 Hey y'all, what's up? My name is Sonali. Welcome to a new weekend in my life vlog. I honestly tried to film a week in my life this past week, but it just wasn't it. I just like stopped vlogging because I was finishing up on some grad galleries and just getting all of my Italy vlogs up. So this is like the first vlog you're gonna see after my Italy vlog. And I'm really excited about all of them. I feel like they turned out really good and I'm so happy to like have those memories forever now that I've like, you know, filmed them. And that's why I love vlogging because I can literally see vlogs from my freshman year of college. And I feel like that's just so special to me. It's like home videos, but just like online for everyone to see, but it's also exciting to like share those moments with you guys. So I'm glad you guys are loving them. And if you haven't checked them out, definitely do so. Today is Friday and I finished sending out my last graduation gallery. If you guys didn't know, I am a photographer and I specialize in grads here at UT Austin. And so graduation is literally the Saturday and I did not want to come anywhere close to campus within a week of graduation. So I kind of just stopped doing grad photos like a week before, I think. Yeah, I think it was like before I went to Dallas and then I just like cut them off because I did not want to deal with any traffic. I don't want to deal with that many people on campus. So now I'm going to be focusing on branding many sessions which is really exciting. It's coming up on June 4th. If you guys are in the Austin area, need business or lifestyle headshots for your social profiles, if you're a real estate agent, if you have a small business or if you just want some nice photos of you for like your dating profiles or anything like that, hit me up on my photo account. I'll have the little at sign here and I can tell you more info about that, but it's gonna be in this amazing studio space. I'm gonna post some photos here that I've taken at that studio. It's just like really bright and airy. She also has added a lot more like setups and just more colorful setups if that's what you're looking for. So it's definitely going to be a lot cheaper than my normal rates. So if you guys have been wanting to shoot with me or just need some branding photos, let me know ASAP. I'm doing $50 off those sessions until next Friday. So this blog will definitely be up by then. So let me know ASAP. I thought I would start this blog off with an Amazon haul because I feel like I have these phases where I go crazy on Amazon and buy so many random stuff, things that I need, but also, you know, things that I want. So I thought we could go through it together. I'm gonna set you guys on my tripod and let's do this unboxing. We've got many packages to unbox and honestly, the next thing I need to get is a box cutter. I think this is starting to open. Sophie, I got you a present. She got some P-pads. Sophie, look, I got you a present. You're welcome. You'll be a little bit more grateful. Geez, what is this? Oh, I got this, screen cleaning mist. My computer is so disgustingly dirty all the time. My friend, Nagin, had like the most clean computer screen at Soho House when we went last week and I was like, how do you keep your computer screen so clean? And she basically said she was really OCD and never touches it when I'm over here like touching it all the time. I don't know why, it's literally not a touch screen. So I'm excited to try this thing out. It's apparently, let me show you guys. This bottle is a Spritz Sprite and then you can actually like wipe it off with this, which is so genius, I thought. My hands are just always so greasy from makeup and oils, like douse myself and oils at the end of the night. Okay, this is actually my skims order and this is perfect because I had to tell you guys about these shirts that I ordered. Actually, I ordered one, but then I loved it so much that I had to get two more and they're like always sold out so I had to run to get them. So these are the boyfriend tee from Skims and I cannot explain to you how soft they are and I'm like not even exaggerating and probably like the softest pajamas I'll ever have besides the Evergé pajamas, but like I love sleeping in just like a big old T-shirt so the size I got in the other one was an XL and these are actually two XLs because that's all I really had but I think it's gonna be perfect as a sleep shirt so I got this color and I also just got this like heathered gray color which reminds me of like all my sorority tees but that's totally fine. I'm gonna link everything down below if you guys are interested but seriously, do not sleep on these Skims boyfriend tees. This next package is a shoe box. So this is what these look like. I love a good toe loop. I don't know why, I think it's just like the Indian and me because like a lot of sandals have these little toe loops. I just think it's so classy. It's kind of like a toe ring and I wanna get some toe rings and anklets for the summer. I just think it's so cute and it accessorizes your ankles and feet a little bit more. I am currently suffering with a little boo-boo on my foot from another pair of shoes that gave me not, it wasn't even on blister but it was just like rubbing really hard so it kind of like got raw and now it's scabbed over and now it hurts to wear anything but sneakers so amazing but these seem really comfortable. They're like kind of squishy so I'm excited to try these out. They look super freaking cute. Okay so these are, ooh I didn't really think that they would be like this yellow color. They're very yellow in person so I might have to exchange them but they're another pair of these like slack pants. I love these slack pants especially for summer. You can dress them up, you can dress them down. They're kind of like flared at the ends but basically they're kind of like work pants and I just think they are so flattering because they're high-waisted. They come up on like the perfect point on like my torso and I can wear like body suits and crop tops with them. The camera really doesn't pick up like the yellowness of it so I'm gonna have to exchange this pair of pants. Next up are kind of similar shorts to the pants that I just showed you guys. I just really like this like pleated style. I just think it's very flattering and I love the like A-line style of these shorts. I have like some denim shorts like that and they are so flattering, not at all tight. Like the most comfortable thing to wear during the summer months so I'm very excited to try these on. Again, a neutral kind of color to match with like a white or like another nude tank top. I actually bought a nude tank top. I think it's still on its way over. Okay, this is going to be a good one. I just know it. It's a jumpsuit but it's a one shoulder jumpsuit and it has like two straps in the back. They're actually adjustable which is amazing because I feel like that really says a lot about the quality already. And then the back has this really nice material. What is this like ruching? I never know what it's called. But then I feel like I won't really have to wear bra with this which is awesome. And then again with the flared pants, it is a jumpsuit so there are like separated legs but holy crap, I need to put this on like ASAP. I want to film like what I got on Amazon TikToks and stuff like that. So I'll probably do the shoes, those shorts and this romper or jumpsuit, whatever they're called. I thought I got more. Oh, there we go. Okay, I think one more. Yay, okay, here it is. This is like the tank top thing that I was just talking about. I really hope this fits because how cute is this little tube top? I haven't worn a tube top in years but like I love this and I wonder if it's like too much of the same color to wear it with these shorts actually. I feel like it would be really cute because it's a monochromatic look. This is like a tad bit darker. That's everything I got. I thought I got more for some reason. I guess that box, I just thought there was more stuff in it but it's Sophie's pee pads. I hate when I get Sophie's food in the lockers downstairs because we like Amazon Prime her food. Sometimes it's like annoying to find at grocery stores so we just have a subscription on Amazon. But like whenever I get her food I'm like, ooh, what a night order, like Amazon, yay. And then it's just her food. I'm like, gosh dang. So today we have a reservation at a new restaurant called Makoko. I think that's how you pronounce it. It's on the east side. It's on the east side and since it's graduation weekend for UT, I was like, okay, if we want to eat out this weekend we have to have reservations which is honestly every weekend like Austin is really, really getting a little too crowded. So it kind of sucks that it's like that but I am thankful that I thought about that on Monday. So I just made it like a reservation for tonight at that place and then tomorrow night. But I just found out that one of my favorite, favorite restaurants is shutting down on their downtown location. If you guys are in Austin it's called Gloria's and like that would be our go-to spot. Like if we are going on Lady Bird Lake the whole day and then we're just like, okay, let's meet up at Gloria's get some margs, get some like Latin food and maybe go out after because it's like right on west and they're shutting down and I'm so freaking sad. Apparently the rent is going up like crazy also. Speaking about rent, we got our rent renewal this past week. I think it was actually in Dallas when it came through our door. I'm like, low key we might have to move because I think it went up like $400 or a little bit less than $400. It's still $400. And I know I'm very lucky to be like living with Ryan and being able to split it like to think about like the rent we paid when we first got here and we thought that was expensive and now it's just reaching so high up and we were trying to negotiate it but we were not able to unfortunately because the market price is so much higher than like even the newer rent that we're gonna pay. So we like still need to decide and what sucks even more is that we literally have until next Friday to like decide if we're going to move out or renew or whatever. And so that's not even like enough time to like really tour other places and like yeah, we would love to buy a house right now but that is impossible here in Austin unless you wanna go out to the Burbs which not for me right now, like I am 25. I need to be living in the city. I'm just not ready for that life. I have my whole life to live in the suburbs so I'm just like not even entertaining that idea whatsoever. So I know Austin is booming right now and that's kind of just like the consequences of that and just like living here and I guess everywhere honestly, I know a lot of cities are like just booming and the rent's going up. So it really does suck and I really, really like where I live. So we do have to make that decision pretty quick which makes it even harder. But yeah, we may have to move and I'm just like heartbroken. I literally had to throw myself a pretty party for two whole days about it because I was just really just like upset. I mean Austin, like I said, it's just becoming so crowded and I don't know, it's just really sad. Got a little growth on my cactus. There's like a little cactus growing outside my cactus which is not really what I wanted, but that's okay. I also forgot that I had another Amazon package and some beauty products were in it. Got a new roller lash by Benefit. This is like my Rider Die mascara. It's pretty much in every makeup routine I've had for the past few years and then I wanted to try out this JVN hair oil. A while back during South by Southwest, JVN had a pop-up and they were giving free like blowouts or like hairstyles, whatever you wanted. And they were trying out like all their JVN products on people's hair and I was completely sold. The only reason I didn't buy it is because I have so much like PR at home, like hair products that I need to like get through before I can like buy another one. I mean, I could always get rid of them or like give them away, give them to friends and family or just like a donation center. Also it kind of sucks because last week I was giving away some clothes. Like I had my mom go through it. I had some friends go through it and then I was just going to give the rest to a women's shelter. I went in like I think it's called the safe alliance and they said that they weren't taking used items and I'm like, but they're clean, like just take it please. But yeah, they weren't taking used items and I'm not sure when they're gonna start. So I just gave it to Goodwill and I really wanted to start giving it to women's shelters but I asked her, I was like, are all women's shelters doing that right now? And she was like, yeah, pretty much because of COVID. I wanted to try this out on camera. So it says apply to dried hair, the silky silicone free oil instantly adds incredible gloss without adding weight. And honestly, when they use this on my hair in this lawn, I was like, okay, that's the product. Like if I'm buying anything from JVN, I'm getting this. And I was like, you know what? Let me just see on Amazon if they had it. Cause also they gave me a tiny sample when I went in store. And then I remember packing for Italy and I thought I put this in like the sample in my makeup bag or hair care bag. I couldn't find it and I was so mad. So I was like, okay, you know what? I'm just gonna buy it on Amazon. Anyways, let's get to the demo, shall we? Just gonna do a little bit at a time. Doesn't really have like too much of a scent, honestly. But like it's not super like thick. The viscosity isn't really thick. I'm like kind of scared because I don't really want to put too much product. I just diced and air-wrapped my hair for the first time in so long. And I feel like whenever I have product in my hair, it like weighs it down and then like the curls fall a lot faster. But they really sold me on this product because they were like, this actually kind of just can penetrate the hair more than like the Olaplex oil can because the molecules are a lot smaller on this product. I was just kind of mind blown when they were like telling me all the signs behind JVN products. So I want to try more of them out. But like I said, I got a lot to go through before I can do that. Okay, right now I want to film some TikToks. I haven't been able to do that for a really long time. And it honestly like makes me so happy when I like actually create video content. I'm very excited that grad season's over even though, you know, I'm very grateful to have all these clients. And I dreamt of the day to have as many clients honestly, like when I first moved here, I was like, I want to do grads. And I was so lucky that UT does grad pictures because not every college really does it, which I've learned over the past years. But anyways, so I'm very grateful for all my clients, but I'm just excited to like have my social life back, have my work routine back, have just my wellness routine back because I kind of stopped working out because I was on campus doing grad shoots like literally four times a day max. And that's like a lot of energy because you're like literally walking around in the heat. So anyways, I'm very excited to just like get back to everything. So let's just create some TikToks. Let's do it. We're about to head to dinner and here's the fit. Literally just the same ribbed tank top from earlier today. I love it. It's gonna be my new go-to during the summer. It's from Ritzia tank top. I'll link it down below. And then I have this Princess Polly cardigan. My favorite jeans from like Silver Lake Co. I think they're from Nordstrom. Then my purse that I got in Venice. Ryan was about to come to date night and gym shorts and flip flops. It's awesome. I know, but still. There's no rules. There isn't, but. Still we're mixed men's socks. The past few times I've actually used the Dyson Air app and it's been raining without my knowledge. I did not see this on the forecast. I know it's raining Sunday, but I didn't see that it was supposed to be raining today. At least it's gonna clear up like within like 10 minutes. Probably I see like the beautiful blue skies, but we are excited for dinner. I've had this place on my bucket list saved. Not for like too long because it's actually pretty new, but they have these churro donuts that really enticed me. So hopefully all of their food is really good, but I'm just really here. Put your own donuts. Dinner was really good. I got a carnation at a taco. We got like a bunch of appetizers. That taco was really, really good. I would definitely go back for it. Churro donuts were so good. And we have like a couple that we took home. And now I'm going out. Got my summer moon cup that I washed out because I wanted to dispose of this, but I put tequila and my marg mix in there. And I'm gonna head to my friend Maddie's house and then we're gonna meet our friends out on West Irini. I think it's rainy. I think one of my friends are going to rainy and then another girl is going to West. So we shall see where we end up. But I diced an air up to my, what is that? Why does it look crimped? That is weird. Wait, that is literally weird. I diced an air up to my hair. It should not look like that because my natural hair is not crimped. Anyways, I mean, it still looks like good, which is not very curled as it was, which sucks. But I am wearing this new shirt. I got an Amazon. Oh yeah, wait, I literally unboxed it in today's vlog. This is what it looks like on. It is kind of falling down. I probably would size down. I got a size large and I'd probably go for a medium just so you don't have to like pull it up. It's not horrible though. And it is so freaking cute. It is just a shirt and not a bodysuit. Got my Abercrombie jeans on and Dolce Vita shoes. This little bag, I have not worn. Simbono. All jewelry. I'm literally showing you guys my hair tight. Okay, jewelry is from Goriana. Except for this one, it's from Amazon. So cute. Okay, gonna go out and enjoy the rest of the night. I'll see you guys tomorrow. So it's actually Sunday. Yesterday, I was tap it hungover and also we didn't do shit except for go to the pool. So today is our Saturday redemption. But we're gonna start off by going to Gloria's downtown. I think I said it in this vlog, but they're closing that location down, which is so heartbreaking because that is like our place to go with our friends. So it's really sad. We're gonna go there for lunch today, meet up with Mackenzie and Connor and get some yummy food in our system. I have not eaten anything and I'm pretty hungry. And then we're gonna go to the domain. And then later tonight, we have like this cocktail event. I guess they're showing new cocktails at Double Maycare. Your shoes are so sweet. Your shoes are like freaking squidward shoes. Sure. Yeah, whatever. Anyways, it shall be a fun day today. And I put on makeup, feeling good. I'm definitely feeling a lot better than yesterday. It wasn't even like anything major, but just like anything, a tad bit out of the normal just makes me not wanna do anything, you know? Outfit of the day, I have this top from Amazon. It's literally like the same exact set active top, but the whole set is $35. I will link it in the description. That's crazy. It's such a good seal. And I have like the exact same set. I've compared them and I'm telling you, they're so, so similar. I think the color might be a little bit off, but there are a bunch of colors that you can get this in. Anyways, this white button down is from Princess Polly. It's like my go-to for the summer months. And then we have these jean shorts from a gold day. So comfortable. And then I'm wearing some shoes from Girlfriend Collective. So, all right, let's go. Last time, best time. We're gonna miss it or what? Yes, gosh. They still have their domain location. I know, literally. Just got done eating at Gloria's. It was very sad. It was actually really good for the last time. Sometimes like when you force the last time, you know, just not as good as usual. So I'm glad it was really good. And we caught up with Mackenzie and Connor. And now we are at the domain because I'm going to do a collaboration on TikTok with a brand here. They're gifting me a swimsuit. I think we made some Memorial Day plans, which is next weekend, to go to this like lake access kind of thing. And it looks so cool. I literally want to go today because I'm so excited. I love swimming and just being like near the water. So I'm pumped for that. I hope it all works out. And I'll definitely vlog it because it's really, really pretty over there. Yeah, it's definitely gonna be busy. That's what I literally told Mackenzie. I was like, we need to leave early because I feel like whenever we tell our friend group, like we're gonna do like a water activity, we always end up being out there. We're like two and then parking's impossible. There's just so many people and it's just a lot. I mean, it's still fun, you know? You can see if you're watching. Yeah, Mackenzie. No, it's okay. It's like all of us, honestly. We just always say we're gonna be there at this time. And then we're like always all late, like literally everyone. But yeah, so I'm very excited to try on these swimsuits because then I'll get to wear it next weekend. And it's really weird because today is like literally, well, I just looked at the temperature. It was 81, now it's 84, but it's like kind of cold outside. Not cold, like a little breeze. It's 75. So weird because I just saw it in New York, it's like 87, like switching temperatures today. It was a bad storm last night. It was really bad. Oh. I went to the gas station last night and it was like blowing the doors open. Like it couldn't even drive. The trees were like, lightning was crazy. And then it's gonna rain like Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I think. So that kind of sucks. But we're gonna enjoy the nice weather. The domain's always a good place to go when the weather's really nice out because it's an outdoor mall. It's 20 and I took a nap after we came back from the domain because I was very sleepy. And then I put together some outfits and we're gonna go out shooting. I haven't done this in so long, but I have a content creation gig. Like I don't have to post about it but I'm just taking photos for the brand for a pedal and pup. So this is one of the outfits, very cute, very like puffy sleeves, cottage core vibes. And then I have another stunning dress. Like it fits me so well. I'm so pumped about it. And then I just brought a couple of other outfits. If we have time to shoot those. And then we're gonna go to an event. I think I said this before, but it's at Devil Make here. They're launching some new cocktails. So they invited me and Ryan to try those out. And then after that, we need to get our house Monday ready because it's kind of a pigsty and it's all of my stuff. So I just need to like do a little quick pickup. And yeah, that's pretty much it for today. And I did this little hair thing. Basically put a clip in my hair or like I tied it in a half a path down and then I clipped it kind of like upside down and it gives this like illusion of like a really puffy bouncy kind of like half up. I think it's really cute. I just like never do anything different to my hair when I take photos and I want to start doing that. But I feel like I'm always rushed. So I thought I would just do it for the first outfit and then take my hair down and do something else. We'll figure it out. But this is the look and we are gonna go shoot. I think we're gonna do East Austin. I feel like it's just easy. We did three outfits, which is good enough. I feel like that should last me. And I'm wearing my little Amazon tube top again because I didn't get any really good pictures in it. And I just got some really cute ones. Thank you to Ryan. And now we are going to head to Double Make Here. We passed by Gloria's again. She's very sad, you know? First bungalow, now Gloria's. I think I gotta take this shit away from us. Come, I got my Double Make Here merch on. They give us like t-shirts, which was kind of nice because I'm never gonna say no to a big old sleep shirt. But I'm gonna take off my makeup and just chill out before the week starts and definitely clean up a little bit because this place just needs to pick up, like I said earlier. But I'm glad I was able to get some content because like this week is gonna be really gross and rainy, which sucks. I also just need to start eating a little bit better and working out because I don't really have any excuses like with grad season or anything like that. Like I actually have time to do so. So I need to get back in the gym, but like right now I honestly do not have much motivation to do so. We will see how that works out, but I'll definitely be filling you guys in on my weekly vlogs. They're starting back up tomorrow and I swear they're gonna be good. So definitely subscribe if you guys are not already and if you are already subscribed to make sure your post notifications are turned on. And if you wanna see content in real time on Instagram, TikTok, I'm on pretty much every social platform. Most of them are so underscored gnarly without the G. So I will see y'all in the next video. Bye.