personal finance, waste reduction, skincare, single living, and needlepoint; hopefully travel at some point in post-unprecedented times
This is another month where most of these items (maybe all of these items I have already purchased), mostly while I was on vacation. I think I may try and get some taper candles so that I can fill my candlesticks and make it all cozy in here, but I want beeswax candlesticks and I … Continue reading What I’m Buying in January
I feel like I am really starting to make serious progress on my apartment. It was really just the sofa that made the crucial difference. I don't know if it's just the fact that having a sofa makes a place feel homey and they feel essential to a house, or how much space it takes … Continue reading Apartment Update
Candles are the perfect end to a cleaning or self-care routine. There is no better feeling than having spent hours cleaning your kitchen, vacuuming, doing laundry, washing floors and then lighting a candle and curling up under a blanket in your nice clean apartment. I have been using candles a lot more frequently now that … Continue reading Autumn Cozy Candles
Last week was the first week in ages that I had to get dressed every day for a full week (even pre-pandemic I had been wearing exclusively for a few months and then on weekends for 2 years, and later in grad school it is what can I put on my body to cover it … Continue reading Wednesday Wants: Fall Accessories Edition
This week has been a struggle. I pulled a muscle in my low back exercising on Sunday evening and good Lord. I can barely move. It is definitely better today (Tuesday at time of writing) than it was Sunday evening and Monday, but I'm hobbling around my apartment essentially bent in half. I had to … Continue reading Mid-Week Procrastination: Sad/Mad Girl Fall, Back to School, and back pain.
Since one of my big focuses this year is transitioning more of my products to plastic-free or zero waste options. I thought that a monthly empties series could be fun. Well maybe not fun but helpful in decision making and keeping me accountable to making sustainable swaps if it is public on the internet?? This … Continue reading January Empties
Thoughtful Millennial 