 Life's kind of boring, but I'll have a Christmas day. Oh my god, please never let me do that again. Good morning everybody. Welcome to Vlogmas number nine. Things are going quickly. We're gonna have as much festive fun as we possibly can in these last few Vlogmas vlogs, but I just got ready for the day. I have such a fun day planned. I'm going to hang out with Karina and Alexa. We're having like a little bit of a girls day, and I can't say too much yet, but we're doing a little bit of filming together for something that you may or may not have seen on Alexa's social media. So I had to go all out with the Christmas sweater here. Let me like set this up somewhere so I can show you. Because I did kind of like end up fixing it up. So I like shortened the straps. I kind of like pinned everything down a little bit. 100% transparency here. I fully have all of these safety pins to this sweater, so I just need to make sure I'm like really careful and don't bump into anything too much, but it looks so cute. I'm so happy with how it turned out. It definitely looks a lot better like this. I'm still 100% sure how I feel about them on the sleeves, but I was kind of just trying to go with the theme of like the inspiration sweater. So here we have it. So I'm going to show you my little outfit of the day. I'm kind of deciding on what skirt I want to wear. I don't have that much time because I need to hit the road, because traffic is, it's LA, so it's terrible, but here's what we've got so far. Okay, so I've got my little DIY Christmas sweater on. It is seriously so cute. We were watching Insecure last night. We've been rewatching it and I just kind of like played with this and like, you know, shortened everything, tied everything up, did all of that while we were watching the show and it was so nice. I have my little old navy skirt on. I'm kind of potentially thinking about trying on a different skirt. We'll see. And then I have on my new red socks. I just thought these would be so cute. These are, I think from Amazon and then my flats are from Journey Collection. These are called the carry, which I think is so cute. They're like a little Mary Jane ballet flat. However, they're not comfortable at all. So wouldn't recommend. I will definitely be on the hunt for a better pair. They just like, or maybe I just need to break them in. And then I've got my little, my little braids mostly because I just didn't have time to do my hair, but also because I think it looks so cute with the bangs. I'm obsessed. And yes, I do still have the mess from the previous vlogmas in here. I have not gotten to clean it up yet. But anyways, I also have this little slip skirt that I also think maybe would look cute. So let me try it on. I'll just like slip it over what I have already because I think like the little pop of lace might be really cute. Let's see what this looks like. Okay. This is what this one looks like. I do like the pop of lace. However, this doesn't like flare out as much as the other one. And I feel like with the boxiness of the sweater, it's nice to kind of match that with the skirt, even though this is really cute. I think this will be better for underneath like oversized t-shirts and things like that. So, okay, just go ahead and scrap that idea. So, okay, we're good to go. I've got my little bag packed. I got this cute little bag bag. I think this was the Sandy Liang collaboration that Bagu did with them. I can't remember, but yeah, it does. It says right here on the side. It's so, so cute. I love this pattern so much. We also have the matching picnic blanket. So I've got a snack. I've got my purse, my wallet. I have a white t-shirt on because I'm going to be trying some stuff on. I have my makeup bag for touch-ups. I'm not doing my lipstick or anything yet. And we're going to head in the car and go make the drive. Hopefully it won't take long. It's actually like I think dying down a little bit because it's like 845 now, 840. So we're going to head in the car and go off and have a fun little girly stick. Let's do it. You guys, look where I am. Being inside of your favorite TV show. Yeah. Except it's like one of my best friend's houses. It's so fun. We're in her little like filming room. It's adorable. There's so many like memories like our, um, RIP. I can't talk about that actually. Oh yeah. Did I thrift you that? Oh, that's okay. I've been trying to get him. I can't get him to like move on. It's okay. We'll get him back up someday. Um, we mapped, we thrifted or like we found these at an estate sale. They were matching like art pieces. Mine fell off the wall and shattered. So it's devastating. But then we also have our other matching ones, her little cake. That was from the same one, right? Yeah, yeah. Also I didn't, I have photos over there on the wall. Oh, cute. They were in the back of my videos, but then my camera kept focusing on them. They just wanted to see me. So we're going to film something really fun together. Um, by the time this video goes up, I think the first one will be up in two or three days. I don't, listen, I don't know my mouth. I don't know what's happening, but um, we're going to film our little videos and we will see you shortly. Girl's Day! Filming our videos and now we're going out for lunch. But I did want to say that Alexa put so much thought and care into these videos that she's doing. She's basically doing a series. I'm not going to say anything else, but make sure you subscribe to her channel if you haven't because it's going to be really, really good. I can't wait to see the other ones too. And we did, um, actually all cry. Yeah. Um, like we actually all cried. So keep an eye out for that. But now we're getting lunch. Thank you so much influencers in the wild. Everyone's taking pictures. Our baby! We made a little coffee stop before our lunch. We went to this black dot coffee, which we've been to a couple of times together before and it's really good. And I love my Chris with sweater. I'm feeling so festive. What's funny is we both, we all three of us had that sweater pinned on him. Yes. That's the best part is all three of us wanted it. And I said, all right. I'm spending $500. They're going to DIY mine. Yeah, 100%. And now it's like, it's so relaxing to like crochet and, well, I'm braiding. I'm not crocheting, but like just to do that with your hands is like so relaxing. Anyways, making a quick little coffee stop before lunch. And it's time for some veggie grill and I'm so excited. Behind the scenes of me trying to get an outfit video. There was a kid in the window. He was like, sorry. He was in my photo. I was like, you're fine. We got our food. I have so much food. It's actually kind of sad. I definitely accidentally ordered too much. But yeah, Karina and I are sharing this crispy cauliflower. It has an orange dipping sauce. It's so good. I have some buffalo wings, which have like doubled in size since the last time I ordered them. She said, do you want three or six? And I was like, well, six, obviously. And look how big these are. I never actually started eating it. And then I have some fries, a strawberry lemonade. We got a Caesar buffalo chicken salad, something. And then like a power bowl. Is that what it's called? Kale thing. Kale thing. All hail kale. All hail kale. Cheers. We got our flavored margarita. Woo. I have a strawberry wrap. We're back home now. I have a strawberry margarita. Mango. Mango and lime. And lemon. Cheers. Good morning. It is actually the next day. We had such a fun little like girls night. We ended up having a margarita sitting on the couch for like four hours talking. And then I went home around like eight o'clock. And now it is the next morning. It is a Saturday morning. And Drew and I are finally, finally going on like our little coffee walk. We have like been just busy running all over the place, crazy. And honestly, like I miss it. I miss our routine on the weekends. I miss walking to our coffee shops and like walk into the park and doing all that kind of stuff. And we probably haven't done that in well over a month. Like it's just been a lot of go, go, go. It's the holidays, you know. So that is what we're going to do. I think it's supposed to be like 80 degrees in LA today, which is just crazy. But it is supposed to cool down like pretty severely. Like I think like 20 degrees or so later this week. But it's just kind of funny. So we're having like a random heat wave in December. It doesn't feel very Christmasy at all. So I don't know if like what I'm wearing is going to be, if I'm going to be sweating to death, but we'll see. It's only like nine in the morning. So anyways, we're going to go ahead to one of our favorite coffee shops and just have like a nice reset morning routine on the weekend. I literally can't wait. Oh, it's so dark in here. Great. Cool. I love that. I live in a cave. I need to clean this mirror, but here is the outfit that I'm wearing. Nothing special. Just my favorite sweatshirt that I think I got at H&M like probably two years ago or something like that. I'm wearing my Lululemon Align leggings and my Converse. Name your favorite Nirvana songs. Name five Nirvana songs. Every man ever. And I've got my cute little pink sunnies to match my pink sweatshirt. Oh my God, that reminds me actually. When I was a time when I was with Sierra, I was visiting her I think in like 2021 for when we were filming our Taylor Swift videos. And we went to breakfast and I was where I had just come off the plane and I was wearing a t-shirt that had like death leopard. And the waiter, I think he was like the manager of the restaurant was like, here's a proposition I have for you. If you can name me five death leopard songs, I'll give you money off of your, I'll give you a free coffee or something like that. And I literally go, we're not doing this. We're not doing it. I literally like put my hand up and I was like, no, we're not doing this. This whole like thing that you're doing to me right now. Like, oh, does a woman know we're not doing this. And like literally Sierra was just like, oh my God, I'm so proud of you for saying that. I was just like, absolutely not. Absolutely not. That's just what I kept saying over and I was like, we're not. No. The audacity of men. The audacity of men. Okay, let's go. I can't stop it. Why not? Let's indulge ourselves. I feel like we just have to try it. We were just going to stop it and look, but of course now it's a hit. An insanely overpriced grocery store that I think only exists in LA as far as I know right now. And they just have like kind of more healthy stuff. It's definitely very LA. Like there's cassava chips and like popped lily seed crackers and like all these different kind of stuff. It's just kind of like hippie-dippy. So we occasionally like to go there and like try a bunch of random stuff. Sometimes they have like sort of normal brands and then other times they have just like real funky, funky stuff. And I actually kind of tried. That's one of Drew's like, Drew's and my love language is really just trying like random food and trying like special edition things and snacks from other countries and all different kinds of stuff. So we just grabbed whatever felt right and I will be totally forthcoming. And letting you know that all of this that is sitting right in front of you was $115. I'm totally talking about it. So okay, we'll start with the boring stuff. We got these pretzel crisps. These are just like the normal, they have these at like every regular grocery store, but we had some pub cheese from Trader Joe's that would just be really good. It's like a pretzel. We've been dipping like kettle chips in it, but I feel like a pretzel. And pretzel and pub cheese is just the way to go. We got these back to nature crackers. These are kind of like the Rick's crackers and like the crackers that we get from Trader Joe's, but we wanted to try these with some other things we got. This is Patagonia provisions and it's mussels. And if you remember, we tried a few like canned things from Trader Joe's. We tried the eggplant, these like giant beans, mussels, oysters. Yes, and then also... And like something else. Wasn't there like a salmon? Oh, like trout. But we got some lemon herb mussels to try because those looked good. You can see your phone in the back. Sorry. No, it's okay, I don't care. So we're gonna try that with the crackers as well as some creme fraiche. Everyone on TikTok went through like a whole thing a few months ago where it was like trying all these different tinned fish and I had never had it before and surprisingly I loved mussels. This is just like a normal... I think they have these at the regular grocery store as well, just like a nice creme fraiche. And then we can use the rest of this to make like a pasta sauce or give something with them. They are the same as Patagonia. Like the athletic wear brand? The same company. That's so weird. I had no idea that... It makes sense like you could take that for you because it's canned or it's canned. Yeah, like if you're camping, you want to be Robooshie when you're camping. I like hot dogs when I'm camping. But they eat lemon herb mussels. So we got that. We got this. Siete has like such good tortillas, chips. I've had taco shells, hot sauce, enchilada sauce. And they make like a lot of gluten-free stuff. People who have like different health things, they make like just very gluten-free, vegan, etc., friendly things. This is paleo and vegan. I don't know if these are gluten-free though. Oh yeah, they are. It's certified gluten-free. And actually we were in the aisle and this lady just was like hanging around and I was like, oh, sorry, I'm in your way. And she was like, you have to try those. They're so good. And I was like, really? And we've had the churro ones, but she said these are delicious. And then we recommended the churro ones to her. So then she was like, I was like, thanks for the recommendation. She was like, thank you for the recommendation. It was really sweet. So we got these. They're unielo flavored. They're with coconut sugar. So I'm not sure, but they're like a cinnamon crisp kind of like chip. And that sounds delicious. I feel like the other ones that we tried were strips. And they reminded me kind of of Taco Bell's cinnamon twist. They're churro ones, one thing with chocolate too. Maybe. I think they were chocolate cinnamon. Maybe. So we'll see. Those are just like a cinnamon sugar type of vibe. We also got, hello, I'm ugly, dried fruit. I love this brand name so very much. But it's dried fruit and it looks delicious. We also got snack lens, which are like a crackling, but it's healthy. And it's, yeah, it's made out of mushroom. And so Drew got one of these little bags to try. It's a Chesapeake Bay Flavor. So we'll see. We got Emmy's Organics Thin and Crispy Chocolate Chip Brownie Snaps. And it says on the back that like a guy who's gluten-free and a girl who was gluten-free like met each other and they fell in love and then they would like bake together. And now they started this brand. And I just thought that was really cute. And I love brownies. Their first batch of treats sold out at their local farmers market at home. Now Ian Smith and their team send Emmy's cookies all over the world. And Ian's mom's name is Emmy. That's so cute. And then I got four perfect bars because I love my perfect bars. Oh, and then we got a bunch of Soty Pops to try. Drew got a Ruby Sparkling Hibiscus. You say Ruby? This fucking guy. You can't get away with saying anything. You would do the exact same thing to anyone. Yeah, I would do it ten times worse too to be fair. Oh, Drew's trying a crackling. Or a snackling. Snackling. I'm over here. How's the mushroom? Piece of it. It just tastes like a pork ring. Really? It's 10.30 in the morning, but sure. It looks like really greasy too. It's like Old Bay. Old Bay seasoning. Really good. I'm not a big fan of mushrooms in here. It's scary. Yeah, really good. I taste like a slight different... Sure, it's not like the same texture, but it's damn close to it. Yeah, it's pretty good. Nice. Anyways, we got this Ruby Sparkling Hibiscus soda in the Fuji Apple flavor. So we're going to try that. I saw that they have a watermelon lime flavor, olipop now. I didn't even look to see if this was caffeine free, but I'm out. I think the only ones that have caffeine are like the cola ones, but I'll double check on that. And then these, I don't know actually what the brand is called because it... Oh, United Sodas of America. There we go. And these are so cute. So these are like a caffeine free soda, like a natural soda, and Drew got the pear elderflower flavor, and then I got the strawberry basil flavor. So... Oh, and then the last thing is we got some wine, some orange wine. This is a Chilean wine called Naranjo, and it looks really, really good. It has like a cool wax cork. So that's amazing. So that's me accidentally spending $115 at Aerovon. We'll try Emmys. No. They're sugar-free, huh? Okay. We'll report back in future videos, but in the meantime, we have a lot of bad things to catch up on, so let's do it. Okay, it's that time, everybody. Move, Stanley. Okay. Pear elderflower soda, and he went... Oh, it smells really good. Yeah, it's really good. It is time for advent. So we're just gonna have some of these crackers because we're so lazy to make food. We each have four. Okay, first up, we have the Bon Maman Jam Advent Calendar, and we get to try four this time because we did not do any kind of advent in the last vlog. 15, 16, 17, 18. That's what we're doing. Okay, so I'll do 15. Today, we have Mirabelle plum spice spread. This is Mirabelle. Here, plum spice. Cute. I'm gonna do 16. You can do it because it's on my back. Because it's closer to me. 16, orange guava lime. Tropical. Love that. Okay. I'll pick cold. You can do 17. I'll do 18. All right, go ahead. We got peach mint. Interesting. Yum. Pineapple ginger. Ooh, that sounds really good. That'd be good in a cocktail. Mirabelle plum spice. Cheers. What does that mean? Every single one of these is delicious. I like that one. I like that one. I like it a lot. I'm gonna be so honest. I don't know what I taste, but it tastes good. All I taste is like sweetness and then the spice, like whatever the spice is. But it's really, really good. Okay, next. Orange guava lime. Ooh, she's solid. It's like jelly. Yeah, some are like jelly and some are like jam, which is interesting. I can already tell you're not gonna like this one. Actually, I shouldn't say that because you never know. But you're just not a big like tropical flavors. Oh, there's chung. There's beans in this. It's probably chunks of guava. I can smell guava. Ooh, oh my God. It smells so good. I love like guava, passion fruit, any of that kind of thing. All right. Cheers. I love that for you. I'm making that into a cocktail immediately. It's not bad. I don't think it would be something that I would go for though. No. It's not my favorite flavors. Love the open minds though. Of course. Next, we have peach mint. I'm not. I don't think so. Probably not. Gimme, gimme, gimme. Why is she stringy? I don't know. I love how over the years you have also adopted my gender things. I'm like, she's lumpy or whatever. You're like, why is she stringy? It's so great. Cheers. Don't mint. It's not for me. This would be really good if you were making like a mojito. Just put a little mint in there and like shake it up. It's not like overpowering. Like it's not like, now my breath is like minty fresh. You know. You can definitely taste it. You can definitely taste mint. And that one I feel like you can taste peach and mint. Like it's good. All right. And last but not least pineapple ginger. Oh yeah. This is definitely jelly. I can see a little bit of ginger or pineapple. They're both pretty. Possibly. Yeah. This is like, almost like crystallized jelly or something. The texture is so different. You probably can't see that but interesting. All right. Last one. Look at it. It's like little hair sticking up. I don't taste anything. Me either. What? I just taste sweetness. Yeah. It's really good. So anyway, oh, I guess we have two more to do. I, listen, at this point in Vlogmas in the season, whatever, I'm kind of over it. But we come in it. So we're going to do it. Now we've got to do 15 through 18. So 15. This is seized candy, by the way. I'm not going to lie. Another lollipop. Yep. Well, this one's butterscotch, at least. Oh my God. A different flavor. It's a cox lollipop. We have more milk chocolate. 17. We have another marshmallow. Probably. Let's try it. It's either a marshmallow or like caramel every day. Another like butter. There's like no like you have no truffles, nothing. That's simply the best one so far. Like, I've had it before though. It's a repeat. And then 18. More milk. It's almost like the alternate between you get something and then milk chocolate. Something and then milk chocolate. Every other day it's milk chocolate. Sorry to all my seized candies and lovers out there. I have my milk. Drew's doing the 30 days of Japan by the way. And he's already like taken 20. I'm on 21. Someone commented that like the look on my face every time you go so far ahead was like making them laugh. Like I'm just like like judging you. What's this? Ooh. Sweet. It's tea. Oh. It's a soft like tea. It's a loose leaf tea. Sakura the cherry blossom is the national flower of Japan and symbolizes the Japanese concept of beauty. Enjoy the soft mellow flavor of Sakura. Steep for one to two minutes. We will definitely have to try this. That's actually really cool. I'll do 22. Okay. Because we're only good. Yeah. We're good. Cherry flavor? So, yeah this is, I don't know what it is but cherry in Japanese is one of my favorite words to say. What is it? Sakurambo. Sakurambo. Bebe. I like it. I like that. And then. It's a cute little package of candy. And then romany. Ooh, nice. So cherry and romany flavors. These almost look like like chocolates. I wonder if it's gum. No, it's very chewy. Yeah. All right everybody. That's gonna do it for us. Thank you so much for watching. We're gonna enjoy the rest of our Saturday and we'll catch up with you. What are we doing? I don't know. Probably sitting on the couch. Hopefully. We're still trying to recover because we are supposed to be traveling back to Arizona in like four days or something like that and neither of us are in any kind of condition to like fly. You know, I was sick previously when we were in Japan and then we flew home and I wasn't sick anymore but I still had sinus congestion and it ruined one of my ear drums like in my ear canal. Like I have eustachian tube dysfunction for the rest of my life because of that and I probably had it leading up to it or whatever but I don't want that to happen to the other ear stuff so we gotta work on getting ourselves better. Anyway, we will see you very soon for vlogmas number 10. We'll see you then. Bye.