Month: December 2024

For my mystery Christmas dessert I mentioned in my last post, it is…*drum roll* Watergate salad (also known as ambrosia or fluff salad)!!! ❤️💚

(Ingredients: pistachio pudding, whipped topping, marshmallows, and crushed pineapple) 

A 1970’s recipe my mom still has written on a yellowed paper, I decided to whip it up and see how it turned out. Deeeelicious! I made a big bowl of it for my mom, my sister, and myself to enjoy!

I hope you all are enjoying the holiday! Here’s my look of the day! I really love my socks paired with the boots, plaid, bows, and spiked collar; the socks are the second pair of Ralph Lauren bear socks that came in the pack I ordered, and I adore his winter outfit (his little pants are pressed, if you notice the line detail, LOL!).

Merry Christmas from Charlotte and Eugene, also. They didn’t want to miss out on the fun! 🎄💕

Admittedly, I wish I had bear ear clips for this outfit, but kitty ear clips will have to do (at least they match my shoes)! The pink pops with the lime green butterfly clips, so I’m happy with the outcome. 💚💕

A couple of weeks ago, I bought myself a pack of socks from a brand I never thought I’d own anything of (since it’s an expensive brand!). But through a BARGAIN steal-of-a-deal Christmas sale on Macy’s online store, I purchased Ralph Lauren socks with the adorable Ralph Lauren bear on them! 🧸

I absolutely adore them, and they’re so perfect for Christmas!

And soon it’ll be Christmas day, with another fun outfit I’m looking forward to, not to mention I’ll be making a Christmas dessert I’ve never made before – a recipe my mom found from the 1970’s! I’ll have photos and the outcome of how it turned out…a Christmas dessert mystery awaits! 👀🎄

It was 1998, and I was 11 years old when I last remember wearing my favorite ring, by the vintage brand Russ. 💕

Russ rings were very cute and fun rings for kids that had a variety of different characters on them – anything from Santa to random animals to Troll dolls! I owned a few different ones and still wear them to this day, but there was one that got away: the ballerina bunny ring.

It’s still a mystery as to what happened to it, but I suspect I may have lost it at school, perhaps on the playground or in the grassy green field during recess; maybe it’s buried somewhere under the soil at the school to this day, like some long lost relic waiting to be unearthed like a fossil?

For YEARS, I’ve scoured the internet like a devoted treasure hunter trying to find an identical ring. Since it’s from a long-ago brand that’s no longer around, you can only find a few Russ rings that people sell on platforms such as eBay, but none were the ballerina bunny ring.

But after 26 years, fate finally stepped in!!!!!!!!! 💓 Finally, finally someone posted an identical one for sale on eBay, so I bought it immediately (at a bargain deal, too – under $10!)

I honestly can’t believe I’m wearing it on my hand after 26 years. It feels sooooo surreal! I don’t know what it is about this ring, but it’s haunted me ever since I lost it. I never forgot what it looked like and always had a clear mental image of it. And now, it’s mine again!

I’m definitely going to wear it every day to make up for lost time! 😉 Do you have a certain accessory/toy/etc from your childhood that you’ve never forgotten? Do you still have it?

My mom and I normally walk Candy Cane Lane together each December, but this year, she hurt her foot recently and wasn’t able to join me. She was upset that she couldn’t go, and also didn’t like the idea of me going by myself (she worries easily). But I went anyhow and I had a blast!

My favorite decorations were these beautiful iridescent ones, which must be a new trend amongst Christmas decorations, because they were everywhere I looked! ❄️⛄️

On a related note of a party of one being just as fun, I also tackled a fresh new perspective on Christmas cards!

Normally, I see custom Christmas cards with a photo of a couple or a family on it…but this year, I came to the realization: I can do that too!

And here we have it, folks. My unique Christmas card – the first time ever that I put my face on it! (And Eugene’s, lol)

I also put up my Christmas tree, and the star ornament of the show is this Carl’s Jr. ornament from 1991! Does anyone remember when they gave these out around Christmas time back in the day?!

Lastly, a semi-Christmasy outfit because my legs remind me of candy canes! (I’ll have more Christmas-inspired looks to come!)

I’m thankful because as I get older, I’m way more comfortable doing stuff by myself! When I was younger, I wasn’t nearly as comfortable with it. So, I’m grateful that aging has gifted me with that confidence – and grateful that my inner child takes the wheel more so as I get older!

I hope you’re enjoying the month of December so far! ❤️💚