Now, I don’t mean to be a Scrooge, but hear me out. As a native New Yorker, the holidays were my favorite time of year to schlep from Long Island to the Big Apple. My family is Jewish, and even still, I stood in awe of the Rockefeller tree, believed I would be a Rockette, and most definitely enjoyed chestnuts by an open fire. Currently, I am down in Texas, far from the NYC of my childhood and most of my 20s. No, I am not a Rockette, but I am a nurse. Before nursing, I studied fashion merchandising, so I’m sure you can imagine I constantly have thoughts of…

So while walking through the skincare aisle at Walmart, at 7am nonetheless, I stumbled upon something that looked like a truly dupe. Ranging between $10 and $15 they have it all. Love the Truly body butter? Walmarts dupe is $15. I personally got the booby and booty scrubs and smooth serum, everything else was out of stock or unfortunately tested. I am able to see that there are more in stock now at my local store so I’m going to order the shave butter and another serum to test out a routine. I was able to get some truly body butters on sale during ulta’s skincare sale so I may…

I Love Figs! I was lucky enough to score some preloved ones on Poshmark for such a great deal and to me that speaks volumes of the quality. I personally prefer the joggers in tall because when bending and squatting i find they don’t ride up around my ankles. I’m 5’4 but have muscular legs and weigh 106lbs. I wear xs though they’re a little loose on my waist. I find them very comfortable and get compliments on how polished I look, and they wash well. I toss my scrubs into the wash as soon as i get home on a quick cycle with the Lysol sanitizer laundry additive and…

It’s been about 6 months since I last posted. I started a new job 5 months ago but got hired shortly after my last post. I decided to start my job hunt thinking it would take months, but literally applied to a position, interviewed the following week and was hired two days later. I’m a patient care technician at a hospital here in San Antonio, basically a CNA, and I had zero experience. From what I saw, it’s typically harder to start off at a hospital vs an assisted living facility and I was expecting to face months of interviews and rejection. I did get hired with my interview, but…

Are you looking for ways to update the aesthetic of your pantry? If so keep reading to follow how I plan to transform the pantry in my rental home After years of living in apartments from New York to Texas, we are finally renting a home. We bought a washer and dryer for the first time and finally have a walk-in pantry. The main issue is since it’s a rental, I can’t necessarily have The pantry of my dreams but I can update the aesthetics. Now that I am six months postpartum and a little bit more settled with baby number two, I decided that I would try to make…