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146. Holiday non-negotiables... bucket list, gift guides & more · Hot Girl Energy Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hello you guys, Welcome back to another episode of the
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Speaker 1: Hawkerel Energy Podcast. I'm your host, Kayleie, and this is
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Speaker 1: your weekly reminder that it's a new day, a new week,
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Speaker 1: a new mindset, and another day for you to become
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Speaker 1: the Hawkerel Energy you want to attract. Hello you guys,
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Speaker 1: Happy Wednesday, Welcome back to another episode. We are focusing
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Speaker 1: on the holiday season this episode because we are just
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Speaker 1: a week away from December, which is so crazy that
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Speaker 1: we're at the end of twenty twenty five. And you
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Speaker 1: guys know that I always try and make at least
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Speaker 1: one episode dedicated to the holiday season. Typically I do
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Speaker 1: a episode about like getting into like the holiday spirit,
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Speaker 1: how can we prep for it. I also love to
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Speaker 1: talk about like holiday gift guides and all that. So
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Speaker 1: I thought I would just make this episode all in
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Speaker 1: one because I feel like I could definitely just kind
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Speaker 1: of chat my ear off when it comes to things
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Speaker 1: to do for December, kind of like a mini bucket
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Speaker 1: list of things that I personally want to do just
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Speaker 1: to really get myself in the festive season and truly
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Speaker 1: just enjoy December to the max, along with sharing some
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Speaker 1: gift ideas because I love just to share some feedback
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Speaker 1: and some ideas that I have that I'm going to
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Speaker 1: be either gifting my loved ones or just ideas if
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Speaker 1: you guys are kind of like in a rut and
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Speaker 1: don't really know what to get your significant other or
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Speaker 1: your family members, whatever the case may be. So I
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Speaker 1: have created gift guides and I'm actually posting them today.
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Speaker 1: So I will make sure to put the link in
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Speaker 1: this description for anyone that's interested in some of the
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Speaker 1: things that I'm talking about in today's episode. But let's
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Speaker 1: get into today's holiday mood board, the bucket list, gift
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Speaker 1: guides and more. Okay, so for starters, you guys know
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Speaker 1: that I love to romanticize anything when it comes to
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Speaker 1: a new season. When it comes to my life in general,
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Speaker 1: I truly find it's the definition for being in the
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Speaker 1: best mood. Like you truly allow yourself to be your
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Speaker 1: happiest self when you romanticize the little things. Picture your
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Speaker 1: life as a movie. When it comes to the holidays.
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Speaker 1: I feel like there's so much stuff that you see
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Speaker 1: going on and like the holiday movies that you're like, Oh,
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Speaker 1: I wish I could do things like that in my
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Speaker 1: town during the holiday season. Well, you absolutely can. There's
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Speaker 1: ways to make yourself feel like you're living in a
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Speaker 1: movie by actually romanticizing them. So I'm going to share
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Speaker 1: twelve different things that I plan on doing this December
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Speaker 1: to really feel like I'm getting into the holiday season,
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Speaker 1: really having a good December, and just feeling like my
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Speaker 1: life is a Pinterest board. So the first one being,
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Speaker 1: and this is an obvious if you haven't decorated your
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Speaker 1: house yet, this is your sign to do so. Find
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Speaker 1: a mini Christmas tree, decorate your bedroom. If you don't
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Speaker 1: have a house, just put little decorations in your room.
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Speaker 1: If you have a home, make sure to get a
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Speaker 1: Christmas tree and decorate it, because it truly does feel
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Speaker 1: like Christmas in the holiday season when you actually decorate
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Speaker 1: your home and just add a little festive touch to it,
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Speaker 1: maybe it's adding some lights all that. It truly feels
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Speaker 1: so cozy having those little things set up in your home,
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Speaker 1: and it just brings so much joy and happiness. I
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Speaker 1: truly love having my Christmas tree up. I could have
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Speaker 1: it up all year round. I'm not even over exaggerating.
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Speaker 1: I find turning it on in the morning and just
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Speaker 1: seeing the house allt up. Having my fireplace on having
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Speaker 1: the stockings up like it's a feeling that cannot be described,
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Speaker 1: and I feel like it just makes the home feel
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Speaker 1: so much more cozy. I feel so happy with it
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Speaker 1: all on. So it's a small little detail, but it
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Speaker 1: does make a huge impact on how you feel going
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Speaker 1: into the holiday season. Another thing that I'm making a
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Speaker 1: non negotiable as part of my holiday December bucket list
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Speaker 1: is going to visit a holiday market. Wherever you live,
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Speaker 1: figure out where there's a holiday market going on. I'm
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Speaker 1: sure there's something going on that you can go attend
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Speaker 1: that has some cute, little, you know, Christmas shops that
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Speaker 1: you can go shop at. Maybe find some cute little
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Speaker 1: Christmas decorations Orristmas ornaments. Maybe you'll be able to find
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Speaker 1: some Christmas gifts that will inspire you to gift to
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Speaker 1: someone else. Get a cup of coffee while you're at it,
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Speaker 1: make it a whole experience. I'm actually doing this on
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Speaker 1: Sunday with my sister and Zach, which I'm very excited
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Speaker 1: about because it is the first day of vlog miss.
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Speaker 1: If you guys want to follow along, I am doing
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Speaker 1: it again like what I did last year, twelve days
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Speaker 1: of v log Miss where I'll also be doing twelve
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Speaker 1: days of giveaways.
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Speaker 2: So if you want to win a giveaway.
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Speaker 1: Please please please follow me on TikTok and Instagram because
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Speaker 1: I want to give back to you guys as well,
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Speaker 1: and we're going to be doing that on TikTok and Instagram,
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Speaker 1: so make sure you're following me there. But the start
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Speaker 1: to the vlog miss will be a very festive touch
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Speaker 1: by us going to a Christmas market, doing a little
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Speaker 1: bit of Christmas shopping all that, getting ourselves in that mood,
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Speaker 1: maybe getting some hot cocoa, all that, just doing all
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Speaker 1: the festive things. It's also fun to do this at
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Speaker 1: night when there is like a Christmas tree up and
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Speaker 1: there might be some like Christmas vibes going on when
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Speaker 1: it comes to like maybe a band's there to play,
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Speaker 1: or they have just like Christmas themed events going on,
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Speaker 1: anything like that. It's just so important to see what's
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Speaker 1: happening in your city and go attend it because it
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Speaker 1: really does get you in the holiday mood. So that
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Speaker 1: is an absolute non negotiable for me to go do
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Speaker 1: this holiday season. Another thing I love to do and
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Speaker 1: I did this last year as well, is make a
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Speaker 1: list in my phone of all the holiday movies that
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Speaker 1: I want to watch throughout December, because there is so
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Speaker 1: many good Christmas movies. I literally can't even watch all
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Speaker 1: of them. I know last year I didn't get to
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Speaker 1: finish my list. I think I had like three or
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Speaker 1: four movies that I still wanted to watch soon as
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Speaker 1: January hits. I'm just like not thinking about Christmas obviously,
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Speaker 1: I'm thinking about the new year. I'm thinking about my goals.
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Speaker 1: So I definitely want to try and get all the
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Speaker 1: movies out throughout December, whether it's watching too every weekend,
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Speaker 1: finding time to watch movies while I'm wrapping gifts, whatever
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Speaker 1: the case may be. But make a list of all
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Speaker 1: the Christmas movies that you want to watch this month. Again,
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Speaker 1: there's so many good ones that it's going to be
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Speaker 1: really hard to watch all of them. But some of
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Speaker 1: my non negotiables that I love to watch that I
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Speaker 1: have in my phone currently is I love The Grinch,
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Speaker 1: I love Santa Claus and watching like all the Santa
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Speaker 1: Claus movies. I think there's like three, and then Christmas
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Speaker 1: Vacation Home Alone ELF is a non negotible for me.
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Speaker 1: I still don't know how we don't have a second movie.
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Speaker 1: I wish Will Ferrell would do another one because it's
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Speaker 1: truly my favorite Christmas movie of all time. I watch
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Speaker 1: that every single year. I also love Christmas with the Cranks.
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Speaker 1: I also love the holiday movies. So those are just
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Speaker 1: a few that I can name right now that I'm
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Speaker 1: making a non negotiable to watch throughout December. But this
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Speaker 1: is your sign to go through all the movies that
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Speaker 1: you want to watch this December, because it is the
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Speaker 1: most important time to write a list and just make
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Speaker 1: sure you want to see every movie that you want
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Speaker 1: to watch. You would hate to get to January and
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Speaker 1: be like, oh my god, I forgot to watch this movie.
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Speaker 2: Like I love this movie. How did I forget it?
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Speaker 2: Blah blah blah.
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Speaker 1: Like just write in your phone, write the ones that
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Speaker 1: you love, and I promise you you'll probably be able
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Speaker 1: to watch all of them as long as you find
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Speaker 1: time throughout your weekend to turn.
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Speaker 2: It on again.
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Speaker 1: It's like an hour and a half or two hours
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Speaker 1: of your time, just like cozy up on the couch
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Speaker 1: watch your favorite movie, or if you're folding laundry or
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Speaker 1: trying to do something productive at the same time, whether
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Speaker 1: it's cleaning the house or whatever, cooking dinner together, turn
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Speaker 1: on a Christmas movie. It will get you in the
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Speaker 1: holiday spirit and again you'll be able to watch all
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Speaker 1: the movies that you want to watch before the end
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Speaker 1: of the year. I also want to be making a
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Speaker 1: lot of baking a priority this holiday season, because I
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Speaker 1: love so many holiday treats, especially during this time of
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Speaker 1: the year, Like I love cinnamon buns, I love sugar cookies.
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Speaker 1: One thing that I actually tried for the first time
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Speaker 1: last year that I'd never made, but I tried it
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Speaker 1: at a holiday party, which is that nutella Christmas tree.
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Speaker 1: It's almost like a croissant dough and then you put
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Speaker 1: nutella all over it and you wrap it like in
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Speaker 1: a Christmas tree, and then you put it in the
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Speaker 1: oven and it grows and you have like this stuffed
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Speaker 1: nutella croissant essentially, and it was so so good. So
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Speaker 1: I really want to attempt to make that myself. I've
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Speaker 1: seen a lot of people post like tutorials on TikTok
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Speaker 1: on how to make this, and I think it would
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Speaker 1: just be such a fun thing to do.
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Speaker 2: Again.
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Speaker 1: You could bake, you could watch a movie at the
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Speaker 1: same time. You can do this with your husband or boyfriend,
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Speaker 1: or you can do it with friends. Like such a
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Speaker 1: fun little thing to do at night. This is actually
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Speaker 1: the best time of the year to make the effort
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Speaker 1: of seeing your friends or spending time with your boyfriend
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Speaker 1: more of like doing cozy nights in just as simple
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Speaker 1: as baking together, watching a Christmas movie. Or Another idea
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Speaker 1: that I had on here is having a gingerbread house competition.
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Speaker 1: So you guys both order gingerbread houses, and you know
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Speaker 1: you have one and he has one, and then you
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Speaker 1: spend the night like decorating your own, he decorates his,
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Speaker 1: and then you can see who's did.
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Speaker 2: A better job.
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Speaker 1: And anyways, just kind of like fun ideas like that
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Speaker 1: you can make more enjoyable. And it's also just like
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Speaker 1: fun date nights you can do at home. So that's
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Speaker 1: another one. My sister and I actually did this with
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Speaker 1: Zach last year, and Zach was on his own. Me
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Speaker 1: and my sister were on our own, and we decorated
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Speaker 1: our gingerbread house, and obviously ours looked better than Zach,
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Speaker 1: because Zach is not very good actually know what Zach
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Speaker 1: is good at the structure aspect of keeping the gingerbread
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Speaker 1: in like good found, whereas me and my sister we
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Speaker 1: did a really good job decorating it, but the house
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Speaker 1: was like falling apart.
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Speaker 2: So I will give Zach.
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Speaker 1: Credit to being good at like the construction side obviously
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Speaker 1: to the gingerbread house, but me and my sister were
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Speaker 1: better for decorating, so I'll give him a bonus point
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Speaker 1: for that.
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Speaker 2: Another thing I.
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Speaker 1: Love to do during the holiday season is go see
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Speaker 1: the Christmas lights. I don't know if anyone else has
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Speaker 1: this in their city, but we have like a drive
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Speaker 1: through that you could pay to go see a bunch
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Speaker 1: of different Christmas lights and like this forest. I think
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Speaker 1: it's like ten dollars. It's not that much, and all
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Speaker 1: the donations actually go towards a charity, and it's like
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Speaker 1: a fifteen minute drive through. Actually, you know what, that
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Speaker 1: might be a fun thing to do with my niece
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Speaker 1: because she's finally at the age where she kind of
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Speaker 1: understands Christmas. She's turning three in a few months, and
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Speaker 1: she's just at like the best age. But I think
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Speaker 1: that'd be such a fun thing to do with her.
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Speaker 1: But honestly, just going with friends again, going with your partner,
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Speaker 1: just like something really small but kind of fun to
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Speaker 1: do on like a Thursday night or something like that.
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Speaker 1: There's also areas that you could go to that are
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Speaker 1: like walkable where they have a bunch of houses that
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Speaker 1: go full out for the Christmas lights and decor and
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Speaker 1: all that for the X year of their house, and
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Speaker 1: that's totally free that.
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Speaker 2: You could just go walk around and go see that.
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Speaker 1: So really look around your city and see what's going on.
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Speaker 1: I'm sure there's some stuff going on when it comes
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Speaker 1: to Christmas lights. I feel like that's a pretty typical
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Speaker 1: thing that people do, but it's a fun little thing
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Speaker 1: to do during the holiday season. Another fun idea is
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Speaker 1: going holiday shopping in person, going to buy some Christmas
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Speaker 1: gifts for people, spending the day wrapping the gifts, maybe
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Speaker 1: watching a movie at the same time wile doing it.
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Speaker 1: I think obviously a lot of people order their gifts
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Speaker 1: online now, which I'm a victim to that. I love
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Speaker 1: just an online shop and get a few gifts there,
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Speaker 1: and I probably will do the same this year. But
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Speaker 1: I do also love going to the mall, seeing the
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Speaker 1: Christmas decorations up, seeing the tree, seeing the Santa like.
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Speaker 1: There is a bit of joy and excitement when you
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Speaker 1: go to a mall to get a bit of Christmas
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Speaker 1: shopping done.
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Speaker 2: So I do want to make the.
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Speaker 1: Effort to go to the mall and definitely get a
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Speaker 1: few small gifts that I could pick up for some
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Speaker 1: people and then you know, gift wrap them again make
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Speaker 1: a whole day out of it. So yeah, make sure
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Speaker 1: to go do some holiday shopping because there is some
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Speaker 1: cute fines in person versus just finding things online. I
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Speaker 1: feel like there are certain gifts that you like should
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Speaker 1: be buying in person verse certain gifts that you could
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Speaker 1: just order online. As I said, so definitely find the
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Speaker 1: time throughout the December season. I know malls are kind
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Speaker 1: of crazy around this time of the year, but it
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Speaker 1: is really enjoyable to get some holiday shopping done in person.
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Speaker 1: Another idea is having a little weekend trip, whether it's
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Speaker 1: going to a cabin, renting a cottage for a weekend,
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Speaker 1: or going to visit a snowy destination. It has always
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Speaker 1: been my dream to go to London to see the
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Speaker 1: Christmas lights. I went to London, I want to say,
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Speaker 1: last spring for my wedding walk through. I went to
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Speaker 1: London first with my mom, just because we wanted to.
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Speaker 1: I don't know, just like visit London for the first
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Speaker 1: time and I absolutely loved it, and then from there
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Speaker 1: we went to Italy to go do some like food tastings,
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Speaker 1: my makeup trial all that. But I've always said that
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Speaker 1: London is like one of the go to spots that
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Speaker 1: I want to go see during the Christmas time because
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Speaker 1: the decorations on the streets are just so beautiful.
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Speaker 2: There's so much fun things going on.
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Speaker 1: I actually went to New York City last December to
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Speaker 1: do my wedding dress try on or not last December, sorry,
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Speaker 1: The following December, I went to New York to do
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Speaker 1: a final dress fitting and I was able to see
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Speaker 1: all the Christmas decorations up all that, and New York
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Speaker 1: is definitely another spot to visit during the holiday season.
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Speaker 1: Maybe it might not be this year, but I definitely
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Speaker 1: recommend planning a trip in the future to go see
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Speaker 1: all the Christmas decor That.
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Speaker 2: Is something that I really want to do with zach. I.
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Speaker 1: Honestly, yesterday was like looking at like last minute flights
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Speaker 1: to see if we can make it work to go.
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Speaker 2: For the weekend. But I'm like, you know, there's so
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Speaker 2: much going on.
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Speaker 1: With work and with our house that I'm like, it's
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Speaker 1: not a good time to go to New York.
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Speaker 2: But that is just like the best idea ever.
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Speaker 1: I think it's such a fun little weekend trip to
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Speaker 1: go to New York and see all the Christmas decorations
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Speaker 1: and it's such a fun little spot.
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Speaker 2: But again, this is not like a mandatory thing.
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Speaker 1: I think this is just a nice little addition to
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Speaker 1: your December is booking a little weekend getaway. I'm actually
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Speaker 1: going to a cottage the first weekend of December. It's
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Speaker 1: my girlfriend's cottage. And every single year we always do
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Speaker 1: like a gals miss is what we call it, and
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Speaker 1: we all get together, we do a gift exchange, we
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Speaker 1: all bring some like festive treats, we knit blankets, we
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Speaker 1: go shopping in this small little town that's close by
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Speaker 1: to her cottage that has like a lot of cute
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Speaker 1: Christmas shops all that. So we're making a whole weekend
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Speaker 1: out of it and just having a fun little girl's
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Speaker 1: weekend and really getting in the Christmas spirit. So I
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Speaker 1: highly recommend doing that. It's been a tradition for my
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Speaker 1: girl group now for I want to say five years now,
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Speaker 1: and it's just something we look forward to every single year,
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Speaker 1: and we make a non negotiable because I think spending
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Speaker 1: time with friends is so so important and doing things
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Speaker 1: that are fun during the holiday season is very enjoyable.
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Speaker 2: So that's what we're doing, and yeah, it's going to
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Speaker 2: be a fun little weekend.
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Speaker 1: So as I said, doing a gift exchange with friends
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Speaker 1: or even hosting some tip of holiday dinner I think
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Speaker 1: is a really fun idea to do during December. I
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Speaker 1: think hosting around this time of the year is so
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Speaker 1: so fun and just kind of like planning of girls night,
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Speaker 1: maybe doing a secret Sanna like finding ways to make
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Speaker 1: the night more enjoyable. You could do gingerbread houses as
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Speaker 1: I said, you could nip blankets like, you can totally
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Speaker 1: find a little craft to do while watching a holiday movie,
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Speaker 1: and maybe making some festive cocktails. Like you could have
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Speaker 1: a whole fun night planned all around the holidays with
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Speaker 1: your friends. Another idea is visiting holiday themed bars. We
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Speaker 1: have a few themed bars here in Ottawa that literally
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Speaker 1: go full out, like they deck out the entire restaurant
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Speaker 1: with Christmas decor. Usually the servers are dressed up and
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Speaker 1: like elve outfits. There's some Santa clauses, there's the Grinch, Like,
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Speaker 1: there's so much going on, and it's kind of a
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Speaker 1: fun way to get out of the house and do
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Speaker 1: something with your friends again or with your boyfriend or husband.
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Speaker 1: We always try and do this every single year, and
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Speaker 1: we can never get in, Like these restaurants are always
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Speaker 1: fully booked, and usually you can't make a reservation for
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Speaker 1: obviously a Friday or Saturday night. So maybe we should
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Speaker 1: try and make it an effort to go on like
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Speaker 1: a Thursday night or something like that, maybe when it's
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Speaker 1: not as busy. But it's definitely a fun little date
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Speaker 1: night idea if you want to get out of the
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Speaker 1: house and again still have like a holiday night, it'd
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Speaker 1: be a really fun idea to go visit a holiday
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Speaker 1: themed bar. And then the last one is just figuring
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Speaker 1: out what's happening in your city. Is there a holiday
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Speaker 1: farmers' markets happening? Is their parades? Like I feel like
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Speaker 1: there's always things going on. Is there, like you know
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Speaker 1: concerts going on that are holiday themed. I know last
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Speaker 1: year we had the Nutcracker, and this is that's something
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Speaker 1: that I actually really want to do this year. I
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Speaker 1: need to see if there's tickets available because it might
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Speaker 1: actually be sold out, but going to see the Nutcracker
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Speaker 1: would be a really cute date night idea again with
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Speaker 1: girlfriends or with your husband.
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Speaker 2: I also just like love.
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Speaker 1: Doing anything that allows me to get out of the
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Speaker 1: house during the holidays. I think it's just the best
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Speaker 1: time of year to just like really take advantage of
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Speaker 1: things going on in the city. So yeah, just kind
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Speaker 1: of see what's happening, is their farmers' markets, is their parades,
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Speaker 1: Like usually there's a lot of stuff happening on the
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Speaker 1: weekend or like Friday nights, So you can definitely take
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Speaker 1: advantage of doing those things because it definitely makes the
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Speaker 1: holidays more enjoyable when you make the effort of making plans,
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Speaker 1: getting out of the house and just doing those things
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Speaker 1: to get yourself into the holiday season. So that's kind
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Speaker 1: of like my mini bucket list of how I'm getting
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Speaker 1: into like the holiday spirit and how I really want
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Speaker 1: to maximize my December of just really enjoying the holiday
16:51
Speaker 1: season by making the effort of doing these little things.
16:54
Speaker 1: And I truly find it makes a huge difference when
16:57
Speaker 1: I romanticize and do these things during the holidays season.
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Speaker 1: So I hope this gave you some inspiration for creating
17:02
Speaker 1: your holiday bucket list and give you some ideas of
17:06
Speaker 1: how to spend your December. Okay, so now let's get
17:09
Speaker 1: into holiday gift ideas because obviously holiday shopping can get
17:14
Speaker 1: a little overwhelming. There's so many good gift ideas, but
17:17
Speaker 1: I thought I would share some things that I truly
17:20
Speaker 1: feel like are worth the investment. These are some things
17:23
Speaker 1: that I either own or some things that I've heard
17:25
Speaker 1: people talk about that are like ten out of ten
17:28
Speaker 1: recommend like best gift idea all that. So I have
17:32
Speaker 1: gifts for her, gifts for him, gifts for the bestie
17:35
Speaker 1: slash under one hundred dollars, gifts for the parents or
17:38
Speaker 1: in laws, along with my wish list of little things
17:42
Speaker 1: that I want for Christmas from Santa of course, so
17:47
Speaker 1: we're going to start off with gifts for her. So
17:50
Speaker 1: one gift that I actually love the idea of gifting
17:53
Speaker 1: to someone this could also be for a friend or
17:56
Speaker 1: something that you can just ask from Santa is a
17:59
Speaker 1: Monaga toiletry bag.
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Speaker 2: The thought of.
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Speaker 1: Having my name on something or my initials on something
18:05
Speaker 1: I love, like, I really do love personalized gifts, or
18:08
Speaker 1: even if it's like a monogram laptop case or a
18:11
Speaker 1: monogram like jewelry travel pouch. I mean those like jewelry
18:15
Speaker 1: travel cases that you could put your earrings in your rings,
18:18
Speaker 1: all that with your name on it. It just looks
18:20
Speaker 1: so high end in my opinion. There's this one brand
18:23
Speaker 1: that I linked on my shop my which again all
18:26
Speaker 1: this will be linked in my description for anyone that
18:28
Speaker 1: wants to see what I'm talking about here. But I
18:30
Speaker 1: think it's called Adbe and they do monogram everything. And
18:35
Speaker 1: there's one specific item that I love, which is like
18:37
Speaker 1: a leather crock material and it's got the initials of
18:41
Speaker 1: your first and last name or could be your first
18:43
Speaker 1: middle name and last name, and I just think it's
18:45
Speaker 1: so so chic. I'm obsessed with it. And that's something
18:49
Speaker 1: that I'm asking for from my mom, to be honest,
18:51
Speaker 1: because I love it and I do travel a lot
18:53
Speaker 1: with work sometimes, so I thought it would be a
18:55
Speaker 1: cute little gift to give to someone else. Another thing
18:58
Speaker 1: I love is jewelry.
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Speaker 2: I love a good.
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Speaker 1: Ear ring, especially when I'm going out.
19:04
Speaker 2: I feel like I have like.
19:05
Speaker 1: Good staple earrings that I'm wearing right now, which is
19:07
Speaker 1: also a good gift idea to get, just like a
19:10
Speaker 1: mini pair of hoops, a mini pair of studs, like
19:12
Speaker 1: something that you're gonna wear all the time. You want
19:14
Speaker 1: something that's good quality that obviously will last in the
19:17
Speaker 1: shower all that. Some brands that I love when it
19:20
Speaker 1: comes to good quality jewelry is Masuri. Honestly, Amazon sometimes
19:25
Speaker 1: has some good fines too, And I also love just
19:28
Speaker 1: like small local boutique jewelry companies here that I'll shop
19:33
Speaker 1: at just to grab some jewelry pieces. But I also
19:37
Speaker 1: love a good statement earring when I'm going out for dinner.
19:40
Speaker 1: You know, I want my earrings to look a little
19:41
Speaker 1: bit more, you.
19:43
Speaker 2: Know, dressed up.
19:43
Speaker 1: I don't want just like my basic studs and many hoops.
19:46
Speaker 1: So I love the ear rings from Heaven Mayhem. Truly
19:51
Speaker 1: such a beautiful earring. They have so many different styles
19:54
Speaker 1: and it's honestly in a pretty good price point as well.
19:57
Speaker 1: So that brand I adore, and I think they have
20:00
Speaker 1: so many great staple pieces that are great for like
20:03
Speaker 1: date nights or fancy occasions. They just have like such
20:06
Speaker 1: a good assortment of different kinds of earrings. Now, this
20:09
Speaker 1: next one is a little bit costly, but you guys
20:11
Speaker 1: know me, I love my red Light Therapy mask, and
20:14
Speaker 1: everyone has been talking about the Shark red Light Therapy mask.
20:17
Speaker 1: I almost want to get it myself, even though I
20:20
Speaker 1: don't need it, like I have my own, but everyone
20:23
Speaker 1: has been saying amazing things about the Shark red Light
20:26
Speaker 1: Therapy mass It's got like an eye massager, it's got
20:29
Speaker 1: an area to cool your eyes apparently.
20:32
Speaker 2: I love that it's.
20:33
Speaker 1: A remote control so you can kind of control what
20:37
Speaker 1: the face mask is doing for your skin. So it
20:39
Speaker 1: has like different settings that you can do for like
20:43
Speaker 1: the benefits of what you want the red light therapy
20:45
Speaker 1: to do for your skin.
20:46
Speaker 2: So if you have the.
20:48
Speaker 1: Budget, I highly recommend getting this. I'm trying to convince
20:51
Speaker 1: my sister to get it because she has been wanting
20:54
Speaker 1: a red light therapy mask for so long, and I'm like,
20:56
Speaker 1: if you're going to get one, I think you should
20:57
Speaker 1: get this brand because I hear so many good things
20:59
Speaker 1: about So if you're looking to splurge or get a
21:05
Speaker 1: good gift for yourself, I highly recommend the Shark Red
21:09
Speaker 1: Light Therapy Mask.
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Speaker 2: Again, I've never tried it.
21:11
Speaker 1: I don't own it, but I'm just speaking on behalf
21:13
Speaker 1: of reviews that I've seen people talk about on YouTube
21:17
Speaker 1: and TikTok and everyone's just saying the Shark red light
21:19
Speaker 1: therapy mask is so so good. Another thing is Road
21:23
Speaker 1: Road Skincare Miss Haley Bieber. I will say I truly
21:26
Speaker 1: love all over products. I use the blush, I use
21:30
Speaker 1: the lipliners, I use a lot of the skincare products,
21:32
Speaker 1: like the barrier cream and the glazing milk.
21:36
Speaker 2: I love it. I always go back to it.
21:38
Speaker 1: I'm a very sensitive skin girl, so for me, I'm
21:41
Speaker 1: very picky about the skincare products that I use on
21:43
Speaker 1: my face, and this is the one brand that I
21:45
Speaker 1: would say is very consistent without me breaking out or
21:49
Speaker 1: having any issues with my skin. So if you're someone
21:52
Speaker 1: like me that has really sensitive skin, I'm telling you
21:54
Speaker 1: right now, Road is so good. They have a lot
21:56
Speaker 1: of good holiday discounts right now too. For like their
22:00
Speaker 1: skincare package. It comes with a cute little toiletry bag,
22:03
Speaker 1: it's got you know, the Road barrier cream, it's got
22:07
Speaker 1: the glazing milk all that.
22:09
Speaker 2: So definitely do your own research.
22:10
Speaker 1: Obviously, every skin type is different, but this is by
22:13
Speaker 1: far one of my favorite brands. And again her makeup
22:16
Speaker 1: products are really good too. She's got the blush, she's
22:18
Speaker 1: got lipliners. She just came out with a new black
22:23
Speaker 1: It's a toiletry bag, but it's literally the size of
22:26
Speaker 1: a laptop. They were so kind enough to gift it
22:29
Speaker 1: to me, and I use it as my laptop case,
22:31
Speaker 1: and I love it so much. They are selling it individually,
22:34
Speaker 1: I believe, so I think I added that to one
22:36
Speaker 1: of my gift guides just because I've been using it
22:38
Speaker 1: a lot as a laptop case and I adore it.
22:40
Speaker 1: And they also have really cute phone cases, So if
22:42
Speaker 1: you're looking to get a new phone case, I.
22:45
Speaker 2: Just got the Road.
22:47
Speaker 1: It's like a little sticky part to put your lip
22:49
Speaker 1: gloss on. But I like how it's not the full case.
22:52
Speaker 1: It basically looks like the Octobuddy, which if you guys
22:54
Speaker 1: know the Octabuddy, it's like that sticky part that you
22:56
Speaker 1: guys might see on my phone and my Instagram stories.
22:59
Speaker 1: It's essentially a tripod for me to just like stick
23:01
Speaker 1: against a mirror or you know, a window whenever I
23:05
Speaker 1: need to film stuff. It's very very practical for me personally,
23:09
Speaker 1: But I do love the Road addition that you can
23:12
Speaker 1: just stick on like a nice phone case, and like
23:15
Speaker 1: having the option of like putting on your lipstick.
23:17
Speaker 2: I think it's also magnetic.
23:19
Speaker 1: As well, which is so great because you could take
23:21
Speaker 1: it off and not have to like ruin your phone case,
23:24
Speaker 1: because the optobuddies like a sticker, so once it's on,
23:26
Speaker 1: it's not coming off, whereas like the magnetic one, you
23:29
Speaker 1: can obviously take it off and not have to worry
23:32
Speaker 1: about it ruining the phone case, and you don't have
23:33
Speaker 1: to have it on all the time, which I love,
23:36
Speaker 1: so really really love that brand, and I feel like
23:38
Speaker 1: it's a great gift to give, you know, for someone
23:40
Speaker 1: else or for yourself. To ask for the last thing
23:43
Speaker 1: I'm going to put here for a gift for her,
23:45
Speaker 1: especially if you want to like send this to your
23:46
Speaker 1: boyfriend or your husband is a walking pad. I'm gonna
23:50
Speaker 1: tell you guys right now, you guys know how much
23:52
Speaker 1: I love my walking pad. It is truly the best investment.
23:55
Speaker 1: I think Zach actually got it for me. I keep
23:56
Speaker 1: thinking that I bought it for myself, but I think
23:58
Speaker 1: Zach got it for me for my birthday, and I
24:01
Speaker 1: adore it. I use it every single day, especially in
24:03
Speaker 1: the winter. It's been such a great way to get
24:05
Speaker 1: some movement in I've been reading my book a lot
24:08
Speaker 1: on there, just spending like thirty to forty minutes in
24:10
Speaker 1: the morning, just getting my movement in, getting some walks in.
24:13
Speaker 1: I love that I can just fold it up, put
24:15
Speaker 1: it in the corner, not have to stress about it.
24:17
Speaker 1: Like it is again a little bit of an investment piece.
24:20
Speaker 1: But if you're looking to, you know, be able to
24:23
Speaker 1: get your steps in but not have to like go
24:25
Speaker 1: freeze in the freezing rain or snow, you know, having
24:29
Speaker 1: the walking pad is a great, great alternative if you
24:31
Speaker 1: live in the colder climates like myself.
24:34
Speaker 2: All right, let's get into gifts for him.
24:36
Speaker 1: I love the idea of investing in a really good
24:39
Speaker 1: quality black sweater, whether it's from Aloe or Lululemon. I
24:43
Speaker 1: don't know about your man, but Zach really loves to
24:45
Speaker 1: wear just like really basic things. Like he loves a
24:47
Speaker 1: good basic shirt, he loves a good basic pant, like
24:49
Speaker 1: he always wears like the three same colors either gray,
24:53
Speaker 1: black or white or sometimes like a green. But he's
24:57
Speaker 1: pretty neutral when it comes to his outfits. So I
25:02
Speaker 1: really love shopping on like Lulemon or Alo Yoga for
25:06
Speaker 1: a good quality sweater because it's going to last him.
25:08
Speaker 2: For such a long time, and the.
25:10
Speaker 1: Quality is just really good, so you don't have to
25:11
Speaker 1: worry about like it getting ruined or anything. So really
25:15
Speaker 1: really recommend that. If you're looking to like elevate your
25:17
Speaker 1: man's fashion and you want him to have like a
25:19
Speaker 1: good staple sweater, I definitely recommend checking out those brands.
25:23
Speaker 1: Another idea is just gifting him tickets to some type
25:26
Speaker 1: of sports related game, whether it's a hockey game or
25:29
Speaker 1: a football game, or you know, obviously baseball is not
25:32
Speaker 1: happening right now, but maybe buying tickets to a game
25:35
Speaker 1: for next season. Like I know, Zach loves experienced gifts,
25:39
Speaker 1: like when we do stuff together, and he loves when
25:42
Speaker 1: it's obviously sports related. So if you know your husband
25:44
Speaker 1: or boyfriend's favorite sports team, maybe you look at getting
25:48
Speaker 1: some tickets to a game. I think that's a really
25:50
Speaker 1: fun gift idea. Another idea is investing in new luggage
25:54
Speaker 1: or even like a backpack for your husband. I feel
25:57
Speaker 1: like this is something that men never put the effort
25:59
Speaker 1: in buying them themselves, like Zach never, I don't think
26:03
Speaker 1: he's ever bought in himself a nice suitcase or toiletry
26:05
Speaker 1: bags like I've always gifted it to him as a
26:07
Speaker 1: Christmas gift or a Birthday gift, and now he has
26:10
Speaker 1: a full travel set that he's been using for years
26:13
Speaker 1: that he loves. And I don't know, I just think
26:15
Speaker 1: it's something that makes your man look more put together.
26:18
Speaker 1: When he has a good travel set, a good you know,
26:21
Speaker 1: a good suitcase, a good toiletry bag, Like, he just
26:24
Speaker 1: looks very put together, if that makes sense. Or even
26:26
Speaker 1: just having a good backpack if your husband works in
26:29
Speaker 1: the business field or if he's a construction worker, like
26:31
Speaker 1: obviously men need something to carry their stuff in, so
26:34
Speaker 1: having a good backpack is a really good idea. So
26:37
Speaker 1: I've linked a few options from a bunch of different brands,
26:40
Speaker 1: but just like a simple black luggage or a black
26:43
Speaker 1: backpack would go a really long way and something that
26:46
Speaker 1: you'll have for a really long time. So I feel
26:47
Speaker 1: like it's a really good gift if you're looking to, yeah,
26:51
Speaker 1: upgrade his luggage or backpack. Something small that I always
26:56
Speaker 1: love to get Zach usually every single year, maybe not
26:58
Speaker 1: every single year, but every two years is either a
27:01
Speaker 1: new water bottle or a travel mug. I love the
27:04
Speaker 1: brand Yetti when it comes to a coffee mug because
27:06
Speaker 1: Zach is always waking up early, he makes his coffees
27:08
Speaker 1: out the door, and just having a good travel mug
27:11
Speaker 1: I think is essential. And then obviously a good water
27:13
Speaker 1: bottle as well, But these are things that you could
27:15
Speaker 1: find on Amazon. Again, it's just kind of like a
27:17
Speaker 1: little gift idea to add on to maybe another gift
27:20
Speaker 1: that you want to get him. So maybe it's the
27:21
Speaker 1: sweater and a water bottle, or the sweater and the
27:24
Speaker 1: travel mug. I love that type of gift to receive,
27:27
Speaker 1: so I feel like it's a good gift to give.
27:28
Speaker 1: And the last one, again, if you want to splurge,
27:30
Speaker 1: is maybe getting your man a new coffee machine. I
27:33
Speaker 1: know Zach adors coffee, and I think you know, investing
27:37
Speaker 1: in an espresso machine or a good coffee machine is
27:41
Speaker 1: another great gift idea. Okay, Next is gifts for the
27:44
Speaker 1: bestie or gifts under one hundred dollars. When I'm gifting
27:47
Speaker 1: to someone else, whether it's a gift exchange or something
27:51
Speaker 1: that I'm getting for a friend, I always look at
27:54
Speaker 1: the Sephora holiday gift sets. I will say Sephora has
27:57
Speaker 1: the best discounts when it comes to the holiday gift sets.
28:01
Speaker 1: There are so many good brands that are doing such
28:03
Speaker 1: cute gift sets like Rare Beauty, you know, Summer Fridays
28:07
Speaker 1: Again Road, There's a bunch of cute holiday gift sets
28:10
Speaker 1: that you could find at such a good price point
28:12
Speaker 1: you get so much. Sephora also does like Sephor themed
28:16
Speaker 1: gift baskets where they basically include a bunch of different
28:19
Speaker 1: brands and it's like under you know, eighty dollars and
28:23
Speaker 1: you get like two hundred dollars worth of product or
28:25
Speaker 1: something like that. So I always resort to that whenever
28:29
Speaker 1: I'm gifting for like a secret Sanna or for someone
28:33
Speaker 1: that loves makeup or skincare. I just feel like it's
28:37
Speaker 1: such a good place to find really affordable gift sets.
28:40
Speaker 1: I also love the Anthropology mugs. I'm sure you guys
28:43
Speaker 1: know the ones I'm talking about, but Anthropology has such
28:47
Speaker 1: cute iconic like clear glasses with cute little emojis on it,
28:51
Speaker 1: so you can get one with hearts on it, you
28:53
Speaker 1: can get one with bows on it. Some of them
28:55
Speaker 1: also have like Christmas theme, Valentine's Day theme, all that
28:59
Speaker 1: you can also find really cute like straight mugs.
29:02
Speaker 2: I don't know.
29:02
Speaker 1: Just having a cute espresso cup or a very cute
29:05
Speaker 1: coffee mug just makes me feel good when I'm drinking.
29:07
Speaker 2: It at home.
29:09
Speaker 1: And one thing that no one has mastered yet maybe
29:12
Speaker 1: I need to start this, but a good iced coffee glass.
29:15
Speaker 2: Like I feel like I'm always.
29:16
Speaker 1: Using some type of like Mason jar or tall clear glass,
29:21
Speaker 1: but I like a decent sized iced coffee and I
29:24
Speaker 1: feel like those like many ones from Anthropology never satisfy
29:27
Speaker 1: me because it's too small. So anyways, maybe Anthropology needs
29:31
Speaker 1: to get on that. But I need at least like
29:32
Speaker 1: a sixteen ounce glass for my iced coffee, unless if
29:36
Speaker 1: I'm having a warm coffee, obviously I'm going to be
29:38
Speaker 1: putting it in that cute little straight mug. But yeah,
29:41
Speaker 1: just finding Anthropology mugs or cups are really cute. But yeah,
29:46
Speaker 1: I have not been able to find a cute ice
29:48
Speaker 1: coffee cup. Unless you have a good one, send it
29:50
Speaker 1: to me. I'm just using literally Mason jars over here,
29:53
Speaker 1: but it does the job and that's all I care about.
29:55
Speaker 2: But I could have a better coffee cup.
29:57
Speaker 1: Another idea is going to a ritzia and up like
30:01
Speaker 1: mits and a hat or maybe a scarf. Again, we're
30:04
Speaker 1: in that cold time, so investing in a good quality
30:08
Speaker 1: scarf or hat or mits. I think it's such a
30:10
Speaker 1: nice little gift. And I love a good par emits
30:14
Speaker 1: or just like anything in a neutral color, whether it's
30:16
Speaker 1: black or brown. I feel like it's just something that
30:18
Speaker 1: I don't really want to buy myself, so I feel
30:20
Speaker 1: like when someone else gives it for me, it's just
30:22
Speaker 1: like a nice gesture and it will definitely be used,
30:25
Speaker 1: especially when I'm going on my longer walks with Freddy.
30:28
Speaker 1: But yeah, I thought that was a really good gift idea.
30:30
Speaker 1: I also love this idea for someone that wants to
30:32
Speaker 1: just add to a gift, Maybe that's an affordable option.
30:35
Speaker 1: If you know a girl that's into pilates, I love
30:38
Speaker 1: the idea of getting pilate grip socks. There's so many
30:41
Speaker 1: cute grip socks that you can get at so many
30:44
Speaker 1: different websites. But I think it's such a cute little
30:46
Speaker 1: gift idea. The last one that I love is getting
30:49
Speaker 1: a candle and a candle warmer. You can find so
30:51
Speaker 1: many cute candle warmers on Amazon. Maybe get a cute
30:55
Speaker 1: little designer candle or something from Sephora and then pair
30:59
Speaker 1: it with a candle warm. I think that's such a
31:00
Speaker 1: cute gift idea, And let's be honest, who doesn't love
31:03
Speaker 1: a candle. I love candles so much. I think I
31:06
Speaker 1: have like twenty five.
31:07
Speaker 2: Around my house. I'm not even over exaggerating.
31:09
Speaker 1: I love candles, and I think it's just a really
31:11
Speaker 1: nice gift to give. Okay, the next one is for
31:14
Speaker 1: the parents or the in laws. I feel like this
31:16
Speaker 1: is always very difficult because I feel like you want
31:20
Speaker 1: it to be like very gender neutral. Like I typically
31:23
Speaker 1: give things to my in laws like as a set.
31:25
Speaker 1: Like sometimes I'll do, like, you know, a gift card
31:28
Speaker 1: to a restaurant for them to go on a date
31:29
Speaker 1: and night. Everything I typically give them is for them together,
31:32
Speaker 1: not separately. I don't get my mother in law something
31:35
Speaker 1: and then my father in law usually just get them
31:37
Speaker 1: a gift that they can use together. So I was
31:39
Speaker 1: trying to think of ideas that we're kind of like
31:41
Speaker 1: gender neutral that could be good to give or again
31:44
Speaker 1: to your parents. Usually I do buy things separate from
31:47
Speaker 1: my mom and my dad. But again, if you want
31:50
Speaker 1: to keep it easy, you could do some more gender
31:53
Speaker 1: neutral gifts that could be for.
31:54
Speaker 2: Both of them.
31:55
Speaker 1: But again going back to like the monogram thing, I
31:58
Speaker 1: still love that aspect of having something customize and personalize,
32:02
Speaker 1: but I've seen a few brands do like monogram cutting boards,
32:05
Speaker 1: which I would love to receive that if my initials
32:09
Speaker 1: or even if it was like KZ so like me
32:11
Speaker 1: and Zach on a cutting board. I think that's such
32:13
Speaker 1: a nice gift to give. Another gift that I would
32:16
Speaker 1: love to receive but also give to my parents or
32:19
Speaker 1: in laws is a throw blanket or weighted blanket.
32:22
Speaker 2: I love weighted blankets so much.
32:24
Speaker 1: It's so underrated. I feel like it's the coziest thing ever.
32:28
Speaker 1: Especially when it's heated. Oh, it's the best. I also
32:31
Speaker 1: love the throw blankets from the brand I think it's
32:35
Speaker 1: called Lola. I could be pronouncing that wrong, but it's
32:38
Speaker 1: an American based company. You cannot get them in Canada unfortunately,
32:41
Speaker 1: but I did find a dupe on Amazon that I
32:43
Speaker 1: did link for anyone that wants them. But they're so cozy.
32:47
Speaker 1: I have them on my couch twenty four to seven,
32:50
Speaker 1: and I feel like it's just like a really good
32:51
Speaker 1: gift to give to a parent or an in law.
32:53
Speaker 1: Another idea is getting an Amazon Alexa, so they have
32:57
Speaker 1: like those new smart Alexas that are almost like an
32:59
Speaker 1: iPad that you can use, you know, for the weather,
33:02
Speaker 1: you can ask Alexi certain things. Like it's a really
33:05
Speaker 1: really good smart device to have or to give to
33:08
Speaker 1: a parent, especially for parents who are into like that
33:11
Speaker 1: tech side of things. I feel like it's a pretty
33:13
Speaker 1: affordable gift to give and I find it very useful,
33:16
Speaker 1: especially if you want to place Amazon orders all that.
33:20
Speaker 1: So I really love that gift idea. This one's a
33:22
Speaker 1: bit pricey, but I feel like if I gifted this
33:25
Speaker 1: to my mother in law, she would love it. The
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Speaker 1: hatch alarm clock. As you guys know, I love my
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Speaker 1: hatch alarm clock. I think it's the best thing ever.
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Speaker 1: And I feel like it's just a really good gift
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Speaker 1: to give to a parent, especially like for people who
33:37
Speaker 1: wake up early for a job that you know, just
33:39
Speaker 1: obviously want a better alarm clock versus an iPhone alarm clock.
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Speaker 1: So I definitely recommend that. And then the last one
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Speaker 1: is pretty small and simple, but again a little recipe
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Speaker 1: book for them to write recipes in when they're cooking dinners.
33:53
Speaker 1: I want to actually get this myself because I am
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Speaker 1: so known to finding recipes online, making it, loving it,
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Speaker 1: and then two weeks go by and I'm like, oh,
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Speaker 1: what recipe was that?
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Speaker 2: Who is that? By? Like I always forget.
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Speaker 1: So if I have a recipe book and I actually
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Speaker 1: write down the recipe out entirely in a recipe book,
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Speaker 1: I can just like go back on my recipe book. Okay,
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Speaker 1: this is the dinner that we made two weeks ago.
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Speaker 1: We can remake it. Everything's there. I don't have to
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Speaker 1: stress about finding it on Pinterest again or whatever. I
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Speaker 1: feel like it's just hard to like keep track of
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Speaker 1: recipes that you find, whether it's through TikTok, you know, Pinterest, whatever.
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Speaker 2: I feel like I'm always losing it.
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Speaker 1: So having a recipe book and being able to write
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Speaker 1: everything out, I think is a good gift idea to
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Speaker 1: give to a parent or for someone who loves to cook.
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Speaker 1: So those are my ideas for gifts for the parents
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Speaker 1: or in laws. I feel like they're very gender neutral,
34:41
Speaker 1: but I feel like they're good ideas. Again, you can
34:43
Speaker 1: also pull other gift ideas from other things that I
34:46
Speaker 1: talked about, like the candle and candle warmer would also
34:48
Speaker 1: be really good for a parent or an in law again,
34:52
Speaker 1: or the anthropology mugs like things like that could also
34:55
Speaker 1: be a really good gift to give to a parent
34:57
Speaker 1: or in law. Okay, last, but not least, let's talk
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Speaker 1: about wishless. My wishless this year is very different than
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Speaker 1: previous years, I think because I've reached the age where
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Speaker 1: I'm buying everything and anything for myself. If I see
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Speaker 1: something I want, I just buy it. I don't think twice,
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Speaker 1: and I feel like my Mom's like, what am I
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Speaker 1: getting you? Because you just buy everything yourself, which fair.
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Speaker 1: I'm at the age where I don't really need gifts,
35:20
Speaker 1: but I did think of a few ideas when it
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Speaker 1: comes to the new house, because there is a few
35:26
Speaker 1: things that I want to get. But I mean, obviously,
35:29
Speaker 1: we have a house, we've lived here for four to
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Speaker 1: five years. We've obviously collected things like utensils, dishware, you know,
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Speaker 1: pots and pants. Like I do have a good assortment
35:38
Speaker 1: of things that I don't really need for the next house.
35:41
Speaker 1: But there is like certain things that I would love
35:43
Speaker 1: to get if you know, Santa wants to give.
35:47
Speaker 2: It to me.
35:48
Speaker 1: But I would love a arumba. Does anybody have one?
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Speaker 1: Please tell me if you love it because to my
35:53
Speaker 1: girlfriends have it. It's essentially a vacuum that goes around
35:57
Speaker 1: your house through an app and you don't have to
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Speaker 1: do it yourself. It's cleans your floors for you, which
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Speaker 1: I think is amazing. My only concern is Freddy's going
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Speaker 1: to be terrified of it. But it only usually stays
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Speaker 1: on one floor, so it's not going to go up
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Speaker 1: the stairs. It's not going to go down the stairs,
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Speaker 1: and I feel like if Freddy's like on the top
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Speaker 1: of the stairs, she'll be okay. I don't know the
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Speaker 1: idea of something cleaning my floors for me twenty four
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Speaker 1: to seven. I don't have to stress about doing that.
36:20
Speaker 1: You know, one chore would be a really nice thing
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Speaker 1: to have. It's all done through an app as well,
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Speaker 1: So if.
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Speaker 2: You have one, let me know. Would love your feedback.
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Speaker 1: If you have one and you hate it, please let
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Speaker 1: me know because then I won't ask it for Christmas.
36:34
Speaker 1: But that's something that I've been kind of doing my
36:37
Speaker 1: own research on figuring out if I want to ask
36:39
Speaker 1: for that or not. Another thing I want for Christmas
36:42
Speaker 1: is another house item, but I need more stainless steel
36:44
Speaker 1: pots and pans, just some new cookware in general. I
36:48
Speaker 1: feel like we've used ours pretty well these past few
36:52
Speaker 1: years and we haven't really upgraded anything, so I feel
36:55
Speaker 1: like we need to just you know, replen a few
36:57
Speaker 1: things when it comes to baking needs and cookwear. I
37:01
Speaker 1: also want to get a new kettle, So yeah, those
37:03
Speaker 1: little things are currently on my wish list.
37:06
Speaker 2: I also love the.
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Speaker 1: Idea of receiving some hosting gifts, so like serving were
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Speaker 1: I don't really have a lot of just like hosting
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Speaker 1: items in general when it comes to like, you know,
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Speaker 1: a nice serving plate to put like multiple things on
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Speaker 1: when people come over, you know, serving dishware, so like
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Speaker 1: a big fork and spoon, or like a dessert tray,
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Speaker 1: a dessert knife, like certain things like that I actually
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Speaker 1: do not own. So I definitely hope to do more
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Speaker 1: hosting in the next house, especially when it comes to
37:33
Speaker 1: like family things. I think we're gonna have a lot
37:34
Speaker 1: more family events happening at our house, which is exciting,
37:38
Speaker 1: so I definitely feel like I need to have a
37:40
Speaker 1: few of those things for the next house. Another thing
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Speaker 1: I want is leather gloves. I don't know why I
37:45
Speaker 1: want leather gloves.
37:46
Speaker 2: I don't own a pair.
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Speaker 1: I think It's because whenever I go out to like
37:49
Speaker 1: a nice dinner or a nice event in the winter
37:52
Speaker 1: and I'm wearing like my Amazon or Ritzia like cloth mits,
37:56
Speaker 1: I just feel not really put together. So I feel
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Speaker 1: like if I have a leather for like the fancier occasions,
38:02
Speaker 1: you know, I feel like that's just like a nice
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Speaker 1: little addition to a fancy outfit. So I really want
38:08
Speaker 1: some leather gloves. I also think it's just something that
38:10
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have for a really long time, So just
38:12
Speaker 1: something that is a need more so than a want.
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Speaker 2: And then the last.
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Speaker 1: Thing I want is a jewelry item. I really want
38:19
Speaker 1: those like diamond pinky rings. I think they're so cute.
38:23
Speaker 1: I I'm just gonna say here because I don't think
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Speaker 1: my sister's gonna listen to this episode, but I would
38:27
Speaker 1: love to get my sister and I those matching like
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Speaker 1: bestie pinky rings, and I feel like she would wear it.
38:32
Speaker 1: I would wear it. We always talk about like either
38:34
Speaker 1: doing like matching jewelry or like matching tattoos, like just
38:38
Speaker 1: kind of like a little sister bond thing. So I
38:40
Speaker 1: feel like that'd be a really cute gift to give
38:42
Speaker 1: to your sister or your best friend is like matching
38:44
Speaker 1: bracelets or matching pinky rings. But that is my current
38:48
Speaker 1: wish list. I only listed about four to five things
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Speaker 1: from each category, so there is a lot more options
38:54
Speaker 1: and ideas that I have under the gift guides that
38:56
Speaker 1: I actually created through shot my So again, I willclue
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Speaker 1: the link in the description for anyone that's interested if
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Speaker 1: they want to check it out get some gift ideas.
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Speaker 2: I've put it all there.
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Speaker 1: But I hope you guys enjoyed this episode. I really
39:08
Speaker 1: liked how I combined it with a bucket list on
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Speaker 1: top of the gift guides because I think it just
39:12
Speaker 1: kind of really recaps the holiday season of everything I
39:15
Speaker 1: wanted to share going into the festive season. But I
39:20
Speaker 1: love you guys also much. I hope you guys enjoyed
39:22
Speaker 1: this episode. Make sure to follow me on Instagram, TikTok,
39:25
Speaker 1: and YouTube. As I said, I'm doing vologmiss there and
39:27
Speaker 1: I would love to give a giveaway to one of
39:30
Speaker 1: you listeners, so definitely make sure to follow along. It
39:33
Speaker 1: starts next Monday, so that will be a very fun
39:37
Speaker 1: and busy month for me for filming, which I'm excited about.
39:40
Speaker 1: But definitely going to try and manage obviously recording the
39:43
Speaker 1: podcast episodes as well, so it's going to be a lot,
39:45
Speaker 1: but I always look forward to this time of year.
39:48
Speaker 1: But again, I love you guys. Also much thank you
39:50
Speaker 1: guys for listening to another episode, and I will see
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Speaker 1: you guys in.
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Speaker 2: Next week's episode
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