little crafty bits too that I kind of want to take back there. Like this string I want to use to make um a star garland. I have these little lace edge What are these called? This is called seam binding, but it's just like little pieces of lace that I can use for crafts. And I also need to get our suitcases from downstairs because Drew brought up a great point. If we're going to be going on a trip soon, we don't have suitcases in California. So, uh that will be good to have. So, yeah, let me fold this stuff first and then we will go from there. I ended up finding some really cute stuff at the thrift store, like this Halloween shirt. Come on, so cute. It's like a little sneak peek. All this stuff was folded, but then I tried it on. Let me fold this up and then we will locate our suitcases. I'm pretty sure they're here. Like 99% sure. All right, let's see. Oh, yes. All right, I'm just going to start adding this stuff to the suitcase. I'll put these random things like maybe in these pockets or something since they're loose. Need to get our receipt home. That feels much better. [clears throat] I'm actually going to go to my closet. There we go. Because I want to go through these clothes. It's been like a year since we've done the split living thing. For those of you that are new here, we are a couple of DINKs, which stands for double income, no kids. So, instead of splitting rent at one house, we're actually each kind of technically paying for our own house. Um but we split our time between here in Arizona where our family lives and California where that's like our home base. We really only are here like a little bit whenever we want really. Um but I would like to just yeah, go through this sort of like capsule closet that I have here over the last year and see what I wear, see what I don't wear, see what doesn't fit anymore, etc. And then maybe we can like do one donation run before we go or list them on Poshmark or something. So, these are all mostly thrifted things. This is like very short, like very very cropped. This red thrifted tank top. It's from Old Navy originally, but like with super high-waisted things it'll work. That's good. This is fine. This is fine. This top I really don't wear that often. It's vintage. It's cute. It's by Sag Harbor Petite. Kind of reminds me of Where's Waldo though. That's the only thing. And I do have another red and white striped t-shirt, but I cut the collar off so it's like a little more off the shoulder. I got this at an estate sale. It's really cute. I think it was maybe $5. I do wear it sometimes. This I do regret. This is a rainbow tank top. I got it when I was with my friend. I didn't really realize that the stain that was on it was so pronounced and I don't feel like trying to get that out. So, I'm just going to re-donate it. I got this BB tank top recently and I really do like it. I just need to figure out like maybe a black skirt with like some cute loafers or something would be nice. I think I'm going to take it back with me to California. So, I'll set that to the side. Haven't gotten a chance to wear it yet, but I think I still will cuz honestly it is going to be warm for like a while longer in California. I go back and forth about this top so often. I think it's time to let it go. It's just a bit too bold and like wavy. It's from Find Me Now the label and I really like it, but I think I'm going to put it in closet sale. And this stuff is actually already stuff that I am going to donate or resell. So, that'll be that pile. Anyways, Old Navy tank top is cute. I wear it like decent amount. It's good just to have for lounging days, casual. I like this camo tank top, but I feel like Yeah, I feel like it belongs in California. I think it needs to be there. She's coming with me. This top I truly never ever ever wear. I've even probably shown it in like other closet clean outs and it's just it's never going to get worn. So, someone else should enjoy it. This I thrifted that and I really like I really like the colors. I think it's super cute, but it's too cropped. It's too small on me. I did not try that on and that's my bad. This one's good. All my white tank tops, God help me. I have so many. Yeah, these are all fine. I don't wear this. I I don't wear this. Same with that one. Had every good intention. Don't wear it. Trying to decide if I want to bring this one back with me. Yes, I do. This is cute, but it's not the right size. I just don't think it fits me super well. It's like a little tighter and I wanted it to be more of a baggy oversized fit, so that can go. This can also go. I didn't even realize when I bought it. Like I This is how much I wasn't paying attention. Someone cut this sweater. They literally cut it. And at first I was like, "Oh, that'll be fine." It's not fine. This I've taken out of closet cleanouts so many times and then put it back in for some reason. No, go away. I tried this on recently. It didn't fit. It's just too big in the bust, so that's going to go. I'm already feeling good about this. I got these Old Navy tops a couple years ago and I wore the hell out of them. It's like this sort of crisscross halter, but I just don't like it anymore. Or I just I guess I shouldn't say I don't wear it. This is a really nice fall dress. I keep putting this stuff in the wrong pile. You guys are probably seeing it in real time and you're like, "Stop. Don't give away the wrong things." I won't. Don't you worry. Okay, then for then for bottoms, these shrunk after I washed them and they don't fit anymore, sadly. These can go. These are all good. Take these back with me. Gauchos, I didn't even wear my gauchos yet. What the hell are these? Oh, track pants. These are fine. Adidas track pants. These are like a sweatpants. I'll take these back with me. I might wear them on my trip. Same with the corduroys. Maybe. And the rest of these are good. I don't know why this is down here. I'll take these capri sweatpants back with me. So, there we have it. That is it. Shoes the same. Not going to change anything. I have some workout clothes here. I just basically split everything in half. Um some like workout stuff. I have a few swimsuits. I have like a couple of hats and accessories. And that's about it. So, we will add these things to the suitcase. And that's that on that. And then we'll donate the rest or put it on Poshmark or Depop or something. All right, since we are, you know, getting things done, I will now wash my makeup brushes. Even though I don't want to. Get this over with. The way I do it is I just basically get them all wet first. Then, I'm going to get them all pretty well saturated in Dawn dish soap. They make like makeup remover brushes. You can use baby shampoo. There's lots of different methods, but I've always just done this because it gets it the cleanest. And that's just what I like the most. And then to dry it off on, I am just going to use like a washcloth. I'm going to put something underneath it so that they sit down at an angle because if you leave them upright like this for too long, the water gets into the glue. So, I don't know if you can see that, but I just have a little box under here and then they'll face down. Now, we get them a little wet and I have this I don't know what to call it. Makeup brush cleaner thing. It's just like a little rubber silicone pad that sticks in the sink, but it has little bits of texture. Can you see that? Not really. But it sticks at the bottom of your sink here and then you just like rub your brush into it. I just got them on Amazon, but they have lots of different ones. And then it just helps you, you know, get all the gunk out of your makeup brush. You just rinse it off. And she's squeaky clean. Actually, I just got to like do all of these first and then rinse them all together. >> And then my foundation brush, I always have to wash a couple of times. Like at least. It's just like liquid foundation. It really gets in there. >> [music] [music] >> There you have it. Nice clean brushes. Since Drew was just sick and he was really sick. Honestly, like that's the sickest I've probably ever seen him. We've got to change these sheets. I still don't know if my time is coming yet. It's only been a few days, but um either way, these got to go. >> [music] [music] >> My camera wasn't recording, I guess. So, there is my freshly made bed. Feels so, so good. Alrighty, anyways, it is now like 11:00 a.m. and I need to hunker down. I have so much editing and computer stuff to do today. I have main channel stuff. I have vlog channel stuff. So, I'm going to leave you here. I'm going to end this vlog. Thank you guys so much for being here. Thanks so much for hanging out with me over the last few days and I will see you very soon in the next video. Bye. >> [music]