[0:11]Good morning, guys. Happy Monday. Today's the first day of my day in the week vlog and I thought, you know what? No, I'm not doing an intro. I think intros can be kind of annoying, so we're just starting the video. No intro needed. I'm walking. Well, I'm at a drive. Today, I'm starting out the day walking to meet my friend for coffee. Actually, a lot of you know her. It's my friend Liz. She's one of my really good friends here. And we haven't like had a coffee date in a really long time. We both just been really busy, so we like scheduled this in advance. So we're going to be at our favorite place. It's the Brandy Cafe.
[0:55]Hey guys, Liz and I just got our coffee. Guys, so two things changed. I went lighter with my hair and Liz went darker. Hey. We're back. Guys, this is what we did in the coffee shop. Liz had a great idea. My coffee was so sweet. They put way too much vanilla in it. She had an order of hers yet. She's like, okay, I'm going to get a regular coffee with no sweetener and then we're going to mix them together. It was like an experiment. It was really smart. But the trick is to not, which I saw a TikTok on this, but not to pour the ice out, like you have to drain it. in separate cups. In separate cups. And then mix them. And then we fixed the problem. So now we have good coffees that aren't too sweet. That was a solution. It was a solution.
[1:49]Okay guys, I'm back in my apartment. I had so much fun with Liz this morning. We just had a cute little girl's morning. Honestly, it was like such a nice Monday morning. I don't usually like do that. So I've been home for a couple hours just working on my laptop. I'm about to go print out some things for Ophelia with our summer launch coming on Thursday. So I need to go there, but first I want to make a smoothie because I am getting a little hungry. You guys know my smoothie recipe by now is pretty much the same.
[2:38]I was at lunch with my managers recently and they were talking about how much collagen changed their life and they really educated me and inspired me to start taking it. So that is the one addition to my smoothie that I've been doing recently. I got the ones from Vital Proteins and it is so good and I can't notice a difference. So for me, it works. Anyways, I do need to quickly go print those things for the Ophelia cards that we're going to be putting in our summer orders. So I'm going to try to drink this quick, grab my stuff, and then walk because I think it's like a 25-minute walk for me.
[3:35]Hi, Pookies. I'm back. I would just start calling you guys that. I went and I got the prints for my Ophelia drop on Sunday. On Sunday. It's on Thursday. I got at least the tester prints for now. I wanted to get specific cards for our summer collection because I just thought it would be really fun to switch it up since these are our summer pieces and I want to put one of these in every order. So this is how they came out. We took this photo and I took this on my iPhone actually. I loved it. The second I took this photo at the beach, I knew that this was going to be the photo of all of the ones we took in our shoot. So I ended up getting a few for now. On the back it has a little note with a discount code that I'm not going to show because it's if you order. Sorry, I'm gatekeeping. I did that and then on my way back, I decided to stop at the grocery store because I have no food. Like, I'm not even being dramatic. I think I had a bag of chocolate chips. That's about it. I'm going to do a little haul of what I got because I love grocery hauls, because I like just getting inspo for meals. You guys know, it's kind of hard for me sometimes to think of meal ideas, so I'm just going to show you a few of the things that I got. First things first, my priorities. Strawberry lemonade. This is so good. And banana chips, which I already started eating. I want to make chicken stir fry tonight, so I got some bell peppers for that. Obviously, I got chicken. I also got some broccoli for that. Other things include bread. Oats because I want to make overnight oats. I was literally in Trader Joe's looking up breakfast ideas because when I find a breakfast I like, I will eat that every day for probably about three months until I'm sick of it. And then I move on and I discard it. The current breakfast has been yogurt with berries, which is good. It's been too long, you know. This is a cyclical thing. The cycle is done with my yogurt. I've developed an aversion to it now because I've had it so much. I need to find my next breakfast. I hope that I like this. I'm sure I will. I used to eat these often. Overnight oats with some berries and nuts. I got chia seeds for that too. And some granola because I thought maybe I put granola on top. I also got these sunflower seed butter cups. They're really good. Probably going to have one now. I actually like the peanut butter ones better. Don't get these. Okay. Well, fail. I got more peanut butter because I ran out. And some fries. And lastly, stir fry sauce for my stir fry that I'm going to make for dinner tonight. That's my little haul. Um I actually, I actually don't know what to do. Um I'm going to call my mom.
[6:12]decided to make my dinner. I made a chicken fajita rice bowl. I don't know if that's technically what this is, but I've been making taco bowls and I'm kind of getting sick of them. So I decided to make chicken instead with some pepper and onions. And then I just threw in some broccoli and rice and teriyaki sauce, which I want more of. We all know I'm not the best chef. I'm not even a chef. I'm just trying to survive. You know, cooking is new to me. I really didn't cook in college at all. Postgrad now, I still didn't cook last year. I had no kitchen. So this is like my first time cooking consistently, and I'm learning, you know. I think my biggest weakness is that I take forever. Like this took me an hour. It will probably take most people 20 minutes. So that does frustrate me. I have to figure out something because I could not be spending this much time. I made leftovers for tomorrow. I'm going to eat this and then watch the game. I'm really big Timberwolf spam. Honestly, my perfect night. Good morning, guys. It's the next day. I'm kind of in like a sad mood. I'm one of those people who the weather really affects my mood, and today is extremely gloomy and rainy. Especially on days like this, I need to get out of my apartment and like force myself out, because it just like makes me mentally feel a little better. I was going to go to Central Park today with some friends, but that is obviously not happening anymore. So instead, I'm going to go to a cute coffee shop, which I know I always go to. I feel like that's just appropriate for a rainy day to go to a coffee shop. Also, to make me feel better, I want to get dressed and ready and put on a cute little outfit. I have a few options of things. The one thing I know for certain is I'm going to be wearing this bag, and I'm going to kind of revolve my outfit around this because I love it, and I just got it, and Coach is actually sponsoring this video. So thank you so much to them. That is actually a dream for me. I have them on my vision board, guys. I put them on there as a goal of a brand to work with. It came true, guys. This is the sign to really make your vision board. Let me show you. This is my vision board and there is Coach. You guys already know, I love Coach. This is the Coach Terry Bag, and this is such a beautiful bag because I like how the Coach logo is so subtle, and I also really like the silver hardware. I've been really into silver recently. And I also like this one specifically because it is so neutral. It just like will go with any outfit. Let me try them on and see what we like.
[8:28]For pants, I'm thinking these low-waisted flared black pants. Okay, here's the look so far. I don't know what I think about this. I like it. I want to try this coat and see what we think. Okay, this is the second option. I don't know what I think. I feel like I can do a little better.
[8:51]All right guys, outfit is complete. I ended up sticking with mixing black and brown. I added some silver jewelry today also. I wanted to keep it consistent with my bag that has silver hardware. You guys know my favorite boots of all time are these. I love how this look came together, and my Coach bag goes so perfectly with it. I do like with Coach that I can either dress up my outfit or dress it down with the bag. Good morning, guys. You may be wondering what is the occasion for the matcha and the flowers.
[10:14]I'm getting my friend matcha and flowers for her birthday. So I woke up this morning. I was texting her roommate because I need to drop it off hopefully before she wakes up. After I dropped off her little birthday surprise, I had a lot of work to do because Ophelia launched our summer collection on this day. We were launching at 11:00 a.m. and I think I'm filming this around 9:00. I did a few finishing touches and things I needed to do on the website, and it was really successful. As I'm talking to you guys right now, we sold out of almost everything. I think we're planning on a restock right around when this video goes up. Thank you guys if you have supported Ophelia. It means the world to me. But after it launched, I took the train to go to a meeting I had planned with my managers. Hey guys, a little update. So I finished working at the coffee shop and my summer collection just went live for Ophelia. It's doing really well. I'm not really the best with website stuff, and my assistant's out of town, so I was a little worried about it, but it ended up going live really smoothly. And now I'm on my way to a little meeting with my manager. I just took the subway. I'm running a little late, so feel a little bad about that. We're getting lunch at this Italian restaurant called La Cora Bianca, which I don't think I've been to before. Wow, my heels are so loud. They're very loud.
[11:35]Oh my gosh, guys, I am so car sick right now. I had my little lunch meeting with my manager, and then I Ubered to Brooklyn, which was like a 20-minute Uber because I have an event with Drunk Elephant, which I'm really excited. It's kind of like a They call it, I think a masterclass. The Ubers here are like so jerky and it makes me feel sick every single time. And this time was especially bad. So before I go in, I'm like standing outside because I need to recover and help my nausea to go away. I hate being car sick. Like I do feel like I'm going to be ill all day.
[12:28]Update, my skin is glowing. That was so fun. I've never done like a master class like that with a brand. I've seen so many brands put on little events like that, and I've always wanted to go. Sorry guys, I feel like I've been vlogging poorly today, which we all knew one of these days that is just seems to always be that way. I've been running around like all day. So I'm in the Uber to my friend's birthday, the same friend that I dropped off the coffee and flowers for this morning. She's having like a little birthday dinner lunch. Uh, is there anything else I have to say? No, I think that's it. Okay, bye.
[13:12]Good morning. I just woke up. Why would I even say that? Like I clearly just woke up. Like I don't need to say that. You guys can tell. I have to post a video, which is supposed two videos. Then I have to submit a third video to a brand, and I'm pretty behind on my editing. So I'm basically just going to be on my computer all day long. A big thing for me though on days like this when I'm just going to be on my computer for so much of it is that I just need to get out of my apartment. It's like the social stimulation, even if I'm not speaking to people though, because obviously I'm working majority of the time on my laptop, but just like being around people for me, like mentally is so important. And I've been like this since I was like 17. I remember editing videos or just doing school work and homework and I'd always prefer to like leave my house and do it somewhere else.
[14:04]Obviously not all the time, but especially on long days like this, it just helps to like break up my day. Being around people like makes me feel less alone, I guess, especially because I live alone and I like work alone. As much as I love to be alone, and we talk about that on here a lot, I do think it's important for me to just get out and socialize and just like be around people and like coexist with other people. So, let's get ready. And it's 7:00 a.m. So we're getting an early start.
[14:37]I just realized I never made my overnight oats. I actually forgot about them. I have no words. Like I can't believe I did that. I was hyping them up for you guys. I do make the best avocado toast though. My friends would say the same. I've made avocado toast for two of my friends, and they loved it.
[14:58]I've really perfected my recipe. It's obviously not that hard, but I'm very proud of it. That's like the one thing I can make.
[15:24]I'm with Nikki. Say hi and introduce yourself. Hi, I'm Nikki. I'm having an editing date working together because we both need to edit like all the time. I've been here since like literally 8:00 a.m. and we're just working together.
[15:43]Oh my God, my neighbor below me is so loud. I can always hear his conversations in detail. I can hear everything he's talking about. I feel like things I shouldn't know. I have been home for the past five hours since I left the coffee shop. I've just been in my bed laying, editing my vlog. And I just posted it. So I feel really good about that, but I literally had nothing to vlog because I was sitting in silence for five hours. Right now, I'm going to be packing orders for Ophelia, my jewelry brand. I think I talked about this earlier in the week, but we launched our summer collection, and I want to pack some of the orders from our summer collection that just launched, and I love it.
[16:33]And I think it sold out or some of the pieces sold out already and it just launched. So that's crazy. I love you guys. I think we're going to be restocking hopefully next week. This is the setup we have right now. I laid everything out aesthetically just for a photo for the Instagram, but I'm going to start packing.
[17:07]Okay guys, roughly an hour and a half later, I finished the orders for today. They're right here, all wrapped and ready to go to be shipped out tomorrow. I am I don't know what I'm going to do. Probably go to bed soon. So that took actually longer than I thought. I always underestimate the time on everything, and I need to get better at that. So, good night.
[17:34]Good morning, guys. It's a good day because I remembered finally to make my overnight oats last night. I literally got into bed, was about to go to sleep, and then I remembered suddenly that I needed to make my overnight oats. So, it's really easy. It's basically same parts oats and milk. Then some peanut butter and honey. And then I just threw in some strawberries and granola on top. Oh, there's also chia seeds in here. Um I'm going to eat this in peace and enjoy the sun because the sun is out. I'm going to get ready and then we'll figure out the day. Okay guys, I got dressed. By the way, breakfast was so good. That's my new hyperfixation breakfast. I got this outfit shopping at the vintage shop by my apartment last week, and I love it. I'm leaving for Alaska next week. So random. I know people are going to be like, why are you going to Alaska? Honestly, my dad and I just wanted to take a trip together. We've always talked about going to Alaska, the nature, it looks beautiful there, and it's supposed to be a good time of year to go. It is going to be a little chillier than I anticipated though. So, I want to go to Brandy to grab a few warmer pieces of clothing that are still cute. I'm thinking like a crewneck or like a zip-up hoodie. I'm going to do that, and then when I get back later, I think I'm going to pack. Brandy kind of sucked today, at least in my opinion, it did. I just was kind of underwhelmed. But just as I gave up hope, on my way out, I saw this zip up. It's actually pretty thick, which is kind of what influenced me to get this because I do think it will keep me warm.
